2 Samuel 19:1 And it was told5046 Joab,3097 Behold, the king4428 weepeth1058 and mourneth56 for Absalom.53 cr 2 And the victory8668{Heb. salvation or deliverance} that day3117 was turned into mourning60 unto all the people:5971 for the people5971 heard8085 say559 that day3117 how the king4428 was grieved6087 for his son.1121 cr 3 And the people5971 gat935 them by stealth1589 that day3117 into the city,5892 as people5971 being ashamed3637 steal away1589 when they flee5127 in battle.4421 cr 4 But the king4428 covered3813 his face,6440 and the king4428 cried2199 with a loud1419 voice,6963 O my son1121 Absalom,53 O Absalom,53 my son,1121 my son!1121 cr 5 And Joab3097 came935 into the house1004 to the king,4428 and said,559 Thou hast shamed3001 this day3117 the faces6440 of all thy servants,5650 which this day3117 have saved4422 thy life,5315 and the lives5315 of thy sons1121 and of thy daughters,1323 and the lives5315 of thy wives,802 and the lives5315 of thy concubines;6370 cr 6 In that thou lovest157{Heb. by loving, etc.} thine enemies,8130 and hatest8130 thy friends.157 For thou hast declared5046 this day,3117 that thou regardest neither princes8269 nor servants:5650{Heb. that princes or servants are not to thee} for this day3117 I perceive,3045 that if3863 Absalom53 had lived,2416 and all we had died4191 this day,3117 then it had pleased thee well.3477 5869 cr 7 Now therefore arise,6965 go forth,3318 and speak1696 comfortably3820 unto thy servants:5650{Heb. to the heart of thy servants} for I swear7650 by the LORD,3068 if thou go not forth,3318 there will not tarry3885 one376 with thee this night:3915 and that will be worse7489 unto thee than all the evil7451 that befell935 thee from thy youth5271 until now. cr 8 Then the king4428 arose,6965 and sat3427 in the gate.8179 And they told5046 unto all the people,5971 saying,559 Behold, the king4428 doth sit3427 in the gate.8179 And all the people5971 came935 before6440 the king:4428 for Israel3478 had fled5127 every man376 to his tent.168 cr

2 Samuel 19:9 And all the people5971 were at strife1777 throughout all the tribes7626 of Israel,3478 saying,559 The king4428 saved5337 us out of the hand3709 of our enemies,341 and he delivered4422 us out of the hand3709 of the Philistines;6430 and now he is fled1272 out of the land776 for Absalom.53 cr 10 And Absalom,53 whom we anointed4886 over us, is dead4191 in battle.4421 Now therefore why speak2790 ye not a word{Heb. are ye silent?} of bringing7725 2794 the king4428 back?7725 cr

2 Samuel 19:11 And king4428 David1732 sent7971 to Zadok6659 and to Abiathar54 the priests,3548 saying,559 Speak1696 unto the elders2205 of Judah,3063 saying,559 Why are ye the last314 to bring7725 2794 the king4428 back7725 to his house?1004 seeing the speech1697 of all Israel3478 is come935 to the king,4428 even to his house.1004 cr 12 Ye are my brethren,251 ye are my bones6106 and my flesh:1320 wherefore then are ye the last314 to bring back7725 the king?4428 cr 13 And say559 ye to Amasa,6021 Art thou not of my bone,6106 and of my flesh?1320 God430 do6213 so to me, and more3254 also, if thou be not captain8269 of the host6635 before6440 me continually3117 in the room8478 of Joab.3097 cr 14 And he bowed5186 the heart3824 of all the men376 of Judah,3063 even as the heart of one259 man;376 so that they sent7971 this word unto the king,4428 Return7725 thou, and all thy servants.5650 cr 15 So the king4428 returned,7725 and came935 to Jordan.3383 And Judah3063 came935 to Gilgal,1537 to go3212 to meet7125 the king,4428 to conduct5674 2794 the king4428 over5674 Jordan.3383 cr

2 Samuel 19:16 And Shimei8096 the son1121 of Gera,1617 a Benjamite,1145 which was of Bahurim,980 hasted4116 and came down3381 with the men376 of Judah3063 to meet7125 king4428 David.1732 cr 17 And there were a thousand505 men376 of Benjamin1145 with him, and Ziba6717 the servant5288 of the house1004 of Saul,7586 and his fifteen2568 6240 sons1121 and his twenty6242 servants5650 with him; and they went over6743 Jordan3383 before6440 the king.4428 cr 18 And there went over5674 a ferry boat5679 to carry over5674 the king's4428 household,1004 and to do6213 what he thought5869 good.2896{Heb. the good in his eyes} And Shimei8096 the son1121 of Gera1617 fell down5307 before6440 the king,4428 as he was come over5674 Jordan;3383 cr 19 And said559 unto the king,4428 Let not my lord113 impute2803 iniquity5771 unto me, neither do thou remember2142 that which thy servant5650 did perversely5753 the day3117 that my lord113 the king4428 went out3318 of Jerusalem,3389 that the king4428 should take7760 it to his heart.3820 cr 20 For thy servant5650 doth know3045 that I have sinned:2398 therefore, behold, I am come935 the first7223 this day3117 of all the house1004 of Joseph3130 to go down3381 to meet7125 my lord113 the king.4428 cr 21 But Abishai52 the son1121 of Zeruiah6870 answered6030 and said,559 Shall not Shimei8096 be put to death4191 for this, because he cursed7043 the LORD'S3068 anointed?4899 cr 22 And David1732 said,559 What have I to do with you, ye sons1121 of Zeruiah,6870 that ye should this day3117 be adversaries7854 unto me? shall there any man376 be put to death4191 this day3117 in Israel?3478 for do not I know3045 that I am this day3117 king4428 over Israel?3478 cr 23 Therefore the king4428 said559 unto Shimei,8096 Thou shalt not die.4191 And the king4428 sware7650 unto him. cr

