jub - 2Samuel:18:19-19:8

jub@2Samuel:18:19 @ Then Ahimaaz, the son of Zadok, said, Let me now run and bear the king tidings, how that the LORD has vindicated him of his enemies.

jub@2Samuel:18:20 @ And Joab said unto him, Thou shalt not bear tidings today, but thou shalt bear tidings another day; but this day thou shalt bear no tidings because the king's son is dead.

jub@2Samuel:18:21 @ And Joab said to Cushi, Go tell the king what thou hast seen. And Cushi bowed himself unto Joab and ran.

jub@2Samuel:18:22 @ Then Ahimaaz, the son of Zadok, said yet again unto Joab, Be what may, let me, I pray thee, also run after Cushi. And Joab said, Why wilt thou run, my son, seeing that thou wilt receive no reward for the tidings?

jub@2Samuel:18:23 @ But, [said he], let me run, be what may. And he said unto him, Run. Then Ahimaaz ran by the way of the plain and overran Cushi.

jub@2Samuel:18:24 @ And David sat between the two gates, and the watchman went up to the roof over the gate unto the wall and lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold a man running alone.

jub@2Samuel:18:25 @ And the watchman cried and told the king. And the king said, If he [is] alone, he brings good news. [And while] he kept on drawing near,

jub@2Samuel:18:26 @ the watchman saw another man running, and the watchman called unto the porter and said, Behold [another] man running alone. And the king said, He also bringeth tidings.

jub@2Samuel:18:27 @ And the watchman said, I think the running of the foremost is like the running of Ahimaaz, the son of Zadok. And the king said, He [is] a good man and comes with good tidings.

jub@2Samuel:18:28 @ And Ahimaaz called and said unto the king peace. And he fell down to the earth upon his face before the king, and said, Blessed [be] the LORD thy God, who has delivered up those men that lifted up their hand against my lord the king.

jub@2Samuel:18:29 @ And the king said, Is the young man Absalom at peace? And Ahimaaz answered, When Joab sent the king's servant, and [me] thy servant, I saw a great tumult, but I did not know what [it was].

jub@2Samuel:18:30 @ And the king said [unto him], Turn aside [and] stand here. And he turned aside and stood still.

jub@2Samuel:18:31 @ And, behold, Cushi came; and Cushi said, Tidings, my lord the king, for the LORD has vindicated thee today of all those that rose up against thee.

jub@2Samuel:18:32 @ And the king said unto Cushi, Is the young man Absalom at peace? And Cushi answered, Let the enemies of my lord the king and all that rise against thee for evil, be as [that] young man.

jub@2Samuel:18:33 @ Then the king was much moved and went up to the chamber over the gate and wept; and as he went, he said this: O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! I would rather have died instead of thee, O Absalom, my son, my son!:

jub@2Samuel:19:1 @ And it was told Joab, Behold, the king weeps and mourns for Absalom.

jub@2Samuel:19:2 @ And that day the salvation was [turned] into mourning for all the people, for the people heard it said that day how the king was grieved for his son.

jub@2Samuel:19:3 @ And the people entered by stealth that day into the city, as people being ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.

jub@2Samuel:19:4 @ But the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!

jub@2Samuel:19:5 @ And Joab entering into the house of the king, said unto him, Thou hast shamed this day the faces of all thy servants, who this day have saved thy life and the lives of thy sons and of thy daughters and the lives of thy wives and the lives of thy concubines,

jub@2Samuel:19:6 @ by loving those who hate thee and hating thy friends. For thou hast declared this day that thou dost not regard thy princes nor thy servants. For this day I perceive that if Absalom had lived and we had all died today, [then this would be] right in thine eyes.

jub@2Samuel:19:7 @ Now, therefore, arise, go forth and speak unto the heart of thy servants, for I swear by the LORD, if thou go not forth, not one of them will abide with thee tonight and that will be worse unto thee than all the evil that has come upon thee from thy youth until now.

jub@2Samuel:19:8 @ Then the king arose and sat in the gate. And it was declared unto all the people, saying, Behold, the king sits in the gate. And all the people came before the king, but Israel had fled every man to his tent.