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2 Samuel 15:1--17:29

And it came to pass after this
<0310>_,

that Absalom
<053>

prepared
<06213> (8799)

him chariots
<04818>

and horses
<05483>_,

and fifty
<02572>

men
<0376>

to run
<07323> (8801)

before
<06440>

him.

And Absalom
<053>

rose up early
<07925> (8689)_,

and stood
<05975> (8804)

beside
<03027>

the way
<01870>

of the gate
<08179>_:

and it was [so], that when any man
<0376>

that had a controversy
<07379>

came
<0935> (8800)

to the king
<04428>

for judgment
<04941>_,

then Absalom
<053>

called
<07121> (8799)

unto him, and said
<0559> (8799)_,

Of what
<0335>

city
<05892>

[art] thou? And he said
<0559> (8799)_,

Thy servant
<05650>

[is] of one
<0259>

of the tribes
<07626>

of Israel
<03478>_.

{came: Heb. to come}

And Absalom
<053>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto him, See
<07200> (8798)_,

thy matters
<01697>

[are] good
<02896>

and right
<05228>_;

but [there is] no man [deputed] of the king
<04428>

to hear
<08085> (8802)

thee. {there...: or, none will hear thee from the king downward}

Absalom
<053>

said
<0559> (8799)

moreover, Oh that I were made
<07760> (8799)

judge
<08199> (8802)

in the land
<0776>_,

that every man
<0376>

which hath any suit
<07379>

or cause
<04941>

might come
<0935> (8799)

unto me, and I would do him justice
<06663> (8689)_!

And it was [so], that when any man
<0376>

came nigh
<07126> (8800)

[to him] to do him obeisance
<07812> (8692)_,

he put forth
<07971> (8804)

his hand
<03027>_,

and took
<02388> (8689)

him, and kissed
<05401> (8804)

him.

And on this manner
<01697>

did
<06213> (8799)

Absalom
<053>

to all Israel
<03478>

that came
<0935> (8799)

to the king
<04428>

for judgment
<04941>_:

so Absalom
<053>

stole
<01589> (8762)

the hearts
<03820>

of the men
<0582>

of Israel
<03478>_.

And it came to pass after
<07093>

forty
<0705>

years
<08141>_,

that Absalom
<053>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto the king
<04428>_,

I pray thee, let me go
<03212> (8799)

and pay
<07999> (8762)

my vow
<05088>_,

which I have vowed
<05087> (8804)

unto the LORD
<03068>_,

in Hebron
<02275>_.

For thy servant
<05650>

vowed
<05087> (8804)

a vow
<05088>

while I abode
<03427> (8800)

at Geshur
<01650>

in Syria
<0758>_,

saying
<0559> (8800)_,

If the LORD
<03068>

shall bring me again
<07725> (8799) (8676) <07725> (8686)

indeed to Jerusalem
<03389>_,

then I will serve
<05647> (8804)

the LORD
<03068>_.

And the king
<04428>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto him, Go
<03212> (8798)

in peace
<07965>_.

So he arose
<06965> (8799)_,

and went
<03212> (8799)

to Hebron
<02275>_.

But Absalom
<053>

sent
<07971> (8799)

spies
<07270> (8764)

throughout all the tribes
<07626>

of Israel
<03478>_,

saying
<0559> (8800)_,

As soon as ye hear
<08085> (8800)

the sound
<06963>

of the trumpet
<07782>_,

then ye shall say
<0559> (8804)_,

Absalom
<053>

reigneth
<04427> (8804)

in Hebron
<02275>_.

And with Absalom
<053>

went
<01980> (8804)

two hundred
<03967>

men
<0376>

out of Jerusalem
<03389>_,

[that were] called
<07121> (8803)_;

and they went
<01980> (8802)

in their simplicity
<08537>_,

and they knew
<03045> (8804)

not any thing
<01697>_.

And Absalom
<053>

sent
<07971> (8799)

for Ahithophel
<0302>

the Gilonite
<01526>_,

David's
<01732>

counsellor
<03289> (8802)_,

from his city
<05892>_,

[even] from Giloh
<01542>_,

while he offered
<02076> (8800)

sacrifices
<02077>_.

