2 Samuel 16:1-23

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>_.

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)_.

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>_:

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>_.

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)

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>_.

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>_.

And the king
<04428>_,

and all the people
<05971>

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

weary
<05889>_,

and refreshed
<05314> (8735)

And Absalom
<053>_,

and all the people
<05971>

the men
<0376>

of Israel
<03478>_,

came
<0935> (8804)

to Jerusalem
<03389>_,

and Ahithophel
<0302>

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>_.

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>_.