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2 Samuel 19:43 (NET) New English Translation

1 Joab was told, "The king is weeping and mourning over Absalom."
2 So the victory of that day was turned to mourning as far as all the people were concerned. For the people heard on that day, "The king is grieved over his son."
3 That day the people stole away to go to the city the way people who are embarrassed steal away in fleeing from battle.
4 The king covered his face and cried out loudly, "My son, Absalom! Absalom, my son, my son!"
5 So Joab visited the king at his home. He said, "Today you have embarrassed all your servants who have saved your life this day, as well as the lives of your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your concubines.
6 You seem to love your enemies and hate your friends! For you have as much as declared today that leaders and servants don't matter to you. I realize now that if Absalom were alive and all of us were dead today, it would be all right with you.
7 So get up now and go out and give some encouragement to your servants. For I swear by the LORD that if you don't go out there, not a single man will stay here with you tonight! This disaster will be worse for you than any disaster that has overtaken you from your youth right to the present time!"
8 So the king got up and sat at the city gate. When all the people were informed that the king was sitting at the city gate, they all came before him. But the Israelite soldiers had all fled to their own homes.
9 All the people throughout all the tribes of Israel were arguing among themselves saying, "The king delivered us from the hand of our enemies. He rescued us from the hand of the Philistines, but now he has fled from the land because of Absalom.
10 But Absalom, whom we anointed as our king, has died in battle. So now why do you hesitate to bring the king back?"
11 Then King David sent a message to Zadok and Abiathar the priests saying, "Tell the elders of Judah, 'Why should you delay any further in bringing the king back to his palace, when everything Israel is saying has come to the king's attention.
12 You are my brothers— my very own flesh and blood! Why should you delay any further in bringing the king back?'
13 Say to Amasa, 'Are you not my flesh and blood? God will punish me severely, if from this time on you are not the commander of my army in place of Joab!'"
14 He won over the hearts of all the men of Judah as though they were one man. Then they sent word to the king saying, "Return, you and all your servants as well."
15 So the king returned and came to the Jordan River. Now the people of Judah had come to Gilgal to meet the king and to help him cross the Jordan.
16 Shimei son of Gera the Benjaminite from Bahurim came down quickly with the men of Judah to meet King David.
17 There were a thousand men from Benjamin with him, along with Ziba the servant of Saul's household, and with him his fifteen sons and twenty servants. They hurriedly crossed the Jordan within sight of the king.
18 They crossed at the ford in order to help the king's household cross and to do whatever he thought appropriate. Now after he had crossed the Jordan, Shimei son of Gera threw himself down before the king.
19 He said to the king, "Don't think badly of me, my lord, and don't recall the sin of your servant on the day when you, my lord the king, left Jerusalem! Please don't call it to mind!
20 For I, your servant, know that I sinned, and I have come today as the first of all the house of Joseph to come down to meet my lord the king."
21 Abishai son of Zeruiah replied, "For this should not Shimei be put to death? After all, he cursed the LORD's anointed!"
22 But David said, "What do we have in common, you sons of Zeruiah? You are like my enemy today! Should anyone be put to death in Israel today? Don't you realize that today I am king over Israel?"
23 The king said to Shimei, "You won't die." The king vowed an oath concerning this.
24 Now Mephibosheth, Saul's grandson, came down to meet the king. From the day the king had left until the day he safely returned, Mephibosheth had not cared for his feet nor trimmed his mustache nor washed his clothes.
25 When he came from Jerusalem to meet the king, the king asked him, "Why didn't you go with me, Mephibosheth?"
26 He replied, "My lord the king, my servant deceived me! I said, 'Let me get my donkey saddled so that I can ride on it and go with the king,' for I am lame.
27 But my servant has slandered me to my lord the king. But my lord the king is like an angel of God. Do whatever seems appropriate to you.
28 After all, there was no one in the entire house of my grandfather who did not deserve death from my lord the king. But instead you allowed me to eat at your own table! What further claim do I have to ask the king for anything?"
29 Then the king replied to him, "Why should you continue speaking like this? You and Ziba will inherit the field together."
