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2 Samuel 18:19--19:43

18:19

Then said
<0559> (8804)

Ahimaaz
<0290>

the son
<01121>

of Zadok
<06659>_,

Let me now run
<07323> (8799)_,

and bear
<01319> (0)

the king
<04428>

tidings
<01319> (8762)_,

how that the LORD
<03068>

hath avenged
<08199> (8804)

him of his enemies
<03027> <0341> (8802)_.

{avenged...: Heb. judged him from the hand, etc}

18:20

And Joab
<03097>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto him, Thou
<0376>

shalt not bear tidings
<01309>

this day
<03117>_,

but thou shalt bear tidings
<01319> (8765)

another
<0312>

day
<03117>_:

but this day
<03117>

thou shalt bear no tidings
<01319> (8762)_,

because the king's
<04428>

son
<01121>

is dead
<04191> (8804)_.

{bear tidings this: Heb. be a man of tidings, etc}

18:21

Then said
<0559> (8799)

Joab
<03097>

to Cushi
<03569>_,

Go
<03212> (8798)

tell
<05046> (8685)

the king
<04428>

what thou hast seen
<07200> (8804)_.

And Cushi
<03569>

bowed
<07812> (8691)

himself unto Joab
<03097>_,

and ran
<07323> (8799)_.

18:22

Then said
<0559> (8799)

Ahimaaz
<0290>

the son
<01121>

of Zadok
<06659>

yet again
<03254> (8686)

to Joab
<03097>_,

But howsoever
<04100>_,

let me, I pray thee, also run
<07323> (8799)

after
<0310>

Cushi
<03569>_.

And Joab
<03097>

said
<0559> (8799)_,

Wherefore wilt thou run
<07323> (8801)_,

my son
<01121>_,

seeing that thou hast no tidings
<01309>

ready
<04672> (8802)_?

{howsoever: Heb. be what may} {ready: or, convenient}

18:23

But howsoever, [said he], let me run
<07323> (8799)_.

And he said
<0559> (8799)

unto him, Run
<07323> (8798)_.

Then Ahimaaz
<0290>

ran
<07323> (8799)

by the way
<01870>

of the plain
<03603>_,

and overran
<05674> (8799)

Cushi
<03569>_.

18:24

And David
<01732>

sat
<03427> (8802)

between the two
<08147>

gates
<08179>_:

and the watchman
<06822> (8802)

went up
<03212> (8799)

to the roof
<01406>

over the gate
<08179>

unto the wall
<02346>_,

and lifted up
<05375> (8799)

his eyes
<05869>_,

and looked
<07200> (8799)_,

and behold a man
<0376>

running
<07323> (8801)

alone.

18:25

And the watchman
<06822> (8802)

cried
<07121> (8799)_,

and told
<05046> (8686)

the king
<04428>_.

And the king
<04428>

said
<0559> (8799)_,

If he [be] alone, [there is] tidings
<01309>

in his mouth
<06310>_.

And he came
<03212> (8799)

apace
<01980> (8800)_,

and drew near
<07131>_.

18:26

And the watchman
<06822> (8802)

saw
<07200> (8799)

another
<0312>

man
<0376>

running
<07323> (8801)_:

and the watchman
<06822> (8802)

called
<07121> (8799)

unto the porter
<07778>_,

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

Behold [another] man
<0376>

running
<07323> (8801)

alone. And the king
<04428>

said
<0559> (8799)_,

He also bringeth tidings
<01319> (8764)_.

18:27

And the watchman
<06822> (8802)

said
<0559> (8799)_,

Me thinketh
<07200> (8802)

the running
<04794>

of the foremost
<07223>

is like the running
<04794>

of Ahimaaz
<0290>

the son
<01121>

of Zadok
<06659>_.

And the king
<04428>

said
<0559> (8799)_,

He [is] a good
<02896>

man
<0376>_,

and cometh
<0935> (8799)

with good
<02896>

tidings
<01309>_.

