Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
Then
it was
reported
to Joab, “
The king is weeping and mourning over
Absalom .”
And
it is
declared
to Joab, `Lo,
the king is weeping and mourning 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. ”
and the
salvation
on
that day
becometh
mourning to
all the people, for
the
people
hath
heard
on that day, saying,
`
The king hath
been
grieved
for
his son. '
So
they
returned
to
the city
quietly
that day, as people steal away in humiliation
after
fleeing a
battle .
And
the people
stealeth
away,
on
that day, to
go
in
to
the
city,
as the
people steal away ,
who
are
ashamed,
in their
fleeing 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 !”
and
the king hath
covered his face ,
yea,
the king
crieth
--
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 .
And
Joab cometh
in
unto
the king
to
the
house ,
and saith,
`Thou
hast
put
to shame
to-day
the faces
of
all thy
servants ,
those
delivering
thy
life to-day,
and the life
of thy
sons ,
and of
thy
daughters, and
the
life
of thy
wives, and the
life
of thy
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!
to
love thine
enemies,
and to
hate those loving
thee,
for thou
hast
declared
to-day
that thou
hast
no
princes
and servants,
for
I have
known
to-day
that if Absalom `
were '
alive ,
and all of us to-day
dead, that
then
it were
right
in
thine
eyes.
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 !”
`And
now ,
rise,
go out and speak unto
the
heart
of
thy
servants, for by Jehovah
I
have
sworn,
that --
thou
art
not going
out --
there
doth
not lodge
a man with thee
to-night;
and
this `is'
worse for thee
than all the evil
that hath
come
upon
thee
from thy
youth till
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
.
And
the king riseth,
and sitteth
in the gate, and to
all the people they
have
declared
, saying,
`Lo,
the king is sitting in the gate ;'
and
all the
people
come
in
before the king, and
Israel
hath
fled, each to his tents
.
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 .
And it
cometh
to
pass,
all the people are
contending
through
all
the tribes of Israel, saying,
`
The king delivered
us out
of
the hand of our enemies ,
yea,
he
himself
delivered us out
of
the hand of the Philistines, and
now he hath
fled out
of
the land because of Absalom ,
But
Absalom ,
the
man
we anointed over us ,
has
died
in battle .
So
why do
you
say
nothing
about
restoring
the king? ”
and
Absalom whom
we anointed over us `is'
dead
in battle ,
and
now,
why are
ye
silent
--
to
bring
back
the king? '
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?
And
king David sent unto
Zadok and unto
Abiathar the priests ,
saying,
`Speak
ye
unto
the elders of Judah, saying,
Why are
ye
last to bring
back
the king unto
his house?
(and
the word
of all Israel hath
come
unto
the king ,
unto
his house;)
You
are
my brothers
, my own
flesh and blood.
So
why should
you
be
the
last to restore
the king? ’
my brethren
ye
`are'
, my bone
and
my
flesh ye
`are',
and why are
ye
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 !’”
And to Amasa say
ye
, Art
not
thou
my bone
and my
flesh
? Thus
doth
God do
to
me, and thus
He
doth
add
, if thou
art
not head
of the
host
before
me
all
the
days
instead
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. ”
And
he inclineth
the heart
of all the men of Judah as one man, and they send
unto
the king, `Turn
back,
thou,
and all thy
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 .
And
the king turneth
back
, and cometh
in
unto
the Jordan, and
Judah hath
come
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,
and
Shimei son of Gera, the
Benjamite ,
who
`is'
from Bahurim, hasteth,
and
cometh
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
and
a thousand men `are'
with
him
from
Benjamin, and
Ziba servant
of the house of Saul ,
and his fifteen sons and his
twenty servants with
him,
and
they have
gone
prosperously
over
the Jordan before 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
And passed
over
hath
the ferry-boat
to carry over the household of
the
king,
and to do that
which
`is'
good in his eyes,
and
Shimei son of Gera hath
fallen
before the king in
his
passing
over
into
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 .
and saith
unto
the
king
, `Let
not
my lord impute
to
me iniquity;
neither
do thou
remember that
which
thy
servant
did
perversely
in
the day that
my lord the king went
out
from
Jerusalem ,
--
for
the king to set
`it'
unto
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 thy
servant hath
known
that I have sinned ;
and
lo
, I have
come
to-day,
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? ”
And
Abishai son of Zeruiah answereth
and
saith
, `For
this
is
not
Shimei put to death --
because he reviled
the anointed of
Jehovah
? '
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? ”
And David saith
, `
What --
to me
and
to
you, O
sons
of
Zeruiah,
that ye
are
to
me
to-day
for
an
adversary
? to-day
is
any man put to death in Israel? for
have
I not known
that to-day
I `
am '
king over Israel? '
So
the king said
to
Shimei, “You
shall
not die .”
And the king swore
an
oath
to him.
And
the king saith
unto
Shimei, `Thou
dost
not die ;'
and the king sweareth
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.
