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1 And when David was a little past the top [of the hill], behold, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of asses saddled, and upon them two hundred [loaves] of bread, and a hundred bunches of raisins, and a hundred of summer fruits, and a bottle of wine.
2 And the king said to Ziba, What mean you by these? And Ziba said, The asses [be] for the king's household to ride on; and the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat; and the wine, that such as be faint in the wilderness may drink.
3 And the king said, And where [is] your master's son? And Ziba said to the king, Behold, he abides at Jerusalem: for he said, To day will the house of Israel restore me the kingdom of my father.
4 Then said the king to Ziba, Behold, yours [are] all that [pertained] to Mephibosheth. And Ziba said, I humbly beseech you [that] I may find grace in your sight, my lord, O king.
5 And when king David came to Bahurim, behold, there came out a man of the family of the house of Saul, whose name [was] Shimei, the son of Gera: he came forth, and cursed still as he came.
6 And he cast stones at David, and at all the servants of king David: and all the people and all the mighty men [were] on his right hand and on his left.
7 And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Come out, come out, you bloody man, and you man of Belial:
8 The LORD [Yahweh] has returned upon you all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose stead you have reigned; and the LORD [Yahweh] has delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom your son: and, behold, you [are taken] in your mischief, because you [are] a bloody man.
9 Then said Abishai the son of Zeruiah to the king, Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? let me go over, I pray you, and take off his head.
10 And the king said, What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah? so let him curse, because the LORD [Yahweh] has said to him, Curse David. Who will then say, Why have you done so?
11 And David said to Abishai, and to all his servants, Behold, my son, which came forth of my bowels, seeks my life: how much more now [may this] Benjamite [do it]? let him alone, and let him curse; for the LORD [Yahweh] has bidden him.
12 It may be that the LORD [Yahweh] will look on my affliction, and that the LORD [Yahweh] will requite me good for his cursing this day.
13 And as David and his men went by the way, Shimei went along on the hill's side over against him, and cursed as he went, and threw stones at him, and cast dust.
14 And the king, and all the people that [were] with him, came weary, and refreshed themselves there.
15 And Absalom, and all the people the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him.
16 And it came to pass, when Hushai the Archite, David's friend, was come to Absalom, that Hushai said to Absalom, God save the king, God save the king.
17 And Absalom said to Hushai, [Is] this your kindness to your friend? why went you not with your friend?
18 And Hushai said to Absalom, No; but whom the LORD [Yahweh], and this people, and all the men of Israel, choose, his will I be, and with him will I abide.
19 And again, whom should I serve? [should I] not [serve] in the presence of his son? as I have served in your father's presence, so will I be in your presence.
20 Then said Absalom to Ahithophel, Give counsel among you what we will do.
21 And Ahithophel said to Absalom, Go in to your father's concubines, which he has left to keep the house; and all Israel will hear that you are abhorred of your father: then will the hands of all that [are] with you be strong.
22 So they spread Absalom a tent upon the top of the house; and Absalom went in to his father's concubines in the sight of all Israel.
23 And the counsel of Ahithophel, which he counselled in those days, [was] as if a man had enquired at the oracle of God: so [was] all the counsel of Ahithophel both with David and with Absalom.