And the conspiracy
<07195>

was strong
<0533>_;

for the people
<05971>

increased
<07227>

continually
<01980> (8802)

with Absalom
<053>_.

And there came
<0935> (8799)

a messenger
<05046> (8688)

to David
<01732>_,

saying
<0559> (8800)_,

The hearts
<03820>

of the men
<0376>

of Israel
<03478>

are after
<0310>

Absalom
<053>_.

And David
<01732>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto all his servants
<05650>

that [were] with him at Jerusalem
<03389>_,

Arise
<06965> (8798)_,

and let us flee
<01272> (8799)_;

for we shall not [else] escape
<06413>

from
<06440>

Absalom
<053>_:

make speed
<04116> (8761)

to depart
<03212> (8800)_,

lest he overtake
<05381> (8689)

us suddenly
<04116> (8762)_,

and bring
<05080> (8689)

evil
<07451>

upon us, and smite
<05221> (8689)

the city
<05892>

with the edge
<06310>

of the sword
<02719>_.

{bring: Heb. thrust}

And the king's
<04428>

servants
<05650>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto the king
<04428>_,

Behold, thy servants
<05650>

[are ready to do] whatsoever my lord
<0113>

the king
<04428>

shall appoint
<0977> (8799)_.

{appoint: Heb. choose}

And the king
<04428>

went forth
<03318> (8799)_,

and all his household
<01004>

after
<07272>

him. And the king
<04428>

left
<05800> (8799)

ten
<06235>

women
<0802>_,

[which were] concubines
<06370>_,

to keep
<08104> (8800)

the house
<01004>_.

{after...: Heb. at his feet}

And the king
<04428>

went forth
<03318> (8799)_,

and all the people
<05971>

after
<07272>

him, and tarried
<05975> (8799)

in a place
<01004>

that was far off
<04801> (8677) <01023>_.

And all his servants
<05650>

passed on
<05674> (8802)

beside
<03027>

him; and all the Cherethites
<03774>_,

and all the Pelethites
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and all the Gittites
<01663>_,

six
<08337>

hundred
<03967>

men
<0376>

which came
<0935> (8804)

after
<07272>

him from Gath
<01661>_,

passed on
<05674> (8802)

before
<06440>

the king
<04428>_.

Then said
<0559> (8799)

the king
<04428>

to Ittai
<0863>

the Gittite
<01663>_,

Wherefore goest
<03212> (8799)

thou also with us? return
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to thy place
<04725>_,

and abide
<03427> (8798)

with the king
<04428>_:

for thou [art] a stranger
<05237>_,

and also an exile
<01540> (8802)_.

Whereas thou camest
<0935> (8800)

[but] yesterday
<08543>_,

should I this day
<03117>

make thee go
<03212> (8800)

up and down
<05128> (8686) (8675) <05128> (8799)

with us? seeing I go
<01980> (8802)

whither I may, return
<07725> (8798)

thou, and take back
<07725> (8685)

thy brethren
<0251>_:

mercy
<02617>

and truth
<0571>

[be] with thee. {go up...: Heb. wander in going}

And Ittai
<0863>

answered
<06030> (8799)

the king
<04428>_,

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

[As] the LORD
<03068>

liveth
<02416>_,

and [as] my lord
<0113>

the king
<04428>

liveth
<02416>_,

surely in what place
<04725>

my lord
<0113>

the king
<04428>

shall be, whether in death
<04194>

or life
<02416>_,

even there also will thy servant
<05650>

be.

And David
<01732>

said
<0559> (8799)

to Ittai
<0863>_,

Go
<03212> (8798)

and pass over
<05674> (8798)_.

And Ittai
<0863>

the Gittite
<01663>

passed over
<05674> (8799)_,

and all his men
<0582>_,

and all the little ones
<02945>

that [were] with him.

And all the country
<0776>

wept
<01058> (8802)

with a loud
<01419>

voice
<06963>_,

and all the people
<05971>

passed over
<05674> (8802)_:

the king
<04428>

also himself passed over
<05674> (8802)

the brook
<05158>

Kidron
<06939>_,

and all the people
<05971>

passed over
<05674> (8802)_,

toward
<06440>

the way
<01870>

of the wilderness
<04057>_.