And
Mephibosheth son
of
Saul
hath
come
down to meet the king --
and
he prepared
not his feet ,
nor
did
he
prepare
his upper
lip,
yea,
his garments
he
washed
not,
even
from the day of
the going
away
of
the
king ,
till
the day that
he came
in
peace
--
And he came
from
Jerusalem to meet the king, who
asked
him, “Mephibosheth,
why did
you
not go with me? ”
and it
cometh
to
pass,
when
he hath
come
to
Jerusalem to meet the king, that
the
king
saith
to
him, `
Why didst
thou
not 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
,
And
he
saith,
`
My lord, O
king
, my
servant
deceived
me
, for
thy
servant
said, I saddle
for
me
the
ass,
and
ride on it ,
and go with the king, for
thy
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 .
and he uttereth
slander
against
thy
servant unto
my lord the king ,
and
my lord the king `
is '
as
a
messenger
of God ;
and
do thou
that
which
is good in thine
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 the house of my father
have
been
nothing
except
men
of
death before
my lord the king, and
thou
dost
set thy
servant among those eating
at thy
table ,
and
what right have I
any
more
--
even
to cry
any
more
unto
the king? '
The king replied
, “
Why say
any more? I hereby
declare
that
you
and Ziba are
to
divide
the land
. ”
And
the king saith
to
him
, `
Why dost
thou
speak
any more of
thy
matters
? I have
said,
Thou
and Ziba --
share
ye
the field
. '
And Mephibosheth said
to
the king, “Instead
, since
my lord the king has
safely
come to
his own
house ,
let
Ziba
take
it
all!”
And Mephibosheth saith
unto
the king, `Yea
, the
whole
let
him
take,
after
that
my lord the king hath
come in
peace
unto
his 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.
And
Barzillai the Gileadite hath
gone
down from Rogelim ,
and
passeth
over
the Jordan with the king ,
to
send him away
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 .
and
Barzillai `is'
very
aged
, a
son
of
eighty years, and he hath
sustained
the king in his
abiding
in
Mahanaim ,
for
he
`is'
a
very
great
man;
The king said
to
Barzillai, “Cross
over with me, and I will
provide
for
you
at
my
side
in Jerusalem. ”
and
the king saith
unto
Barzillai, `Pass
thou
over with me, and I have
sustained
thee
with
me
in Jerusalem. '
But
Barzillai replied
, “
How many years of my life remain
, that I should
go up to
Jerusalem
with the king?
And
Barzillai saith
unto
the
king
, `
How many `are'
the
days
of
the
years of my life, that I 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?
A
son
of
eighty years I `am'
to-day;
do
I
know
between
good and evil
? doth
thy
servant taste that
which
I
am
eating,
and
that
which
I
drink
? do
I hearken
any
more
to
the voice of singers
and songstresses
? and
why is
thy
servant any
more
for
a
burden unto
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
?
As
a
little
thing,
thy
servant doth
pass
over
the
Jordan
with the king ,
and
why doth
the king recompense
me this
recompense
?
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
. ”
Let ,
I
pray
thee,
thy
servant turn
back
again
, and
I die in mine
own city ,
near the burying-place
of my father and of
my
mother ,
--
and
lo,
thy
servant Chimham ,
let him pass
over with my lord the king, and do thou
to
him that
which
`
is '
good in thine
eyes
. '
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
. ”
And
the king saith
, `
With me doth
Chimham
go
over
, and I do to
him that
which
`is'
good in thine
eyes
, yea,
all
that
thou
dost
fix
on
me
I do to
thee
. '
So
all the people crossed
the Jordan, and then
the king crossed
over .
The king kissed
Barzillai and blessed
him, and Barzillai
returned
home
.
And
all the people pass
over
the Jordan, and the king hath
passed
over ,
and
the king giveth
a
kiss
to
Barzillai ,
and blesseth
him, and he
turneth
back
to
his
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
.
And
the king passeth
over
to Gilgal, and Chimham hath
passed
over with him ,
and
all the people
of Judah ,
and they
bring
over
the
king,
and
also
the
half of
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 ?”
And,
lo,
all the men of Israel are
coming
unto
the king ,
and they
say
unto
the
king
, `Wherefore
have
they
stolen
thee
--
our brethren
, the men of Judah ?'
(
and they
bring the king and his household over
the Jordan, and
all the
men of
David
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
? ”
And all the men of Judah answer
against
the men of Israel, `
Because the king `
is '
near
unto
us,
and
why `is'
this --
ye
are
displeased
about
this
matter
? have we at all
eaten
of
the king's
`substance
? '
a
gift
hath
he
lifted
up
to
us?'
“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.
And
the men of Israel answer
the
men
of
Judah
, and
say,
`Ten
parts
we have in
the
king,
and
also
in
David more
than you ;
and
wherefore
have
ye
lightly
esteemed
us ,
that
our
word
hath
not been
first to bring
back
our king? '
And
the word
of
the
men of Judah is
sharper
than the word
of
the
men of Israel.
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