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1 # And when David <01732> was a little <04592> past <05674> (8804) the top <07218> of the hill, behold, Ziba <06717> the servant <05288> of Mephibosheth <04648> met <07125> (8800) him, with a couple <06776> of asses <02543> saddled <02280> (8803), and upon them two hundred <03967> loaves of bread <03899>, and an hundred <03967> bunches of raisins <06778>, and an hundred <03967> of summer fruits <07019>, and a bottle <05035> of wine <03196>.
2 And the king <04428> said <0559> (8799) unto Ziba <06717>, What meanest thou by these? And Ziba <06717> said <0559> (8799), The asses <02543> be for the king's <04428> household <01004> to ride on <07392> (8800); and the bread <03899> and summer fruit <07019> for the young men <05288> to eat <0398> (8800); and the wine <03196>, that such as be faint <03287> in the wilderness <04057> may drink <08354> (8800).
3 And the king <04428> said <0559> (8799), And where is thy master's <0113> son <01121>? And Ziba <06717> said <0559> (8799) unto the king <04428>, Behold, he abideth <03427> (8802) at Jerusalem <03389>: for he said <0559> (8804), To day <03117> shall the house <01004> of Israel <03478> restore <07725> (8686) me the kingdom <04468> of my father <01>.
4 Then said <0559> (8799) the king <04428> to Ziba <06717>, Behold, thine are all that pertained unto Mephibosheth <04648>. And Ziba <06717> said <0559> (8799), I humbly <07812> (8694) beseech thee that I may find <04672> (8799) grace <02580> in thy sight <05869>, my lord <0113>, O king <04428>.
5 # And when king <04428> David <01732> came <0935> (8804) to Bahurim <0980>, behold, thence came out <03318> (8802) a man <0376> of the family <04940> of the house <01004> of Saul <07586>, whose name <08034> was Shimei <08096>, the son <01121> of Gera <01617>: he came forth <03318> (8802), and cursed <07043> (8764) still as he came <03318> (8800).
6 And he cast <05619> (8762) stones <068> at David <01732>, and at all the servants <05650> of king <04428> David <01732>: and all the people <05971> and all the mighty men <01368> were on his right hand <03225> and on his left <08040> .
7 And thus said <0559> (8804) Shimei <08096> when he cursed <07043> (8763), Come out <03318> (8798), come out <03318> (8798), thou bloody <01818> man <0376>, and thou man <0376> of Belial <01100>:
8 The LORD <03068> hath returned <07725> (8689) upon thee all the blood <01818> of the house <01004> of Saul <07586>, in whose stead thou hast reigned <04427> (8804); and the LORD <03068> hath delivered <05414> (8799) the kingdom <04410> into the hand <03027> of Absalom <053> thy son <01121>: and, behold, thou art taken in thy mischief <07451>, because thou art a bloody <01818> man <0376>.
9 Then said <0559> (8799) Abishai <052> the son <01121> of Zeruiah <06870> unto the king <04428>, Why should this dead <04191> (8801) dog <03611> curse <07043> (8762) my lord <0113> the king <04428>? let me go over <05674> (8799), I pray thee, and take off <05493> (8686) his head <07218>.
10 And the king <04428> said <0559> (8799), What have I to do with you, ye sons <01121> of Zeruiah <06870>? so let him curse <07043> (8762), because the LORD <03068> hath said <0559> (8804) unto him, Curse <07043> (8761) David <01732>. Who shall then say <0559> (8799), Wherefore hast thou done so <06213> (8804)?
11 And David <01732> said <0559> (8799) to Abishai <052>, and to all his servants <05650>, Behold, my son <01121>, which came forth <03318> (8804) of my bowels <04578>, seeketh <01245> (8764) my life <05315>: how much more now may this Benjamite <01145> do it? let him alone <03240> (8685), and let him curse <07043> (8762); for the LORD <03068> hath bidden <0559> (8804) him.
12 It may be that the LORD <03068> will look <07200> (8799) on mine affliction <05869> (8675) <06040> , and that the LORD <03068> will requite <07725> (8689) me good <02896> for his cursing <07045> this day <03117>.
13 And as David <01732> and his men <0582> went <03212> (8799) by the way <01870>, Shimei <08096> went along <01980> (8802) on the hill's <02022> side <06763> over against <05980> him, and cursed <07043> (8762) as he went <01980> (8800), and threw <05619> (8762) stones <068> at <05980> him, and cast <06080> (8765) dust <06083>.
14 And the king <04428>, and all the people <05971> that were with him, came <0935> (8799) weary <05889> , and refreshed <05314> (8735) themselves there.
15 # And Absalom <053>, and all the people <05971> the men <0376> of Israel <03478>, came <0935> (8804) to Jerusalem <03389>, and Ahithophel <0302> with him.
16 And it came to pass, when Hushai <02365> the Archite <0757>, David's <01732> friend <07463>, was come <0935> (8804) unto Absalom <053>, that Hushai <02365> said <0559> (8799) unto Absalom <053>, God save <02421> (8799) the king <04428>, God save <02421> (8799) the king <04428>.
17 And Absalom <053> said <0559> (8799) to Hushai <02365>, Is this thy kindness <02617> to thy friend <07453>? why wentest <01980> (8804) thou not with thy friend <07453>?
18 And Hushai <02365> said <0559> (8799) unto Absalom <053>, Nay; but whom the LORD <03068>, and this people <05971>, and all the men <0376> of Israel <03478>, choose <0977> (8804), his will I be, and with him will I abide <03427> (8799).
19 And again <08145>, whom should I serve <05647> (8799)? should I not serve in the presence <06440> of his son <01121>? as I have served <05647> (8804) in thy father's <01> presence <06440>, so will I be in thy presence <06440>.
20 Then said <0559> (8799) Absalom <053> to Ahithophel <0302>, Give <03051> (8798) counsel <06098> among you what we shall do <06213> (8799).
21 And Ahithophel <0302> said <0559> (8799) unto Absalom <053>, Go in <0935> (8798) unto thy father's <01> concubines <06370>, which he hath left <03240> (8689) to keep <08104> (8800) the house <01004>; and all Israel <03478> shall hear <08085> (8804) that thou art abhorred <0887> (8738) of thy father <01>: then shall the hands <03027> of all that are with thee be strong <02388> (8804).
22 So they spread <05186> (8686) Absalom <053> a tent <0168> upon the top of the house <01406>; and Absalom <053> went in <0935> (8799) unto his father's <01> concubines <06370> in the sight <05869> of all Israel <03478>.
23 And the counsel <06098> of Ahithophel <0302>, which he counselled <03289> (8804) in those days <03117>, was as if a man <0376> had enquired <07592> (8799) at the oracle <01697> of God <0430>: so was all the counsel <06098> of Ahithophel <0302> both with David <01732> and with Absalom <053>.