{Kidron: Gr. Cedron}

And lo Zadok
<06659>

also, and all the Levites
<03881>

[were] with him, bearing
<05375> (8802)

the ark
<0727>

of the covenant
<01285>

of God
<0430>_:

and they set down
<03332> (8686)

the ark
<0727>

of God
<0430>_;

and Abiathar
<054>

went up
<05927> (8799)_,

until all the people
<05971>

had done
<08552> (8800)

passing
<05674> (8800)

out of the city
<05892>_.

And the king
<04428>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto Zadok
<06659>_,

Carry back
<07725> (8685)

the ark
<0727>

of God
<0430>

into the city
<05892>_:

if I shall find
<04672> (8799)

favour
<02580>

in the eyes
<05869>

of the LORD
<03068>_,

he will bring me again
<07725> (8689)_,

and shew
<07200> (8689)

me [both] it, and his habitation
<05116>_:

But if he thus say
<0559> (8799)_,

I have no delight
<02654> (8804)

in thee; behold, [here am] I, let him do
<06213> (8799)

to me as seemeth
<05869>

good
<02896>

unto him.

The king
<04428>

said
<0559> (8799)

also unto Zadok
<06659>

the priest
<03548>_,

[Art not] thou a seer
<07200> (8802)_?

return
<07725> (8798)

into the city
<05892>

in peace
<07965>_,

and your two
<08147>

sons
<01121>

with you, Ahimaaz
<0290>

thy son
<01121>_,

and Jonathan
<03083>

the son
<01121>

of Abiathar
<054>_.

See
<07200> (8798)_,

I will tarry
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in the plain
<06160> (8675) <05679>

of the wilderness
<04057>_,

until there come
<0935> (8800)

word
<01697>

from you to certify
<05046> (8687)

me.

Zadok
<06659>

therefore and Abiathar
<054>

carried
<07725> (0)

the ark
<0727>

of God
<0430>

again
<07725> (8686)

to Jerusalem
<03389>_:

and they tarried
<03427> (8799)

there.

And David
<01732>

went up
<05927> (8802)

by the ascent
<04608>

of [mount] Olivet
<02132>_,

and wept
<01058> (8802)

as he went up
<05927> (8802)_,

and had his head
<07218>

covered
<02645> (8802)_,

and he went
<01980> (8802)

barefoot
<03182>_:

and all the people
<05971>

that [was] with him covered
<02645> (8804)

every man
<0376>

his head
<07218>_,

and they went up
<05927> (8804)_,

weeping
<01058> (8800)

as they went up
<05927> (8800)_.

{and wept...: Heb. going up and weeping}

And [one] told
<05046> (8689)

David
<01732>_,

saying
<0559> (8800)_,

Ahithophel
<0302>

[is] among the conspirators
<07194> (8802)

with Absalom
<053>_.

And David
<01732>

said
<0559> (8799)_,

O LORD
<03068>_,

I pray thee, turn the counsel
<06098>

of Ahithophel
<0302>

into foolishness
<05528> (8761)_.

And it came to pass, that [when] David
<01732>

was come
<0935> (8804)

to the top
<07218>

[of the mount], where he worshipped
<07812> (8691)

God
<0430>_,

behold, Hushai
<02365>

the Archite
<0757>

came to meet
<07125> (8800)

him with his coat
<03801>

rent
<07167> (8803)_,

and earth
<0127>

upon his head
<07218>_:

Unto whom David
<01732>

said
<0559> (8799)_,

If thou passest on
<05674> (8804)

with me, then thou shalt be a burden
<04853>

unto me:

But if thou return
<07725> (8799)

to the city
<05892>_,

and say
<0559> (8804)

unto Absalom
<053>_,

I will be thy servant
<05650>_,

O king
<04428>_;

[as] I [have been] thy father's
<01>

servant
<05650>

hitherto
<0227>_,

so [will] I now also [be] thy servant
<05650>_:

then mayest thou for me defeat
<06565> (8689)

the counsel
<06098>

of Ahithophel
<0302>_.

And [hast thou] not there with thee Zadok
<06659>

and Abiathar
<054>

the priests
<03548>_?

therefore it shall be, [that] what thing
<01697>

soever thou shalt hear
<08085> (8799)

out of the king's
<04428>

house
<01004>_,

thou shalt tell
<05046> (8686)

[it] to Zadok
<06659>

and Abiathar
<054>

the priests
<03548>_.

