Verse
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
KJV
King James Version
And it is
declared
to
Joab, `Lo
, the king is
weeping
and mourning
for Absalom ;'
And it was
told
Joab, Behold
, the king weepeth
and mourneth
for Absalom .
and the salvation
on
that day becometh
mourning to
all the people ,
for the people hath
heard on
that day ,
saying,
`
The king hath
been
grieved for his son. '
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.
And the people stealeth
away,
on
that day ,
to
go
in
to
the city, as the
people steal away ,
who
are
ashamed,
in
their
fleeing
in battle ;
And the people gat
them
by
stealth
that day into
the city, as people being
ashamed
steal away when
they
flee
in battle .
and
the king hath
covered his face, yea,
the king crieth
--
a loud voice --
`
My son Absalom, Absalom, my son, my son .'
But
the king covered his face, and
the king cried
with
a loud voice ,
O
my son Absalom, O
Absalom, my son, my son !
And Joab cometh
in
unto
the king
to the house
, and saith
, `
Thou hast put
to
shame
to-
day the faces of all thy servants, those
delivering
thy life to-day
, and the life
of thy sons ,
and of thy daughters, and the life
of thy wives, and the life
of thy concubines ,
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 ;
to
love
thine enemies, and to
hate
those
loving
thee,
for thou hast declared to-
day that thou hast
no
princes and
servants ,
for I
have
known
to-
day that if Absalom `were'
alive
, and all of
us
to-
day dead
, that
then it were
right
in
thine
eyes
.
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
.
`And
now ,
rise
, go out
and speak unto the
heart
of
thy servants ,
for by
Jehovah
I have
sworn
, that
--
thou art
not going
out
--
there doth
not lodge
a
man
with thee to-
night ;
and this
`is'
worse for
thee than all the evil that hath
come
upon
thee from thy youth till
now. '
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.
And
the king riseth
, and sitteth
in the gate ,
and to
all the people they
have
declared
, saying, `Lo
, the king is
sitting
in the gate ;'
and all the people come
in
before the king ,
and
Israel hath
fled ,
each
to his tents
.
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
.
And it
cometh
to
pass,
all the people are
contending
through
all the tribes of Israel, saying, `
The king delivered
us out of the hand of our enemies, yea,
he himself
delivered us out of the hand of the Philistines ,
and now he hath
fled out of the land because
of
Absalom ,
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 .
and Absalom whom we anointed over us `
is '
dead in battle ,
and
now ,
why are
ye silent
--
to
bring
back
the king? '
And Absalom ,
whom we anointed over us ,
is dead in battle .
Now therefore
why speak
ye not
a
word
of
bringing
the king back
?
And king David sent unto
Zadok and unto
Abiathar the priests, saying, `
Speak ye
unto the elders of Judah, saying, Why are ye last to bring back
the king unto
his house? (and
the word
of all Israel hath
come unto
the king, unto
his house ;)
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 .
my brethren ye `
are ',
my bone
and my flesh ye
`are',
and
why
are ye last to bring back the king?
Ye
are
my brethren ,
ye are my bones
and my flesh :
wherefore
then
are ye the
last to bring back the king?
And to
Amasa
say ye, Art not
thou my bone and my flesh? Thus
doth
God do to me, and thus
He
doth
add
, if thou art
not head
of the host before me all
the days
instead
of Joab. '
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.
And he inclineth
the heart of all the men of Judah as one man ,
and
they send
unto the king, `Turn
back,
thou, and all thy servants. '
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.
And
the king turneth
back
, and cometh
in
unto
the
Jordan ,
and Judah hath
come
to Gilgal, to go to meet the king, to bring
the king over the
Jordan ,
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 .
and Shimei son of Gera, the
Benjamite, who
`is'
from
Bahurim, hasteth,
and cometh
down with the men of Judah ,
to meet king David ,
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 .
and a thousand men `are'
with him from
Benjamin
, and Ziba servant of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons and his twenty servants with him ,
and they have
gone
prosperously
over the
Jordan before the king.
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.
And passed
over hath
the
ferry -
boat to carry over the household of
the
king
, and to do that
which
`is'
good in
his
eyes,
and Shimei son of Gera hath
fallen
before the king in
his
passing
over into
Jordan ,
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 ;
and saith
unto the king, `
Let not my lord impute to
me
iniquity ;
neither do thou remember that which thy servant did perversely in
the day that my lord the king went out from
Jerusalem, --
for
the king to
set
`
it '
unto
his heart ;
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 .
for thy servant hath
known
that I have sinned ;
and
lo
, I have
come to-day,
first of all the house of Joseph ,
to go down to meet my lord the king. '
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.
And
Abishai son of Zeruiah answereth
and saith
, `For
this
is
not Shimei put to death --
because he reviled
the anointed of
Jehovah
? '
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?
And David saith
, `
What --
to
me
and
to you, O
sons of Zeruiah, that ye are
to
me
to-
day for
an
adversary
? to-day
is
any man put to death in Israel? for have
I
not known
that to-day
I `
am '
king over Israel? '
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?
