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2 Samuel 19
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19 (19:2) Joab was told, “The king is weeping and mourning over Absalom.” 2 So the victory of that day was turned to mourning as far as all the people were concerned. For the people heard on that day, “The king is grieved over his son.” 3 That day the people stole away to go to the city the way people who are embarrassed steal away in fleeing from battle. 4 The king covered his face and cried out loudly,[a] “My son, Absalom! Absalom, my son, my son!”

5 So Joab visited[b] the king at his home. He said, “Today you have embarrassed all your servants who have saved your life this day, as well as the lives of your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your concubines. 6 You seem to love your enemies and hate your friends! For you have as much as declared today that leaders and servants don’t matter to you. I realize now[c] that if[d] Absalom were alive and all of us were dead today,[e] it would be all right with you. 7 So get up now and go out and give some encouragement to[f] your servants. For I swear by the Lord that if you don’t go out there, not a single man will stay here with you tonight! This disaster will be worse for you than any disaster that has overtaken you from your youth right to the present time!”

8 So the king got up and sat at the city gate. When all the people were informed that the king was sitting at the city gate, they[g] all came before him.

David Goes Back to Jerusalem

But the Israelite soldiers[h] had all fled to their own homes.[i] 9 All the people throughout all the tribes of Israel were arguing among themselves saying, “The king delivered us from the hand of our enemies. He rescued us from the hand of the Philistines, but now he has fled from the land because of Absalom. 10 But Absalom, whom we anointed as our king,[j] has died in battle. So now why do you hesitate to bring the king back?”[k]

11 Then King David sent a message to Zadok and Abiathar the priests saying, “Tell the elders of Judah, ‘Why should you delay any further in bringing the king back to his palace,[l] when everything Israel is saying has come to the king’s attention.[m] 12 You are my brothers—my very own flesh and blood![n] Why should you delay any further in bringing the king back?’ 13 Say to Amasa, ‘Are you not my flesh and blood?[o] God will punish me severely,[p] if from this time on you are not the commander of my army in place of Joab!’”

14 He[q] won over the hearts of all the men of Judah as though they were one man. Then they sent word to the king saying, “Return, you and all your servants as well.” 15 So the king returned and came to the Jordan River.[r]

Now the people of Judah[s] had come to Gilgal to meet the king and to help him[t] cross the Jordan. 16 Shimei son of Gera the Benjaminite from Bahurim came down quickly with the men of Judah to meet King David. 17 There were 1,000 men from Benjamin with him, along with Ziba the servant[u] of Saul’s household, and with him his fifteen sons and twenty servants. They hurriedly crossed[v] the Jordan within sight of the king. 18 They crossed at the ford in order to help the king’s household cross and to do whatever he thought appropriate.

Now after he had crossed the Jordan, Shimei son of Gera threw himself down before the king. 19 He said to the king, “Don’t think badly of me, my lord, and don’t recall the sin of your servant on the day when you, my lord the king, left[w] Jerusalem! Please don’t call it to mind! 20 For I, your servant,[x] know that I sinned, and I have come today as the first of all the house of Joseph to come down to meet my lord the king.”

21 Abishai son of Zeruiah replied, “For this should not Shimei be put to death? After all, he cursed the Lord’s anointed!” 22 But David said, “What do we have in common,[y] you sons of Zeruiah? You are like my enemy today! Should anyone be put to death in Israel today? Don’t I know that today I am king over Israel?” 23 The king said to Shimei, “You won’t die.” The king vowed an oath[z] concerning this.

24 Now Mephibosheth, Saul’s grandson,[aa] came down to meet the king. From the day the king had left until the day he safely[ab] returned, Mephibosheth[ac] had not cared for his feet[ad] nor trimmed[ae] his mustache nor washed his clothes.

25 When he came from Jerusalem to meet the king, the king asked him, “Why didn’t you go with me, Mephibosheth?” 26 He replied, “My lord the king, my servant deceived me! I[af] said, ‘Let me get my donkey saddled so that I can ride on it and go with the king,’ for I[ag] am lame. 27 But my servant[ah] has slandered me[ai] to my lord the king. But my lord the king is like an angel of God. Do whatever seems appropriate to you. 28 After all, there was no one in the entire house of my grandfather[aj] who did not deserve death from my lord the king. But instead you allowed me to eat at your own table![ak] What further claim do I have to ask[al] the king for anything?”

