1 And when David 1732 was a little 4592 past 5674 the top 7218 of the hill, behold, Ziba 6717 the servant 5288 of Mephibosheth 4648 met 7125 him, with a couple 6776 of asses 2543 saddled 2280, and upon them two hundred 3967 loaves of bread 3899, and an hundred 3967 bunches of raisins 6778, and an hundred 3967 of summer fruits 7019, and a bottle 5035 of wine 3196.
2 And the king 4428 said 559 unto Ziba 6717, What meanest thou by these? And Ziba 6717 said 559, The asses 2543 be for the king's 4428 household 1004 to ride on 7392; and the bread 3899 and summer fruit 7019 for the young men 5288 to eat 398; and the wine 3196, that such as be faint 3287 in the wilderness 4057 may drink 8354.
3 And the king 4428 said 559, And where is thy master's 113 son 1121? And Ziba 6717 said 559 unto the king 4428, Behold, he abideth 3427 at Jerusalem 3389: for he said 559, To day 3117 shall the house 1004 of Israel 3478 restore 7725 me the kingdom 4468 of my father 1.
4 Then said 559 the king 4428 to Ziba 6717, Behold, thine are all that pertained unto Mephibosheth 4648. And Ziba 6717 said 559, I humbly 7812 beseech thee that I may find 4672 grace 2580 in thy sight 5869, my lord 113, O king 4428.
5 And when king 4428 David 1732 came 935 to Bahurim 980, behold, thence came out 3318 a man 376 of the family 4940 of the house 1004 of Saul 7586, whose name 8034 was Shimei 8096, the son 1121 of Gera 1617: he came forth 3318, and cursed 7043 still as he came 3318.
6 And he cast 5619 stones 68 at David 1732, and at all the servants 5650 of king 4428 David 1732: and all the people 5971 and all the mighty men 1368 were on his right hand 3225 and on his left 8040.
7 And thus said 559 Shimei 8096 when he cursed 7043, Come out 3318, come out 3318, thou bloody 1818 man 376, and thou man 376 of Belial 1100:
8 The LORD 3068 hath returned 7725 upon thee all the blood 1818 of the house 1004 of Saul 7586, in whose stead thou hast reigned 4427; and the LORD 3068 hath delivered 5414 the kingdom 4410 into the hand 3027 of Absalom 53 thy son 1121: and, behold, thou art taken in thy mischief 7451, because thou art a bloody 1818 man 376.
9 Then said 559 Abishai 52 the son 1121 of Zeruiah 6870 unto the king 4428, Why should this dead 4191 dog 3611 curse 7043 my lord 113 the king 4428? let me go over 5674, I pray thee, and take off 5493 his head 7218.
10 And the king 4428 said 559, What have I to do with you, ye sons 1121 of Zeruiah 6870? so let him curse 7043, because the LORD 3068 hath said 559 unto him, Curse 7043 David 1732. Who shall then say 559, Wherefore hast thou done so 6213?
11 And David 1732 said 559 to Abishai 52, and to all his servants 5650, Behold, my son 1121, which came forth 3318 of my bowels 4578, seeketh 1245 my life 5315: how much more now may this Benjamite 1145 do it? let him alone 3240, and let him curse 7043; for the LORD 3068 hath bidden 559 him.
12 It may be that the LORD 3068 will look 7200 on mine affliction 5869 6040, and that the LORD 3068 will requite 7725 me good 2896 for his cursing 7045 this day 3117.
13 And as David 1732 and his men 582 went 3212 by the way 1870, Shimei 8096 went along 1980 on the hill's 2022 side 6763 over against 5980 him, and cursed 7043 as he went 1980, and threw 5619 stones 68 at 5980 him, and cast 6080 dust 6083.
14 And the king 4428, and all the people 5971 that were with him, came 935 weary 5889, and refreshed 5314 themselves there.
15 And Absalom 53, and all the people 5971 the men 376 of Israel 3478, came 935 to Jerusalem 3389, and Ahithophel 302 with him.
16 And it came to pass, when Hushai 2365 the Archite 757, David's 1732 friend 7463, was come 935 unto Absalom 53, that Hushai 2365 said 559 unto Absalom 53, God save 2421 the king 4428, God save 2421 the king 4428.
17 And Absalom 53 said 559 to Hushai 2365, Is this thy kindness 2617 to thy friend 7453? why wentest 1980 thou not with thy friend 7453?
18 And Hushai 2365 said 559 unto Absalom 53, Nay; but whom the LORD 3068, and this people 5971, and all the men 376 of Israel 3478, choose 977, his will I be, and with him will I abide 3427.
19 And again 8145, whom should I serve 5647? should I not serve in the presence 6440 of his son 1121? as I have served 5647 in thy father's 1 presence 6440, so will I be in thy presence 6440.
20 Then said 559 Absalom 53 to Ahithophel 302, Give 3051 counsel 6098 among you what we shall do 6213.
21 And Ahithophel 302 said 559 unto Absalom 53, Go in 935 unto thy father's 1 concubines 6370, which he hath left 3240 to keep 8104 the house 1004; and all Israel 3478 shall hear 8085 that thou art abhorred 887 of thy father 1: then shall the hands 3027 of all that are with thee be strong 2388.
22 So they spread 5186 Absalom 53 a tent 168 upon the top of the house 1406; and Absalom 53 went in 935 unto his father's 1 concubines 6370 in the sight 5869 of all Israel 3478.
23 And the counsel 6098 of Ahithophel 302, which he counselled 3289 in those days 3117, was as if a man 376 had enquired 7592 at the oracle 1697 of God 430: so was all the counsel 6098 of Ahithophel 302 both with David 1732 and with Absalom 53.