{Me...: Heb. I see the running}

18:28

And Ahimaaz
<0290>

called
<07121> (8799)_,

and said
<0559> (8799)

unto the king
<04428>_,

All is well
<07965>_.

And he fell down
<07812> (8691)

to the earth
<0776>

upon his face
<0639>

before the king
<04428>_,

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

Blessed
<01288> (8803)

[be] the LORD
<03068>

thy God
<0430>_,

which hath delivered up
<05462> (8765)

the men
<0582>

that lifted up
<05375> (8804)

their hand
<03027>

against my lord
<0113>

the king
<04428>_.

{All...: or, Peace be to thee: Heb. Peace} {delivered...: Heb. shut up}

18:29

And the king
<04428>

said
<0559> (8799)_,

Is the young man
<05288>

Absalom
<053>

safe
<07965>_?

And Ahimaaz
<0290>

answered
<0559> (8799)_,

When Joab
<03097>

sent
<07971> (8800)

the king's
<04428>

servant
<05650>_,

and [me] thy servant
<05650>_,

I saw
<07200> (8804)

a great
<01419>

tumult
<01995>_,

but I knew
<03045> (8804)

not what [it was]. {Is...: Heb. Is there peace?}

18:30

And the king
<04428>

said
<0559> (8799)

[unto him], Turn aside
<05437> (8798)_,

[and] stand
<03320> (8690)

here
<03541>_.

And he turned aside
<05437> (8735)_,

and stood still
<05975> (8799)_.

18:31

And, behold, Cushi
<03569>

came
<0935> (8802)_;

and Cushi
<03569>

said
<0559> (8799)_,

Tidings
<01319> (8691)_,

my lord
<0113>

the king
<04428>_:

for the LORD
<03068>

hath avenged
<08199> (8804)

thee this day
<03117>

of all them
<03027>

that rose up
<06965> (8801)

against thee. {Tidings: Heb. Tidings is brought}

18:32

And the king
<04428>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto Cushi
<03569>_,

Is the young man
<05288>

Absalom
<053>

safe
<07965>_?

And Cushi
<03569>

answered
<0559> (8799)_,

The enemies
<0341> (8802)

of my lord
<0113>

the king
<04428>_,

and all that rise
<06965> (8804)

against thee to do [thee] hurt
<07451>_,

be as [that] young man
<05288>

[is].

18:33

And the king
<04428>

was much moved
<07264> (8799)_,

and went up
<05927> (8799)

to the chamber
<05944>

over the gate
<08179>_,

and wept
<01058> (8799)_:

and as he went
<03212> (8800)_,

thus he said
<0559> (8804)_,

O my son
<01121>

Absalom
<053>_,

my son
<01121>_,

my son
<01121>

Absalom
<053>_!

would God I had died
<04191> (8800)

for thee
<05414> (8799)_,

O Absalom
<053>_,

my son
<01121>_,

my son
<01121>_!

19:1

And it was told
<05046> (8714)

Joab
<03097>_,

Behold, the king
<04428>

weepeth
<01058> (8802)

and mourneth
<056> (8691)

for Absalom
<053>_.

19:2

And the victory
<08668>

that day
<03117>

was [turned] into mourning
<060>

unto all the people
<05971>_:

for the people
<05971>

heard
<08085> (8804)

say
<0559> (8800)

that day
<03117>

how the king
<04428>

was grieved
<06087> (8738)

for his son
<01121>_.

{victory: Heb. salvation, or, deliverance}

19:3

And the people
<05971>

gat
<0935> (8800)

them by stealth
<01589> (8691)

that day
<03117>

into the city
<05892>_,

as people
<05971>

being ashamed
<03637> (8737)

steal away
<01589> (8691)

when they flee
<05127> (8800)

in battle
<04421>_.

19:4

But the king
<04428>

covered
<03813> (8804)

his face
<06440>_,

and the king
<04428>

cried
<02199> (8799)

with a loud
<01419>

voice
<06963>_,

O my son
<01121>

Absalom
<053>_,

O Absalom
<053>_,

my son
<01121>_,

my son
<01121>_!

