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1 # And it was told <05046> (8714) Joab <03097>, Behold, the king <04428> weepeth <01058> (8802) and mourneth <056> (8691) for Absalom <053>.
2 And the victory <08668> that day <03117> was turned into mourning <060> unto all the people <05971>: for the people <05971> heard <08085> (8804) say <0559> (8800) that day <03117> how the king <04428> was grieved <06087> (8738) for his son <01121>.
3 And the people <05971> gat <0935> (8800) them by stealth <01589> (8691) that day <03117> into the city <05892>, as people <05971> being ashamed <03637> (8737) steal away <01589> (8691) when they flee <05127> (8800) in battle <04421>.
4 But the king <04428> covered <03813> (8804) his face <06440>, and the king <04428> cried <02199> (8799) with a loud <01419> voice <06963>, O my son <01121> Absalom <053>, O Absalom <053>, my son <01121>, my son <01121>!
5 And Joab <03097> came <0935> (8799) into the house <01004> to the king <04428>, and said <0559> (8799), Thou hast shamed <03001> (8689) this day <03117> the faces <06440> of all thy servants <05650>, which this day <03117> have saved <04422> (8764) thy life <05315>, and the lives <05315> of thy sons <01121> and of thy daughters <01323> , and the lives <05315> of thy wives <0802>, and the lives <05315> of thy concubines <06370>;
6 In that thou lovest <0157> (8800) thine enemies <08130> (8802), and hatest <08130> (8800) thy friends <0157> (8802). For thou hast declared <05046> (8689) this day <03117>, that thou regardest neither princes <08269> nor servants <05650>: for this day <03117> I perceive <03045> (8804), that if <03863> Absalom <053> had lived <02416>, and all we had died <04191> (8801) this day <03117>, then it had pleased thee well <03477> <05869>.
7 Now therefore arise <06965> (8798), go forth <03318> (8798), and speak <01696> (8761) comfortably <03820> unto thy servants <05650>: for I swear <07650> (8738) by the LORD <03068>, if thou go not forth <03318> (8802) , there will not tarry <03885> (8799) one <0376> with thee this night <03915>: and that will be worse <07489> (8804) unto thee than all the evil <07451> that befell <0935> (8804) thee from thy youth <05271> until now.
8 Then the king <04428> arose <06965> (8799), and sat <03427> (8799) in the gate <08179>. And they told <05046> (8689) unto all the people <05971>, saying <0559> (8800), Behold, the king <04428> doth sit <03427> (8802) in the gate <08179>. And all the people <05971> came <0935> (8799) before <06440> the king <04428>: for Israel <03478> had fled <05127> (8804) every man <0376> to his tent <0168>.
9 # And all the people <05971> were at strife <01777> (8737) throughout all the tribes <07626> of Israel <03478> , saying <0559> (8800), The king <04428> saved <05337> (8689) us out of the hand <03709> of our enemies <0341> (8802), and he delivered <04422> (8765) us out of the hand <03709> of the Philistines <06430>; and now he is fled <01272> (8804) out of the land <0776> for Absalom <053>.
10 And Absalom <053>, whom we anointed <04886> (8804) over us, is dead <04191> (8804) in battle <04421> . Now therefore why speak <02790> (8688) ye not a word of bringing <07725> <00> the king <04428> back <07725> (8687) ?
11 And king <04428> David <01732> sent <07971> (8804) to Zadok <06659> and to Abiathar <054> the priests <03548>, saying <0559> (8800), Speak <01696> (8761) unto the elders <02205> of Judah <03063>, saying <0559> (8800), Why are ye the last <0314> to bring <07725> <00> the king <04428> back <07725> (8687) to his house <01004>? seeing the speech <01697> of all Israel <03478> is come <0935> (8804) to the king <04428>, even to his house <01004>.
12 Ye are my brethren <0251>, ye are my bones <06106> and my flesh <01320>: wherefore then are ye the last <0314> to bring back <07725> (8687) the king <04428>?
13 And say <0559> (8799) ye to Amasa <06021>, Art thou not of my bone <06106>, and of my flesh <01320>? God <0430> do <06213> (8799) so to me, and more <03254> (8686) also, if thou be not captain <08269> of the host <06635> before <06440> me continually <03117> in the room <08478> of Joab <03097>.
14 And he bowed <05186> (8686) the heart <03824> of all the men <0376> of Judah <03063>, even as the heart of one <0259> man <0376>; so that they sent <07971> (8799) this word unto the king <04428>, Return <07725> (8798) thou, and all thy servants <05650>.
