The Second Book of Samuel Otherwise Called The Second Book of the Kings 16

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¹ And when David was a little past the top of the hill behold Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him with a couple of asses saddled and upon them two hundred loaves of bread and an hundred bunches of raisins and an hundred of summer fruits and a bottle of wine ⚑

² And the king said unto Ziba What meanest thou by these And Ziba said The asses be for the king’s household to ride on and the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat and the wine that such as be faint in the wilderness may drink ⚑

³ And the king said And where is thy aster’s son And Ziba said unto the king Behold he abideth at Jerusalem for he said To day shall the house of Israel restore me the kingdom of my father ⚑

⁴ Then said the king to Ziba Behold thine are all that pertained unto Mephibosheth And Ziba said I humbly beseech thee that I may find grace in thy sight my lord O king ⚑

⁵ And when king David came to Bahurim behold thence came out a man of the family of the house of Saul whose name was Shimei the son of Gera he came forth and cursed still as he came ⚑

⁶ And he cast stones at David and at all the servants of king David and all the people and all the mighty men were on his right hand and on his left ⚑

⁷ And thus said Shimei when he cursed Come out come out thou bloody man and thou man of Belial ⚑

⁸ The LORD hath returned upon thee all the blood of the house of Saul in whose stead thou hast reigned and the LORD hath delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom thy son and behold thou art taken in thy mischief because thou art a bloody man ⚑

⁹ Then said Abishai the son of Zeruiah unto the king Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king let me go over I pray thee and take off his head ⚑

¹⁰ And the king said What have I to do with you ye sons of Zeruiah so let him curse because the LORD hath said unto him Curse David Who shall then say Wherefore hast thou done so ⚑

¹¹ And David said to Abishai and to all his servants Behold my son which came forth of my bowels seeketh my life how much more now may this Benjamite do it let him alone and let him curse for the LORD hath bidden him ⚑

¹² It may be that the LORD will look on mine affliction and that the LORD will requite me good for his cursing this day ⚑

¹³ And as David and his men went by the way Shimei went along on the hill’s side over against him and cursed as he went and threw stones at him and cast dust ⚑

¹⁴ And the king and all the people that were with him came weary and refreshed themselves there ⚑

¹⁶ And it came to pass when Hushai the Archite David’s friend was come unto Absalom that Hushai said unto Absalom God save the king God save the king ⚑

¹⁷ And Absalom said to Hushai Is this thy kindness to thy friend why wentest thou not with thy friend ⚑

¹⁸ And Hushai said unto Absalom Nay but whom the LORD and this people and all the men of Israel choose his will I be and with him will I abide ⚑

¹⁹ And again whom should I serve should I not serve in the presence of his son as I have served in thy ather’s presence so will I be in thy presence ⚑

²⁰ Then said Absalom to Ahithophel Give counsel among you what we shall do ⚑

²¹ And Ahithophel said unto Absalom Go in unto thy ather’s concubines which he hath left to keep the house and all Israel shall hear that thou art abhorred of thy father then shall the hands of all that are with thee be strong ⚑

²² So they spread Absalom a tent upon the top of the house and Absalom went in unto his ather’s concubines in the sight of all Israel ⚑

²³ And the counsel of Ahithophel which he counselled in those days was as if a man had enquired at the oracle of God so was all the counsel of Ahithophel both with David and with Absalom ⚑

King James Version (1769) with Apocrypha · Crosswire Bible Society / eBible.org (standard text of 1769) · Public Domain

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · public domain