29 Then the king replied to him, “Why should you continue speaking like this? You and Ziba will inherit the field together.” 30 Mephibosheth said to the king, “Let him have[am] the whole thing! My lord the king has returned safely[an] to his house!”

31 Now when Barzillai the Gileadite had come down from Rogelim, he crossed the Jordan with the king so he could send him on his way from there.[ao] 32 But Barzillai was very old—eighty years old, in fact—and he had taken care of the king when he stayed in Mahanaim, for he was a very rich[ap] man. 33 So the king said to Barzillai, “Cross over with me, and I will take care of you while you are with me in Jerusalem.”

34 Barzillai replied to the king, “How many days do I have left to my life, that I should go up with the king to Jerusalem? 35 I am now eighty years old. Am I able to discern good and bad? Can I[aq] taste what I eat and drink? Am I still able to hear the voices of male and female singers? Why should I[ar] continue to be a burden to my lord the king? 36 I will cross the Jordan with the king and go a short distance.[as] Why should the king reward me in this way? 37 Let me[at] return so that I may die in my own town near the grave of my father and my mother. But look, here is your servant Kimham. Let him cross over with my lord the king. Do for him whatever seems appropriate to you.”

38 The king replied, “Kimham will cross over with me, and I will do for him whatever I deem appropriate. And whatever you choose, I will do for you.”

39 So all the people crossed the Jordan, as did the king. After the king had kissed him and blessed him, Barzillai returned to his home.[au] 40 When the king crossed over to Gilgal, Kimham[av] crossed over with him. Now all the soldiers[aw] of Judah along with half the soldiers of Israel had helped the king cross over.[ax]

41 Then all the men of Israel began coming to the king. They asked the king, “Why did our brothers, the men of Judah, sneak the king[ay] away and help the king and his household cross the Jordan—and not only him but all of David’s men as well?” 42 All the men of Judah replied to the men of Israel, “Because the king is our close relative! Why are you so upset about this? Have we eaten at the king’s expense?[az] Or have we misappropriated anything for our own use?” 43 The men of Israel replied to the men of Judah, “We have ten shares in the king, and we have a greater claim on David than you do! Why do you want[ba] to curse us? Weren’t we the first to suggest bringing back our king?” But the comments of the men of Judah were more severe than those of the men of Israel.

Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 19:4 tn Heb “with a great voice.”
  2. 2 Samuel 19:5 tn Heb “came to.”
  3. 2 Samuel 19:6 tn Heb “today.”
  4. 2 Samuel 19:6 tc The translation follows the Qere, 4QSama, and many medieval Hebrew mss in reading לוּ (lu, “if”) rather than MT לֹא (loʾ, “not”).
  5. 2 Samuel 19:6 tc The Lucianic Greek recension and Syriac Peshitta lack “today.”
  6. 2 Samuel 19:7 tn Heb “and speak to the heart of.”
  7. 2 Samuel 19:8 tn Heb “all the people.”
  8. 2 Samuel 19:8 tn The Hebrew text has simply “Israel” (see 18:16-17).
  9. 2 Samuel 19:8 tn Heb “had fled, each to his tent.”
  10. 2 Samuel 19:10 tn Heb “over us.”
  11. 2 Samuel 19:10 tc The LXX includes the following words at the end of v. 11: “And what all Israel was saying came to the king’s attention.” The words are misplaced in the LXX from v. 12 (although the same statement appears there in the LXX as well).
  12. 2 Samuel 19:11 tn Heb “his house.”
  13. 2 Samuel 19:11 tc The Hebrew text adds “to his house” (= palace), but the phrase, which also appears earlier in the verse, is probably accidentally repeated here.
  14. 2 Samuel 19:12 tn Heb “my bone and my flesh.”
  15. 2 Samuel 19:13 tn Heb “my bone and my flesh.”
  16. 2 Samuel 19:13 tn Heb “Thus God will do to me and thus he will add.”
  17. 2 Samuel 19:14 tn The referent of “he” is not entirely clear: cf. NCV “David”; TEV “David’s words”; NRSV, NLT “Amasa.”
  18. 2 Samuel 19:15 tn The word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied in the translation for clarity.
  19. 2 Samuel 19:15 tn The Hebrew text has simply “Judah.”
  20. 2 Samuel 19:15 tn Heb “the king.” The pronoun (“him”) has been used in the translation to avoid redundancy.
  21. 2 Samuel 19:17 tn Heb “youth.”
  22. 2 Samuel 19:17 tn Heb “rushed into.”
  23. 2 Samuel 19:19 tn Though this verb in the MT is third person masculine singular, it should probably be read as second person masculine singular. It is one of fifteen places where the Masoretes placed a dot over each of the letters of the word in question in order to call attention to their suspicion of the word. Their concern in this case apparently had to do with the fact that this verb and the two preceding verbs alternate from third person to second and back again to third. Words marked in this way in Hebrew manuscripts or printed editions are said to have puncta extrordinaria, or “extraordinary points.”
  24. 2 Samuel 19:20 tn The Hebrew text has simply “your servant.” The word "I" has been supplied for English style.
  25. 2 Samuel 19:22 tn Heb “what to me and to you.”
  26. 2 Samuel 19:23 tn Heb “swore to him.”
  27. 2 Samuel 19:24 tn Heb “son.”
  28. 2 Samuel 19:24 tn Heb “in peace.” So also in v. 31.
  29. 2 Samuel 19:24 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Mephibosheth) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  30. 2 Samuel 19:24 tn Heb “done his feet.”
  31. 2 Samuel 19:24 tn Heb “done.”
  32. 2 Samuel 19:26 tn Heb “your servant.”
  33. 2 Samuel 19:26 tn Heb “your servant.”
  34. 2 Samuel 19:27 tn Heb “and he”; the referent (the servant) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  35. 2 Samuel 19:27 tn Heb “your servant.”
  36. 2 Samuel 19:28 tn Heb “father.”
  37. 2 Samuel 19:28 tn Heb “and you placed your servant among those who eat at your table.”
  38. 2 Samuel 19:28 tn Heb “to cry out to.”
  39. 2 Samuel 19:30 tn Heb “take.”
  40. 2 Samuel 19:30 tn Heb “in peace.”
  41. 2 Samuel 19:31 tc The MT reading אֶת־בַיַּרְדֵּן (ʾet vayyarden, “in the Jordan”) is odd syntactically. The use of the preposition after the object marker אֶת (ʾet) is difficult to explain. Graphic confusion is likely in the MT; the translation assumes the reading מִיַּרְדֵּן (miyyarden, “from the Jordan”). Another possibility is to read the definite article on the front of “Jordan” (הַיַּרְדֵּן, hayyarden; “the Jordan”).
  42. 2 Samuel 19:32 tn Heb “great.”
  43. 2 Samuel 19:35 tn Heb “your servant.”
  44. 2 Samuel 19:35 tn Heb “your servant.”
  45. 2 Samuel 19:36 tn Heb “Like a little your servant will cross the Jordan with the king.”
  46. 2 Samuel 19:37 tn Heb “your servant.”
  47. 2 Samuel 19:39 tn Heb “to his place.”
  48. 2 Samuel 19:40 tn The MT in this instance alone spells the name with final ן (nun, “Kimhan”) rather than as elsewhere with final ם (mem, “Kimham”). As in most other translations, the conventional spelling (with ם) has been used here to avoid confusion.
  49. 2 Samuel 19:40 tn Heb “people.”
  50. 2 Samuel 19:40 tc The translation follows the Qere and many medieval Hebrew mss in reading the Hiphil verb הֶעֱבִירוּ (heʿeviru, “they caused to pass over”) rather than the Qal verb וַיְעֱבִרוּ (vayeʿeviru, “they crossed over”) of the MT.
  51. 2 Samuel 19:41 tn Heb “sneak you.”
  52. 2 Samuel 19:42 tn Heb “from the king.”
  53. 2 Samuel 19:43 tn The translation understands the verb in a desiderative sense, indicating the desire but not necessarily the completed action of the party in question. It is possible, however, that the verb should be given the more common sense of accomplished action, in which case it means here “Why have you cursed us?”
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2 Samuel 19
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19 [a]Joab was told, “The king is weeping and mourning for Absalom.” 2 And for the whole army the victory that day was turned into mourning, because on that day the troops heard it said, “The king is grieving for his son.” 3 The men stole into the city that day as men steal in who are ashamed when they flee from battle. 4 The king covered his face and cried aloud, “O my son Absalom! O Absalom, my son, my son!”

