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Chapter 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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