2 Samuel 16 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.

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1 H1732 And when David H4592 was a little H5674 past [H8804] H7218 the top H6717 of the hill, behold, Ziba H5288 the servant H4648 of Mephibosheth H7125 met [H8800] H6776 him, with a couple H2543 of asses H2280 saddled [H8803] H3967 , and upon them two hundred H3899 loaves of bread H3967 , and an hundred H6778 bunches of raisins H3967 , and an hundred H7019 of summer fruits H5035 , and a bottle H3196 of wine.

2 H4428 And the king H559 said [H8799] H6717 unto Ziba H6717 , What meanest thou by these? And Ziba H559 said [H8799] H2543 , The asses H4428 be for the king's H1004 household H7392 to ride on [H8800] H3899 ; and the bread H7019 and summer fruit H5288 for the young men H398 to eat [H8800] H3196 ; and the wine H3287 , that such as be faint H4057 in the wilderness H8354 may drink [H8800] .

3 H4428 And the king H559 said [H8799] H113 , And where is thy master's H1121 son H6717 ? And Ziba H559 said [H8799] H4428 unto the king H3427 , Behold, he abideth [H8802] H3389 at Jerusalem H559 : for he said [H8804] H3117 , To day H1004 shall the house H3478 of Israel H7725 restore [H8686] H4468 me the kingdom H1 of my father.

4 H559 Then said [H8799] H4428 the king H6717 to Ziba H4648 , Behold, thine are all that pertained unto Mephibosheth H6717 . And Ziba H559 said [H8799] H7812 , I humbly [H8694] H4672 beseech thee that I may find [H8799] H2580 grace H5869 in thy sight H113 , my lord H4428 , O king.

5 H4428 And when king H1732 David H935 came [H8804] H980 to Bahurim H3318 , behold, thence came out [H8802] H376 a man H4940 of the family H1004 of the house H7586 of Saul H8034 , whose name H8096 was Shimei H1121 , the son H1617 of Gera H3318 : he came forth [H8802] H7043 , and cursed [H8764] H3318 still as he came [H8800] .

6 H5619 And he cast [H8762] H68 stones H1732 at David H5650 , and at all the servants H4428 of king H1732 David H5971 : and all the people H1368 and all the mighty men H3225 were on his right hand H8040 and on his left.

7 H559 And thus said [H8804] H8096 Shimei H7043 when he cursed [H8763] H3318 , Come out [H8798] H3318 , come out [H8798] H1818 , thou bloody H376 man H376 , and thou man H1100 of Belial:

8 H3068 The LORD H7725 hath returned [H8689] H1818 upon thee all the blood H1004 of the house H7586 of Saul H4427 , in whose stead thou hast reigned [H8804] H3068 ; and the LORD H5414 hath delivered [H8799] H4410 the kingdom H3027 into the hand H53 of Absalom H1121 thy son H7451 : and, behold, thou art taken in thy mischief H1818 , because thou art a bloody H376 man.

9 H559 Then said [H8799] H52 Abishai H1121 the son H6870 of Zeruiah H4428 unto the king H4191 , Why should this dead [H8801] H3611 dog H7043 curse [H8762] H113 my lord H4428 the king H5674 ? let me go over [H8799] H5493 , I pray thee, and take off [H8686] H7218 his head.

10 H4428 And the king H559 said [H8799] H1121 , What have I to do with you, ye sons H6870 of Zeruiah H7043 ? so let him curse [H8762] H3068 , because the LORD H559 hath said [H8804] H7043 unto him, Curse [H8761] H1732 David H559 . Who shall then say [H8799] H6213 , Wherefore hast thou done so [H8804] ?

11 H1732 And David H559 said [H8799] H52 to Abishai H5650 , and to all his servants H1121 , Behold, my son H3318 , which came forth [H8804] H4578 of my bowels H1245 , seeketh [H8764] H5315 my life H1145 : how much more now may this Benjamite H3240 do it ? let him alone [H8685] H7043 , and let him curse [H8762] H3068 ; for the LORD H559 hath bidden [H8804] him.

12 H3068 It may be that the LORD H7200 will look [H8799] H5869 on mine affliction [H8675] H6040 H3068 , and that the LORD H7725 will requite [H8689] H2896 me good H7045 for his cursing H3117 this day.

13 H1732 And as David H582 and his men H3212 went [H8799] H1870 by the way H8096 , Shimei H1980 went along [H8802] H2022 on the hill's H6763 side H5980 over against H7043 him, and cursed [H8762] H1980 as he went [H8800] H5619 , and threw [H8762] H68 stones H5980 at H6080 him, and cast [H8765] H6083 dust.

14 H4428 And the king H5971 , and all the people H935 that were with him, came [H8799] H5889 weary H5314 , and refreshed [H8735] themselves there.

15 H53 And Absalom H5971 , and all the people H376 the men H3478 of Israel H935 , came [H8804] H3389 to Jerusalem H302 , and Ahithophel with him.

16 H2365 And it came to pass, when Hushai H757 the Archite H1732 , David's H7463 friend H935 , was come [H8804] H53 unto Absalom H2365 , that Hushai H559 said [H8799] H53 unto Absalom H2421 , God save [H8799] H4428 the king H2421 , God save [H8799] H4428 the king.

17 H53 And Absalom H559 said [H8799] H2365 to Hushai H2617 , Is this thy kindness H7453 to thy friend H1980 ? why wentest [H8804] H7453 thou not with thy friend?

18 H2365 And Hushai H559 said [H8799] H53 unto Absalom H3068 , Nay; but whom the LORD H5971 , and this people H376 , and all the men H3478 of Israel H977 , choose [H8804] H3427 , his will I be, and with him will I abide [H8799] .

19 H8145 And again H5647 , whom should I serve [H8799] H6440 ? should I not serve in the presence H1121 of his son H5647 ? as I have served [H8804] H1 in thy father's H6440 presence H6440 , so will I be in thy presence.

20 H559 Then said [H8799] H53 Absalom H302 to Ahithophel H3051 , Give [H8798] H6098 counsel H6213 among you what we shall do [H8799] .

21 H302 And Ahithophel H559 said [H8799] H53 unto Absalom H935 , Go in [H8798] H1 unto thy father's H6370 concubines H3240 , which he hath left [H8689] H8104 to keep [H8800] H1004 the house H3478 ; and all Israel H8085 shall hear [H8804] H887 that thou art abhorred [H8738] H1 of thy father H3027 : then shall the hands H2388 of all that are with thee be strong [H8804] .

22 H5186 So they spread [H8686] H53 Absalom H168 a tent H1406 upon the top of the house H53 ; and Absalom H935 went in [H8799] H1 unto his father's H6370 concubines H5869 in the sight H3478 of all Israel.

23 H6098 And the counsel H302 of Ahithophel H3289 , which he counselled [H8804] H3117 in those days H376 , was as if a man H7592 had enquired [H8799] H1697 at the oracle H430 of God H6098 : so was all the counsel H302 of Ahithophel H1732 both with David H53 and with Absalom.