5 Then Joab went into the house to the king and said, “Today you have humiliated all your men, who have just saved your life and the lives of your sons and daughters and the lives of your wives and concubines. 6 You love those who hate you and hate those who love you. You have made it clear today that the commanders and their men mean nothing to you. I see that you would be pleased if Absalom were alive today and all of us were dead. 7 Now go out and encourage your men. I swear by the Lord that if you don’t go out, not a man will be left with you by nightfall. This will be worse for you than all the calamities that have come on you from your youth till now.”(A)

8 So the king got up and took his seat in the gateway. When the men were told, “The king is sitting in the gateway,(B)” they all came before him.

Meanwhile, the Israelites had fled to their homes.

David Returns to Jerusalem

9 Throughout the tribes of Israel, all the people were arguing among themselves, saying, “The king delivered us from the hand of our enemies; he is the one who rescued us from the hand of the Philistines.(C) But now he has fled the country to escape from Absalom;(D) 10 and Absalom, whom we anointed to rule over us, has died in battle. So why do you say nothing about bringing the king back?”

11 King David sent this message to Zadok(E) and Abiathar, the priests: “Ask the elders of Judah, ‘Why should you be the last to bring the king back to his palace, since what is being said throughout Israel has reached the king at his quarters? 12 You are my relatives, my own flesh and blood. So why should you be the last to bring back the king?’ 13 And say to Amasa,(F) ‘Are you not my own flesh and blood?(G) May God deal with me, be it ever so severely,(H) if you are not the commander of my army for life in place of Joab.(I)’”

14 He won over the hearts of the men of Judah so that they were all of one mind. They sent word to the king, “Return, you and all your men.” 15 Then the king returned and went as far as the Jordan.

Now the men of Judah had come to Gilgal(J) to go out and meet the king and bring him across the Jordan. 16 Shimei(K) son of Gera, the Benjamite from Bahurim, hurried down with the men of Judah to meet King David. 17 With him were a thousand Benjamites, along with Ziba,(L) the steward of Saul’s household,(M) and his fifteen sons and twenty servants. They rushed to the Jordan, where the king was. 18 They crossed at the ford to take the king’s household over and to do whatever he wished.

When Shimei son of Gera crossed the Jordan, he fell prostrate before the king 19 and said to him, “May my lord not hold me guilty. Do not remember how your servant did wrong on the day my lord the king left Jerusalem.(N) May the king put it out of his mind. 20 For I your servant know that I have sinned, but today I have come here as the first from the tribes of Joseph to come down and meet my lord the king.”

21 Then Abishai(O) son of Zeruiah said, “Shouldn’t Shimei be put to death for this? He cursed(P) the Lord’s anointed.”(Q)

22 David replied, “What does this have to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah?(R) What right do you have to interfere? Should anyone be put to death in Israel today?(S) Don’t I know that today I am king over Israel?” 23 So the king said to Shimei, “You shall not die.” And the king promised him on oath.(T)

24 Mephibosheth,(U) Saul’s grandson, also went down to meet the king. He had not taken care of his feet or trimmed his mustache or washed his clothes from the day the king left until the day he returned safely. 25 When he came from Jerusalem to meet the king, the king asked him, “Why didn’t you go with me,(V) Mephibosheth?”

