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1
Now when David
had passed
a little
beyond
the summit,
behold,
Ziba
the servant
of Mephibosheth
met
him with a couple
of saddled
donkeys,
and on them were two
hundred
loaves of bread,
a
hundred
clusters of raisins,
a
hundred
summer fruits,
and a jug
of wine.
2
The king
said
to Ziba,
"Why
do you have these?"
And Ziba
said
,
"The donkeys
are for the king's
household
to ride,
and the bread
and summer fruit
for the young men
to eat,
and the wine,
for whoever is faint
in the wilderness
to drink."
3
Then the king
said
,
"And where
is your master's
son?"
And Ziba
said
to the king,
"Behold,
he is staying
in Jerusalem,
for he
said
,
'Today
the house
of Israel
will restore
the kingdom
of my father
to me.'"
4
So the king
said
to Ziba,
"Behold,
all
that belongs to Mephibosheth
is yours." And Ziba
said
,
"I prostrate
myself; let me find
favor
in your sight,
O my lord,
the king!"
5
When King
David
came
to Bahurim,
behold,
there
came
out from there
a man
of the family
of the house
of Saul
whose name
was Shimei,
the son
of Gera;
he
came
out cursing
continually as
he
came
.
6
He threw
stones
at David
and at all
the servants
of King
David;
and all
the people
and all
the mighty men
were at his right hand
and at his left.
7
Thus
Shimei
said
when he cursed,
"Get
out, get
out, you man
of bloodshed,
and worthless
fellow!
8
"The LORD
has returned
upon you all
the bloodshed
of the house
of Saul,
in whose
place
you have reigned;
and the LORD
has given
the kingdom
into the hand
of your son
Absalom.
And behold,
you are taken in your own evil,
for you are a man
of bloodshed!"
9
Then Abishai
the son
of Zeruiah
said
to the king,
"Why
should this
dead
dog
curse
my lord
the king?
Let me go over
now
and cut off
his head."
10
But the king
said,
"What
have I to do with you, O sons
of Zeruiah?
If
he curses,
and if
the LORD
has told
him, 'Curse
David,'
then who
shall say,
'Why
have you done
so?'"
11
Then David
said
to Abishai
and to all
his servants,
"Behold,
my son
who
came
out from me seeks
my life;
how much
more
now
this Benjamite?
Let him alone
and let him curse,
for the LORD
has told
him.
12
"Perhaps
the LORD
will look
on my affliction
and return
good
to me instead
of his cursing
this
day."
13
So David
and his men
went
on the way;
and Shimei
went
along on the hillside
parallel
with him and as he
went
he cursed
and cast
stones
and threw
dust
at him.
14
The king
and all
the people
who
were with him arrived
weary
and he refreshed
himself there.
15
Then Absalom
and all
the people,
the men
of Israel,
entered
Jerusalem,
and Ahithophel
with him.
16
Now it
came
about when
Hushai
the Archite,
David's
friend,
came
to Absalom,
that
Hushai
said
to Absalom,
"
Long live
the king!
Long live
the king!
"
17
Absalom
said
to Hushai,
"Is this
your loyalty
to your friend?
Why
did you not go
with your friend?"
18
Then Hushai
said
to Absalom,
"No!
For whom
the LORD,
this
people,
and all
the men
of Israel
have chosen,
his I will be, and with him I will remain.
19
"Besides,
whom
should I serve?
Should I not serve in the presence
of his
so
n?
As I have served
in your father's
presence,
so
I will be in your presence."
20
Then Absalom
said
to Ahithophel,
"Give
your advice.
What
shall we do?"
21
Ahithophel
said
to Absalom,
"Go
in to your father's
concubines,
who
m
he has left
to keep
the house;
then all
Israel
will hear
that you have made yourself odious
to your father.
The hands
of all
who
are with you will also be strengthened."
22
So they pitched
a tent
for Absalom
on the roof,
and Absalom
went
in to his father's
concubines
in the sight
of all
Israel.
23
The advice
of Ahithophel
,
which
he gave
in those
days,
was as if
one inquired
of the word
of God;
so
was all
the advice
of Ahithophel
regarded by both
David
and Absalom.
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