Behold, [they have] there with them their two
<08147>

sons
<01121>_,

Ahimaaz
<0290>

Zadok's
<06659>

[son], and Jonathan
<03083>

Abiathar's
<054>

[son]; and by them
<03027>

ye shall send
<07971> (8804)

unto me every thing
<01697>

that ye can hear
<08085> (8799)_.

So Hushai
<02365>

David's
<01732>

friend
<07463>

came
<0935> (8799)

into the city
<05892>_,

and Absalom
<053>

came
<0935> (8799)

into Jerusalem
<03389>_.

And when David
<01732>

was a little
<04592>

past
<05674> (8804)

the top
<07218>

[of the hill], behold, Ziba
<06717>

the servant
<05288>

of Mephibosheth
<04648>

met
<07125> (8800)

him, with a couple
<06776>

of asses
<02543>

saddled
<02280> (8803)_,

and upon them two hundred
<03967>

[loaves] of bread
<03899>_,

and an hundred
<03967>

bunches of raisins
<06778>_,

and an hundred
<03967>

of summer fruits
<07019>_,

and a bottle
<05035>

of wine
<03196>_.

And the king
<04428>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto Ziba
<06717>_,

What meanest thou by these? And Ziba
<06717>

said
<0559> (8799)_,

The asses
<02543>

[be] for the king's
<04428>

household
<01004>

to ride on
<07392> (8800)_;

and the bread
<03899>

and summer fruit
<07019>

for the young men
<05288>

to eat
<0398> (8800)_;

and the wine
<03196>_,

that such as be faint
<03287>

in the wilderness
<04057>

may drink
<08354> (8800)_.

And the king
<04428>

said
<0559> (8799)_,

And where [is] thy master's
<0113>

son
<01121>_?

And Ziba
<06717>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto the king
<04428>_,

Behold, he abideth
<03427> (8802)

at Jerusalem
<03389>_:

for he said
<0559> (8804)_,

To day
<03117>

shall the house
<01004>

of Israel
<03478>

restore
<07725> (8686)

me the kingdom
<04468>

of my father
<01>_.

Then said
<0559> (8799)

the king
<04428>

to Ziba
<06717>_,

Behold, thine [are] all that [pertained] unto Mephibosheth
<04648>_.

And Ziba
<06717>

said
<0559> (8799)_,

I humbly
<07812> (8694)

beseech thee [that] I may find
<04672> (8799)

grace
<02580>

in thy sight
<05869>_,

my lord
<0113>_,

O king
<04428>_.

{I humbly...: Heb. I do obeisance}

And when king
<04428>

David
<01732>

came
<0935> (8804)

to Bahurim
<0980>_,

behold, thence came out
<03318> (8802)

a man
<0376>

of the family
<04940>

of the house
<01004>

of Saul
<07586>_,

whose name
<08034>

[was] Shimei
<08096>_,

the son
<01121>

of Gera
<01617>_:

he came forth
<03318> (8802)_,

and cursed
<07043> (8764)

still as he came
<03318> (8800)_.

{he came forth...: or, he still came forth and cursed}

And he cast
<05619> (8762)

stones
<068>

at David
<01732>_,

and at all the servants
<05650>

of king
<04428>

David
<01732>_:

and all the people
<05971>

and all the mighty men
<01368>

[were] on his right hand
<03225>

and on his left
<08040>_.

And thus said
<0559> (8804)

Shimei
<08096>

when he cursed
<07043> (8763)_,

Come out
<03318> (8798)_,

come out
<03318> (8798)_,

thou bloody
<01818>

man
<0376>_,

and thou man
<0376>

of Belial
<01100>_:

{bloody...: Heb. man of blood}

The LORD
<03068>

hath returned
<07725> (8689)

upon thee all the blood
<01818>

of the house
<01004>

of Saul
<07586>_,

in whose stead thou hast reigned
<04427> (8804)_;

and the LORD
<03068>

hath delivered
<05414> (8799)

the kingdom
<04410>

into the hand
<03027>

of Absalom
<053>

thy son
<01121>_:

and, behold, thou [art taken] in thy mischief
<07451>_,

because thou [art] a bloody
<01818>

man
<0376>_.

