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2SA-16:1 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 an hundred bunches of raisins, and an hundred of summer
fruits, and a bottle of wine.
2SA-16:2 And the king said unto Ziba, What meanest thou 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.
2SA-16:3 And the king said, And where [is] thy master's son? And
Ziba said unto the king, Behold, he abideth at Jerusalem: for he
said, To day shall the house of Israel restore me the kingdom of
my father.
2SA-16:4 Then said the king to Ziba, Behold, thine [are] all
that [pertained] unto Mephibosheth. And Ziba said, I humbly
beseech thee [that] I may find grace in thy sight, my lord, O
king.
2SA-16:5 And when king David came to Bahurim, behold, thence
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.
2SA-16:6 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.
2SA-16:7 And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Come out, come out,
thou bloody man, and thou man of Belial:
2SA-16:8 The LORD hath returned upon thee all the blood of the
house of Saul, in whose stead thou hast reigned; and the LORD
hath delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom thy son: and,
behold, thou [art taken] in thy mischief, because thou [art] a
bloody man.
2SA-16:9 Then said Abishai the son of Zeruiah unto the king, Why
should this dead dog curse my lord the king? let me go over, I
pray thee, and take off his head.
2SA-16:10 And the king said, What have I to do with you, ye sons
of Zeruiah? so let him curse, because the LORD hath said unto
him, Curse David. Who shall then say, Wherefore hast thou done
so?
2SA-16:11 And David said to Abishai, and to all his servants,
Behold, my son, which came forth of my bowels, seeketh my life:
how much more now [may this] Benjamite [do it]? let him alone,
and let him curse; for the LORD hath bidden him.
2SA-16:12 It may be that the LORD will look on mine affliction,
and that the LORD will requite me good for his cursing this day.
2SA-16:13 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.
2SA-16:14 And the king, and all the people that [were] with him,
came weary, and refreshed themselves there.
2SA-16:15 And Absalom, and all the people the men of Israel,
came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him.
2SA-16:16 And it came to pass, when Hushai the Archite, David's
friend, was come unto Absalom, that Hushai said unto Absalom,
God save the king, God save the king.
2SA-16:17 And Absalom said to Hushai, [Is] this thy kindness to
thy friend? why wentest thou not with thy friend?
2SA-16:18 And Hushai said unto Absalom, Nay; but whom the LORD,
and this people, and all the men of Israel, choose, his will I
be, and with him will I abide.
2SA-16:19 And again, whom should I serve? [should I] not [serve]
in the presence of his son? as I have served in thy father's
presence, so will I be in thy presence.
2SA-16:20 Then said Absalom to Ahithophel, Give counsel among
you what we shall do.
2SA-16:21 And Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Go in unto thy
father's concubines, which he hath left to keep the house; and
all Israel shall hear that thou art abhorred of thy father: then
shall the hands of all that [are] with thee be strong.
2SA-16:22 So they spread Absalom a tent upon the top of the
house; and Absalom went in unto his father's concubines in the
sight of all Israel.
2SA-16:23 And the counsel of Ahithophel, which he counselled in
those days, [was] as if a man had inquired at the oracle of God:
so [was] all the counsel of Ahithophel both with David and with
Absalom.
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