2Samuel:19

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* And it was announced to Joab , Behold , the king is weeping and mourning over Absalom . * And the deliverance on that day became mourning to all the people , for the people had heard on that day , saying , The king is grieving for his son . * And the people stole away on that day to go into the city , as the people steal away who are ashamed as they flee in battle . * And the king had covered his face . Yea , the king cried with a loud voice , My son Absalom ! Absalom my son , my son ! * And Joab came in to the king to the house , and said , You have put to shame today the faces of all your servants , those delivering your life today , and the life of your sons , and of your daughters , and the life of your wives , and the life of your concubines , * by loving those who hate you , and by hating those who love you , for you have declared today that there are no leaders nor servants to you . For I know today that if Absalom were alive and all of us dead today , that it would be right in your eyes . * And now rise up ; go out and speak to the heart of your servants . For I have sworn by Jehovah that if you do not go out , not a man shall remain with you tonight . And this would be worse for you than all the evil that has come on you from your youth until now . * And the king rose up and sat in the gate . And they announced it to all the people , saying , Behold , the king is sitting in the gate . And all the people came in before the king . And Israel had fled , each one to his tents . * And it happened , all the people were quarreling through all the tribes of Israel , saying , The king delivered us out of the hand of our enemies . Yea , he himself delivered us out of the hand of the Philistines . And now he has fled out of the land because of Absalom . * And Absalom whom we anointed over us is dead in battle . And now why are you silent as to bringing back the king ? * And king David sent to Zadok and Abiathar the priests , saying , Speak to the elders of Judah , saying , Why are you the last to bring back the king to his house ? For the word of all Israel had come to the king , to his house . * You are my brother ; you are my bone and my flesh . And why are you the last to bring back the king ? * And say to Amasa , Are you not my bone and my flesh ? So shall God do to me , and more so He shall do , if you are not commander of the army before me all the days , instead of Joab . * And he inclined the heart of all the men of Judah as one man , and they sent to the king , Return , you and all your servants . * And the king returned and came in to the Jordan . And Judah had come to Gilgal , to go to meet the king , to bring the king over the Jordan . * And Shimei , the son of Gera , the Benjamite , from Bahurim , hastened and came down with the men of Judah to meet king David . * And a thousand men were with him from Benjamin ; also Ziba , the servant of the house of Saul , and his thirteen sons and his twenty servants with him . And they had rushed over the Jordan before the king . * And they had crossed over the ford to carry over the king 's household , and to do the good in his eyes . And Shimei the son of Gera had fallen before the face of the king as he crossed over the Jordan . * And he said to the king , Do not let my lord charge iniquity to me , nor shall you remember that which your servant perversely did in the day that my lord the king went out from Jerusalem , for the king to take it to his heart . * For your servant knows that I have sinned ; and behold , I come today , the first of the house of Joseph , to go down to meet my lord the king . * And Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered and said , Shall not Shimei be put to death for this , because he cursed the anointed of Jehovah ? * And David said , What have I to do with you , O sons of Zeruiah , that you are as my foe today ? Shall any man be executed today in Israel ? For do I not know that today I am king over Israel ? * And the king said to Shimei , You shall not die . And the king swore to him . * And Mephibosheth the son of Saul had come down to meet the king . And he had not dressed his feet , nor had shaved his upper lip . Yea , he had not washed his garment , even from the day that he went away till the day that he came in peace . * And it happened when he had come to Jerusalem to meet the king , the king said to him , Why did you not go with me , Mephibosheth ? * And he said , My lord , O king , my servant deceived me . For your servant said , I will saddle the ass for myself and ride on it and go with the king , for your servant is lame . * And he spoke slander against your servant to my lord the king . And my lord the king is as a messenger of God ; yet you do that which is good in your eyes . * For all the house of my father would be nothing except men of death before my lord the king , and you have set your servant among those eating at your table . And what right is there to any more , even to cry any more to the king ? * And the king said to him , Why do you speak any more of your matters ? I have said , You and Ziba share the land . * And Mephibosheth said to the king , Yes , let him take all , since my lord the king has come in peace to his house . * And Barzillai the Gileadite had gone down from Rogelim and had crossed over the Jordan with the king , to send him away over the Jordan . * And Barzillai was very old , a son of eighty years , and he had sustained the king as he abode in Mahanaim , for he was a very great man . * And the king said to Barzillai , You pass over with me and I will sustain you with me in Jerusalem . * And Barzillai said to the king , How many are the days of the years of my life , that I should go up with the king to Jerusalem ? * I am a son of eighty years today . Can I distinguish between good and evil ? Can your servant taste that which I am eating , and that which I drink ? Can I any more listen to the voice of singing men and singing women ? And why should your servant be any more as a burden to my lord the king ? * Just a little way your servant shall cross over the Jordan with the king . And why should the king repay me with this reward ? * Please let your servant return , and I shall die in my own city , near the burying place of my father and my mother . And , behold your servant Chimham ! Let him cross over with my lord the king , and you do to him the good in your eyes . * And the king said , Chimham shall go over with me , and I shall do to him that which is good in your eyes . Yea , all that you shall choose of me I will do for you . * And all the people crossed over the Jordan , and the king crossed over . And the king gave a kiss to Barzillai and blessed him . And he returned to his place . * And the king crossed over to Gilgal . And Chimham crossed over with him , and all the people of Judah . And they brought the king over , and also half of the people of Israel . * And , behold , all the men of Israel were coming to the king . And they said to the king , Why have they , our brothers , the men of Judah , stolen you away ? For they brought the king and his household over the Jordan , and all the men of David with him . * And , behold , all the men of Judah answered against the men of Israel , Because the king is near to us . And why is this that you are angry about this matter ? Have we at all eaten from the king , or has he given a gift to us ? * And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah and said , We have ten hands in the king , and we also have more in David than you . Why then did you despise us , that our word was not first to bring back our king ? And the word of the men of Judah was more fierce than the word of the men of Israel .

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