ASV_Strong : 2 Samuel 16
1. And when David[H1732] was a little[H4592] past[H5674] the top[H7218] of the ascent[H6717], behold, Ziba the servant[H5288] of Mephibosheth[H4648] met[H7125] him[H6776], with a couple of asses[H2543] saddled[H2280], and upon them two hundred[H3967] loaves of bread[H3899], and a hundred[H3967] clusters of raisins[H6778], and a hundred[H3967] of summer fruits[H7019], and a bottle[H5035] of wine[H3196].
2. And the king[H4428] said[H559] unto Ziba[H6717], What meanest thou by these[H6717]? And Ziba said[H559], The asses[H2543] are for the king[H4428]'s household[H1004] to ride on[H7392]; and the bread[H3899] and summer fruit[H7019] for the young men[H5288] to eat[H398]; and the wine[H3196], that such as are faint[H3287] in the wilderness[H4057] may drink[H8354].
3. And the king[H4428] said[H559], And where is thy master[H113]'s son[H1121]? And Ziba[H6717] said[H559] unto the king[H4428], Behold[H3427], he abideth at Jerusalem[H3389]; for he said[H559], To-day[H3117] will the house[H1004] of Israel[H3478] restore[H7725] me the kingdom[H4468] of my father[H1].
4. Then said[H559] the king[H4428] to Ziba[H6717], Behold[H4648], thine is all that pertaineth unto Mephibosheth. And Ziba[H6717] said[H559], I do obeisance[H7812]; let me find[H4672] favor[H2580] in thy sight[H5869], my lord[H113], O king[H4428].
5. And when king[H4428] David[H1732] came[H935] to Bahurim[H980], behold[H3318], there came out thence a man[H376] of the family[H4940] of the house[H1004] of Saul[H7586], whose name[H8034] was Shimei[H8096], the son[H1121] of Gera[H1617]; he came out[H3318], and cursed[H7043] still as he came[H3318].
6. And he cast[H5619] stones[H68] at David[H1732], and at all the servants[H5650] of king[H4428] David[H1732]: and all the people[H5971] and all the mighty men[H1368] were on his right hand[H3225] and on his left[H8040].
7. And thus said[H559] Shimei[H8096] when he cursed[H7043], Begone[H3318], begone[H3318], thou man[H376] of blood[H1818], and base[H1100] fellow[H376]:
8. Jehovah[H3068] hath returned[H7725] upon thee all the blood[H1818] of the house[H1004] of Saul[H7586], in whose stead thou hast reigned[H4427]; and Jehovah[H3068] hath delivered[H5414] the kingdom[H4410] into the hand[H3027] of Absalom[H53] thy son[H1121]; and[H7451], behold, thou art taken in thine own mischief, because thou art a man[H376] of blood[H1818].
9. Then said[H559] Abishai[H52] the son[H1121] of Zeruiah[H6870] unto the king[H4428], Why should this dead[H4191] dog[H3611] curse[H7043] my lord[H113] the king[H4428]? let me go over[H5674], I pray thee[H5493], and take off his head[H7218].
10. And the king[H4428] said[H559], What have I to do with you[H1121], ye sons of Zeruiah[H6870]? Because he curseth[H7043], and because Jehovah[H3068] hath said[H559] unto him[H7043], Curse David[H1732]; who then shall say[H559], Wherefore hast thou done so[H6213]?
11. And David[H1732] said[H559] to Abishai[H52], and to all his servants[H5650], Behold[H1121], my son, who came forth[H3318] from my bowels[H4578], seeketh[H1245] my life[H5315]: how much more may this Benjamite[H1145] now do it[H3240]? let him alone, and let him curse[H7043]; for Jehovah[H3068] hath bidden him[H559].
12. It may be that Jehovah[H3068] will look[H7200] on the wrong[H5869] done unto me[H3068], and that Jehovah will requite[H7725] me good[H2896] for his cursing[H7045] of me this day[H3117].
13. So David[H1732] and his men[H582] went[H3212] by the way[H1870]; and Shimei[H8096] went along[H1980] on the hill-side[H2022, 6763] over against[H5980] him[H7043], and cursed as he went[H1980], and threw[H5619] stones[H68] at[H5980] him[H6080], and cast dust[H6083].
14. And the king[H4428], and all the people[H5971] that were with him[H935], came weary[H5889]; and he refreshed himself there[H5314].
15. And Absalom[H53], and all the people[H5971], the men[H376] of Israel[H3478], came[H935] to Jerusalem[H3389], and Ahithophel with him[H302].
16. And it came to pass[H2365], when Hushai the Archite[H757], David[H1732]'s friend[H7463], was come[H935] unto Absalom[H53], that Hushai[H2365] said[H559] unto Absalom[H53], Long live[H2421] the king[H4428], Long live[H2421] the king[H4428].
17. And Absalom[H53] said[H559] to Hushai[H2365], Is this thy kindness[H2617] to thy friend[H7453]? why wentest[H1980] thou not with thy friend[H7453]?
18. And Hushai[H2365] said[H559] unto Absalom[H53], Nay[H3068]; but whom Jehovah, and this people[H5971], and all the men[H376] of Israel[H3478] have chosen[H977], his will I be[H3427], and with him will I abide.
19. And again[H8145], whom should I serve[H5647]? should I not serve in the presence[H6440] of his son[H1121]? as I have served[H5647] in thy father[H1]'s presence[H6440], so will I be in thy presence[H6440].
20. Then said[H559] Absalom[H53] to Ahithophel[H302], Give[H3051] your counsel[H6098] what we shall do[H6213].
21. And Ahithophel[H302] said[H559] unto Absalom[H53], Go in[H935] unto thy father[H1]'s concubines[H6370], that he hath left[H3240] to keep[H8104] the house[H1004]; and all Israel[H3478] will hear[H8085] that thou art abhorred[H887] of thy father[H1]: then will the hands[H3027] of all that are with thee be strong[H2388].
22. So they spread[H5186] Absalom[H53] a tent[H168] upon the top of the house[H1406]; and Absalom[H53] went in[H935] unto his father[H1]'s concubines[H6370] in the sight[H5869] of all Israel[H3478].
23. And the counsel[H6098] of Ahithophel[H302], which he gave[H3289] in those days[H3117], was as if a man[H376] inquired[H7592] at the oracle[H1697] of God[H430]: so was all the counsel[H6098] of Ahithophel[H302] both with David[H1732] and with Absalom[H53].
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