2Samuel:19:22-43
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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 ?
for do not I know that I am this day king over Israel ?
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Therefore the king said unto Shimei ,
Thou shalt not die .
And the king sware unto him .
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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 .
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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 ?
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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 .
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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 .
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For all of my father '
s 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 ?
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And the king said unto him ,
Why speakest thou any more of thy matters ?
I have said ,
Thou and Ziba divide the land .
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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 .
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And Barzillai the Gileadite came down from Rogelim ,
and went over Jordan with the king ,
to conduct him over Jordan .
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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 .
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And the king said unto Barzillai ,
Come thou over with me ,
and I will feed thee with me in Jerusalem .
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And Barzillai said unto the king ,
How long have I to live ,
that I should go up with the king unto Jerusalem ?
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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 ?
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Thy servant will go a little way over Jordan with the king :
and why should the king recompense it me with such a reward ?
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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 unto thee .
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And the king answered ,
Chimham shall go over with me ,
and I will do to him that which shall seem good unto thee :
and whatsoever thou shalt require of me ,
that will I do for thee .
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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 .
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Then the king went on to Gilgal ,
and Chimham went on with him :
and all the people of Judah conducted the king ,
and also half the people of Israel .
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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 David '
s men with him ,
over Jordan ?
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And all the men of Judah answered the men of Israel ,
Because the king is near of kin to us :
wherefore then be ye angry for this matter ?
have we eaten at all of the king '
s cost ?
or hath he given us any gift ?
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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 .
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