19:5

And Joab
<03097>

came
<0935> (8799)

into the house
<01004>

to the king
<04428>_,

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

Thou hast shamed
<03001> (8689)

this day
<03117>

the faces
<06440>

of all thy servants
<05650>_,

which this day
<03117>

have saved
<04422> (8764)

thy life
<05315>_,

and the lives
<05315>

of thy sons
<01121>

and of thy daughters
<01323>_,

and the lives
<05315>

of thy wives
<0802>_,

and the lives
<05315>

of thy concubines
<06370>_;

19:6

In that thou lovest
<0157> (8800)

thine enemies
<08130> (8802)_,

and hatest
<08130> (8800)

thy friends
<0157> (8802)_.

For thou hast declared
<05046> (8689)

this day
<03117>_,

that thou regardest neither princes
<08269>

nor servants
<05650>_:

for this day
<03117>

I perceive
<03045> (8804)_,

that if
<03863>

Absalom
<053>

had lived
<02416>_,

and all we had died
<04191> (8801)

this day
<03117>_,

then it had pleased thee well
<03477> <05869>_.

{in...: Heb. By loving, etc} {that thou regardest...: Heb. that princes or servants are not to thee}

19:7

Now therefore arise
<06965> (8798)_,

go forth
<03318> (8798)_,

and speak
<01696> (8761)

comfortably
<03820>

unto thy servants
<05650>_:

for I swear
<07650> (8738)

by the LORD
<03068>_,

if thou go not forth
<03318> (8802)_,

there will not tarry
<03885> (8799)

one
<0376>

with thee this night
<03915>_:

and that will be worse
<07489> (8804)

unto thee than all the evil
<07451>

that befell
<0935> (8804)

thee from thy youth
<05271>

until now. {comfortably...: Heb. to the heart of thy servants}

19:8

Then the king
<04428>

arose
<06965> (8799)_,

and sat
<03427> (8799)

in the gate
<08179>_.

And they told
<05046> (8689)

unto all the people
<05971>_,

saying
<0559> (8800)_,

Behold, the king
<04428>

doth sit
<03427> (8802)

in the gate
<08179>_.

And all the people
<05971>

came
<0935> (8799)

before
<06440>

the king
<04428>_:

for Israel
<03478>

had fled
<05127> (8804)

every man
<0376>

to his tent
<0168>_.

19:9

And all the people
<05971>

were at strife
<01777> (8737)

throughout all the tribes
<07626>

of Israel
<03478>_,

saying
<0559> (8800)_,

The king
<04428>

saved
<05337> (8689)

us out of the hand
<03709>

of our enemies
<0341> (8802)_,

and he delivered
<04422> (8765)

us out of the hand
<03709>

of the Philistines
<06430>_;

and now he is fled
<01272> (8804)

out of the land
<0776>

for Absalom
<053>_.

19:10

And Absalom
<053>_,

whom we anointed
<04886> (8804)

over us, is dead
<04191> (8804)

in battle
<04421>_.

Now therefore why speak
<02790> (8688)

ye not a word of bringing
<07725> (0)

the king
<04428>

back
<07725> (8687)_?

{speak...: Heb. are ye silent?}

19:11

And king
<04428>

David
<01732>

sent
<07971> (8804)

to Zadok
<06659>

and to Abiathar
<054>

the priests
<03548>_,

saying
<0559> (8800)_,

Speak
<01696> (8761)

unto the elders
<02205>

of Judah
<03063>_,

saying
<0559> (8800)_,

Why are ye the last
<0314>

to bring
<07725> (0)

the king
<04428>

back
<07725> (8687)

to his house
<01004>_?

seeing the speech
<01697>

of all Israel
<03478>

is come
<0935> (8804)

to the king
<04428>_,

[even] to his house
<01004>_.

19:12

Ye [are] my brethren
<0251>_,

ye [are] my bones
<06106>

and my flesh
<01320>_:

wherefore then are ye the last
<0314>

to bring back
<07725> (8687)

the king
<04428>_?

