1 And it was told 5046 Joab 3097, Behold, the king 4428 weepeth 1058 and mourneth 56 for Absalom 53.
2 And the victory 8668 that day 3117 was turned into mourning 60 unto all the people 5971: for the people 5971 heard 8085 say 559 that day 3117 how the king 4428 was grieved 6087 for his son 1121.
3 And the people 5971 gat 935 them by stealth 1589 that day 3117 into the city 5892, as people 5971 being ashamed 3637 steal away 1589 when they flee 5127 in battle 4421.
4 But the king 4428 covered 3813 his face 6440, and the king 4428 cried 2199 with a loud 1419 voice 6963, O my son 1121 Absalom 53, O Absalom 53, my son 1121, my son 1121!
5 And Joab 3097 came 935 into the house 1004 to the king 4428, and said 559, Thou hast shamed 3001 this day 3117 the faces 6440 of all thy servants 5650, which this day 3117 have saved 4422 thy life 5315, and the lives 5315 of thy sons 1121 and of thy daughters 1323, and the lives 5315 of thy wives 802, and the lives 5315 of thy concubines 6370;
6 In that thou lovest 157 thine enemies 8130, and hatest 8130 thy friends 157. For thou hast declared 5046 this day 3117, that thou regardest neither princes 8269 nor servants 5650: for this day 3117 I perceive 3045, that if 3863 Absalom 53 had lived 2416, and all we had died 4191 this day 3117, then it had pleased thee well 3477 5869.
7 Now therefore arise 6965, go forth 3318, and speak 1696 comfortably 3820 unto thy servants 5650: for I swear 7650 by the LORD 3068, if thou go not forth 3318, there will not tarry 3885 one 376 with thee this night 3915: and that will be worse 7489 unto thee than all the evil 7451 that befell 935 thee from thy youth 5271 until now.
8 Then the king 4428 arose 6965, and sat 3427 in the gate 8179. And they told 5046 unto all the people 5971, saying 559, Behold, the king 4428 doth sit 3427 in the gate 8179. And all the people 5971 came 935 before 6440 the king 4428: for Israel 3478 had fled 5127 every man 376 to his tent 168.
9 And all the people 5971 were at strife 1777 throughout all the tribes 7626 of Israel 3478, saying 559, The king 4428 saved 5337 us out of the hand 3709 of our enemies 341, and he delivered 4422 us out of the hand 3709 of the Philistines 6430; and now he is fled 1272 out of the land 776 for Absalom 53.
10 And Absalom 53, whom we anointed 4886 over us, is dead 4191 in battle 4421. Now therefore why speak 2790 ye not a word of bringing 7725 0 the king 4428 back 7725?
11 And king 4428 David 1732 sent 7971 to Zadok 6659 and to Abiathar 54 the priests 3548, saying 559, Speak 1696 unto the elders 2205 of Judah 3063, saying 559, Why are ye the last 314 to bring 7725 0 the king 4428 back 7725 to his house 1004? seeing the speech 1697 of all Israel 3478 is come 935 to the king 4428, even to his house 1004.
12 Ye are my brethren 251, ye are my bones 6106 and my flesh 1320: wherefore then are ye the last 314 to bring back 7725 the king 4428?
13 And say 559 ye to Amasa 6021, Art thou not of my bone 6106, and of my flesh 1320? God 430 do 6213 so to me, and more 3254 also, if thou be not captain 8269 of the host 6635 before 6440 me continually 3117 in the room 8478 of Joab 3097.
14 And he bowed 5186 the heart 3824 of all the men 376 of Judah 3063, even as the heart of one 259 man 376; so that they sent 7971 this word unto the king 4428, Return 7725 thou, and all thy servants 5650.
15 So the king 4428 returned 7725, and came 935 to Jordan 3383. And Judah 3063 came 935 to Gilgal 1537, to go 3212 to meet 7125 the king 4428, to conduct 5674 0 the king 4428 over 5674 Jordan 3383.
16 And Shimei 8096 the son 1121 of Gera 1617, a Benjamite 1145, which was of Bahurim 980, hasted 4116 and came down 3381 with the men 376 of Judah 3063 to meet 7125 king 4428 David 1732.
17 And there were a thousand 505 men 376 of Benjamin 1145 with him, and Ziba 6717 the servant 5288 of the house 1004 of Saul 7586, and his fifteen 2568 6240 sons 1121 and his twenty 6242 servants 5650 with him; and they went over 6743 Jordan 3383 before 6440 the king 4428.
18 And there went over 5674 a ferry boat 5679 to carry over 5674 the king's 4428 household 1004, and to do 6213 what he thought 5869 good 2896. And Shimei 8096 the son 1121 of Gera 1617 fell down 5307 before 6440 the king 4428, as he was come over 5674 Jordan 3383;
19 And said 559 unto the king 4428, Let not my lord 113 impute 2803 iniquity 5771 unto me, neither do thou remember 2142 that which thy servant 5650 did perversely 5753 the day 3117 that my lord 113 the king 4428 went out 3318 of Jerusalem 3389, that the king 4428 should take 7760 it to his heart 3820.
20 For thy servant 5650 doth know 3045 that I have sinned 2398: therefore, behold, I am come 935 the first 7223 this day 3117 of all the house 1004 of Joseph 3130 to go down 3381 to meet 7125 my lord 113 the king 4428.
21 But Abishai 52 the son 1121 of Zeruiah 6870 answered 6030 and said 559, Shall not Shimei 8096 be put to death 4191 for this, because he cursed 7043 the LORD'S 3068 anointed 4899?
