2 Samuel 19

1 ♥ 📝 A nd it was told^H5046 Joab,^H3097 Behold, the king^H4428 weepeth^H1058 and mourneth^H56 for Absalom.^H53

2 ♥ 📝 And the victory^H8668 that day^H3117 was turned into mourning^H60 unto all the people;^H5971 for the people^H5971 heard^H8085 say^H559 that day,^H3117 The king^H4428 grieveth^H6087 for his son.^H1121

3 ♥ 📝 And the people^H5971 gat^H935 them by stealth^H1589 that day^H3117 into the city,^H5892 as people^H5971 that are ashamed^H3637 steal away^H1589 when they flee^H5127 in battle.^H4421

4 ♥ 📝 And the king^H4428 covered^H3813 his face,^H6440 and the king^H4428 cried^H2199 with a loud^H1419 voice,^H6963 O my son^H1121 Absalom,^H53 O Absalom,^H53 my son,^H1121 my son!^H1121

5 ♥ 📝 And Joab^H3097 came^H935 into the house^H1004 to the king,^H4428 and said,^H559 Thou hast shamed^H3001 this day^H3117 the faces^H6440 of all thy servants,^H5650 who this day^H3117 have saved^H4422 thy life,^H5315 and the lives^H5315 of thy sons^H1121 and of thy daughters,^H1323 and the lives^H5315 of thy wives,^H802 and the lives^H5315 of thy concubines;^H6370

6 ♥ 📝 in that thou lovest^H157 them that hate^H8130 thee, and hatest^H8130 them that love^H157 thee. For thou hast declared^H5046 this day,^H3117 that princes^H8269 and servants^H5650 are nought unto thee: for this day^H3117 I perceive,^H3045 that if^H3863 Absalom^H53 had lived,^H2416 and all we had died^H4191 this day,^H3117 then it had pleased thee well.^H3477

7 ♥ 📝 Now therefore arise,^H6965 go forth,^H3318 and speak^H1696 comfortably^H3820 unto thy servants;^H5650 for I swear^H7650 by Jehovah,^H3068 if thou go not forth,^H3318 there will not tarry^H3885 a man^H376 with thee this night:^H3915 and that will be worse^H7489 unto thee than all the evil^H7451 that hath befallen^H935 thee from thy youth^H5271 until now.

8 ♥ 📝 Then the king^H4428 arose,^H6965 and sat^H3427 in the gate.^H8179 And they told^H5046 unto all the people,^H5971 saying,^H559 Behold, the king^H4428 is sitting^H3427 in the gate:^H8179 and all the people^H5971 came^H935 before^H6440 the king.^H4428 Now Israel^H3478 had fled^H5127 every man^H376 to his tent.^H168

9 ♥ 📝 And all the people^H5971 were at strife^H1777 throughout all the tribes^H7626 of Israel,^H3478 saying,^H559 The king^H4428 delivered^H5337 us out of the hand^H3709 of our enemies,^H341 and he saved^H4422 us out of the hand^H3709 of the Philistines;^H6430 and now he is fled^H1272 out of the land^H776 from Absalom.^H53

10 ♥ 📝 And Absalom,^H53 whom we anointed^H4886 over us, is dead^H4191 in battle.^H4421 Now therefore why speak^H2790 ye not a word of bringing^H7725 the king^H4428 back?^H7725

11 ♥ 📝 And king^H4428 David^H1732 sent^H7971 to Zadok^H6659 and to Abiathar^H54 the priests,^H3548 saying,^H559 Speak^H1696 unto the elders^H2205 of Judah,^H3063 saying,^H559 Why are ye the last^H314 to bring^H7725 the king^H4428 back^H7725 to his house?^H1004 seeing the speech^H1697 of all Israel^H3478 is come^H935 to the king,^H4428 [to bring him] to his house.^H1004

12 ♥ 📝 Ye are my brethren,^H251 ye are my bone^H6106 and my flesh:^H1320 wherefore then are ye the last^H314 to bring back^H7725 the king?^H4428

13 ♥ 📝 And say^H559 ye to Amasa,^H6021 Art thou not my bone^H6106 and my flesh?^H1320 God^H430 do^H6213 so to me, and more^H3254 also, if thou be not captain^H8269 of the host^H6635 before^H6440 me continually^H3117 in the room^H8478 of Joab.^H3097

14 ♥ 📝 And he bowed^H5186 the heart^H3824 of all the men^H376 of Judah,^H3063 even as [the heart of] one^H259 man;^H376 so that they sent^H7971 unto the king,^H4428 [saying], Return^H7725 thou, and all thy servants.^H5650