And
the king saith
unto Shimei, `
Thou dost
not die ;'
and the king sweareth
to
him.
Therefore
the king said
unto Shimei, Thou shalt
not die .
And the king sware
unto
him.
And Mephibosheth son of Saul hath
come
down to meet the king --
and he
prepared
not
his feet, nor did
he
prepare
his upper
lip,
yea
, his
garments
he
washed not
, even
from the day of
the going
away
of
the
king ,
till
the day that
he came in peace --
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 .
and it cometh
to pass, when he hath
come to Jerusalem to meet the king, that the king saith
to
him, `Why
didst
thou
not go
with me, Mephibosheth? '
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?
And he saith
, `
My lord, O king, my servant deceived me ,
for thy servant said, I saddle for
me the
ass, and
ride on
it
, and go with
the king ,
for
thy servant `
is '
lame ;
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 .
and he uttereth
slander
against
thy servant unto my lord the king ,
and
my lord the king `
is '
as a
messenger
of God ;
and
do thou
that
which
is good in thine eyes ,
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 .
for all the
house
of my father
have
been
nothing
except
men of
death
before my lord the king ,
and
thou dost
set thy servant among those
eating
at thy
table ,
and
what right have I any
more
--
even
to cry any more unto the king? '
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?
And the king saith
to
him, `
Why dost
thou speak
any more of thy matters? I have said, Thou and Ziba --
share
ye
the field
. '
And the king said
unto
him, Why speakest
thou any more of thy matters? I have said, Thou and Ziba divide
the land
.
And Mephibosheth saith
unto the king, `
Yea, the
whole
let him take, after
that
my lord the king hath
come in peace unto his house. '
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.
And Barzillai the Gileadite hath
gone
down from Rogelim, and passeth
over the
Jordan with the king, to send
him away
over the
Jordan ;
And Barzillai the Gileadite came
down from Rogelim, and went
over Jordan with the king, to conduct
him over Jordan .
and
Barzillai `is'
very aged, a
son
of
eighty
years ,
and he hath
sustained
the king in
his
abiding
in
Mahanaim ,
for he `is'
a very great man ;
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 .
and the king saith
unto Barzillai, `Pass
thou over with me, and I have
sustained
thee with me in Jerusalem. '
And the king said
unto Barzillai, Come
thou over with me, and I will
feed
thee with me in Jerusalem.
And Barzillai saith
unto the king, `
How many
`are'
the
days
of
the
years
of
my
life
, that I go up with the king to
Jerusalem?
And Barzillai said
unto the king, How long
have
I
to
live
, that I should
go up with the king unto
Jerusalem?
A
son
of
eighty
years
I `
am '
to-
day ;
do
I know
between good and evil? doth
thy servant taste that
which
I am
eating,
and
that
which
I drink? do
I hearken
any more to
the voice of singers
and songstresses
? and
why
is
thy servant any
more
for
a burden unto my lord the king?
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?
As
a
little
thing,
thy servant doth
pass
over the
Jordan with the king ,
and why doth
the king recompense me this
recompense
?
Thy servant will
go
a
little
way
over Jordan with the king :
and why should
the king recompense it
me with
such
a
reward
?
Let, I pray thee, thy
servant
turn back again, and
I die in mine own city, near
the burying-place
of my father and of my mother ,
--
and
lo,
thy servant Chimham ,
let him pass
over with my lord the king ,
and do thou
to him that
which
`is'
good in
thine
eyes
. '
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
.
And the king saith
, `With
me
doth
Chimham go over, and I do to him that which `is'
good in
thine
eyes,
yea,
all
that
thou dost
fix
on
me I do to
thee. '
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.
And all the people pass
over the
Jordan ,
and the king hath
passed
over, and
the king giveth
a
kiss
to
Barzillai, and blesseth
him ,
and he turneth
back
to
his place.
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.
And
the king passeth
over
to Gilgal, and Chimham hath
passed
over
with him ,
and all the people of Judah ,
and
they
bring
over
the king, and also the
half of
the people of Israel.
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.
And, lo
, all the men of Israel are
coming
unto
the king, and they
say
unto the king, `Wherefore
have they
stolen
thee
--
our brethren ,
the men of Judah ?'
(
and they
bring
the king and his household over
the
Jordan
, and all the
men of
David
with him ).
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?
And all the men of Judah answer
against
the men of Israel, `
Because the king `
is '
near unto
us ,
and
why
`is'
this
--
ye are
displeased
about
this matter? have we at all eaten
of the king's `substance
? '
a
gift
hath he lifted
up
to
us? '
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
?
And the men of Israel answer
the men of Judah, and say
, `Ten
parts
we have in the king, and also in David more
than you;
and
wherefore
have
ye lightly
esteemed
us, that our word
hath
not been
first to
bring
back our king? '
And the word
of the men of Judah is
sharper
than the word
of the men of Israel.
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.
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