{behold...: Heb. behold thee in thy evil}

Then said
<0559> (8799)

Abishai
<052>

the son
<01121>

of Zeruiah
<06870>

unto the king
<04428>_,

Why should this dead
<04191> (8801)

dog
<03611>

curse
<07043> (8762)

my lord
<0113>

the king
<04428>_?

let me go over
<05674> (8799)_,

I pray thee, and take off
<05493> (8686)

his head
<07218>_.

And the king
<04428>

said
<0559> (8799)_,

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

of Zeruiah
<06870>_?

so let him curse
<07043> (8762)_,

because the LORD
<03068>

hath said
<0559> (8804)

unto him, Curse
<07043> (8761)

David
<01732>_.

Who shall then say
<0559> (8799)_,

Wherefore hast thou done so
<06213> (8804)_?

And David
<01732>

said
<0559> (8799)

to Abishai
<052>_,

and to all his servants
<05650>_,

Behold, my son
<01121>_,

which came forth
<03318> (8804)

of my bowels
<04578>_,

seeketh
<01245> (8764)

my life
<05315>_:

how much more now [may this] Benjamite
<01145>

[do it]? let him alone
<03240> (8685)_,

and let him curse
<07043> (8762)_;

for the LORD
<03068>

hath bidden
<0559> (8804)

him.

It may be that the LORD
<03068>

will look
<07200> (8799)

on mine affliction
<05869> (8675) <06040>_,

and that the LORD
<03068>

will requite
<07725> (8689)

me good
<02896>

for his cursing
<07045>

this day
<03117>_.

{affliction: or, tears: Heb. eye}

And as David
<01732>

and his men
<0582>

went
<03212> (8799)

by the way
<01870>_,

Shimei
<08096>

went along
<01980> (8802)

on the hill's
<02022>

side
<06763>

over against
<05980>

him, and cursed
<07043> (8762)

as he went
<01980> (8800)_,

and threw
<05619> (8762)

stones
<068>

at
<05980>

him, and cast
<06080> (8765)

dust
<06083>_.

{cast...: Heb. dusted him with dust}

And the king
<04428>_,

and all the people
<05971>

that [were] with him, came
<0935> (8799)

weary
<05889>_,

and refreshed
<05314> (8735)

themselves there.

And Absalom
<053>_,

and all the people
<05971>

the men
<0376>

of Israel
<03478>_,

came
<0935> (8804)

to Jerusalem
<03389>_,

and Ahithophel
<0302>

with him.

And it came to pass, when Hushai
<02365>

the Archite
<0757>_,

David's
<01732>

friend
<07463>_,

was come
<0935> (8804)

unto Absalom
<053>_,

that Hushai
<02365>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto Absalom
<053>_,

God save
<02421> (8799)

the king
<04428>_,

God save
<02421> (8799)

the king
<04428>_.

{God...: Heb. Let the king live}

And Absalom
<053>

said
<0559> (8799)

to Hushai
<02365>_,

[Is] this thy kindness
<02617>

to thy friend
<07453>_?

why wentest
<01980> (8804)

thou not with thy friend
<07453>_?

And Hushai
<02365>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto Absalom
<053>_,

Nay; but whom the LORD
<03068>_,

and this people
<05971>_,

and all the men
<0376>

of Israel
<03478>_,

choose
<0977> (8804)_,

his will I be, and with him will I abide
<03427> (8799)_.

And again
<08145>_,

whom should I serve
<05647> (8799)_?

[should I] not [serve] in the presence
<06440>

of his son
<01121>_?

as I have served
<05647> (8804)

in thy father's
<01>

presence
<06440>_,

so will I be in thy presence
<06440>_.

Then said
<0559> (8799)

Absalom
<053>

to Ahithophel
<0302>_,

Give
<03051> (8798)

counsel
<06098>

among you what we shall do
<06213> (8799)_.

And Ahithophel
<0302>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto Absalom
<053>_,

Go in
<0935> (8798)

unto thy father's
<01>

concubines
<06370>_,

which he hath left
<03240> (8689)

to keep
<08104> (8800)

the house
<01004>_;

and all Israel
<03478>

shall hear
<08085> (8804)

that thou art abhorred
<0887> (8738)

of thy father
<01>_:

then shall the hands
<03027>

of all that [are] with thee be strong
<02388> (8804)_.

So they spread
<05186> (8686)

Absalom
<053>

a tent
<0168>

upon the top of the house
<01406>_;

and Absalom
<053>

went in
<0935> (8799)

unto his father's
<01>

concubines
<06370>

in the sight
<05869>

of all Israel
<03478>_.

And the counsel
<06098>

of Ahithophel
<0302>_,

which he counselled
<03289> (8804)

in those days
<03117>_,

[was] as if a man
<0376>

had enquired
<07592> (8799)

at the oracle
<01697>

of God
<0430>_:

so [was] all the counsel
<06098>

of Ahithophel
<0302>

both with David
<01732>

and with Absalom
<053>_.

{oracle: Heb. word}

Moreover Ahithophel
<0302>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto Absalom
<053>_,

Let me now choose out
<0977> (8799)

twelve
<08147> <06240>

thousand
<0505>

men
<0376>_,

and I will arise
<06965> (8799)

and pursue
<07291> (8799)

after
<0310>

David
<01732>

this night
<03915>_:

And I will come
<0935> (8799)

upon him while he [is] weary
<03023>

and weak
<07504>

handed
<03027>_,

and will make him afraid
<02729> (8689)_:

and all the people
<05971>

that [are] with him shall flee
<05127> (8804)_;

and I will smite
<05221> (8689)

the king
<04428>

only:

And I will bring back
<07725> (8686)

all the people
<05971>

unto thee: the man
<0376>

whom thou seekest
<01245> (8764)

[is] as if all returned
<07725> (8800)_:

[so] all the people
<05971>

shall be in peace
<07965>_.

And the saying
<01697>

pleased
<03474> (8799)

Absalom
<053>

well
<05869>_,

and all the elders
<02205>

of Israel
<03478>_.

{pleased...: Heb. was right in the eyes of, etc}

Then said
<0559> (8799)

Absalom
<053>_,

Call
<07121> (8798)

now Hushai
<02365>

the Archite
<0757>

also, and let us hear
<08085> (8799)

likewise what he saith
<06310>_.

{what...: Heb. what is in his mouth}

And when Hushai
<02365>

was come
<0935> (8799)

to Absalom
<053>_,

Absalom
<053>

spake
<0559> (8799)

unto him, saying
<0559> (8800)_,

Ahithophel
<0302>

hath spoken
<01696> (8765)

after this manner
<01697>_:

shall we do
<06213> (8799)

[after] his saying
<01697>_?

if not; speak
<01696> (8761)

thou. {his saying: Heb. his word}

And Hushai
<02365>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto Absalom
<053>_,

The counsel
<06098>

that Ahithophel
<0302>

hath given
<03289> (8804)

[is] not good
<02896>

at this time
<06471>_.

{given: Heb. counselled}

For, said
<0559> (8799)

Hushai
<02365>_,

thou knowest
<03045> (8804)

thy father
<01>

and his men
<0582>_,

that they [be] mighty men
<01368>_,

and they [be] chafed
<04751>

in their minds
<05315>_,

as a bear
<01677>

robbed
<07909>

of her whelps in the field
<07704>_:

and thy father
<01>

[is] a man
<0376>

of war
<04421>_,

and will not lodge
<03885> (8799)

with the people
<05971>_.

{chafed...: Heb. bitter of soul}

Behold, he is hid
<02244> (8737)

now in some
<0259>

pit
<06354>_,

or in some
<0259>

[other] place
<04725>_:

and it will come to pass, when some of them be overthrown
<05307> (8800)

at the first
<08462>_,

that whosoever
<08085> (8802)

heareth
<08085> (8804)

it will say
<0559> (8804)_,

There is a slaughter
<04046>

among the people
<05971>

that follow
<0310>

Absalom
<053>_.

{overthrown: Heb. fallen}

And he also [that is] valiant
<01121> <02428>_,

whose heart
<03820>

[is] as the heart
<03820>

of a lion
<0738>_,

shall utterly
<04549> (8736)

melt
<04549> (8735)_:

for all Israel
<03478>

knoweth
<03045> (8802)

that thy father
<01>

[is] a mighty man
<01368>_,

and [they] which [be] with him [are] valiant
<02428>

men
<01121>_.