26 He said, “My lord the king, since I your servant am lame,(W) I said, ‘I will have my donkey saddled and will ride on it, so I can go with the king.’ But Ziba(X) my servant betrayed me. 27 And he has slandered your servant to my lord the king. My lord the king is like an angel(Y) of God; so do whatever you wish. 28 All my grandfather’s descendants deserved nothing but death(Z) from my lord the king, but you gave your servant a place among those who eat at your table.(AA) So what right do I have to make any more appeals to the king?”

29 The king said to him, “Why say more? I order you and Ziba to divide the land.”

30 Mephibosheth said to the king, “Let him take everything, now that my lord the king has returned home safely.”

31 Barzillai(AB) the Gileadite also came down from Rogelim to cross the Jordan with the king and to send him on his way from there. 32 Now Barzillai was very old, eighty years of age. He had provided for the king during his stay in Mahanaim, for he was a very wealthy(AC) man. 33 The king said to Barzillai, “Cross over with me and stay with me in Jerusalem, and I will provide for you.”

34 But Barzillai answered the king, “How many more years will I live, that I should go up to Jerusalem with the king? 35 I am now eighty(AD) years old. Can I tell the difference between what is enjoyable and what is not? Can your servant taste what he eats and drinks? Can I still hear the voices of male and female singers?(AE) Why should your servant be an added(AF) burden to my lord the king? 36 Your servant will cross over the Jordan with the king for a short distance, but why should the king reward me in this way? 37 Let your servant return, that I may die in my own town near the tomb of my father(AG) and mother. But here is your servant Kimham.(AH) Let him cross over with my lord the king. Do for him whatever you wish.”

38 The king said, “Kimham shall cross over with me, and I will do for him whatever you wish. And anything you desire from me I will do for you.”

39 So all the people crossed the Jordan, and then the king crossed over. The king kissed Barzillai and bid him farewell,(AI) and Barzillai returned to his home.

40 When the king crossed over to Gilgal, Kimham crossed with him. All the troops of Judah and half the troops of Israel had taken the king over.

41 Soon all the men of Israel were coming to the king and saying to him, “Why did our brothers, the men of Judah, steal the king away and bring him and his household across the Jordan, together with all his men?”(AJ)

42 All the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, “We did this because the king is closely related to us. Why are you angry about it? Have we eaten any of the king’s provisions? Have we taken anything for ourselves?”

43 Then the men of Israel(AK) answered the men of Judah, “We have ten shares in the king; so we have a greater claim on David than you have. Why then do you treat us with contempt? Weren’t we the first to speak of bringing back our king?”

But the men of Judah pressed their claims even more forcefully than the men of Israel.

Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 19:1 In Hebrew texts 19:1-43 is numbered 19:2-44.
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2 Самуїлова 19
Ukrainian Bible

19 (19-2) А Йоаву донесено: Ось цар плаче, і зачав жалобу по Авесаломові.

2 (19-3) І того дня ця перемога обернулася на жалобу для всього народу, бо того дня народ почув, що казали: Засмутився цар за своїм сином!

3 (19-4) І прокрадався народ того дня, щоб увійти до міста, як прокрадається народ, засоромлений своєю втечею з бою...

4 (19-5) А цар закрив своє обличчя. І голосив цар сильним голосом: Сину мій, Авесаломе! Авесаломе, сину мій! Сину мій!...

5 (19-6) І прийшов Йоав до дому царя, та й сказав: Сьогодні ти засоромив обличчя всіх своїх рабів, які сьогодні врятували життя твоє, і життя синів твоїх та дочок твоїх, і життя жінок твоїх, і життя наложниць твоїх,

6 (19-7) через те, що ти любиш тих, хто тебе ненавидить, і ненавидиш тих, хто тебе любить, бож сьогодні ти виявив, що нема в тебе вождів ані слуг. Бо сьогодні я знаю, що коли б Авесалом був живий, а ми всі сьогодні були мертві, то тоді це було б любе в очах твоїх...

7 (19-8) А тепер устань, і говори до серця своїх рабів. Бо присягаю Господом, якщо ти не вийдеш, то цієї ночі ніхто не буде ночувати з тобою, і це буде тобі гірше за всяке зло, що приходило на тебе від молодости твоєї аж дотепер!

