And it was told{H5046} Joab,{H3097} Behold, the king{H4428} weepeth{H1058} and mourneth{H56} for Absalom.{H53}

And the victory{H8668} that day{H3117} was turned into mourning{H60} unto all the people;{H5971} for the people{H5971} heard{H8085} say{H559} that day,{H3117} The king{H4428} grieveth{H6087} for his son.{H1121}

And the people{H5971} gat{H935} them by stealth{H1589} that day{H3117} into the city,{H5892} as people{H5971} that are ashamed{H3637} steal away{H1589} when they flee{H5127} in battle.{H4421}

And the king{H4428} covered{H3813} his face,{H6440} and the king{H4428} cried{H2199} with a loud{H1419} voice,{H6963} O my son{H1121} Absalom,{H53} O Absalom,{H53} my son,{H1121} my son!{H1121}

And Joab{H3097} came{H935} into the house{H1004} to the king,{H4428} and said,{H559} Thou hast shamed{H3001} this day{H3117} the faces{H6440} of all thy servants,{H5650} who this day{H3117} have saved{H4422} thy life,{H5315} and the lives{H5315} of thy sons{H1121} and of thy daughters,{H1323} and the lives{H5315} of thy wives,{H802} and the lives{H5315} of thy concubines;{H6370}

in that thou lovest{H157} them that hate{H8130} thee, and hatest{H8130} them that love{H157} thee. For thou hast declared{H5046} this day,{H3117} that princes{H8269} and servants{H5650} are nought unto thee: for this day{H3117} I perceive,{H3045} that if{H3863} Absalom{H53} had lived,{H2416} and all we had died{H4191} this day,{H3117} then it had pleased thee well.{H3477}

Now therefore arise,{H6965} go forth,{H3318} and speak{H1696} comfortably{H3820} unto thy servants;{H5650} for I swear{H7650} by Jehovah,{H3068} if thou go not forth,{H3318} there will not tarry{H3885} a man{H376} with thee this night:{H3915} and that will be worse{H7489} unto thee than all the evil{H7451} that hath befallen{H935} thee from thy youth{H5271} until now.

Then the king{H4428} arose,{H6965} and sat{H3427} in the gate.{H8179} And they told{H5046} unto all the people,{H5971} saying,{H559} Behold, the king{H4428} is sitting{H3427} in the gate:{H8179} and all the people{H5971} came{H935} before{H6440} the king.{H4428} Now Israel{H3478} had fled{H5127} every man{H376} to his tent.{H168}

And all the people{H5971} were at strife{H1777} throughout all the tribes{H7626} of Israel,{H3478} saying,{H559} The king{H4428} delivered{H5337} us out of the hand{H3709} of our enemies,{H341} and he saved{H4422} us out of the hand{H3709} of the Philistines;{H6430} and now he is fled{H1272} out of the land{H776} from Absalom.{H53}

And Absalom,{H53} whom we anointed{H4886} over us, is dead{H4191} in battle.{H4421} Now therefore why speak{H2790} ye not a word of bringing{H7725} the king{H4428} back?{H7725}

And king{H4428} David{H1732} sent{H7971} to Zadok{H6659} and to Abiathar{H54} the priests,{H3548} saying,{H559} Speak{H1696} unto the elders{H2205} of Judah,{H3063} saying,{H559} Why are ye the last{H314} to bring{H7725} the king{H4428} back{H7725} to his house?{H1004} seeing the speech{H1697} of all Israel{H3478} is come{H935} to the king,{H4428} [to bring him] to his house.{H1004}

Ye are my brethren,{H251} ye are my bone{H6106} and my flesh:{H1320} wherefore then are ye the last{H314} to bring back{H7725} the king?{H4428}

And say{H559} ye to Amasa,{H6021} Art thou not my bone{H6106} and my flesh?{H1320} God{H430} do{H6213} so to me, and more{H3254} also, if thou be not captain{H8269} of the host{H6635} before{H6440} me continually{H3117} in the room{H8478} of Joab.{H3097}

And he bowed{H5186} the heart{H3824} of all the men{H376} of Judah,{H3063} even as [the heart of] one{H259} man;{H376} so that they sent{H7971} unto the king,{H4428} [saying], Return{H7725} thou, and all thy servants.{H5650}

So the king{H4428} returned,{H7725} and came{H935} to the Jordan.{H3383} And Judah{H3063} came{H935} to Gilgal,{H1537} to go{H3212} to meet{H7125} the king,{H4428} to bring{H5674} the king{H4428} over{H5674} the Jordan.{H3383}

And Shimei{H8096} the son{H1121} of Gera,{H1617} the Benjamite,{H1145} who was of Bahurim,{H980} hasted{H4116} and came down{H3381} with the men{H376} of Judah{H3063} to meet{H7125} king{H4428} David.{H1732}

And there were a thousand{H505} men{H376} of Benjamin{H1145} with him, and Ziba{H6717} the servant{H5288} of the house{H1004} of Saul,{H7586} and his fifteen{H2568} sons{H1121} and his twenty{H6242} servants{H5650} with him; and they went through{H6743} the Jordan{H3383} in the presence{H6440} of the king.{H4428}

And there went over{H5674} a ferry-boat{H5679} to bring over{H5674} the king's{H4428} household,{H1004} and to do{H6213} what he thought{H5869} good.{H2896} And Shimei{H8096} the son{H1121} of Gera{H1617} fell down{H5307} before{H6440} the king,{H4428} when he was come over{H5674} the Jordan.{H3383}

And he said{H559} unto the king,{H4428} Let not my lord{H113} impute{H2803} iniquity{H5771} unto me, neither do thou remember{H2142} that which thy servant{H5650} did perversely{H5753} the day{H3117} that my lord{H113} the king{H4428} went out{H3318} of Jerusalem,{H3389} that the king{H4428} should take{H7760} it to his heart.{H3820}

For thy servant{H5650} doth know{H3045} that I have sinned:{H2398} therefore, behold, I am come{H935} this day{H3117} the first{H7223} of all the house{H1004} of Joseph{H3130} to go down{H3381} to meet{H7125} my lord{H113} the king.{H4428}

But Abishai{H52} the son{H1121} of Zeruiah{H6870} answered{H6030} and said,{H559} Shall not Shimei{H8096} be put to death{H4191} for this, because he cursed{H7043} Jehovah's{H3068} anointed?{H4899}

And David{H1732} said,{H559} What have I to do with you, ye sons{H1121} of Zeruiah,{H6870} that ye should this day{H3117} be adversaries{H7854} unto me? shall there any man{H376} be put to death{H4191} this day{H3117} in Israel?{H3478} for do not I know{H3045} that I am this day{H3117} king{H4428} over Israel?{H3478}

And the king{H4428} said{H559} unto Shimei,{H8096} Thou shalt not die.{H4191} And the king{H4428} sware{H7650} unto him.

And Mephibosheth{H4648} the son{H1121} of Saul{H7586} came down{H3381} to meet{H7125} the king;{H4428} and he had neither{H3808} dressed{H6213} his feet,{H7272} nor trimmed{H6213} his beard,{H8222} nor washed{H3526} his clothes,{H899} from the day{H3117} the king{H4428} departed{H3212} until the day{H3117} he came{H935} home in peace.{H7965}

And it came to pass, when he was come{H935} to Jerusalem{H3389} to meet{H7125} the king,{H4428} that the king{H4428} said{H559} unto him, Wherefore wentest{H1980} not thou with me, Mephibosheth?{H4648}

And he answered,{H559} My lord,{H113} O king,{H4428} my servant{H5650} deceived{H7411} me: for thy servant{H5650} said,{H559} I will saddle{H2280} me an ass,{H2543} that I may ride{H7392} thereon, and go{H3212} with the king;{H4428} because thy servant{H5650} is lame.{H6455}

And he hath slandered{H7270} thy servant{H5650} unto my lord{H113} the king;{H4428} but my lord{H113} the king{H4428} is as an angel{H4397} of God:{H430} do{H6213} therefore what is good{H2896} in thine eyes.{H5869}

For all my father's{H1} house{H1004} were but{H3808} dead{H4194} men{H582} before my lord{H113} the king;{H4428} yet didst thou set{H7896} thy servant{H5650} among them that did eat{H398} at thine own table.{H7979} What right{H6666} therefore have{H3426} I yet that I should cry{H2199} any more unto the king?{H4428}