22 And David 1732 said 559, What have I to do with you, ye sons 1121 of Zeruiah 6870, that ye should this day 3117 be adversaries 7854 unto me? shall there any man 376 be put to death 4191 this day 3117 in Israel 3478? for do not I know 3045 that I am this day 3117 king 4428 over Israel 3478?
23 Therefore the king 4428 said 559 unto Shimei 8096, Thou shalt not die 4191. And the king 4428 sware 7650 unto him.
24 And Mephibosheth 4648 the son 1121 of Saul 7586 came down 3381 to meet 7125 the king 4428, and had neither 3808 dressed 6213 his feet 7272, nor trimmed 6213 his beard 8222, nor washed 3526 his clothes 899, from the day 3117 the king 4428 departed 3212 until the day 3117 he came 935 again in peace 7965.
25 And it came to pass, when he was come 935 to Jerusalem 3389 to meet 7125 the king 4428, that the king 4428 said 559 unto him, Wherefore wentest 1980 not thou with me, Mephibosheth 4648?
26 And he answered 559, My lord 113, O king 4428, my servant 5650 deceived 7411 me: for thy servant 5650 said 559, I will saddle 2280 me an ass 2543, that I may ride 7392 thereon, and go 3212 to the king 4428; because thy servant 5650 is lame 6455.
27 And he hath slandered 7270 thy servant 5650 unto my lord 113 the king 4428; but my lord 113 the king 4428 is as an angel 4397 of God 430: do 6213 therefore what is good 2896 in thine eyes 5869.
28 For all of my father's 1 house 1004 were but 3808 dead 4194 men 582 before my lord 113 the king 4428: yet didst thou set 7896 thy servant 5650 among them that did eat 398 at thine own table 7979. What right 6666 therefore have 3426 I yet to cry 2199 any more unto the king 4428?
29 And the king 4428 said 559 unto him, Why speakest 1696 thou any more of thy matters 1697? I have said 559, Thou and Ziba 6717 divide 2505 the land 7704.
30 And Mephibosheth 4648 said 559 unto the king 4428, Yea, let him take 3947 all, forasmuch 310 as 834 my lord 113 the king 4428 is come again 935 in peace 7965 unto his own house 1004.
31 And Barzillai 1271 the Gileadite 1569 came down 3381 from Rogelim 7274, and went over 5674 Jordan 3383 with the king 4428, to conduct 7971 him over Jordan 3383.
32 Now Barzillai 1271 was a very 3966 aged 2204 man, even fourscore 8084 years 8141 old 1121: and he had provided the king 4428 of sustenance 3557 while he lay 7871 at Mahanaim 4266; for he was a very 3966 great 1419 man 376.
33 And the king 4428 said 559 unto Barzillai 1271, Come thou over 5674 with me, and I will feed 3557 thee with me in Jerusalem 3389.
34 And Barzillai 1271 said 559 unto the king 4428, How long 3117 have I to live 8141 2416, that I should go up 5927 with the king 4428 unto Jerusalem 3389?
35 I am this day 3117 fourscore 8084 years 8141 old 1121: and can I discern 3045 between good 2896 and evil 7451? can thy servant 5650 taste 2938 what 834 I eat 398 or what 834 I drink 8354? can I hear 8085 any more the voice 6963 of singing men 7891 and singing women 7891? wherefore then should thy servant 5650 be yet a burden 4853 unto my lord 113 the king 4428?
36 Thy servant 5650 will go 5674 0 a little way 4592 over 5674 Jordan 3383 with the king 4428: and why should the king 4428 recompense 1580 it me with such a reward 1578?
37 Let thy servant 5650, I pray thee, turn back again 7725, that I may die 4191 in mine own city 5892, and be buried by the grave 6913 of my father 1 and of my mother 517. But behold thy servant 5650 Chimham 3643; let him go over 5674 with my lord 113 the king 4428; and do 6213 to him what shall seem good 2896 5869 unto thee.
38 And the king 4428 answered 559, Chimham 3643 shall go 5674 over with me, and I will do 6213 to him that which shall seem good 2896 5869 unto thee: and whatsoever thou shalt require 977 of me, that will I do 6213 for thee.
39 And all the people 5971 went over 5674 Jordan 3383. And when the king 4428 was come over 5674, the king 4428 kissed 5401 Barzillai 1271, and blessed 1288 him; and he returned 7725 unto his own place 4725.
40 Then the king 4428 went on 5674 to Gilgal 1537, and Chimham 3643 went on 5674 with him: and all the people 5971 of Judah 3063 conducted 5674 5674 the king 4428, and also half 2677 the people 5971 of Israel 3478.
41 And, behold, all the men 376 of Israel 3478 came 935 to the king 4428, and said 559 unto the king 4428, Why have our brethren 251 the men 376 of Judah 3063 stolen thee away 1589, and have brought 5674 the king 4428, and his household 1004, and all David's 1732 men 582 with him, over Jordan 3383?
42 And all the men 376 of Judah 3063 answered 6030 the men 376 of Israel 3478, Because the king 4428 is near of kin 7138 to us: wherefore then be ye angry 2734 for this matter 1697? have we eaten 398 at all 398 of the king's 4428 cost? or hath he given 5375 us any gift 5379?
43 And the men 376 of Israel 3478 answered 6030 the men 376 of Judah 3063, and said 559, We have ten 6235 parts 3027 in the king 4428, and we 589 have also more right in David 1732 than ye: why then did ye despise 7043 us, that our advice 1697 should not be first 7223 had in bringing back 7725 our king 4428? And the words 1697 of the men 376 of Judah 3063 were fiercer 7185 than the words 1697 of the men 376 of Israel 3478.