19:13

And say
<0559> (8799)

ye to Amasa
<06021>_,

[Art] thou not of my bone
<06106>_,

and of my flesh
<01320>_?

God
<0430>

do
<06213> (8799)

so to me, and more
<03254> (8686)

also, if thou be not captain
<08269>

of the host
<06635>

before
<06440>

me continually
<03117>

in the room
<08478>

of Joab
<03097>_.

19:14

And he bowed
<05186> (8686)

the heart
<03824>

of all the men
<0376>

of Judah
<03063>_,

even as [the heart of] one
<0259>

man
<0376>_;

so that they sent
<07971> (8799)

[this word] unto the king
<04428>_,

Return
<07725> (8798)

thou, and all thy servants
<05650>_.

19:15

So the king
<04428>

returned
<07725> (8799)_,

and came
<0935> (8799)

to Jordan
<03383>_.

And Judah
<03063>

came
<0935> (8804)

to Gilgal
<01537>_,

to go
<03212> (8800)

to meet
<07125> (8800)

the king
<04428>_,

to conduct
<05674> (0)

the king
<04428>

over
<05674> (8687)

Jordan
<03383>_.

19:16

And Shimei
<08096>

the son
<01121>

of Gera
<01617>_,

a Benjamite
<01145>_,

which [was] of Bahurim
<0980>_,

hasted
<04116> (8762)

and came down
<03381> (8799)

with the men
<0376>

of Judah
<03063>

to meet
<07125> (8800)

king
<04428>

David
<01732>_.

19:17

And [there were] a thousand
<0505>

men
<0376>

of Benjamin
<01145>

with him, and Ziba
<06717>

the servant
<05288>

of the house
<01004>

of Saul
<07586>_,

and his fifteen
<02568> <06240>

sons
<01121>

and his twenty
<06242>

servants
<05650>

with him; and they went over
<06743> (8804)

Jordan
<03383>

before
<06440>

the king
<04428>_.

19:18

And there went over
<05674> (8804)

a ferry boat
<05679>

to carry over
<05674> (8687)

the king's
<04428>

household
<01004>_,

and to do
<06213> (8800)

what he thought
<05869>

good
<02896>_.

And Shimei
<08096>

the son
<01121>

of Gera
<01617>

fell down
<05307> (8804)

before
<06440>

the king
<04428>_,

as he was come over
<05674> (8800)

Jordan
<03383>_;

{what...: Heb. the good in his eyes}

19:19

And said
<0559> (8799)

unto the king
<04428>_,

Let not my lord
<0113>

impute
<02803> (8799)

iniquity
<05771>

unto me, neither do thou remember
<02142> (8799)

that which thy servant
<05650>

did perversely
<05753> (8689)

the day
<03117>

that my lord
<0113>

the king
<04428>

went out
<03318> (8804)

of Jerusalem
<03389>_,

that the king
<04428>

should take
<07760> (8800)

it to his heart
<03820>_.

19:20

For thy servant
<05650>

doth know
<03045> (8804)

that I have sinned
<02398> (8804)_:

therefore, behold, I am come
<0935> (8804)

the first
<07223>

this day
<03117>

of all the house
<01004>

of Joseph
<03130>

to go down
<03381> (8800)

to meet
<07125> (8800)

my lord
<0113>

the king
<04428>_.

19:21

But Abishai
<052>

the son
<01121>

of Zeruiah
<06870>

answered
<06030> (8799)

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

Shall not Shimei
<08096>

be put to death
<04191> (8714)

for this, because he cursed
<07043> (8765)

the LORD'S
<03068>

anointed
<04899>_?

19:22

And David
<01732>

said
<0559> (8799)_,

What have I to do with you, ye sons
<01121>

of Zeruiah
<06870>_,

that ye should this day
<03117>

be adversaries
<07854>

unto me? shall there any man
<0376>

be put to death
<04191> (8714)

this day
<03117>

in Israel
<03478>_?

for do not I know
<03045> (8804)

that I [am] this day
<03117>

king
<04428>

over Israel
<03478>_?

19:23

Therefore the king
<04428>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto Shimei
<08096>_,

Thou shalt not die
<04191> (8799)_.

