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2 Samuel

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1 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. 2 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. 3 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. 4 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. 5 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. 6 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. 7 And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Come out, come out, thou bloody man, and thou man of Be­lial: 8 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. 9 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? 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.