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Then
it was reported
to
Joab, “
The king is
weeping
and mourning
over
Absalom. ”
It was told
Joab, Behold,
the king weeps
and mourns
for
Absalom.
And
that
day’s
victory was turned into mourning for
all the people ,
because
on
that day they
were
told
, “
The king is
grieving
over
his son. ”
The
victory that
day
was turned into mourning to
all the people ;
for
the
people
heard
say
that day, The king grieves
for
his son.
So
they
returned
to
the city
quietly
that day, as people steal away in humiliation
after
fleeing
a
battle.
The people
got
them
by
stealth
that day into
the
city
, as people who
are
ashamed
steal away when
they
flee
in battle.
But
the king covered his face and cried
out
at
the top
of
his
voice, “O
my son Absalom !
O
Absalom, my son, my son! ”
The king covered his face ,
and the king
cried
with
a
loud
voice, my son Absalom ,
Absalom, my son, my son!
Then
Joab went
into the house and
said
to the king, “Today
you have disgraced
all your servants who have saved your life and the lives of your sons and daughters, of your wives, and of your concubines .
Joab came
into the house to the king, and
said,
You have shamed
this
day
the
faces
of
all your servants ,
who this
day
have saved your life ,
and the lives of your sons and of
your
daughters, and
the
lives
of your wives, and the
lives
of your concubines ;
You love those who hate you and hate those who love you !
For you have made
it
clear
today
that the
commanders
and soldiers
mean
nothing to you .
I know
today
that if Absalom were
alive
and all of
us
were
dead
, it would
have
pleased you !
in
that
you love those who hate you ,
and hate those who love you .
For you have declared
this
day,
that princes
and servants
are
nothing to you :
for
this
day
I perceive
that if Absalom had
lived,
and all we
had
died
this
day
, then
it had
pleased you well.
Now therefore get
up!
Go out
and speak comfort
to your servants ,
for I swear by the
LORD
that
if you do
not
go out
, not a man will
remain
with you tonight.
This will be worse for
you than all the adversity
that has befallen
you from your youth until now !”
Now therefore arise,
go forth,
and speak comfortably
to your servants ;
for I swear by Yahweh,
if you don't
go forth
, there
will
not stay
a man with you this night:
and
that
will be worse to
you than all the evil
that has happened
to
you from your youth until now .
So
the king got
up
and sat in the gate ,
and
all the people were
told:
“
Behold, the king is sitting in the gate .”
So
they
all came before the king. Meanwhile,
the
Israelites
had fled ,
each
man to his home
.
Then
the king arose,
and sat in the gate .
They
told
to
all the people ,
saying,
Behold, the king is sitting in the gate :
and
all the
people
came before the king. Now
Israel
had fled every
man to his tent
.
And
all the people throughout the tribes of Israel were
arguing
, “
The king rescued
us from
the hand of our enemies and delivered
us from
the hand of the Philistines ,
but
now he has
fled the land because
of
Absalom.
All the people were
at
strife
throughout all
the tribes of Israel, saying,
The king delivered
us out
of
the hand of our enemies ,
and he
saved
us out
of
the hand of the Philistines ;
and
now he is
fled out
of
the land from
Absalom.
But
Absalom, the
man
we anointed over us, has
died
in battle. So
why do
you say
nothing
about
restoring
the king? ”
Absalom, whom
we anointed over us, is
dead
in battle. Now
therefore
why don't
you speak
a
word
of
bringing
the king back
?
Then
King David sent this
message
to Zadok and Abiathar ,
the priests :
“Say
to the elders of Judah, ‘
Why should
you be
the last to restore
the king to his palace,
since
the talk
of all Israel has
reached
the king at
his quarters?
King David sent to Zadok and to
Abiathar the priests ,
saying,
Speak
to the elders of Judah, saying,
Why are
you the last to bring
the king back
to his house?
seeing
the speech
of all Israel is
come
to
the king ,
[to
bring
him]
to
his house.
You are my brothers, my own
flesh
and blood.
So
why should
you be
the last to restore
the king? ’
You are my brothers, you
are
my bone
and my
flesh:
why then
are
you the last to bring
back
the king?
And
say to Amasa, ‘Aren’t
you my flesh
and blood
? May
God punish
me, and ever
so
severely
, if from
this
time
you are
not
the
commander
of my
army
in place
of Joab !’”
Say you
to Amasa, Aren't
you my bone
and my
flesh
? God do
so
to
me, and more
also
, if you aren't
captain
of the
host
before
me
continually
in the
room
of Joab .
So
he swayed
the hearts
of all the men of Judah as though
they
were
one man ,
and
they sent word
to the king :
“Return
, you and all your servants. ”
He bowed
the heart
of all the men of Judah ,
even
as [the
heart
of]
one man ;
so
that
they sent to the king, [saying],
Return
you ,
and all your servants.