8 (19-9) І цар устав та й засів у брамі, а всьому народові донесли, говорячи: Ось цар сидить у брамі! І посходився ввесь народ перед царське обличчя, а Ізраїль повтікав кожен до своїх наметів.

9 (19-10) І сперечався ввесь народ по всіх Ізраїлевих племенах, говорячи: Цар урятував нас від руки всіх наших ворогів, він же врятував нас із руки филистимлян, а тепер утік із краю перед Авесаломом.

10 (19-11) А Авесалом, якого ми помазали були над собою, помер на війні. А тепер чого ви зволікаєте щоб вернути царя?

11 (19-12) І цар Давид послав до священиків, до Садока та до Евіятара, говорячи: Говоріть так до Юдиних старших: Чого ви будете останніми, щоб вернути царя до його дому? А слово всього Ізраїля прийшло вже до царя, до його дому.

12 (19-13) Ви браття мої, ви кість моя та тіло моє! І чого ви будете останніми, щоб вернути царя?

13 (19-14) А Амасі скажете: Чи ж ти не кість моя та не тіло моє? Нехай так зробить мені Бог, і нехай ще додасть, якщо ти не будеш у мене вождем війська по всі дні замість Йоава.

14 (19-15) І прихилив він серце всіх Юдиних мужів, як одного чоловіка. І послали вони до царя: Вернися ти та всі твої слуги!

15 (19-16) І вернувся цар, і прийшов аж до Йордану, а Юда прийшов до Ґілґалу назустріч цареві, щоб перепровадити царя через Йордан.

16 (19-17) А Шім'ї, Ґерин син, Веніяминівець, що з Бахуріму, поспішив і зійшов з Юдиними мужами на зустріч царя Давида.

17 (19-18) І з ним було тисяча чоловіка з Веніямина, та Ціва, слуга Саулового дому, і п'ятнадцятеро синів його та двадцятеро його рабів із ним. І вони перейшли Йордан перед царем.

18 (19-19) І перейшов порон, щоб перепровадити царський дім та зробити, що було добре в очах його. А Шім'ї, Ґерин син, упав перед царем, як той переходив Йордан,

19 (19-20) та й цареві сказав: Нехай пан не порахує мені переступу, і не пам'ятай, що раб твій провинився був того дня, коли мій пан цар вийшов був з Єрусалиму, щоб цар не поклав це до серця свого!

20 (19-21) Бо раб твій знає, що згрішив він, і ось я прийшов сьогодні з усього Йосипового дому перший, щоб вийти зустріти мого пана царя.

21 (19-22) А Авішай, син Церуїн, відповів та й сказав: Чи ж не буде забитий Шім'ї за те, що проклинав Господнього помазанця?

22 (19-23) А Давид відказав: Що вам до мене, сини Церуїні, що ви сьогодні стаєте мені за сатану? Чи сьогодні буде забитий хто в Ізраїлі? Хіба ж я не знаю, що сьогодні я цар над Ізраїлем?

23 (19-24) А до Шім'ї цар сказав: Не помреш! І заприсягнув йому цар.

24 (19-25) І зійшов спіткати царя й Мефівошет, онук Саулів. А він не оправляв ніг своїх і не оправляв вуса свого, і не оправляв своєї одежі від дня, як цар вийшов, аж до дня, коли він вернувся з миром.

25 (19-26) І сталося, коли прийшов він до Єрусалиму зустріти царя, то сказав йому цар: Чому ти не пішов зо мною, Мефівошете?

26 (19-27) А той відказав: Пане мій царю, раб мій обманив мене! Бо я, раб твій, сказав: осідлаю собі осла, і сяду на нього, та й поїду з царем, бо раб твій кульгавий.

27 (19-28) Та він очернив раба твого перед паном моїм царем. А мій пан цар, немов Божий Ангол, тому зроби, що добре в очах твоїх!