30 Mephibosheth said to the king, "Let him have the whole thing! My lord the king has returned safely to his house!"
31 Now when Barzillai the Gileadite had come down from Rogelim, he crossed the Jordan with the king so he could send him on his way from there.
32 But Barzillai was very old— eighty years old, in fact— and he had taken care of the king when he stayed in Mahanaim, for he was a very rich man.
33 So the king said to Barzillai, "Cross over with me, and I will take care of you while you are with me in Jerusalem."
34 Barzillai replied to the king, "How many days do I have left to my life, that I should go up with the king to Jerusalem?
35 I am presently eighty years old. Am I able to discern good and bad? Can I taste what I eat and drink? Am I still able to hear the voices of male and female singers? Why should I continue to be a burden to my lord the king?
36 I will cross the Jordan with the king and go a short distance. Why should the king reward me in this way?
37 Let me return so that I may die in my own city near the grave of my father and my mother. But look, here is your servant Kimham. Let him cross over with my lord the king. Do for him whatever seems appropriate to you."
38 The king replied, "Kimham will cross over with me, and I will do for him whatever I deem appropriate. And whatever you choose, I will do for you."
39 So all the people crossed the Jordan, as did the king. After the king had kissed him and blessed him, Barzillai returned to his home.
40 When the king crossed over to Gilgal, Kimham crossed over with him. Now all the soldiers of Judah along with half of the soldiers of Israel had helped the king cross over.
41 Then all the men of Israel began coming to the king. They asked the king, "Why did our brothers, the men of Judah, sneak the king away and help the king and his household cross the Jordan— and not only him but all of David's men as well?"
42 All the men of Judah replied to the men of Israel, "Because the king is our close relative! Why are you so upset about this? Have we eaten at the king's expense? Or have we misappropriated anything for our own use?"
43 The men of Israel replied to the men of Judah, "We have ten shares in the king, and we have a greater claim on David than you do! Why do you want to curse us? Weren't we the first to suggest bringing back our king?" But the comments of the men of Judah were more severe than those of the men of Israel.
1 And it was told H5046 Joab H3097 , Behold H2009 IJEC , the king H4428 D-NMS weepeth H1058 and mourneth H56 for H5921 PREP Absalom H53 .
2 And the victory H8668 that H1961 W-VQY3FS day H3117 B-AMS was turned into mourning H60 L-NMS unto all H3605 L-CMS the people H5971 : for H3588 CONJ the people H5971 heard H8085 say H559 L-VQFC that H1931 D-PPRO-3MS day H3117 B-AMS how the king H4428 D-NMS was grieved H6087 for H5921 PREP his son H1121 .
3 And the people H5971 got H935 L-VQFC them by stealth H1589 that H1931 D-PPRO-3MS day H3117 B-AMS into the city H5892 D-GFS , as H834 K-RPRO people H5971 being ashamed H3637 steal away H1589 when they flee H5127 in battle H4421 .
4 But the king H4428 covered H3813 his face H6440 CMP-3MS , and the king H4428 D-NMS cried H2199 with a loud H1419 AMS voice H6963 CMS , O my son H1121 NMS-1MS Absalom H53 , O Absalom H53 , my son H1121 NMS-1MS , my son H1121 NMS-1MS !
5 And Joab H3097 came H935 W-VQY3MS into the house H1004 to H413 PREP the king H4428 D-NMS , and said H559 W-VQY3MS , Thou hast shamed H3001 this day H3117 D-AMS the faces H6440 CMP of all H3605 CMS thy servants H5650 , which this day H3117 D-AMS have saved H4422 thy life H5315 GFS , and the lives H5315 GFS of thy sons H1121 CMP-2MS and of thy daughters H1323 , and the lives H5315 GFS of thy wives H802 , and the lives H5315 GFS of thy concubines H6370 ;
6 In that thou lovest H157 thine enemies H8130 VQCMP-2MS , and hatest H8130 thy friends H157 . For H3588 CONJ thou hast declared H5046 VHQ2MS this day H3117 D-AMS , that H3588 CONJ thou regardest neither H369 NPAR princes H8269 NMP nor servants H5650 W-NMP : for H3588 CONJ this day H3117 D-AMS I perceive H3045 VQY1MS , that H3588 CONJ if H3863 Absalom H53 had lived H2416 AMS , and all H3605 we had died H4191 this day H3117 D-AMS , then H227 ADV it had pleased thee well H5869 .