And the king{H4428} said{H559} unto him, Why speakest{H1696} thou any more of thy matters?{H1697} I say,{H559} Thou and Ziba{H6717} divide{H2505} the land.{H7704}

And Mephibosheth{H4648} said{H559} unto the king,{H4428} yea, let him take{H3947} all, forasmuch{H310} as{H834} my lord{H113} the king{H4428} is come{H935} in peace{H7965} unto his own house.{H1004}

And Barzillai{H1271} the Gileadite{H1569} came down{H3381} from Rogelim;{H7274} and he went over{H5674} the Jordan{H3383} with the king,{H4428} to conduct{H7971} him over the Jordan.{H3383}

Now Barzillai{H1271} was a very{H3966} aged{H2204} man, even fourscore{H8084} years{H8141} old:{H1121} and he had provided the king{H4428} with sustenance{H3557} while he lay{H7871} at Mahanaim;{H4266} for he was a very{H3966} great{H1419} man.{H376}

And the king{H4428} said{H559} unto Barzillai,{H1271} Come thou over{H5674} with me, and I will sustain{H3557} thee with me in Jerusalem.{H3389}

And Barzillai{H1271} said{H559} unto the king,{H4428} How many{H3117} are the days of the years of my life,{H8141} that I should go up{H5927} with the king{H4428} unto Jerusalem?{H3389}

I am this day{H3117} fourscore{H8084} years{H8141} old:{H1121} can I discern{H3045} between good{H2896} and bad?{H7451} can thy servant{H5650} taste{H2938} what{H834} I eat{H398} or what{H834} I drink?{H8354} can I hear{H8085} any more the voice{H6963} of singing men{H7891} and singing women?{H7891} wherefore then should thy servant{H5650} be yet a burden{H4853} unto my lord{H113} the king?{H4428}

Thy servant{H5650} would but just{H4592} go{H5674} over{H5674} the Jordan{H3383} with the king:{H4428} and why should the king{H4428} recompense{H1580} it me with such a reward?{H1578}

Let thy servant,{H5650} I pray thee, turn back again,{H7725} that I may die{H4191} in mine own city,{H5892} by the grave{H6913} of my father{H1} and my mother.{H517} But behold, thy servant{H5650} Chimham;{H3643} let him go over{H5674} with my lord{H113} the king;{H4428} and do{H6213} to him what shall seem good{H2896} unto thee.

And the king{H4428} answered,{H559} Chimham{H3643} shall go{H5674} over with me, and I will do{H6213} to him that which shall seem good{H2896} unto thee: and whatsoever thou shalt require{H977} of me, that will I do{H6213} for thee.

And all the people{H5971} went over{H5674} the Jordan,{H3383} and the king{H4428} went over:{H5674} and the king{H4428} kissed{H5401} Barzillai,{H1271} and blessed{H1288} him; and he returned{H7725} unto his own place.{H4725}

So the king{H4428} went over{H5674} to Gilgal,{H1537} and Chimham{H3643} went over{H5674} with him: and all the people{H5971} of Judah{H3063} brought{H5674} the king{H4428} over, and also half{H2677} the people{H5971} of Israel.{H3478}

And, behold, all the men{H376} of Israel{H3478} came{H935} to the king,{H4428} and said{H559} unto the king,{H4428} Why have our brethren{H251} the men{H376} of Judah{H3063} stolen thee away,{H1589} and brought{H5674} the king,{H4428} and his household,{H1004} over the Jordan,{H3383} and all David's{H1732} men{H582} with him?

And all the men{H376} of Judah{H3063} answered{H6030} the men{H376} of Israel,{H3478} Because the king{H4428} is near of kin{H7138} to us: wherefore then are ye angry{H2734} for this matter?{H1697} have we eaten{H398} at all{H398} at the king's{H4428} cost? or hath he given{H5375} us any gift?{H5379}

And the men{H376} of Israel{H3478} answered{H6030} the men{H376} of Judah,{H3063} and said,{H559} We have ten{H6235} parts{H3027} in the king,{H4428} and we{H589} have also more [right] in David{H1732} than ye: why then did ye despise{H7043} us, that our advice{H1697} should not be first{H7223} had in bringing back{H7725} our king?{H4428} And the words{H1697} of the men{H376} of Judah{H3063} were fiercer{H7185} than the words{H1697} of the men{H376} of Israel.{H3478}