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And when
David was a little past the top of the hill,
behold, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him,
with a couple of asses saddled, and upon them two
hundred loaves of bread, and an hundred bunches
of raisins, and an hundred of summer fruits, and
a bottle of wine.
02 And the king said unto Ziba, What meanest thou
by these? And Ziba said, The asses be for the
king's household to ride on; and the bread and
summer fruit for the young men to eat; and the
wine, that such as be faint in the wilderness may
drink.
03 And the king said, And where is thy master's
son? And Ziba said unto the king, Behold, he
abideth at Jerusalem: for he said, To day shall
the house of Israel restore me the kingdom of my
father.
04 Then said the king to Ziba, Behold, thine are
all that pertained unto Mephibosheth. And Ziba
said, I humbly beseech thee that I may find grace
in thy sight, my lord, O king.
05 And when king David came to Bahurim, behold,
thence came out a man of the family of the house
of Saul, whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera:
he came forth, and cursed still as he came.
06 And he cast stones at David, and at all the
servants of king David: and all the people and
all the mighty men were on his right hand and on
his left.
07 And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Come out,
come out, thou bloody man, and thou man of
Belial:
08 The Lord hath returned upon thee all the blood
of the house of Saul, in whose stead thou hast
reigned; and the Lord hath delivered the kingdom
into the hand of Absalom thy son: and, behold,
thou art taken in thy mischief, because thou art
a bloody man.
09 Then said Abishai the son of Zeruiah unto the
king, Why should this dead dog curse my lord the
king? let me go over, I pray thee, and take off
his head.
10 And the king said, What have I to do with you,
ye sons of Zeruiah? so let him curse, because the
Lord hath said unto him, Curse David. Who shall
then say, Wherefore hast thou done so?
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11 And David said to Abishai, and to all his
servants, Behold, my son, which came forth of my
bowels, seeketh my life: how much more now may
this Benjamite do it? let him alone, and let him
curse; for the Lord hath bidden him.
12 It may be that the Lord will look on mine
affliction, and that the Lord will requite me
good for his cursing this day.
13 And as David and his men went by the way,
Shimei went along on the hill's side over against
him, and cursed as he went, and threw stones at
him, and cast dust.
14 And the king, and all the people that were
with him, came weary, and refreshed themselves
there.
15 And Absalom, and all the people the men of
Israel, came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with
him.
16 And it came to pass, when Hushai the Archite,
David's friend, was come unto Absalom, that
Hushai said unto Absalom, God save the king, God
save the king.
17 And Absalom said to Hushai, Is this thy
kindness to thy friend? why wentest thou not with
thy friend?
18 And Hushai said unto Absalom, Nay; but whom
the Lord, and this people, and all the men of
Israel, choose, his will I be, and with him will
I abide.
19 And again, whom should I serve? should I not
serve in the presence of his son? as I have
served in thy father's presence, so will I be in
thy presence.
20 Then said Absalom to Ahithophel, Give counsel
among you what we shall do.
21 And Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Go in unto
thy father's concubines, which he hath left to
keep the house; and all Israel shall hear that
thou art abhorred of thy father: then shall the
hands of all that are with thee be strong.
22 So they spread Absalom a tent upon the top of
the house; and Absalom went in unto his father's
concubines in the sight of all Israel.
23 And the counsel of Ahithophel, which he
counselled in those days, was as if a man had
enquired at the oracle of God: so was all the
counsel of Ahithophel both with David and with
Absalom.
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