2Samuel:19

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* And it was told Joab Yow #ab #, Behold , the king weepeth and mourneth for Absalom . * And the victory that day was turned into mourning unto all the people : for the people heard say that day how the king was grieved for his son . * And the people gat them by stealth that day into the city , as people being ashamed steal away when they flee in battle . * But the king covered his face , and the king cried with a loud voice , O my son Absalom , O Absalom , my son , my son ! * And Joab came into the house to the king , and said , Thou hast shamed this day the faces of all thy servants , which 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 ; * In that thou lovest thine enemies , and hatest thy friends . For thou hast declared this day , that thou regardest neither princes nor servants : for this day I perceive , that if Absalom had lived , and all we had died this day , then it had pleased thee well yashar #. * Now therefore arise , go forth , and speak comfortably unto thy servants : for I swear by the LORD , if thou go not forth , there will not tarry one with thee this night : and that will be worse unto thee than all the evil that befell thee from thy youth until now . * Then the king arose , and sat in the gate sha #ar #. And they told unto all the people , saying , Behold , the king doth sit in the gate sha #ar #. And all the people came before the king : for Israel had fled every man to his tent . * And all the people were at strife throughout all the tribes of Israel Yisra #el #, saying , The king saved us out of the hand of our enemies , and he delivered us out of the hand of the Philistines ; and now he is fled out of the land for Absalom . * And Absalom , whom we anointed over us , is dead in battle . Now therefore why speak ye not a word of bringing # the king back ? * And king David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests , saying , Speak unto the elders of Judah , saying , Why are ye the last to bring # the king back to his house ? seeing the speech of all Israel is come to the king , even to his house . * Ye are my brethren , ye are my bones and my flesh : wherefore then are ye the last to bring back the king ? * And say ye to Amasa , Art thou not of my bone , and of my flesh ? God do so to me , and more also , if thou be not captain of the host before me continually in the room of Joab Yow #ab #. * And he bowed the heart of all the men of Judah , even as the heart of one man ; so that they sent this word unto the king , Return thou , and all thy servants . * So the king returned , and came to Jordan . And Judah came to Gilgal , to go to meet the king , to conductthe king over Jordan . * And Shimei the son of Gera , a Benjamite Ben-y @miyniy #, which was of Bahurim , hasted and came down with the men of Judah to meet king David . * And there were a thousand men of Benjamin Ben-y @miyniy # with him , and Ziba the servant of the house of Saul Sha #uwl #, and his fifteen chamesh # sons and his twenty servants with him ; and they went over Jordan before the king . * And there went over a ferry boat to carry over the kings household , and to do what he thought good . And Shimei the son of Gera fell down before the king , as he was come over Jordan ; * And said unto the king , Let not my lord impute iniquity unto me , neither do thou remember that which thy servant did perversely the day that my lord the king went out of Jerusalem , that the king should take it to his heart . * For thy servant doth know that I have sinned : therefore , behold , I am come the first this day of all the house of Joseph to go down to meet my lord the king . * But Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered and said , Shall not Shimei be put to death for this , because he cursed the LORDS anointed ? * And David said , What have I to do with you , ye sons of Zeruiah , that ye should this day be adversaries unto me ? shall there any man be put to death this day in Israel Yisra #el #? for do not I know that I am this day king over Israel Yisra #el #? * Therefore the king said unto Shimei Shim #iy #, Thou shalt not die . And the king sware unto him . * And Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king , and had neither dressed his feet , nor trimmed his beard , nor washed his clothes , from the day the king departed until the day he came again in peace . * And it came to pass , when he was come to Jerusalem to meet the king , that the king said unto him , Wherefore wentest not thou with me , Mephibosheth ? * And he answered , My lord , O king , my servant deceived me : for thy servant said , I will saddle me an ass , that I may ride thereon , and go to the king ; because thy servant is lame . * And he hath slandered thy servant unto my lord the king ; but my lord the king is as an angel of God : do therefore what is good in thine eyes . * For all of my fathers house were but dead men before my lord the king : yet didst thou set thy servant among them that did eat at thine own table . What right therefore have I yet to cry any more unto the king ? * And the king said unto him , Why speakest thou any more of thy matters ? I have said , Thou and Ziba divide the land . * And Mephibosheth said unto the king , Yea , let him take all , forasmuch as my lord the king is come again in peace unto his own house . * And Barzillai the Gileadite came down from Rogelim , and went over Jordan with the king , to conduct him over Jordan . * Now Barzillai was a very aged man , even fourscore years old : and he had provided the king of sustenance while he lay at Mahanaim ; for he was a very great man . * And the king said unto Barzillai , Come thou over with me , and I will feed thee with me in Jerusalem . * And Barzillai said unto the king , How long have I to live shaneh #, that I should go up with the king unto Jerusalem ? * I am this day fourscore years old : and can I discern between good and evil ? can thy servant taste what I eat or what I drink ? can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women ? wherefore then should thy servant be yet a burden unto my lord the king ? * Thy servant will goa little way over Jordan with the king : and why should the king recompense it me with such a reward ? * Let thy servant , I pray thee , turn back again , that I may die in mine own city , and be buried by the grave of my father and of my mother . But behold thy servant Chimham ; let him go over with my lord the king ; and do to him what shall seem good towb # unto thee . * And the king answered , Chimham shall go over with me , and I will do to him that which shall seem good towb # unto thee : and whatsoever thou shalt require of me , that will I do for thee . * And all the people went over Jordan . And when the king was come over , the king kissed Barzillai , and blessed him ; and he returned unto his own place . * Then the king went on to Gilgal , and Chimham went on with him : and all the people of Judah conducted (8675 ) the king , and also half the people of Israel Yisra #el #. * And , behold , all the men of Israel came to the king , and said unto the king , Why have our brethren the men of Judah stolen thee away , and have brought the king , and his household , and all Davids men with him , over Jordan ? * And all the men of Judah answered the men of Israel Yisra #el #, Because the king is near of kin to us : wherefore then be ye angry for this matter ? have we eaten at all of the kings cost ? or hath he given us any gift nisse #th #? * And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah , and said , We have ten parts in the king , and we have also more right in David than ye : why then did ye despise us , that our advice should not be first had in bringing back our king ? And the words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel Yisra #el #.

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