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2 Samuel 16


2 Samuel 16 - 1

And David went through a little way from Ros. And behold, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth arrived for meeting him, and a pair of donkeys being saddled, and upon them two hundred bread loaves, and an ephah of dried grape clusters, and a hundred dried fruit clusters, and a skin flask of wine.

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And said to Ziba, What to you? And Ziba said, The donkeys for the household of the king to mount, and the bread loaves, and the dried fruit clusters, and dried grapes for food to the servants, and the wine to drink to the one faint in the wilderness.

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And said Where is the son of your master? And Ziba said to the king, Behold, he sits in Jerusalem, for he said, Today shall return the kingdom of my father.

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And said to Ziba, Behold, all as much as is Mephibosheth's. And Ziba said, I do obeisance, may I find favor in your eyes, O my master, O king.

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And came until Bahurim. And behold, from there a man came forth from of the house of Saul, and to him son of Gera. He came forth coming and cursing,

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and throwing stones at David, and at all the servants of king David. And all the people, and all the mighty ones of and of of the king.

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And thus Shimei said in his cursing, Go forth! go forth! O man of the blood sheddings, and O man the lawbreaker.

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returned all the blood of the house of Saul, because you reigned instead of him. And the kingdom into of Absalom your son. And behold, you are taken in your own evil, for are a man

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And said to the king, Why curse my master the king? Let me pass indeed! and I shall remove his head.

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And said to Abishai, What and to you, sons of Zeruiah? Even leave him, and thus let him curse! For said to him to curse David. And who shall say to him, Why did you do thus?

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And David said to Abishai, and to all his servants, Behold, my son, the one coming forth from out of my belly, seeks my life. And moreover, now the son of the Benjamite. Leave him to curse! for told

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If by any means in my humiliation, and shall return good to me for his curse this day so be it!

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And David went, and all his men in the way; and Shimei went according to the side of the mountain, being next to him he went, and cursed, and cast stones on him, and dust

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And went and all the people with him being faint; and they refreshed there.

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And Absalom, and every man of Israel entered into Jerusalem, and Ahithophel him.

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And it came to pass when came to Absalom, that Hushai said Absalom, As lives the king! As lives the king!

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And Absalom said Hushai, Is this your act of kindness with your companion? Why did you not go with your companion?

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And Hushai said to Absalom, No, but whoever and this people, and every man of Israel. serving to him I will be and with

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And secondly, to whom shall I serve? his son? Just as I served before your father, so I will be before you.

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And Absalom said to Ahithophel, Give for yourselves what we should do.

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And Ahithophel said to Absalom, Enter to the concubines of your father! which he left behind to guard his house. And shall hear that you disgraced your father, and shall grow in strength

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And they pitched the tent of Absalom upon the roof, and Absalom entered to the concubines of his father, in of all Israel.

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And the counsel of Ahithophel, which he consulted in the days manner anything by of God; thus was all the counsel of Ahithophel, both David and Absalom.