And when David{H1732} was a little{H4592} past{H5674} the top{H7218} [of the ascent], behold, Ziba{H6717} the servant{H5288} of Mephibosheth{H4648} met{H7125} him, with a couple{H6776} of asses{H2543} saddled,{H2280} and upon them two hundred{H3967} loaves of bread,{H3899} and a hundred{H3967} clusters of raisins,{H6778} and a hundred{H3967} of summer fruits,{H7019} and a bottle{H5035} of wine.{H3196}

And the king{H4428} said{H559} unto Ziba,{H6717} What meanest thou by these? And Ziba{H6717} said,{H559} The asses{H2543} are for the king's{H4428} household{H1004} to ride on;{H7392} and the bread{H3899} and summer fruit{H7019} for the young men{H5288} to eat;{H398} and the wine,{H3196} that such as are faint{H3287} in the wilderness{H4057} may drink.{H8354}

And the king{H4428} said,{H559} And where is thy master's{H113} son?{H1121} And Ziba{H6717} said{H559} unto the king,{H4428} Behold, he abideth{H3427} at Jerusalem;{H3389} for he said,{H559} To-day{H3117} will the house{H1004} of Israel{H3478} restore{H7725} me the kingdom{H4468} of my father.{H1}

Then said{H559} the king{H4428} to Ziba,{H6717} Behold, thine is all that pertaineth unto Mephibosheth.{H4648} And Ziba{H6717} said,{H559} I do obeisance;{H7812} let me find{H4672} favor{H2580} in thy sight,{H5869} my lord,{H113} O king.{H4428}

And when king{H4428} David{H1732} came{H935} to Bahurim,{H980} behold, there came out{H3318} thence a man{H376} of the family{H4940} of the house{H1004} of Saul,{H7586} whose name{H8034} was Shimei,{H8096} the son{H1121} of Gera;{H1617} he came out,{H3318} and cursed{H7043} still as he came.{H3318}

And he cast{H5619} stones{H68} at David,{H1732} and at all the servants{H5650} of king{H4428} David:{H1732} and all the people{H5971} and all the mighty men{H1368} were on his right hand{H3225} and on his left.{H8040}

And thus said{H559} Shimei{H8096} when he cursed,{H7043} Begone,{H3318} begone,{H3318} thou man{H376} of blood,{H1818} and base{H1100} fellow:{H376}

Jehovah{H3068} hath returned{H7725} upon thee all the blood{H1818} of the house{H1004} of Saul,{H7586} in whose stead thou hast reigned;{H4427} and Jehovah{H3068} hath delivered{H5414} the kingdom{H4410} into the hand{H3027} of Absalom{H53} thy son;{H1121} and, behold, thou art [taken] in thine own mischief,{H7451} because thou art a man{H376} of blood.{H1818}

Then said{H559} Abishai{H52} the son{H1121} of Zeruiah{H6870} unto the king,{H4428} Why should this dead{H4191} dog{H3611} curse{H7043} my lord{H113} the king?{H4428} let me go over,{H5674} I pray thee, and take off{H5493} his head.{H7218}

And the king{H4428} said,{H559} What have I to do with you, ye sons{H1121} of Zeruiah?{H6870} Because he curseth,{H7043} and because Jehovah{H3068} hath said{H559} unto him, Curse{H7043} David;{H1732} who then shall say,{H559} Wherefore hast thou done so?{H6213}

And David{H1732} said{H559} to Abishai,{H52} and to all his servants,{H5650} Behold, my son,{H1121} who came forth{H3318} from my bowels,{H4578} seeketh{H1245} my life:{H5315} how much more [may] this Benjamite{H1145} now [do it]? let him alone,{H3240} and let him curse;{H7043} for Jehovah{H3068} hath bidden{H559} him.

It may be that Jehovah{H3068} will look{H7200} on the wrong{H5869} done unto me, and that Jehovah{H3068} will requite{H7725} me good{H2896} for [his] cursing{H7045} of me this day.{H3117}

So David{H1732} and his men{H582} went{H3212} by the way;{H1870} and Shimei{H8096} went along{H1980} on the hill-side{H2022} {H6763} over against{H5980} him, and cursed{H7043} as he went,{H1980} and threw{H5619} stones{H68} at{H5980} him, and cast{H6080} dust.{H6083}

And the king,{H4428} and all the people{H5971} that were with him, came{H935} weary;{H5889} and he refreshed{H5314} himself there.

And Absalom,{H53} and all the people,{H5971} the men{H376} of Israel,{H3478} came{H935} to Jerusalem,{H3389} and Ahithophel{H302} with him.

And it came to pass, when Hushai{H2365} the Archite,{H757} David's{H1732} friend,{H7463} was come{H935} unto Absalom,{H53} that Hushai{H2365} said{H559} unto Absalom,{H53} [Long] live{H2421} the king,{H4428} [Long] live{H2421} the king.{H4428}

And Absalom{H53} said{H559} to Hushai,{H2365} Is this thy kindness{H2617} to thy friend?{H7453} why wentest{H1980} thou not with thy friend?{H7453}

And Hushai{H2365} said{H559} unto Absalom,{H53} Nay; but whom Jehovah,{H3068} and this people,{H5971} and all the men{H376} of Israel{H3478} have chosen,{H977} his will I be, and with him will I abide.{H3427}

And again,{H8145} whom should I serve?{H5647} [should I] not [serve] in the presence{H6440} of his son?{H1121} as I have served{H5647} in thy father's{H1} presence,{H6440} so will I be in thy presence.{H6440}

Then said{H559} Absalom{H53} to Ahithophel,{H302} Give{H3051} your counsel{H6098} what we shall do.{H6213}

And Ahithophel{H302} said{H559} unto Absalom,{H53} Go in{H935} unto thy father's{H1} concubines,{H6370} that he hath left{H3240} to keep{H8104} the house;{H1004} and all Israel{H3478} will hear{H8085} that thou art abhorred{H887} of thy father:{H1} then will the hands{H3027} of all that are with thee be strong.{H2388}

So they spread{H5186} Absalom{H53} a tent{H168} upon the top of the house;{H1406} and Absalom{H53} went in{H935} unto his father's{H1} concubines{H6370} in the sight{H5869} of all Israel.{H3478}

And the counsel{H6098} of Ahithophel,{H302} which he gave{H3289} in those days,{H3117} was as if a man{H376} inquired{H7592} at the oracle{H1697} of God:{H430} so was all the counsel{H6098} of Ahithophel{H302} both with David{H1732} and with Absalom.{H53}