Therefore I counsel
<03289> (8804)

that all Israel
<03478>

be generally
<0622> (8736)

gathered
<0622> (8735)

unto thee, from Dan
<01835>

even to Beersheba
<0884>_,

as the sand
<02344>

that [is] by the sea
<03220>

for multitude
<07230>_;

and that thou go
<01980> (8802)

to battle
<07128>

in thine own person
<06440>_.

{that thou...: Heb. that thy face, or, presence go, etc}

So shall we come
<0935> (8804)

upon him in some
<0259>

place
<04725>

where he shall be found
<04672> (8738)_,

and we will light
<05168>

upon him as the dew
<02919>

falleth
<05307> (8799)

on the ground
<0127>_:

and of him and of all the men
<0582>

that [are] with him there shall not be left
<03498> (8738)

so much as
<01571>

one
<0259>_.

Moreover, if
<0518>

he be gotten
<0622> (8735)

into a city
<05892>_,

then shall all Israel
<03478>

bring
<05375> (8689)

ropes
<02256>

to that city
<05892>_,

and we will draw
<05498> (8804)

it into the river
<05158>_,

until there be not one
<01571>

small stone
<06872>

found
<04672> (8738)

there.

And Absalom
<053>

and all the men
<0376>

of Israel
<03478>

said
<0559> (8799)_,

The counsel
<06098>

of Hushai
<02365>

the Archite
<0757>

[is] better
<02896>

than the counsel
<06098>

of Ahithophel
<0302>_.

For the LORD
<03068>

had appointed
<06680> (8765)

to defeat
<06565> (8687)

the good
<02896>

counsel
<06098>

of Ahithophel
<0302>_,

to the intent
<05668>

that the LORD
<03068>

might bring
<0935> (8687)

evil
<07451>

upon Absalom
<053>_.

{appointed: Heb. commanded}

Then said
<0559> (8799)

Hushai
<02365>

unto Zadok
<06659>

and to Abiathar
<054>

the priests
<03548>_,

Thus and thus did Ahithophel
<0302>

counsel
<03289> (8804)

Absalom
<053>

and the elders
<02205>

of Israel
<03478>_;

and thus and thus have I counselled
<03289> (8804)_.

Now therefore send
<07971> (8798)

quickly
<04120>_,

and tell
<05046> (8685)

David
<01732>_,

saying
<0559> (8800)_,

Lodge
<03885> (8799)

not this night
<03915>

in the plains
<06160> (8675) <05679>

of the wilderness
<04057>_,

but speedily
<05674> (8800)

pass over
<05674> (8799)_;

lest the king
<04428>

be swallowed up
<01104> (8792)_,

and all the people
<05971>

that [are] with him.

Now Jonathan
<03083>

and Ahimaaz
<0290>

stayed
<05975> (8802)

by Enrogel
<05883>_;

for they might
<03201> (8799)

not be seen
<07200> (8736)

to come
<0935> (8800)

into the city
<05892>_:

and a wench
<08198>

went
<01980> (8804)

and told
<05046> (8689)

them; and they went
<03212> (8799)

and told
<05046> (8689)

king
<04428>

David
<01732>_.

Nevertheless a lad
<05288>

saw
<07200> (8799)

them, and told
<05046> (8686)

Absalom
<053>_:

but they went
<03212> (8799)

both
<08147>

of them away quickly
<04120>_,

and came
<0935> (8799)

to a man's
<0376>

house
<01004>

in Bahurim
<0980>_,

which had a well
<0875>

in his court
<02691>_;

whither
<08033>

they went down
<03381> (8799)_.

And the woman
<0802>

took
<03947> (8799)

and spread
<06566> (8799)

a covering
<04539>

over the well's
<0875>

mouth
<06440>_,

and spread
<07849> (8799)

ground corn
<07383>

thereon; and the thing
<01697>

was not known
<03045> (8738)_.

And when Absalom's
<053>

servants
<05650>

came
<0935> (8799)

to the woman
<0802>

to the house
<01004>_,

they said
<0559> (8799)_,

Where [is] Ahimaaz
<0290>

and Jonathan
<03083>_?