15 So the king <04428> returned <07725> (8799), and came <0935> (8799) to Jordan <03383>. And Judah <03063> came <0935> (8804) to Gilgal <01537>, to go <03212> (8800) to meet <07125> (8800) the king <04428>, to conduct <05674> <00> the king <04428> over <05674> (8687) Jordan <03383>.
16 # And Shimei <08096> the son <01121> of Gera <01617>, a Benjamite <01145>, which was of Bahurim <0980> , hasted <04116> (8762) and came down <03381> (8799) with the men <0376> of Judah <03063> to meet <07125> (8800) king <04428> David <01732>.
17 And there were a thousand <0505> men <0376> of Benjamin <01145> with him, and Ziba <06717> the servant <05288> of the house <01004> of Saul <07586>, and his fifteen <02568> <06240> sons <01121> and his twenty <06242> servants <05650> with him; and they went over <06743> (8804) Jordan <03383> before <06440> the king <04428>.
18 And there went over <05674> (8804) a ferry boat <05679> to carry over <05674> (8687) the king's <04428> household <01004>, and to do <06213> (8800) what he thought <05869> good <02896>. And Shimei <08096> the son <01121> of Gera <01617> fell down <05307> (8804) before <06440> the king <04428>, as he was come over <05674> (8800) Jordan <03383>;
19 And said <0559> (8799) unto the king <04428>, Let not my lord <0113> impute <02803> (8799) iniquity <05771> unto me, neither do thou remember <02142> (8799) that which thy servant <05650> did perversely <05753> (8689) the day <03117> that my lord <0113> the king <04428> went out <03318> (8804) of Jerusalem <03389>, that the king <04428> should take <07760> (8800) it to his heart <03820>.
20 For thy servant <05650> doth know <03045> (8804) that I have sinned <02398> (8804): therefore, behold, I am come <0935> (8804) the first <07223> this day <03117> of all the house <01004> of Joseph <03130> to go down <03381> (8800) to meet <07125> (8800) my lord <0113> the king <04428>.
21 But Abishai <052> the son <01121> of Zeruiah <06870> answered <06030> (8799) and said <0559> (8799), Shall not Shimei <08096> be put to death <04191> (8714) for this, because he cursed <07043> (8765) the LORD'S <03068> anointed <04899>?
22 And David <01732> said <0559> (8799), What have I to do with you, ye sons <01121> of Zeruiah <06870>, that ye should this day <03117> be adversaries <07854> unto me? shall there any man <0376> be put to death <04191> (8714) this day <03117> in Israel <03478>? for do not I know <03045> (8804) that I am this day <03117> king <04428> over Israel <03478> ?
23 Therefore the king <04428> said <0559> (8799) unto Shimei <08096>, Thou shalt not die <04191> (8799) . And the king <04428> sware <07650> (8735) unto him.
24 # And Mephibosheth <04648> the son <01121> of Saul <07586> came down <03381> (8804) to meet <07125> (8800) the king <04428>, and had neither <03808> dressed <06213> (8804) his feet <07272>, nor trimmed <06213> (8804) his beard <08222>, nor washed <03526> (8765) his clothes <0899>, from the day <03117> the king <04428> departed <03212> (8800) until the day <03117> he came <0935> (8804) again in peace <07965>.
25 And it came to pass, when he was come <0935> (8804) to Jerusalem <03389> to meet <07125> (8800) the king <04428>, that the king <04428> said <0559> (8799) unto him, Wherefore wentest <01980> (8804) not thou with me, Mephibosheth <04648>?
26 And he answered <0559> (8799), My lord <0113>, O king <04428>, my servant <05650> deceived <07411> (8765) me: for thy servant <05650> said <0559> (8804), I will saddle <02280> (8799) me an ass <02543>, that I may ride <07392> (8799) thereon, and go <03212> (8799) to the king <04428>; because thy servant <05650> is lame <06455> .
27 And he hath slandered <07270> (8762) thy servant <05650> unto my lord <0113> the king <04428>; but my lord <0113> the king <04428> is as an angel <04397> of God <0430>: do <06213> (8798) therefore what is good <02896> in thine eyes <05869>.
28 For all of my father's <01> house <01004> were but <03808> dead <04194> men <0582> before my lord <0113> the king <04428>: yet didst thou set <07896> (8799) thy servant <05650> among them that did eat <0398> (8802) at thine own table <07979>. What right <06666> therefore have <03426> I yet to cry <02199> (8800) any more unto the king <04428> ?
29 And the king <04428> said <0559> (8799) unto him, Why speakest <01696> (8762) thou any more of thy matters <01697>? I have said <0559> (8804), Thou and Ziba <06717> divide <02505> (8799) the land <07704>.
