1
H1732
And when David
H4592
was a little
H5674 [H8804]
past
H7218
the top
H6717
of the hill, behold, Ziba
H5288
the servant
H4648
of Mephibosheth
H7125 [H8800]
met
H6776
him, with a couple
H2543
of donkeys
H2280 [H8803]
saddled
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 [H8799]
said
H6717
to Ziba
H6717
, What meanest thou by these? And Ziba
H559 [H8799]
said
H2543
, The donkeys
H4428
are for the king's
H1004
household
H7392 [H8800]
to ride on
H3899
; and the bread
H7019
and summer fruit
H5288
for the young men
H398 [H8800]
to eat
H3196
; and the wine
H3287
, that such as are faint
H4057
in the wilderness
H8354 [H8800]
may drink.
3
H4428
And the king
H559 [H8799]
said
H113
, And where is thy master's
H1121
son
H6717
? And Ziba
H559 [H8799]
said
H4428
to the king
H3427 [H8802]
, Behold, he abideth
H3389
at Jerusalem
H559 [H8804]
: for he said
H3117
, To day
H1004
shall the house
H3478
of Israel
H7725 [H8686]
restore
H4468
to me the kingdom
H1
of my father.
4
H559 [H8799]
Then said
H4428
the king
H6717
to Ziba
H4648
, Behold, thine are all that pertained to Mephibosheth
H6717
. And Ziba
H559 [H8799]
said
H7812 [H8694]
, I humbly
H4672 [H8799]
beseech thee that I may find
H2580
grace
H5869
in thy sight
H113
, my lord
H4428
, O king.
5
H4428
And when king
H1732
David
H935 [H8804]
came
H980
to Bahurim
H3318 [H8802]
, behold, from there came out
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 [H8802]
: he came forth
H7043 [H8764]
, and cursed
H3318 [H8800]
continually as he came.
6
H5619 [H8762]
And he cast
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 [H8804]
And thus said
H8096
Shimei
H7043 [H8763]
when he cursed
H3318 [H8798]
, Come out
H3318 [H8798]
, come out
H1818
, thou bloody
H376
man
H1100
, and thou worthless
H376
fellow:
8
H3068
The LORD
H7725 [H8689]
hath returned
H1818
upon thee all the blood
H1004
of the house
H7586
of Saul
H4427 [H8804]
, in whose stead thou hast reigned
H3068
; and the LORD
H5414 [H8799]
hath delivered
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 [H8799]
Then said
H52
Abishai
H1121
the son
H6870
of Zeruiah
H4428
to the king
H4191 [H8801]
, Why should this dead
H3611
dog
H7043 [H8762]
curse
H113
my lord
H4428
the king
H5674 [H8799]
? let me go over
H5493 [H8686]
, I pray thee, and take off
H7218
his head.
10
H4428
And the king
H559 [H8799]
said
H1121
, What have I to do with you, ye sons
H6870
of Zeruiah
H7043 [H8762]
? so let him curse
H3068
, because the LORD
H559 [H8804]
hath said
H7043 [H8761]
to him, Curse
H1732
David
H559 [H8799]
. Who shall then say
H6213 [H8804]
, Why hast thou done so?
11
H1732
And David
H559 [H8799]
said
H52
to Abishai
H5650
, and to all his servants
H1121
, Behold, my son
H3318 [H8804]
, who came forth
H4578
from my own body
H1245 [H8764]
, seeketh
H5315
my life
H1145
: how much more now may this Benjamite
H3240 [H8685]
do it? let him alone
H7043 [H8762]
, and let him curse
H3068
; for the LORD
H559 [H8804]
hath bidden him.
12
H3068
It may be that the LORD
H7200 [H8799]
will look
H5869 H6040 [H8675]
on my affliction
H3068
, and that the LORD
H7725 [H8689]
will repay
H2896
me good
H7045
for his cursing
H3117
this day.
13
H1732
And as David
H582
and his men
H3212 [H8799]
went
H1870
by the way
H8096
, Shimei
H1980 [H8802]
went along
H2022
on the hill's
H6763
side
H5980
opposite
H7043 [H8762]
him, and cursed
H1980 [H8800]
as he went
H5619 [H8762]
, and threw
H68
stones
H5980
at
H6080 [H8765]
him, and cast
H6083
dust.
14
H4428
And the king
H5971
, and all the people
H935 [H8799]
that were with him, became
H5889
weary
H5314 [H8735]
, and refreshed themselves there.
15
H53
And Absalom
H5971
, and all the people
H376
the men
H3478
of Israel
H935 [H8804]
, came
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 [H8804]
, had come
H53
to Absalom
H2365
, that Hushai
H559 [H8799]
said
H53
to Absalom
H2421 [H8799]
, God save
H4428
the king
H2421 [H8799]
, God save
H4428
the king.
17
H53
And Absalom
H559 [H8799]
said
H2365
to Hushai
H2617
, Is this thy kindness
H7453
to thy friend
H1980 [H8804]
? why wentest
H7453
thou not with thy friend?
18
H2365
And Hushai
H559 [H8799]
said
H53
to Absalom
H3068
, Nay; but whom the LORD
H5971
, and this people
H376
, and all the men
H3478
of Israel
H977 [H8804]
, choose
H3427 [H8799]
, his will I be, and with him will I abide.
19
H8145
And again
H5647 [H8799]
, whom should I serve
H6440
? should I not serve in the presence
H1121
of his son
H5647 [H8804]
? as I have served
H1
in thy father's
H6440
presence
H6440
, so will I be in thy presence.
20
H559 [H8799]
Then said
H53
Absalom
H302
to Ahithophel
H3051 [H8798]
, Give
H6098
counsel
H6213 [H8799]
among you what we shall do.
21
H302
And Ahithophel
H559 [H8799]
said
H53
to Absalom
H935 [H8798]
, Go in
H1
to thy father's
H6370
concubines
H3240 [H8689]
, which he hath left
H8104 [H8800]
to keep
H1004
the house
H3478
; and all Israel
H8085 [H8804]
shall hear
H887 [H8738]
that thou art abhorred
H1
by thy father
H3027
: then shall the hands
H2388 [H8804]
of all that are with thee be strong.