15 ♥ 📝 So the king^H4428 returned,^H7725 and came^H935 to the Jordan.^H3383 And Judah^H3063 came^H935 to Gilgal,^H1537 to go^H3212 to meet^H7125 the king,^H4428 to bring^H5674 the king^H4428 over^H5674 the Jordan.^H3383

16 ♥ 📝 And Shimei^H8096 the son^H1121 of Gera,^H1617 the Benjamite,^H1145 who was of Bahurim,^H980 hasted^H4116 and came down^H3381 with the men^H376 of Judah^H3063 to meet^H7125 king^H4428 David.^H1732

17 ♥ 📝 And there were a thousand^H505 men^H376 of Benjamin^H1145 with him, and Ziba^H6717 the servant^H5288 of the house^H1004 of Saul,^H7586 and his fifteen^H2568 sons^H1121 and his twenty^H6242 servants^H5650 with him; and they went through^H6743 the Jordan^H3383 in the presence^H6440 of the king.^H4428

18 ♥ 📝 And there went over^H5674 a ferry-boat^H5679 to bring over^H5674 the king's^H4428 household,^H1004 and to do^H6213 what he thought^H5869 good.^H2896 And Shimei^H8096 the son^H1121 of Gera^H1617 fell down^H5307 before^H6440 the king,^H4428 when he was come over^H5674 the Jordan.^H3383

19 ♥ 📝 And he said^H559 unto the king,^H4428 Let not my lord^H113 impute^H2803 iniquity^H5771 unto me, neither do thou remember^H2142 that which thy servant^H5650 did perversely^H5753 the day^H3117 that my lord^H113 the king^H4428 went out^H3318 of Jerusalem,^H3389 that the king^H4428 should take^H7760 it to his heart.^H3820

20 ♥ 📝 For thy servant^H5650 doth know^H3045 that I have sinned:^H2398 therefore, behold, I am come^H935 this day^H3117 the first^H7223 of all the house^H1004 of Joseph^H3130 to go down^H3381 to meet^H7125 my lord^H113 the king.^H4428

21 ♥ 📝 But Abishai^H52 the son^H1121 of Zeruiah^H6870 answered^H6030 and said,^H559 Shall not Shimei^H8096 be put to death^H4191 for this, because he cursed^H7043 Jehovah's^H3068 anointed?^H4899

22 ♥ 📝 And David^H1732 said,^H559 What have I to do with you, ye sons^H1121 of Zeruiah,^H6870 that ye should this day^H3117 be adversaries^H7854 unto me? shall there any man^H376 be put to death^H4191 this day^H3117 in Israel?^H3478 for do not I know^H3045 that I am this day^H3117 king^H4428 over Israel?^H3478

23 ♥ 📝 And the king^H4428 said^H559 unto Shimei,^H8096 Thou shalt not die.^H4191 And the king^H4428 sware^H7650 unto him.

24 ♥ 📝 And Mephibosheth^H4648 the son^H1121 of Saul^H7586 came down^H3381 to meet^H7125 the king;^H4428 and he had neither^H3808 dressed^H6213 his feet,^H7272 nor trimmed^H6213 his beard,^H8222 nor washed^H3526 his clothes,^H899 from the day^H3117 the king^H4428 departed^H3212 until the day^H3117 he came^H935 home in peace.^H7965

25 ♥ 📝 And it came to pass, when he was come^H935 to Jerusalem^H3389 to meet^H7125 the king,^H4428 that the king^H4428 said^H559 unto him, Wherefore wentest^H1980 not thou with me, Mephibosheth?^H4648

26 ♥ 📝 And he answered,^H559 My lord,^H113 O king,^H4428 my servant^H5650 deceived^H7411 me: for thy servant^H5650 said,^H559 I will saddle^H2280 me an ass,^H2543 that I may ride^H7392 thereon, and go^H3212 with the king;^H4428 because thy servant^H5650 is lame.^H6455

27 ♥ 📝 And he hath slandered^H7270 thy servant^H5650 unto my lord^H113 the king;^H4428 but my lord^H113 the king^H4428 is as an angel^H4397 of God:^H430 do^H6213 therefore what is good^H2896 in thine eyes.^H5869

28 ♥ 📝 For all my father's^H1 house^H1004 were but^H3808 dead^H4194 men^H582 before my lord^H113 the king;^H4428 yet didst thou set^H7896 thy servant^H5650 among them that did eat^H398 at thine own table.^H7979 What right^H6666 therefore have^H3426 I yet that I should cry^H2199 any more unto the king?^H4428

