10_2SA_19_01 And it was told Joab , behold , the king weepeth And mourneth for Absalom .
10_2SA_19_02 And the victory that day was [ turned ] into mourning unto all the people : for the people heard say that day how the king was grieved for his son .
10_2SA_19_03 And the people gat them by stealth that day into the city , as people being ashamed steal away when they flee in battle .
10_2SA_19_04 but the king covered his face , And the king cried with A loud voice , O my son Absalom , O Absalom , my son , my son !
10_2SA_19_05 And Joab came into the house to the king , And said , thou hast shamed this day the faces of all thy servants , which this day have saved thy life , And the lives of thy sons And of thy daughters , And the lives of thy wives , And the lives of thy concubines ;
10_2SA_19_06 in that thou lovest thine enemies , And hatest thy friends . for thou hast declared this day , that thou regardest neither princes nor servants : for this day I perceive , that if Absalom had lived , And all we had died this day , Then it had pleased thee Well .
10_2SA_19_07 now therefore Arise , go forth , And speak comfortably unto thy servants : for I swear by the LORD , if thou go not forth , there will not tarry one with thee this night : And that will be worse unto thee than all the evil that befell thee from thy youth until now .
10_2SA_19_08 Then the king arose , And sat in the gate . And they told unto all the people , saying , behold , the king Doth sit in the gate . And all the people came before the king : for Israel had fled every man to his tent .
10_2SA_19_09 And all the people were at strife throughout all the tribes of Israel , saying , the king saved us out of the hand of our enemies , And he delivered us out of the hand of the Philistines ; And now he Is fled out of the land for Absalom .
10_2SA_19_10 And Absalom , whom we anointed over us , Is dead in battle . now therefore why speak ye not A word of bringing the king back ?
10_2SA_19_11 And king David sent to Zadok And to Abiathar the priests , saying , speak unto the elders of Judah , saying , why are ye the last to bring the king back to his house ? seeing the speech of all Israel Is come to the king , [ even ] to his house .
10_2SA_19_12 ye [ are ] my brethren , ye [ are ] my bones And my flesh : Wherefore Then are ye the last to bring back the king ?
10_2SA_19_13 And say ye to Amasa , [ art ] thou not of my bone , And of my flesh ? God do So to me , And more also , if thou be not captain of the host before me continually in the room of Joab .
10_2SA_19_14 And he bowed the heart of all the men of Judah , even as [ the heart of ] one man ; So that they sent [ this word ] unto the king , Return thou , And all thy servants .
10_2SA_19_15 So the king returned , And came to Jordan . And Judah came to Gilgal , to go to meet the king , to conduct the king over Jordan .
10_2SA_19_16 And Shimei the son of Gera , A Benjamite , which [ was ] of Bahurim , hasted And came down with the men of Judah to meet king David .
10_2SA_19_17 And [ there were ] A thousand men of Benjamin with him , And Ziba the servant of the house of Saul , And his fifteen sons And his twenty servants with him ; And they went over Jordan before the king .
10_2SA_19_18 And there went over A ferry boat to carry over the king's household , And to do what he thought good . And Shimei the son of Gera fell down before the king , as he was come over Jordan ;
10_2SA_19_19 And said unto the king , let not my LORD impute iniquity unto me , neither do thou Remember that which thy servant did perversely the day that my LORD the king went out of Jerusalem , that the king should take it to his heart .
10_2SA_19_20 for thy servant Doth know that I have sinned : therefore , behold , I am come the first this day of all the house of Joseph to go down to meet my LORD the king .
10_2SA_19_21 but Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered And said , shall not Shimei be put to death for this , because he Cursed the LORD's anointed ?
10_2SA_19_22 And David said , what have I to do with you , ye sons of Zeruiah , that ye should this day be adversaries unto me ? shall there any man be put to death this day in Israel ? for do not I know that I [ am ] this day king over Israel ?
10_2SA_19_23 therefore the king said unto Shimei , thou shalt not die . And the king sware unto him .
10_2SA_19_24 And Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king , And had neither dressed his feet , nor trimmed his beard , nor washed his clothes , from the day the king departed until the day he came [ again ] in peace .
10_2SA_19_25 And it came to pass , when he was come to Jerusalem to meet the king , that the king said unto him , Wherefore wentest not thou with me , Mephibosheth ?
10_2SA_19_26 And he answered , my LORD , O king , my servant deceived me : for thy servant said , I will saddle me an ass , that I may ride thereon , And go to the king ; because thy servant [ Is ] lame .
10_2SA_19_27 And he hath slandered thy servant unto my LORD the king ; but my LORD the king [ Is ] as an angel of God : do therefore [ what Is ] good in thine eyes .
10_2SA_19_28 for all [ of ] my father's house were but dead men before my LORD the king : yet didst thou set thy servant among them that did eat at thine own table . what right therefore have I yet to cry any more unto the king ?
10_2SA_19_29 And the king said unto him , why speakest thou any more of thy matters ? I have said , thou And Ziba divide the land .
10_2SA_19_30 And Mephibosheth said unto the king , yea , let him take all , Forasmuch as my LORD the king Is come again in peace unto his own house .
10_2SA_19_31 And Barzillai the Gileadite came down from Rogelim , And went over Jordan with the king , to conduct him over Jordan .
10_2SA_19_32 now Barzillai was A very aged man , [ even ] fourscore years old : And he had provided the king of sustenance while he lay at Mahanaim ; for he [ was ] A very great man .
10_2SA_19_33 And the king said unto Barzillai , come thou over with me , And I will feed thee with me in Jerusalem .
10_2SA_19_34 And Barzillai said unto the king , how long have I to live , that I should go up with the king unto Jerusalem ?
10_2SA_19_35 I [ am ] this day fourscore years old : [ And ] can I discern between good And evil ? can thy servant taste what I eat or what I drink ? can I hear any more the voice of singing men And singing women ? Wherefore Then should thy servant be yet A burden unto my LORD the king ?
10_2SA_19_36 thy servant will go A little way over Jordan with the king : And why should the king recompense it me with such A reward ?
10_2SA_19_37 let thy servant , I pray thee , turn back again , that I may die in mine own city , [ And be buried ] by the grave of my Father And of my mother . but behold thy servant Chimham ; let him go over with my LORD the king ; And do to him what shall seem good unto thee .
10_2SA_19_38 And the king answered , Chimham shall go over with me , And I will do to him that which shall seem good unto thee : And whatsoever thou shalt require of me , [ that ] will I do for thee .
10_2SA_19_39 And all the people went over Jordan . And when the king was come over , the king kissed Barzillai , And blessed him ; And he returned unto his own place .
10_2SA_19_40 Then the king went on to Gilgal , And Chimham went on with him : And all the people of Judah conducted the king , And also half the people of Israel .
10_2SA_19_41 And , behold , all the men of Israel came to the king , And said unto the king , why have our brethren the men of Judah stolen thee away , And have brought the king , And his household , And all David's men with him , over Jordan ?
10_2SA_19_42 And all the men of Judah answered the men of Israel , because the king [ Is ] near of kin to us : Wherefore Then be ye angry for this matter ? have we eaten at all of the king's [ cost ] ? or hath he given us any gift ?
10_2SA_19_43 And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah , And said , we have ten parts in the king , And we have also more [ right ] in David than ye : why Then did ye despise us , that our advice should not be first had in bringing back our king ? And the words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel .