rsv 2Samuel:19:19-39
rsv@2Samuel:19:19 @ and said to the king, "Let not my lord hold me guilty or remember how your servant did wrong on the day my lord the king left Jerusalem; let not the king bear it in mind.
rsv@2Samuel:19:20 @ For your servant knows that I have sinned; therefore, behold, I have come this day, the first of all the house of Joseph to come down to meet my lord the king."
rsv@2Samuel:19:21 @ Abi'shai the son of Zeru'iah answered, "Shall not Shim'e-i be put to death for this, because he cursed the LORD'S anointed?"
rsv@2Samuel:19:22 @ But David said, "What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeru'iah, that you should this day be as an adversary to me? Shall any one be put to death in Israel this day? For do I not know that I am this day king over Israel?"
rsv@2Samuel:19:23 @ And the king said to Shim'e-i, "You shall not die." And the king gave him his oath.
rsv@2Samuel:19:24 @ And Mephib'osheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king; he had neither dressed his feet, nor trimmed his beard, nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came back in safety.
rsv@2Samuel:19:25 @ And when he came from Jerusalem to meet the king, the king said to him, "Why did you not go with me, Mephib'osheth?"
rsv@2Samuel:19:26 @ He answered, "My lord, O king, my servant deceived me; for your servant said to him, `Saddle an ass for me, that I may ride upon it and go with the king.' For your servant is lame.
rsv@2Samuel:19:27 @ He has slandered your servant to my lord the king. But my lord the king is like the angel of God; do therefore what seems good to you.
rsv@2Samuel:19:28 @ For all my father's house were but men doomed to death before my lord the king; but you set your servant among those who eat at your table. What further right have I, then, to cry to the king?"
rsv@2Samuel:19:29 @ And the king said to him, "Why speak any more of your affairs? I have decided: you and Ziba shall divide the land."
rsv@2Samuel:19:30 @ And Mephib'osheth said to the king, "Oh, let him take it all, since my lord the king has come safely home."
rsv@2Samuel:19:31 @ Now Barzil'lai the Gileadite had come down from Ro'gelim; and he went on with the king to the Jordan, to escort him over the Jordan.
rsv@2Samuel:19:32 @ Barzil'lai was a very aged man, eighty years old; and he had provided the king with food while he stayed at Mahana'im; for he was a very wealthy man.
rsv@2Samuel:19:33 @ And the king said to Barzil'lai, "Come over with me, and I will provide for you with me in Jerusalem."
rsv@2Samuel:19:34 @ But Barzil'lai said to the king, "How many years have I still to live, that I should go up with the king to Jerusalem?
rsv@2Samuel:19:35 @ I am this day eighty years old; can I discern what is pleasant and what is not? Can your servant taste what he eats or what he drinks? Can I still listen to the voice of singing men and singing women? Why then should your servant be an added burden to my lord the king?
rsv@2Samuel:19:36 @ Your servant will go a little way over the Jordan with the king. Why should the king recompense me with such a reward?
rsv@2Samuel:19:37 @ Pray let your servant return, that I may die in my own city, near the grave of my father and my mother. But here is your servant Chimham; let him go over with my lord the king; and do for him whatever seems good to you."
rsv@2Samuel:19:38 @ And the king answered, "Chimham shall go over with me, and I will do for him whatever seems good to you; and all that you desire of me I will do for you."
rsv@2Samuel:19:39 @ Then all the people went over the Jordan, and the king went over; and the king kissed Barzil'lai and blessed him, and he returned to his own home.