28 (19-29) Бож хіба ввесь дім батька мого не був вартий смерти перед моїм паном царем? Та ти вмістив раба свого серед їдців свого столу. І яке ж я маю право скаржитися перед царем?

29 (19-30) І сказав йому цар: Пощо ти говориш іще оці свої слова? Я сказав: ти та Ціва поділите поле.

30 (19-31) І сказав Мефівошет до царя: Нехай він візьме навіть усе по тому, коли мій пан, цар прийшов із миром до дому свого!.

31 (19-32) А ґілеадянин Барзіллай зійшов з Роґеліму, і перейшов з царем Йордан, щоб провести його за Йордан.

32 (19-33) А Барзіллай був дуже старий, віку восьмидесяти літ. І він годував царя, як той сидів був у Маханаїмі, бо він був дуже заможна людина.

33 (19-34) І сказав цар до Барзіллая: Перейди зо мною, і я буду годувати тебе при собі в Єрусалимі.

34 (19-35) І сказав Барзіллай до царя: Скільки ще часу життя мого, що я піду з царем до Єрусалиму?

35 (19-36) Я сьогодні віку восьмидесяти літ. Чи можу я розпізнавати між добрим та злим? Чи розкуштує твій раб, що буду їсти та що буду пити? Чи послухаю я ще голосу співаків та співачок? І пощо буде ще раб твій тягарем для свого пана царя?

36 (19-37) Трохи перейде твій раб із царем за Йордан. І чого цар висвідчує мені оце?

37 (19-38) Нехай раб твій вернеться, і нехай помре у своєму місті при гробі батька свого та своєї матері. А ось раб твій, син мій Кімган перейде з паном моїм, із царем, а ти зроби йому, що добре в очах твоїх.

38 (19-39) І сказав цар: Кімган перейде зо мною, а я зроблю йому, що миле в очах твоїх. І все, що вибереш у мене, я зроблю тобі!

39 (19-40) І ввесь народ перейшов Йордан, перейшов і цар. І цар поцілував Барзіллая, та й поблагословив його, і той вернувся на своє місце.

40 (19-41) І перейшов цар до Ґілґалу, а з ним перейшов Кімган та ввесь Юдин народ, і вони перепровадили царя, а також перейшла половина Ізраїлевого народу.

41 (19-42) Аж ось усі ізраїльтяни прийшли до царя. І сказали вони цареві: Чому вкрали тебе наші браття, люди Юдині, і перепровадили царя та його дім через Йордан, та всіх Давидових людей з ним?

42 (19-43) І відповіли всі Юдині люди Ізраїлеві: Бо близький цар до нас! І чого то запалився тобі гнів на цю річ? Чи справді з'їли ми що в царя? Чи теж справді він роздав нам які дарунки?

43 (19-44) І відповіли ізраїльтяни юдеям та й сказали: Нас десять частин у царя, а також і в Давида ми ліпші від вас. Чому ж ви злегковажили нас? Хіба ж не нам було перше слово, щоб вернути царя? Але слово юдеїв було гостріше від слова ізраїльтян.

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19 And it was told Joab, Behold, the king weepeth and mourneth for Absalom.

2 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.

3 And the people gat them by stealth that day into the city, as people being ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.

4 But the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!

5 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;

6 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.

7 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.

8 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.

9 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 And Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle. Now therefore why speak ye not a word of bringing the king back?

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.

12 Ye are my brethren, ye are my bones and my flesh: wherefore then are ye the last to bring back the king?

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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;

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.

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.

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?

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?

23 Therefore the king said unto Shimei, Thou shalt not die. And the king sware unto him.

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.

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?

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.

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.

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?

29 And the king said unto him, Why speakest thou any more of thy matters? I have said, Thou and Ziba divide the land.

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.

31 And Barzillai the Gileadite came down from Rogelim, and went over Jordan with the king, to conduct him over Jordan.

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.

33 And the king said unto Barzillai, Come thou over with me, and I will feed thee with me in Jerusalem.

34 And Barzillai said unto the king, How long have I to live, that I should go up with the king unto Jerusalem?

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?

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?

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.

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.

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.

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.

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?

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?

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.

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