And the king
<04428>

sware
<07650> (8735)

unto him.

19:24

And Mephibosheth
<04648>

the son
<01121>

of Saul
<07586>

came down
<03381> (8804)

to meet
<07125> (8800)

the king
<04428>_,

and had neither
<03808>

dressed
<06213> (8804)

his feet
<07272>_,

nor trimmed
<06213> (8804)

his beard
<08222>_,

nor washed
<03526> (8765)

his clothes
<0899>_,

from the day
<03117>

the king
<04428>

departed
<03212> (8800)

until the day
<03117>

he came
<0935> (8804)

[again] in peace
<07965>_.

19:25

And it came to pass, when he was come
<0935> (8804)

to Jerusalem
<03389>

to meet
<07125> (8800)

the king
<04428>_,

that the king
<04428>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto him, Wherefore wentest
<01980> (8804)

not thou with me, Mephibosheth
<04648>_?

19:26

And he answered
<0559> (8799)_,

My lord
<0113>_,

O king
<04428>_,

my servant
<05650>

deceived
<07411> (8765)

me: for thy servant
<05650>

said
<0559> (8804)_,

I will saddle
<02280> (8799)

me an ass
<02543>_,

that I may ride
<07392> (8799)

thereon, and go
<03212> (8799)

to the king
<04428>_;

because thy servant
<05650>

[is] lame
<06455>_.

19:27

And he hath slandered
<07270> (8762)

thy servant
<05650>

unto my lord
<0113>

the king
<04428>_;

but my lord
<0113>

the king
<04428>

[is] as an angel
<04397>

of God
<0430>_:

do
<06213> (8798)

therefore [what is] good
<02896>

in thine eyes
<05869>_.

19:28

For all [of] my father's
<01>

house
<01004>

were but
<03808>

dead
<04194>

men
<0582>

before my lord
<0113>

the king
<04428>_:

yet didst thou set
<07896> (8799)

thy servant
<05650>

among them that did eat
<0398> (8802)

at thine own table
<07979>_.

What right
<06666>

therefore have
<03426>

I yet to cry
<02199> (8800)

any more unto the king
<04428>_?

{dead...: Heb. men of death}

19:29

And the king
<04428>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto him, Why speakest
<01696> (8762)

thou any more of thy matters
<01697>_?

I have said
<0559> (8804)_,

Thou and Ziba
<06717>

divide
<02505> (8799)

the land
<07704>_.

19:30

And Mephibosheth
<04648>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto the king
<04428>_,

Yea, let him take
<03947> (8799)

all, forasmuch
<0310>

as
<0834>

my lord
<0113>

the king
<04428>

is come again
<0935> (8804)

in peace
<07965>

unto his own house
<01004>_.

19:31

And Barzillai
<01271>

the Gileadite
<01569>

came down
<03381> (8804)

from Rogelim
<07274>_,

and went over
<05674> (8799)

Jordan
<03383>

with the king
<04428>_,

to conduct
<07971> (8763)

him over Jordan
<03383>_.

19:32

Now Barzillai
<01271>

was a very
<03966>

aged
<02204> (8804)

man, [even] fourscore
<08084>

years
<08141>

old
<01121>_:

and he had provided the king
<04428>

of sustenance
<03557> (8773)

while he lay
<07871>

at Mahanaim
<04266>_;

for he [was] a very
<03966>

great
<01419>

man
<0376>_.

19:33

And the king
<04428>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto Barzillai
<01271>_,

Come thou over
<05674> (8798)

with me, and I will feed
<03557> (8773)

thee with me in Jerusalem
<03389>_.

19:34

And Barzillai
<01271>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto the king
<04428>_,

How long
<03117>

have I to live
<08141> <02416>_,

that I should go up
<05927> (8799)

with the king
<04428>

unto Jerusalem
<03389>_?