2 Samuel 19:24 And Mephibosheth4648 the son1121 of Saul7586 came down3381 to meet7125 the king,4428 and had neither3808 dressed6213 his feet,7272 nor trimmed6213 his beard,8222 nor washed3526 his clothes,899 from the day3117 the king4428 departed3212 until the day3117 he came935 again in peace.7965 cr 25 And it came to pass, when he was come935 to Jerusalem3389 to meet7125 the king,4428 that the king4428 said559 unto him, Wherefore wentest1980 not thou with me, Mephibosheth?4648 cr 26 And he answered,559 My lord,113 O king,4428 my servant5650 deceived7411 me: for thy servant5650 said,559 I will saddle2280 me an ass,2543 that I may ride7392 thereon, and go3212 to the king;4428 because thy servant5650 is lame.6455 cr 27 And he hath slandered7270 thy servant5650 unto my lord113 the king;4428 but my lord113 the king4428 is as an angel4397 of God:430 do6213 therefore what is good2896 in thine eyes.5869 cr 28 For all of my father's1 house1004 were but3808 dead4194 men582{Heb. men of death} before my lord113 the king:4428 yet didst thou set7896 thy servant5650 among them that did eat398 at thine own table.7979 What right6666 therefore have3426 I yet to cry2199 any more unto the king?4428 cr 29 And the king4428 said559 unto him, Why speakest1696 thou any more of thy matters?1697 I have said,559 Thou and Ziba6717 divide2505 the land.7704 cr 30 And Mephibosheth4648 said559 unto the king,4428 Yea, let him take3947 all, forasmuch310 as834 my lord113 the king4428 is come again935 in peace7965 unto his own house.1004 cr

2 Samuel 19:31 And Barzillai1271 the Gileadite1569 came down3381 from Rogelim,7274 and went over5674 Jordan3383 with the king,4428 to conduct7971 him over Jordan.3383 cr 32 Now Barzillai1271 was a very3966 aged2204 man, even fourscore8084 years8141 old:1121 and he had provided the king4428 of sustenance3557 while he lay7871 at Mahanaim;4266 for he was a very3966 great1419 man.376 cr 33 And the king4428 said559 unto Barzillai,1271 Come thou over5674 with me, and I will feed3557 thee with me in Jerusalem.3389 cr 34 And Barzillai1271 said559 unto the king,4428 How long3117 have I to live,8141 2416{How many days are the years of my life?} that I should go up5927 with the king4428 unto Jerusalem?3389 cr 35 I am this day3117 fourscore8084 years8141 old:1121 and can I discern3045 between good2896 and evil?7451 can thy servant5650 taste2938 what834 I eat398 or what834 I drink?8354 can I hear8085 any more the voice6963 of singing men7891 and singing women?7891 wherefore then should thy servant5650 be yet a burden4853 unto my lord113 the king?4428 cr 36 Thy servant5650 will go5674 2794 a little way4592 over5674 Jordan3383 with the king:4428 and why should the king4428 recompense1580 it me with such a reward?1578 cr 37 Let thy servant,5650 I pray thee, turn back again,7725 that I may die4191 in mine own city,5892 and be buried by the grave6913 of my father1 and of my mother.517 But behold thy servant5650 Chimham;3643 let him go over5674 with my lord113 the king;4428 and do6213 to him what shall seem good2896 5869 unto thee. cr 38 And the king4428 answered,559 Chimham3643 shall go5674 over with me, and I will do6213 to him that which shall seem good2896 5869 unto thee: and whatsoever thou shalt require977{Heb. choose} of me, that will I do6213 for thee. cr 39 And all the people5971 went over5674 Jordan.3383 And when the king4428 was come over,5674 the king4428 kissed5401 Barzillai,1271 and blessed1288 him; and he returned7725 unto his own place.4725 cr 40 Then the king4428 went on5674 to Gilgal,1537 and Chimham3643 went on5674 with him: and all the people5971 of Judah3063 conducted5674 5674 the king,4428 and also half2677 the people5971 of Israel.3478 cr

2 Samuel 19:41 And, behold, all the men376 of Israel3478 came935 to the king,4428 and said559 unto the king,4428 Why have our brethren251 the men376 of Judah3063 stolen thee away,1589 and have brought5674 the king,4428 and his household,1004 and all David's1732 men582 with him, over Jordan?3383 cr 42 And all the men376 of Judah3063 answered6030 the men376 of Israel,3478 Because the king4428 is near of kin7138 to us: wherefore then be ye angry2734 for this matter?1697 have we eaten398 at all398 of the king's4428 cost? or hath he given5375 us any gift?5379 cr 43 And the men376 of Israel3478 answered6030 the men376 of Judah,3063 and said,559 We have ten6235 parts3027 in the king,4428 and we589 have also more right in David1732 than ye: why then did ye despise7043 us,{Heb. set us at light} that our advice1697 should not be first7223 had in bringing back7725 our king?4428 And the words1697 of the men376 of Judah3063 were fiercer7185 than the words1697 of the men376 of Israel.3478 cr