7 Now H6258 W-ADV therefore arise H6965 VQI2MS , go forth H3318 VQI2MS , and speak H1696 comfortably H3820 NMS unto thy servants H5650 : for H3588 CONJ I swear H7650 by the LORD H3068 , if H3588 CONJ thou go not forth , there will not H518 PART tarry H3885 VQY3MS one H376 NMS with H854 PART-2MS thee this night H3915 D-AMS : and that H2063 DPRO will be worse H7489 unto thee than all H3605 M-CMS the evil H7451 that H834 RPRO befell H935 VQQ3FS thee from thy youth H5271 until H5704 PREP now H6258 .
8 Then the king H4428 D-NMS arose H6965 W-VQY3MS , and sat H3427 W-VQY3MS in the gate H8179 . And they told H5046 unto all H3605 WL-CMS the people H5971 , saying H559 L-VQFC , Behold H2009 IJEC , the king H4428 D-NMS doth sit H3427 VQPMS in the gate H8179 . And all H3605 CMS the people H5971 came H935 W-VQY3MS before H6440 L-CMP the king H4428 D-NMS : for Israel H3478 had fled H5127 every man H376 NMS to his tent H168 .
9 And all H3605 CMS the people H5971 were H1961 W-VQY3MS at strife H1777 throughout all H3605 B-CMS the tribes H7626 of Israel H3478 , saying H559 L-VQFC , The king H4428 D-NMS saved H5337 us out of the hand H3709 M-CFS of our enemies H341 , and he H1931 W-PPRO-3MS delivered H4422 us out of the hand H3709 M-CFS of the Philistines H6430 TMS ; and now H6258 W-ADV he is fled H1272 out of H4480 PREP the land H776 D-GFS for M-PREP Absalom H53 .
10 And Absalom H53 , whom H834 RPRO we anointed H4886 over H5921 PREP-1MP us , is dead H4191 in battle H4421 . Now H6258 W-ADV therefore why H4100 L-IGAT speak H2790 ye H859 PPRO-2MS not a word of bringing H7725 L-VHFC the king H4428 back ?
11 And king H4428 David H1732 MMS sent H7971 VQQ3MS to H413 PREP Zadok H6659 and to H413 PREP Abiathar H54 the priests H3548 , saying H559 L-VQFC , Speak H1696 unto H413 PREP the elders H2205 of Judah H3063 , saying H559 L-VQFC , Why H4100 L-IPRO are H1961 ye the last H314 to bring H7725 L-VHFC the king H4428 D-NMS back to H413 PREP his house H1004 NMS-3MS ? seeing the speech H1697 W-CMS of all H3605 NMS Israel H3478 is come H935 VQPMS to H413 PREP the king H4428 D-NMS , even to H413 PREP his house H1004 CMS-3MS .
12 Ye H859 PPRO-2MS are my brethren H251 NMP-1MS , ye H859 PPRO-2MS are my bones H6106 CFS-1MS and my flesh H1320 : wherefore H4100 WL-IGAT then are H1961 ye the last H314 AMP to bring back H7725 L-VHFC the king H4428 ?
13 And say H559 ye to Amasa H6021 , Art thou H859 PPRO-2MS not H3808 ADV of my bone H6106 CFS-1MS , and of my flesh H1320 ? God H430 EDP do H6213 so H3541 to me , and more H3254 also H3541 , if H518 PART thou be H1961 VQY3FS not H3808 NADV captain H8269 of the host H6635 NMS before H6440 L-CMP me continually H3605 NMS in the room H8478 NMS of Joab H3097 .
14 And he bowed H5186 the heart H3824 of all H3605 NMS the men H376 NMS of Judah H3063 , even as the heart of one H259 MMS man H376 NMS ; so that they sent H7971 this word unto H413 PREP the king H4428 D-NMS , Return H7725 VQFC thou H859 PPRO-2MS , and all H3605 NMS thy servants H5650 .