30 And Mephibosheth <04648> said <0559> (8799) unto the king <04428>, Yea, let him take <03947> (8799) all, forasmuch <0310> as <0834> my lord <0113> the king <04428> is come again <0935> (8804) in peace <07965> unto his own house <01004>.
31 # And Barzillai <01271> the Gileadite <01569> came down <03381> (8804) from Rogelim <07274>, and went over <05674> (8799) Jordan <03383> with the king <04428>, to conduct <07971> (8763) him over Jordan <03383>.
32 Now Barzillai <01271> was a very <03966> aged <02204> (8804) man, even fourscore <08084> years <08141> old <01121>: and he had provided the king <04428> of sustenance <03557> (8773) while he lay <07871> at Mahanaim <04266> ; for he was a very <03966> great <01419> man <0376>.
33 And the king <04428> said <0559> (8799) unto Barzillai <01271>, Come thou over <05674> (8798) with me, and I will feed <03557> (8773) thee with me in Jerusalem <03389>.
34 And Barzillai <01271> said <0559> (8799) unto the king <04428>, How long <03117> have I to live <08141> <02416>, that I should go up <05927> (8799) with the king <04428> unto Jerusalem <03389>?
35 I am this day <03117> fourscore <08084> years <08141> old <01121>: and can I discern <03045> (8799) between good <02896> and evil <07451>? can thy servant <05650> taste <02938> (8799) what <0834> I eat <0398> (8799) or what <0834> I drink <08354> (8799)? can I hear <08085> (8799) any more the voice <06963> of singing men <07891> (8802) and singing women <07891> (8802)? wherefore then should thy servant <05650> be yet a burden <04853> unto my lord <0113> the king <04428>?
36 Thy servant <05650> will go <05674> <00> a little way <04592> over <05674> (8799) Jordan <03383> with the king <04428>: and why should the king <04428> recompense <01580> (8799) it me with such a reward <01578>?
37 Let thy servant <05650>, I pray thee, turn back again <07725> (8799), that I may die <04191> (8799) in mine own city <05892>, and be buried by the grave <06913> of my father <01> and of my mother <0517>. But behold thy servant <05650> Chimham <03643>; let him go over <05674> (8799) with my lord <0113> the king <04428>; and do <06213> (8798) to him what shall seem good <02896> <05869> unto thee.
38 And the king <04428> answered <0559> (8799), Chimham <03643> shall go <05674> (8799) over with me, and I will do <06213> (8799) to him that which shall seem good <02896> <05869> unto thee: and whatsoever thou shalt require <0977> (8799) of me, that will I do <06213> (8799) for thee.
39 And all the people <05971> went over <05674> (8799) Jordan <03383>. And when the king <04428> was come over <05674> (8804), the king <04428> kissed <05401> (8799) Barzillai <01271>, and blessed <01288> (8762) him; and he returned <07725> (8799) unto his own place <04725>.
40 # Then the king <04428> went on <05674> (8799) to Gilgal <01537>, and Chimham <03643> went on <05674> (8804) with him: and all the people <05971> of Judah <03063> conducted <05674> (8689) (8675) <05674> (8686) the king <04428>, and also half <02677> the people <05971> of Israel <03478>.
41 And, behold, all the men <0376> of Israel <03478> came <0935> (8802) to the king <04428>, and said <0559> (8799) unto the king <04428>, Why have our brethren <0251> the men <0376> of Judah <03063> stolen thee away <01589> (8804), and have brought <05674> (8686) the king <04428>, and his household <01004>, and all David's <01732> men <0582> with him, over Jordan <03383>?
42 And all the men <0376> of Judah <03063> answered <06030> (8799) the men <0376> of Israel <03478> , Because the king <04428> is near of kin <07138> to us: wherefore then be ye angry <02734> (8804) for this matter <01697>? have we eaten <0398> (8804) at all <0398> (8800) of the king's <04428> cost? or hath he given <05375> (8765) us any gift <05379>?
43 And the men <0376> of Israel <03478> answered <06030> (8799) the men <0376> of Judah <03063>, and said <0559> (8799), We have ten <06235> parts <03027> in the king <04428>, and we <0589> have also more right in David <01732> than ye: why then did ye despise <07043> (8689) us, that our advice <01697> should not be first <07223> had in bringing back <07725> (8687) our king <04428>? And the words <01697> of the men <0376> of Judah <03063> were fiercer <07185> (8799) than the words <01697> of the men <0376> of Israel <03478>.