{How...: Heb. How many days are the years of my life}

19:35

I [am] this day
<03117>

fourscore
<08084>

years
<08141>

old
<01121>_:

[and] can I discern
<03045> (8799)

between good
<02896>

and evil
<07451>_?

can thy servant
<05650>

taste
<02938> (8799)

what
<0834>

I eat
<0398> (8799)

or what
<0834>

I drink
<08354> (8799)_?

can I hear
<08085> (8799)

any more the voice
<06963>

of singing men
<07891> (8802)

and singing women
<07891> (8802)_?

wherefore then should thy servant
<05650>

be yet a burden
<04853>

unto my lord
<0113>

the king
<04428>_?

19:36

Thy servant
<05650>

will go
<05674> (0)

a little way
<04592>

over
<05674> (8799)

Jordan
<03383>

with the king
<04428>_:

and why should the king
<04428>

recompense
<01580> (8799)

it me with such a reward
<01578>_?

19:37

Let thy servant
<05650>_,

I pray thee, turn back again
<07725> (8799)_,

that I may die
<04191> (8799)

in mine own city
<05892>_,

[and be buried] by the grave
<06913>

of my father
<01>

and of my mother
<0517>_.

But behold thy servant
<05650>

Chimham
<03643>_;

let him go over
<05674> (8799)

with my lord
<0113>

the king
<04428>_;

and do
<06213> (8798)

to him what shall seem good
<02896> <05869>

unto thee.

19:38

And the king
<04428>

answered
<0559> (8799)_,

Chimham
<03643>

shall go
<05674> (8799)

over with me, and I will do
<06213> (8799)

to him that which shall seem good
<02896> <05869>

unto thee: and whatsoever thou shalt require
<0977> (8799)

of me, [that] will I do
<06213> (8799)

for thee. {require: Heb. choose}

19:39

And all the people
<05971>

went over
<05674> (8799)

Jordan
<03383>_.

And when the king
<04428>

was come over
<05674> (8804)_,

the king
<04428>

kissed
<05401> (8799)

Barzillai
<01271>_,

and blessed
<01288> (8762)

him; and he returned
<07725> (8799)

unto his own place
<04725>_.

19:40

Then the king
<04428>

went on
<05674> (8799)

to Gilgal
<01537>_,

and Chimham
<03643>

went on
<05674> (8804)

with him: and all the people
<05971>

of Judah
<03063>

conducted
<05674> (8689) (8675) <05674> (8686)

the king
<04428>_,

and also half
<02677>

the people
<05971>

of Israel
<03478>_.

{Chimham: Heb. Chimhan}

19:41

And, behold, all the men
<0376>

of Israel
<03478>

came
<0935> (8802)

to the king
<04428>_,

and said
<0559> (8799)

unto the king
<04428>_,

Why have our brethren
<0251>

the men
<0376>

of Judah
<03063>

stolen thee away
<01589> (8804)_,

and have brought
<05674> (8686)

the king
<04428>_,

and his household
<01004>_,

and all David's
<01732>

men
<0582>

with him, over Jordan
<03383>_?

19:42

And all the men
<0376>

of Judah
<03063>

answered
<06030> (8799)

the men
<0376>

of Israel
<03478>_,

Because the king
<04428>

[is] near of kin
<07138>

to us: wherefore then be ye angry
<02734> (8804)

for this matter
<01697>_?

have we eaten
<0398> (8804)

at all
<0398> (8800)

of the king's
<04428>

[cost]? or hath he given
<05375> (8765)

us any gift
<05379>_?

19:43

And the men
<0376>

of Israel
<03478>

answered
<06030> (8799)

the men
<0376>

of Judah
<03063>_,

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

We have ten
<06235>

parts
<03027>

in the king
<04428>_,

and we
<0589>

have also more [right] in David
<01732>

than ye: why then did ye despise
<07043> (8689)

us, that our advice
<01697>

should not be first
<07223>

had in bringing back
<07725> (8687)

our king
<04428>_?

And the words
<01697>

of the men
<0376>

of Judah
<03063>

were fiercer
<07185> (8799)

than the words
<01697>

of the men
<0376>

of Israel
<03478>_.

{despise...: Heb. set us at light}