15 So the king H4428 D-NMS returned H7725 , and came H935 W-VQY3MS to H5704 PREP Jordan H3383 D-EFS . And Judah H3063 came H935 VQPMS to Gilgal H1537 , to go H1980 L-VQFC to meet H7125 L-VQFC the king H4428 D-NMS , to conduct the king over H5674 Jordan H3383 .
16 And Shimei H8096 the son H1121 CMS of Gera H1617 , a Benjamite H1145 , which H834 RPRO was of Bahurim H980 , hasted H4116 and came down H3381 W-VQY3MS with H5973 PREP the men H376 NMS of Judah H3063 to meet H7125 L-VQFC king H4428 D-NMS David H1732 .
17 And there were a thousand H505 W-BMS men H376 NMS of Benjamin H1144 with H5973 PREP-3MS him , and Ziba H6717 the servant H5288 of the house H1004 CMS of Saul H7586 , and his fifteen H2568 sons H1121 CMP-3MS and his twenty H6242 W-MMP servants H5650 with H854 PREP-3MS him ; and they went over H6743 Jordan H3383 D-EFS before H6440 L-CMP the king H4428 .
18 And there went over H5674 a ferry boat H5679 to carry over H5674 the king H4428 D-NMS \'s household H1004 CMS , and to do H6213 what he thought H5869 good H2896 D-NMS . And Shimei H8096 the son H1121 CMS of Gera H1617 fell down H5307 before H6440 L-CMP the king H4428 D-NMS , as he was come over H5674 Jordan H3383 ;
19 And said H559 W-VQY3MS unto H413 PREP the king H4428 D-NMS , Let not H408 NPAR my lord H113 impute H2803 iniquity H5771 NMS unto me , neither H408 ADV do thou remember H2142 that which H834 RPRO thy servant H5650 did perversely H5753 the day H3117 B-AMS that H834 RPRO my lord H113 the king H4428 D-NMS went out H3318 VQQ3MS of Jerusalem H3389 , that the king H4428 D-NMS should take H7760 L-VQFC it to H413 PREP his heart H3820 CMS-3MS .
20 For H3588 CONJ thy servant H5650 doth know H3045 VQQ3MS that H3588 CONJ I H589 PPRO-1MS have sinned H2398 VQQ1MS : therefore , behold H2009 , I am come H935 the first H7223 this day H3117 D-AMS of all H3605 L-CMS the house H1004 CMS of Joseph H3130 to go down H3381 to meet H7125 L-VQFC my lord H113 the king H4428 .
21 But Abishai H52 the son H1121 of Zeruiah H6870 answered H6030 W-VQY3MS and said H559 W-VQY3MS , Shall not H3808 NADV Shimei H8096 be put to death H4191 for H8478 this H2063 DPRO , because H3588 CONJ he cursed H7043 the LORD H3068 NAME-4MS \'s anointed H4899 ?
22 And David H1732 MMS said H559 W-VQY3MS , What H4100 IPRO have I to do with you , ye sons H1121 of Zeruiah H6870 , that H3588 CONJ ye should this day H3117 D-AMS be H1961 adversaries H7854 unto me ? shall there any man H376 NMS be put to death H4191 this day H3117 D-AMS in Israel H3478 ? for H3588 CONJ do not H3808 D-NPAR I know H3045 VQY1MS that H3588 CONJ I H589 PPRO-1MS am this day H3117 D-AMS king H4428 NMS over H5921 PREP Israel H3478 LMS ?
23 Therefore the king H4428 D-NMS said H559 W-VQY3MS unto H413 PREP Shimei H8096 , Thou shalt not H3808 NADV die H4191 . And the king H4428 swore H7650 unto him .
24 And Mephibosheth H4648 the son H1121 of Saul H7586 came down H3381 VQQ3MS to meet H7125 L-VQFC the king H4428 D-NMS , and had neither H3808 W-NPAR dressed H6213 VQQ3MS his feet H7272 , nor H3808 W-NPAR trimmed H6213 VQQ3MS his beard H8222 , nor H3808 W-NPAR washed H3526 his clothes H899 , from H4480 the day H3117 D-AMS the king H4428 D-NMS departed H1980 until H5704 PREP the day H3117 D-AMS he came H935 VQPMS again in peace H7965 .