So the king returned, and when
he
arrived
at
the Jordan ,
the
men
of
Judah came to Gilgal to meet him
and
escort
him
across
the Jordan.
So the king returned, and came
to
the Jordan .
Judah came to Gilgal ,
to go
to
meet the king,
to
bring
the
king
over
the
Jordan.
Then
Shimei son of Gera, a
Benjamite from
Bahurim, hurried down with the men of Judah to meet King David ,
Shimei the
son of Gera, the
Benjamite ,
who
was
of
Bahurim, hurried and
came
down with the men of Judah to meet king David .
along
with
a thousand men of Benjamin, as
well
as
Ziba the steward
of the house of Saul and his fifteen sons and twenty servants .
They rushed
down
to
the Jordan before
the king
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
through
the Jordan in
the presence
of
the
king .
and
crossed
at
the
ford
to carry
over the king’s
household and to do what was
good in
his
sight
. When
Shimei son of Gera crossed
the
Jordan,
he
fell down before the king
There
went
over
a
ferry-boat
to bring
over the king's
household ,
and to do what he
thought
good. Shimei the
son of Gera fell down before the king ,
when
he
was
come
over
the
Jordan.
and
said, “
My lord ,
do
not
hold
me guilty
, and
do not
remember your servant’s
wrongdoing
on
the day my lord the king left
Jerusalem .
May
the king not
take it to heart.
He
said to
the
king
, Don't
let
my lord impute
iniquity
to
me, neither
do you
remember that
which
your servant
did
perversely
the day that
my lord the king went
out
of
Jerusalem ,
that
the king should
take it to his
heart.
For your servant knows
that I have sinned, so
here
I am today
as
the first of all the house of Joseph to come
down to meet my lord the king. ”
For your servant does
know
that I have sinned :
therefore
, behold,
I am come
this
day
the first of all the house of Joseph to go
down to meet my lord the king.
But Abishai son of Zeruiah said
, “Shouldn’t
Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed the
LORD’s
anointed? ”
But Abishai the
son of Zeruiah answered
, Shall
Shimei not
be put to death for this, because he cursed Yahweh's
anointed?
And
David replied,
“Sons
of
Zeruiah
, what have I to do with you, that you should be my
adversaries today
? Should
any man be put to death in Israel today
? Am
I not
indeed
aware
that today
I am king over Israel? ”
David said
, What have I to do with you, you
sons
of
Zeruiah,
that you should this
day
be adversaries to
me
? shall
there
any man be put to death this
day
in Israel? for
don't
I know
that I am this
day
king over Israel?
So
the king said to Shimei, “
You shall not die. ”
And
the king swore an
oath
to him.
The king said to Shimei, You shall not die. The king swore to him.
Then
Mephibosheth ,
Saul’s
grandson,
went
down to meet the king .
He had not
cared
for
his feet or
trimmed his mustache
or
washed his clothes from the day the king had
left
until the day he returned
safely
.
Mephibosheth the
son
of
Saul
came
down to meet the king ;
and
he had neither
dressed
his feet ,
nor
trimmed his beard,
nor
washed his clothes ,
from the day the king departed
until the day he came
home
in
peace
.
And
he came
from
Jerusalem to meet the king, who
asked
him, “Mephibosheth,
why did
you not
go with me? ”
It
happened,
when
he was
come
to
Jerusalem to meet the king, that
the
king
said
to
him, Why didn't
you go with me ,
Mephibosheth
?
“
My lord the
king
, ”
he
replied,
“because
I
am
lame
, I
said, ‘
I will have
my
donkey saddled
so
that I may ride on
it
and go with the king .’
But
my
servant Ziba
deceived
me,
He
answered,
My lord, O
king
, my
servant
deceived
me:
for
your
servant
said, I will saddle
me
a
donkey ,
that I may ride thereon,
and go with the king ;
because
your
servant is
lame.
and
he has slandered your servant to my lord the king .
Yet
my lord the king is like
the
angel of God ,
so
do what is good in your eyes.
He has slandered your servant to my lord the king ;
but
my lord the king is as
an
angel of God :
do therefore
what is good in your eyes.
For all the
house
of
my grandfather
deserves
death
from
my lord the king ,
yet you have
set your servant among those who eat
at your table. What further
right ,
then,
do
I
have to
keep
appealing
to the king? ”
For all my father's
house
were
but
dead
men
before
my lord the king ;
yet you set your servant among those who ate
at your own
table. What right therefore
have I
yet
that
I
should
cry
any
more
to the king?
The king replied
, “
Why say
any more? I hereby
declare
that
you and Ziba are
to
divide the land. ”
The king said
to
him
, Why speak
you
any more of
your
matters
? I say,
You and Ziba divide the land.