29 ♥ 📝 And the king^H4428 said^H559 unto him, Why speakest^H1696 thou any more of thy matters?^H1697 I say,^H559 Thou and Ziba^H6717 divide^H2505 the land.^H7704

30 ♥ 📝 And Mephibosheth^H4648 said^H559 unto the king,^H4428 yea, let him take^H3947 all, forasmuch^H310 as^H834 my lord^H113 the king^H4428 is come^H935 in peace^H7965 unto his own house.^H1004

31 ♥ 📝 And Barzillai^H1271 the Gileadite^H1569 came down^H3381 from Rogelim;^H7274 and he went over^H5674 the Jordan^H3383 with the king,^H4428 to conduct^H7971 him over the Jordan.^H3383

32 ♥ 📝 Now Barzillai^H1271 was a very^H3966 aged^H2204 man, even fourscore^H8084 years^H8141 old:^H1121 and he had provided the king^H4428 with sustenance^H3557 while he lay^H7871 at Mahanaim;^H4266 for he was a very^H3966 great^H1419 man.^H376

33 ♥ 📝 And the king^H4428 said^H559 unto Barzillai,^H1271 Come thou over^H5674 with me, and I will sustain^H3557 thee with me in Jerusalem.^H3389

34 ♥ 📝 And Barzillai^H1271 said^H559 unto the king,^H4428 How many^H3117 are the days of the years of my life,^H8141 that I should go up^H5927 with the king^H4428 unto Jerusalem?^H3389

35 ♥ 📝 I am this day^H3117 fourscore^H8084 years^H8141 old:^H1121 can I discern^H3045 between good^H2896 and bad?^H7451 can thy servant^H5650 taste^H2938 what^H834 I eat^H398 or what^H834 I drink?^H8354 can I hear^H8085 any more the voice^H6963 of singing men^H7891 and singing women?^H7891 wherefore then should thy servant^H5650 be yet a burden^H4853 unto my lord^H113 the king?^H4428

36 ♥ 📝 Thy servant^H5650 would but just^H4592 go^H5674 over^H5674 the Jordan^H3383 with the king:^H4428 and why should the king^H4428 recompense^H1580 it me with such a reward?^H1578

37 ♥ 📝 Let thy servant,^H5650 I pray thee, turn back again,^H7725 that I may die^H4191 in mine own city,^H5892 by the grave^H6913 of my father^H1 and my mother.^H517 But behold, thy servant^H5650 Chimham;^H3643 let him go over^H5674 with my lord^H113 the king;^H4428 and do^H6213 to him what shall seem good^H2896 unto thee.

38 ♥ 📝 And the king^H4428 answered,^H559 Chimham^H3643 shall go^H5674 over with me, and I will do^H6213 to him that which shall seem good^H2896 unto thee: and whatsoever thou shalt require^H977 of me, that will I do^H6213 for thee.

39 ♥ 📝 And all the people^H5971 went over^H5674 the Jordan,^H3383 and the king^H4428 went over:^H5674 and the king^H4428 kissed^H5401 Barzillai,^H1271 and blessed^H1288 him; and he returned^H7725 unto his own place.^H4725

40 ♥ 📝 So the king^H4428 went over^H5674 to Gilgal,^H1537 and Chimham^H3643 went over^H5674 with him: and all the people^H5971 of Judah^H3063 brought^H5674 the king^H4428 over, and also half^H2677 the people^H5971 of Israel.^H3478

41 ♥ 📝 And, behold, all the men^H376 of Israel^H3478 came^H935 to the king,^H4428 and said^H559 unto the king,^H4428 Why have our brethren^H251 the men^H376 of Judah^H3063 stolen thee away,^H1589 and brought^H5674 the king,^H4428 and his household,^H1004 over the Jordan,^H3383 and all David's^H1732 men^H582 with him?

42 ♥ 📝 And all the men^H376 of Judah^H3063 answered^H6030 the men^H376 of Israel,^H3478 Because the king^H4428 is near of kin^H7138 to us: wherefore then are ye angry^H2734 for this matter?^H1697 have we eaten^H398 at all^H398 at the king's^H4428 cost? or hath he given^H5375 us any gift?^H5379

43 ♥ 📝 And the men^H376 of Israel^H3478 answered^H6030 the men^H376 of Judah,^H3063 and said,^H559 We have ten^H6235 parts^H3027 in the king,^H4428 and we^H589 have also more [right] in David^H1732 than ye: why then did ye despise^H7043 us, that our advice^H1697 should not be first^H7223 had in bringing back^H7725 our king?^H4428 And the words^H1697 of the men^H376 of Judah^H3063 were fiercer^H7185 than the words^H1697 of the men^H376 of Israel.^H3478