25 And it came to pass H1961 W-VQY3MS , when H3588 CONJ he was come H935 to Jerusalem H3389 to meet H7125 L-VQFC the king H4428 D-NMS , that the king H4428 D-NMS said H559 W-VQY3MS unto him , Wherefore H4100 L-IPRO wentest H1980 not H3808 NADV thou with H5973 me , Mephibosheth H4648 ?
26 And he answered H559 W-VQY3MS , My lord H113 , O king H4428 D-NMS , my servant H5650 CMS-1MS deceived H7411 me : for H3588 CONJ thy servant H5650 said H559 VQQ3MS , I will saddle H2280 me an ass H2543 , that I may ride H7392 thereon H5921 PREP-3FS , and go H1980 to H854 PREP the king H4428 D-NMS ; because H3588 CONJ thy servant H5650 is lame H6455 .
27 And he hath slandered H7270 thy servant H5650 unto H413 PREP my lord H113 the king H4428 D-NMS ; but my lord H113 the king H4428 D-NMS is as an angel H4397 of God H430 D-EDP : do H6213 therefore what is good H2896 D-NMS in thine eyes H5869 .
28 For H3588 CONJ all H3605 NMS of my father H1 CMS-1MS \'s house H1004 CMS were H1961 VQQ3MS but H518 PART dead H4194 NMS men H376 CMP before H6440 my lord H113 the king H4428 D-NMS : yet didst thou set H7896 thy servant H5650 among them that did eat H398 at thine own table H7979 . What H4100 W-IPRO right H6666 NFS therefore have H3426 I yet H5759 to cry H2199 any more H5750 ADV unto H413 PREP the king H4428 ?
29 And the king H4428 D-NMS said H559 W-VQY3MS unto him , Why H4100 L-IPRO speakest H1696 thou any more H5750 ADV of thy matters H1697 ? I have said H559 W-VQY3MS , Thou H859 PPRO-2MS and Ziba H6717 divide H2505 the land H7704 D-NMS .
30 And Mephibosheth H4648 said H559 W-VQY3MS unto H413 PREP the king H4428 D-NMS , Yea H1571 CONJ , let him take H3947 all H3605 , forasmuch H310 PREP as my lord H113 the king H4428 is come again H935 VQPMS in peace H7965 unto H413 PREP his own house H1004 CMS-3MS .
31 And Barzillai H1271 the Gileadite H1569 came down H3381 VQQ3MS from Rogelim H7274 , and went over H5674 W-VQY3MS Jordan H3383 D-EFS with H854 PREP the king H4428 D-NMS , to conduct him over H7971 Jordan H3383 .
32 Now Barzillai H1271 was a very H3966 ADV aged H2204 man , even fourscore H8084 years H8141 NFS old H1121 : and he H1931 W-PPRO-3MS had provided the king H4428 D-NMS of sustenance H3557 while he lay H7871 at Mahanaim H4266 ; for H3588 CONJ he H1931 PPRO-3MS was a very H3966 ADV great H1419 AMS man H376 NMS .
33 And the king H4428 D-NMS said H559 W-VQY3MS unto H413 PREP Barzillai H1271 , Come H5674 thou H859 PPRO-2MS over with H854 PREP-1MS me , and I will feed H3557 thee with H5973 me in Jerusalem H3389 .
34 And Barzillai H1271 said H559 W-VQY3MS unto H413 PREP the king H4428 D-NMS , How H4100 K-IGAT long H3117 CMP have I to live H2416 CMS-1MS , that H3588 CONJ I should go up H5927 with H854 PREP the king H4428 D-NMS unto Jerusalem H3389 ?