And
Mephibosheth said to the king, “Instead
, since
my lord the king has
safely
come to his own house ,
let
Ziba
take
it
all!”
Mephibosheth said to the king, yes
, let
him
take
all,
because
my lord the king is
come in
peace
to his own house .
Now
Barzillai the Gileadite had
come
down from Rogelim to
cross
the Jordan with the king and
send
him on
his
way
from
there
.
Barzillai the Gileadite came
down from Rogelim ;
and
he
went
over
the Jordan with the king ,
to
conduct
him over
the
Jordan
.
Barzillai was quite
old,
eighty
years
of
age,
and
since
he
was
a very wealthy
man, he had provided for
the king while he stayed
in
Mahanaim.
Now
Barzillai was a very aged
man, even
eighty
years
old:
and
he had provided the king with
sustenance
while he lay
at
Mahanaim ;
for
he
was
a
very
great
man
.
The king said to Barzillai, “Cross
over with me, and I will provide
for
you at
my
side
in Jerusalem. ”
The king said to Barzillai, Come
you
over with me, and I will sustain
you with
me
in Jerusalem.
But
Barzillai replied
, “
How many years of my life remain
, that I should go up to
Jerusalem
with the king?
Barzillai said
to
the
king
, How many are
the
days
of
the
years of my life, that I should go up with the king to
Jerusalem
?
I am now
eighty years old .
Can I discern what
is
good and what
is
not
? Can your servant taste what he
eats
or drinks
? Can I still
hear the voice of singing men and women? Why should your servant be an
added
burden to my lord the king?
I am this
day
eighty years old :
can I discern between
good and bad
? can your servant taste what I
eat
or what
I
drink
? can I hear any
more
the voice of singing men and singing
women? why then
should your servant be yet
a
burden to my lord the king?
Your servant could
go with the king only
a
short
distance
past
the
Jordan;
why should the king repay
me with such a reward?
Your servant would
but
just
go over
the
Jordan
with the king :
and
why should the king recompense
it
me with such a reward?
Please let your servant return
, that I may die in my own city near
the tomb
of my father and mother. But here
is
your servant Chimham .
Let him cross
over with my lord the king ,
and do for
him what is
good in
your
sight
. ”
Please let your servant turn
back
again
, that I may die in my own city ,
by
the grave
of my father and my
mother. But behold,
your servant Chimham ;
let him go
over with my lord the king ;
and do to
him what shall
seem
good to
you
.
The king replied
, “
Chimham will
cross
over with me, and I will do for
him what
seems
good in
your
sight,
and
I
will
do
for
you whatever you desire
of me. ”
The king answered
, Chimham shall
go
over with me, and I will do to
him that
which
shall
seem
good to
you :
and
whatever you shall
require
of me ,
that
will
I
do
for
you
.
So
all the people crossed
the Jordan, and then
the king crossed
over .
The king kissed Barzillai and blessed him ,
and Barzillai
returned home
.
All the people went
over
the Jordan, and the king went
over :
and
the king kissed Barzillai ,
and blessed him ;
and he
returned to
his
own
place
.
Then
the king went on
to Gilgal, and Chimham crossed
over with him .
All the troops
of Judah and half the troops
of Israel escorted
the
king
.
So
the king went over
to Gilgal, and Chimham went
over with him :
and
all the people
of Judah brought
the
king
over,
and also
half the people
of Israel.
Soon
all the men of Israel came to the king and asked
, “
Why did
our brothers ,
the men of Judah ,
take
you away secretly
and bring
the king and his household across
the Jordan, together
with
all of
David’s
men? ”
Behold,
all the men of Israel came to the king ,
and said
to
the
king
, Why have
our brothers the men of Judah stolen
you away ,
and brought
the king ,
and his household ,
over
the Jordan, and
all David's
men with
him
?
And
all the men of Judah replied
to
the men of Israel, “We
did
this
because the king is our
relative .
Why does
this
anger
you? Have we ever
eaten at the king’s
expense
or received
anything
for
ourselves
? ”
All the men of Judah answered
the men of Israel, Because the king is a
close
relative to
us:
why then
are
you angry
for
this
matter
? have we eaten at all
at
the king's
cost?
or has
he
given
us
any
gift
?
“
We have ten shares
in the king, ”
answered
the
men
of
Israel,
“so
we have more claim
to
David than you .
Why then do
you despise us ?
Were
we
not the
first to
speak
of
restoring
our king? ”
But
the men of Judah pressed
even
harder
than the men of Israel.
The
men
of
Israel
answered
the
men
of
Judah,
and
said,
We have ten parts
in the king, and
we have also
more [right]
in
David than you :
why then did
you despise us ,
that
our
advice
should
not be
first had
in
bringing
back
our king? The words
of
the
men of Judah were
fiercer
than the words
of
the
men of Israel.
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