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2SA-19:1 And it was told Joab, Behold, the king weepeth and
mourneth for Absalom.
2SA-19:2 And the victory that day was [turned] into mourning
unto all the people: for the people heard say that day how the
king was grieved for his son.
2SA-19:3 And the people gat them by stealth that day into the
city, as people being ashamed steal away when they flee in
battle.
2SA-19:4 But the king covered his face, and the king cried with
a loud voice, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!
2SA-19:5 And Joab came into the house to the king, and said,
Thou hast shamed this day the faces of all thy servants, which
this day have saved thy life, and the lives of thy sons and of
thy daughters, and the lives of thy wives, and the lives of thy
concubines;
2SA-19:6 In that thou lovest thine enemies, and hatest thy
friends. For thou hast declared this day, that thou regardest
neither princes nor servants: for this day I perceive, that if
Absalom had lived, and all we had died this day, then it had
pleased thee well.
2SA-19:7 Now therefore arise, go forth, and speak comfortably
unto thy servants: for I swear by the LORD, if thou go not forth,
there will not tarry one with thee this night: and that will be
worse unto thee than all the evil that befell thee from thy
youth until now.
2SA-19:8 Then the king arose, and sat in the gate. And they told
unto all the people, saying, Behold, the king doth sit in the
gate. And all the people came before the king: for Israel had
fled every man to his tent.
2SA-19:9 And all the people were at strife throughout all the
tribes of Israel, saying, The king saved us out of the hand of
our enemies, and he delivered us out of the hand of the
Philistines; and now he is fled out of the land for Absalom.
2SA-19:10 And Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in
battle. Now therefore why speak ye not a word of bringing the
king back?
2SA-19:11 And king David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar the
priests, saying, Speak unto the elders of Judah, saying, Why are
ye the last to bring the king back to his house? seeing the
speech of all Israel is come to the king, [even] to his house.
2SA-19:12 Ye [are] my brethren, ye [are] my bones and my flesh:
wherefore then are ye the last to bring back the king?
2SA-19:13 And say ye to Amasa, [Art] thou not of my bone, and of
my flesh? God do so to me, and more also, if thou be not captain
of the host before me continually in the room of Joab.
2SA-19:14 And he bowed the heart of all the men of Judah, even
as [the heart of] one man; so that they sent [this word] unto
the king, Return thou, and all thy servants.
2SA-19:15 So the king returned, and came to Jordan. And Judah
came to Gilgal, to go to meet the king, to conduct the king over
Jordan.
2SA-19:16 And Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite, which [was]
of Bahurim, hasted and came down with the men of Judah to meet
king David.
2SA-19:17 And [there were] a thousand men of Benjamin with him,
and Ziba the servant of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons
and his twenty servants with him; and they went over Jordan
before the king.
2SA-19:18 And there went over a ferry boat to carry over the
king's household, and to do what he thought good. And Shimei the
son of Gera fell down before the king, as he was come over
Jordan;
2SA-19:19 And said unto the king, Let not my lord impute
iniquity unto me, neither do thou remember that which thy
servant did perversely the day that my lord the king went out of
Jerusalem, that the king should take it to his heart.
2SA-19:20 For thy servant doth know that I have sinned:
therefore, behold, I am come the first this day of all the house
of Joseph to go down to meet my lord the king.
2SA-19:21 But Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered and said,
Shall not Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed the
LORD'S anointed?
2SA-19:22 And David said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of
Zeruiah, that ye should this day be adversaries unto me? shall
there any man be put to death this day in Israel? for do not I
know that I [am] this day king over Israel?
2SA-19:23 Therefore the king said unto Shimei, Thou shalt not
die. And the king sware unto him.
2SA-19:24 And Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the
king, and had neither dressed his feet, nor trimmed his beard,
nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the
day he came [again] in peace.
2SA-19:25 And it came to pass, when he was come to Jerusalem to
meet the king, that the king said unto him, Wherefore wentest
not thou with me, Mephibosheth?
2SA-19:26 And he answered, My lord, O king, my servant deceived
me: for thy servant said, I will saddle me an ass, that I may
ride thereon, and go to the king; because thy servant [is] lame.
2SA-19:27 And he hath slandered thy servant unto my lord the
king; but my lord the king [is] as an angel of God: do therefore
[what is] good in thine eyes.
2SA-19:28 For all [of] my father's house were but dead men
before my lord the king: yet didst thou set thy servant among
them that did eat at thine own table. What right therefore have
I yet to cry any more unto the king?
2SA-19:29 And the king said unto him, Why speakest thou any more
of thy matters? I have said, Thou and Ziba divide the land.
2SA-19:30 And Mephibosheth said unto the king, Yea, let him take
all, forasmuch as my lord the king is come again in peace unto
his own house.
2SA-19:31 And Barzillai the Gileadite came down from Rogelim,
and went over Jordan with the king, to conduct him over Jordan.
2SA-19:32 Now Barzillai was a very aged man, [even] fourscore
years old: and he had provided the king of sustenance while he
lay at Mahanaim; for he [was] a very great man.
2SA-19:33 And the king said unto Barzillai, Come thou over with
me, and I will feed thee with me in Jerusalem.
2SA-19:34 And Barzillai said unto the king, How long have I to
live, that I should go up with the king unto Jerusalem?
2SA-19:35 I [am] this day fourscore years old: [and] can I
discern between good and evil? can thy servant taste what I eat
or what I drink? can I hear any more the voice of singing men
and singing women? wherefore then should thy servant be yet a
burden unto my lord the king?
2SA-19:36 Thy servant will go a little way over Jordan with the
king: and why should the king recompense it me with such a
reward?
2SA-19:37 Let thy servant, I pray thee, turn back again, that I
may die in mine own city, [and be buried] by the grave of my
father and of my mother. But behold thy servant Chimham; let him
go over with my lord the king; and do to him what shall seem
good unto thee.
2SA-19:38 And the king answered, Chimham shall go over with me,
and I will do to him that which shall seem good unto thee: and
whatsoever thou shalt require of me, [that] will I do for thee.
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