35 I H595 PPRO-1MS am this day H3117 D-AMS fourscore H8084 years H8141 NFS old H1121 : and can I discern H3045 between H996 PREP good H2896 AMS and evil H7451 ? can H518 PART thy servant H5650 taste H2938 VQY3MS what H834 RPRO I eat H398 or what H834 RPRO I drink H8354 ? can H518 PART I hear H8085 any more H5750 ADV the voice H6963 B-NMS of singing men H7891 and singing women H7891 ? wherefore H4100 WL-IGAT then should thy servant H5650 be H1961 VQY3MS yet H5750 ADV a burden H4853 unto H413 PREP my lord H113 the king H4428 ?
36 Thy servant H5650 will go a little way over H5674 VQY3MS Jordan H3383 D-EFS with H854 PREP the king H4428 D-NMS : and why H4100 WL-IGAT should the king H4428 D-NMS recompense H1580 it me with such H2063 a reward H1578 ?
37 Let thy servant H5650 , I pray thee H4994 IJEC , turn back again H7725 , that I may die H4191 in mine own city H5892 , and be buried by H5973 PREP the grave H6913 of my father H1 CMS-1MS and of my mother H517 . But behold H2009 IJEC thy servant H5650 Chimham H3643 ; let him go over H5674 with H5973 PREP my lord H113 the king H4428 D-NMS ; and do H6213 to him what H834 RPRO shall seem H5869 good H2896 AMS unto thee .
38 And the king H4428 D-NMS answered H559 W-VQY3MS , Chimham H3643 shall go over H5674 VQY3MS with H854 PREP-1MS me , and I H589 W-PPRO-1MS will do H6213 to him that which shall seem H5869 good H2896 D-NMS unto thee : and whatsoever H834 RPRO thou shalt require H977 of H5921 PREP-1MS me , that will I do H6213 VQY1MS for thee .
39 And all H3605 NMS the people H5971 went over H5674 W-VQY3MS Jordan H3383 D-EFS . And when the king H4428 was come over H5674 , the king H4428 D-NMS kissed H5401 Barzillai H1271 , and blessed H1288 him ; and he returned H7725 unto his own place H4725 .
40 Then the king H4428 D-NMS went on H5674 W-VQY3MS to Gilgal H1537 , and Chimham H3643 went on H5674 VQQ3MS with H5973 PREP-3MS him : and all H3605 W-CMS the people H5971 NMS of Judah H3063 conducted H5674 the king H4428 D-NMS , and also H1571 W-CONJ half H2677 the people H5971 NMS of Israel H3478 LMS .
41 And , behold H2009 IJEC , all H3605 NMS the men H376 NMS of Israel H3478 came H935 to H413 PREP the king H4428 D-NMS , and said H559 W-VQY3MP unto H413 PREP the king H4428 D-NMS , Why H4069 IPRO have our brethren H251 the men H376 NMS of Judah H3063 stolen thee away H1589 , and have brought H5674 the king H4428 D-NMS , and his household H1004 NMS-3MS , and all H3605 NMS David H1732 \'s men H376 NMS with H5973 PREP-3MS him , over Jordan H3383 D-EFS ?
42 And all H3605 NMS the men H376 NMS of Judah H3063 answered H6030 W-VQY3MS the men H376 NMS of Israel H3478 , Because H3588 CONJ the king H4428 D-NMS is near of kin H7138 AMS to H413 PREP-1MS us : wherefore H4100 WL-IGAT then be ye angry H2734 VQQ3MS for H5921 PREP this H2088 PMS matter H1697 D-NMS ? have we eaten at all H398 of H4480 PREP the king H4428 D-NMS \'s cost ? or H518 PART hath he given us any gift H5379 ?
43 And the men H376 NMS of Israel H3478 answered H6030 W-VQY3MS the men H376 NMS of Judah H3063 , and said H559 W-VQY3MS , We have ten H6235 parts H3027 in the king H4428 , and we H589 PPRO-1MS have also H1571 W-CONJ more right in David H1732 than H4480 PREP ye : why H4069 then did ye despise H7043 us , that our advice H1697 CMS-1MS should not H3808 W-NPAR be H1961 VQQ3MS first H7223 had in bringing back H7725 L-VHFC our king H4428 ? And the words H1697 CMS of the men H376 NMS of Judah H3063 were fiercer H7185 than the words H1697 of the men H376 NMS of Israel H3478 LMS .
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