King James Version (KJV) With Strong Codes

1. And when David[H1732] was a little[H4592] past[H5674] the top[H4480] [H7218] of the hill, behold,[H2009] Ziba[H6717] the servant[H5288] of Mephibosheth[H4648] met[H7125] him, with a couple[H6776] of asses[H2543] saddled,[H2280] and upon[H5921] them two hundred[H3967] loaves of bread,[H3899] and a hundred[H3967] bunches 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[H413] Ziba,[H6717] What[H4100] meanest thou by these?[H428] And Ziba[H6717] said,[H559] The asses[H2543] be for the king's[H4428] 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 be faint[H3287] in the wilderness[H4057] may drink.[H8354]

3. And the king[H4428] said,[H559] And where[H346] is thy master's[H113] son?[H1121] And Ziba[H6717] said[H559] unto[H413] the king,[H4428] Behold,[H2009] he abideth[H3427] at Jerusalem:[H3389] for[H3588] he said,[H559] Today[H3117] shall the house[H1004] of Israel[H3478] restore[H7725] me[H853] the kingdom[H4468] of my father.[H1]

4. Then said[H559] the king[H4428] to Ziba,[H6717] Behold,[H2009] thine are all[H3605] that[H834] pertained unto Mephibosheth.[H4648] And Ziba[H6717] said,[H559] I humbly beseech[H7812] thee that I may find[H4672] grace[H2580] in thy sight,[H5869] my lord,[H113] O king.[H4428]

5. And when king[H4428] David[H1732] came[H935] to[H5704] Bahurim,[H980] behold,[H2009] thence[H4480] [H8033] came out[H3318] a man[H376] of the family[H4480] [H4940] of the house[H1004] of Saul,[H7586] whose name[H8034] was Shimei,[H8096] the son[H1121] of Gera:[H1617] he came forth,[H3318] and cursed[H7043] still as he came.[H3318]

6. And he cast[H5619] stones[H68] at[H853] David,[H1732] and at all[H3605] the servants[H5650] of king[H4428] David:[H1732] and all[H3605] the people[H5971] and all[H3605] the mighty men[H1368] were on his right hand[H4480] [H3225] and on his left.[H4480] [H8040]

7. And thus[H3541] said[H559] Shimei[H8096] when he cursed,[H7043] Come out,[H3318] come out,[H3318] thou bloody[H1818] man,[H376] and thou man[H376] of Belial: [H1100]

8. The LORD[H3068] hath returned[H7725] upon[H5921] thee all[H3605] the blood[H1818] of the house[H1004] of Saul,[H7586] in whose[H834] stead[H8478] thou hast reigned;[H4427] and the LORD[H3068] hath delivered[H5414] [H853] the kingdom[H4410] into the hand[H3027] of Absalom[H53] thy son:[H1121] and, behold,[H2009] thou art taken in thy mischief,[H7451] because[H3588] thou[H859] art a bloody[H1818] man.[H376]

9. Then said[H559] Abishai[H52] the son[H1121] of Zeruiah[H6870] unto[H413] the king,[H4428] Why[H4100] should this[H2088] dead[H4191] dog[H3611] curse[H7043] [H853] my lord[H113] the king?[H4428] let me go over,[H5674] I pray thee,[H4994] and take off[H5493] [H853] his head.[H7218]

10. And the king[H4428] said,[H559] What[H4100] have I to do with you, ye sons[H1121] of Zeruiah?[H6870] so[H3541] let him curse,[H7043] because[H3588] the LORD[H3068] hath said[H559] unto him, Curse[H7043] [H853] David.[H1732] Who[H4310] shall then say,[H559] Wherefore[H4069] hast thou done[H6213] so?[H3651]

11. And David[H1732] said[H559] to[H413] Abishai,[H52] and to[H413] all[H3605] his servants,[H5650] Behold,[H2009] my son,[H1121] which[H834] came forth[H3318] of my bowels,[H4480] [H4578] seeketh[H1245] [H853] my life:[H5315] how much more[H637] [H3588] now[H6258] may this Benjamite[H1145] do it? let him alone,[H5117] and let him curse;[H7043] for[H3588] the LORD[H3068] hath bidden[H559] him.

12. It may be[H194] that the LORD[H3068] will look[H7200] on mine affliction,[H6040] and that the LORD[H3068] will requite[H7725] me good[H2896] for[H8478] his cursing[H7045] this[H2088] day.[H3117]

13. And as David[H1732] and his men[H376] went[H1980] by the way,[H1870] Shimei[H8096] went along[H1980] on the hill's[H2022] side[H6763] over against[H5980] him, and cursed[H7043] as he went,[H1980] and threw[H5619] stones[H68] at[H5980] him, and cast[H6080] dust.[H6083]

14. And the king,[H4428] and all[H3605] the people[H5971] that[H834] were with[H854] him, came[H935] weary,[H5889] and refreshed themselves[H5314] there.[H8033]

15. And Absalom,[H53] and all[H3605] the people[H5971] the men[H376] of Israel,[H3478] came[H935] to Jerusalem,[H3389] and Ahithophel[H302] with[H854] him.

16. And it came to pass,[H1961] when[H834] Hushai[H2365] the Archite,[H757] David's[H1732] friend,[H7463] was come[H935] unto[H413] Absalom,[H53] that Hushai[H2365] said[H559] unto[H413] Absalom,[H53] God save[H2421] the king,[H4428] God save[H2421] the king.[H4428]

17. And Absalom[H53] said[H559] to[H413] Hushai,[H2365] Is this[H2088] thy kindness[H2617] to[H853] thy friend?[H7453] why[H4100] wentest[H1980] thou not[H3808] with[H854] thy friend?[H7453]

18. And Hushai[H2365] said[H559] unto[H413] Absalom,[H53] Nay;[H3808] but[H3588] whom[H834] the LORD,[H3068] and this[H2088] people,[H5971] and all[H3605] the men[H376] of Israel,[H3478] choose,[H977] his will I be,[H1961] and with[H854] him will I abide.[H3427]

19. And again,[H8145] whom[H4310] should I[H589] serve?[H5647] should I not[H3808] serve in the presence[H6440] of his son?[H1121] as[H834] I have served[H5647] in thy father's[H1] presence,[H6440] so[H3651] will I be[H1961] in thy presence.[H6440]

20. Then said[H559] Absalom[H53] to[H413] Ahithophel,[H302] Give[H3051] counsel[H6098] among you what[H4100] we shall do.[H6213]

21. And Ahithophel[H302] said[H559] unto[H413] Absalom,[H53] Go[H935] in unto[H413] thy father's[H1] concubines,[H6370] which[H834] he hath left[H5117] to keep[H8104] the house;[H1004] and all[H3605] Israel[H3478] shall hear[H8085] that[H3588] thou art abhorred[H887] of[H854] thy father:[H1] then shall the hands[H3027] of all[H3605] that[H834] are with[H854] thee be strong.[H2388]

22. So they spread[H5186] Absalom[H53] a tent[H168] upon[H5921] the top[H1406] of the house; and Absalom[H53] went[H935] in unto[H413] his father's[H1] concubines[H6370] in the sight[H5869] of all[H3605] Israel.[H3478]

23. And the counsel[H6098] of Ahithophel,[H302] which[H834] he counseled[H3289] in those[H1992] days,[H3117] was as[H834] if a man[H376] had inquired[H7592] at the oracle[H1697] of God:[H430] so[H3651] was all[H3605] the counsel[H6098] of Ahithophel[H302] both[H1571] with David[H1732] and[H1571] with Absalom.[H53]