And the woman
<0802>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto them, They be gone over
<05674> (8804)

the brook
<04323>

of water
<04325>_.

And when they had sought
<01245> (8762)

and could not find
<04672> (8804)

[them], they returned
<07725> (8799)

to Jerusalem
<03389>_.

And it came to pass, after
<0310>

they were departed
<03212> (8800)_,

that they came up
<05927> (8799)

out of the well
<0875>_,

and went
<03212> (8799)

and told
<05046> (8686)

king
<04428>

David
<01732>_,

and said
<0559> (8799)

unto David
<01732>_,

Arise
<06965> (8798)_,

and pass quickly
<04120>

over
<05674> (8798)

the water
<04325>_:

for thus hath Ahithophel
<0302>

counselled
<03289> (8804)

against you.

Then David
<01732>

arose
<06965> (8799)_,

and all the people
<05971>

that [were] with him, and they passed over
<05674> (8799)

Jordan
<03383>_:

by the morning
<01242>

light
<0216>

there lacked
<05737> (8738)

not one
<0259>

of them that was not gone over
<05674> (8804)

Jordan
<03383>_.

And when Ahithophel
<0302>

saw
<07200> (8804)

that his counsel
<06098>

was not followed
<06213> (8738)_,

he saddled
<02280> (8799)

[his] ass
<02543>_,

and arose
<06965> (8799)_,

and gat him home
<03212> (8799)

to his house
<01004>_,

to his city
<05892>_,

and put his household
<01004>

in order
<06680> (8762)_,

and hanged
<02614> (8735)

himself, and died
<04191> (8799)_,

and was buried
<06912> (8735)

in the sepulchre
<06913>

of his father
<01>_.

{followed: Heb. done} {put his...: Heb. gave charge concerning his house}

Then David
<01732>

came
<0935> (8804)

to Mahanaim
<04266>_.

And Absalom
<053>

passed over
<05674> (8804)

Jordan
<03383>_,

he and all the men
<0376>

of Israel
<03478>

with him.

And Absalom
<053>

made
<07760> (8804)

Amasa
<06021>

captain of the host
<06635>

instead of Joab
<03097>_:

which Amasa
<06021>

[was] a man's
<0376>

son
<01121>_,

whose name
<08034>

[was] Ithra
<03501>

an Israelite
<03481>_,

that went in
<0935> (8804)

to Abigail
<026>

the daughter
<01323>

of Nahash
<05176>_,

sister
<0269>

to Zeruiah
<06870>

Joab's
<03097>

mother
<0517>_.

{Ithra an Israelite: or, Jether an Ishmaelite} {Abigail: Heb. Abigal} {Nahash: or, Jesse}

So Israel
<03478>

and Absalom
<053>

pitched
<02583> (8799)

in the land
<0776>

of Gilead
<01568>_.

And it came to pass, when David
<01732>

was come
<0935> (8800)

to Mahanaim
<04266>_,

that Shobi
<07629>

the son
<01121>

of Nahash
<05176>

of Rabbah
<07237>

of the children
<01121>

of Ammon
<05983>_,

and Machir
<04353>

the son
<01121>

of Ammiel
<05988>

of Lodebar
<03810>_,

and Barzillai
<01271>

the Gileadite
<01569>

of Rogelim
<07274>_,

Brought
<05066> (8689)

beds
<04904>_,

and basons
<05592>_,

and earthen
<03335> (8802)

vessels
<03627>_,

and wheat
<02406>_,

and barley
<08184>_,

and flour
<07058>_,

and parched
<07039>

[corn], and beans
<06321>_,

and lentiles
<05742>_,

and parched
<07039>

[pulse], {basons: or, cups}

And honey
<01706>_,

and butter
<02529>_,

and sheep
<06629>_,

and cheese
<08194>

of kine
<01241>_,

for David
<01732>_,

and for the people
<05971>

that [were] with him, to eat
<0398> (8800)_:

for they said
<0559> (8804)_,

The people
<05971>

[is] hungry
<07457>_,

and weary
<05889>_,

and thirsty
<06771>_,

in the wilderness
<04057>_.

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