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Chapter 19
And
it
was
told
Ioab,
Beholde,
the
king
weepeth
and
mourneth
for
Absalom.
2
And
the
victorie
that
day
was
turned
into
mourning
vnto
all
the
people:
for
the
people
heard
say
that
day,
how
the
king
was
grieued
for
his
sonne.
3
And
the
people
gate
them
by
stealth
that
day
into
the
citie,
as
people
beeing
ashamed
steale
away
when
they
flee
in
battell.
4
But
the
king
couered
his
face,
and
the
king
cried
with
a
loud
voyce,
O
my
sonne
Absalom,
O
Absalom
my
sonne,
my
sonne.
5
And
Ioab
came
into
the
house
to
the
king,
and
said,
Thou
hast
shamed
this
day
the
faces
of
all
thy
seruants,
which
this
day
haue
saued
thy
life,
and
the
liues
of
thy
sonnes,
&
of
thy
daughters,
and
the
liues
of
thy
wiues,
and
the
liues
of
thy
concubines,
6
In
that
thou
louest
thine
enemies,
and
hatest
thy
friends;
for
thou
hast
declared
this
day,
that
thou
regardest
neither
princes,
nor
seruants:
for
this
day
I
perceiue,
that
if
Absalom
had
liued,
and
all
we
had
died
this
day,
then
it
had
pleased
thee
well.
7
Now
therefore
arise,
goe
foorth,
and
speake
comfortably
vnto
thy
seruants:
for
I
sweare
by
the
Lord,
if
thou
goe
not
forth,
there
wil
not
tarie
one
with
thee
this
night,
and
that
will
be
worse
vnto
thee
then
all
the
euill
that
befell
thee
from
thy
youth
vntill
now.
8
Then
the
King
rose,
and
sate
in
the
gate:
and
they
told
vnto
all
the
people,
saying,
Behold,
the
king
doth
sit
in
the
gate:
and
all
the
people
came
before
the
king:
for
Israel
had
fled
euery
man
to
his
tent.
9
And
all
the
people
were
at
strife
throughout
all
the
tribes
of
Israel,
saying,
The
king
saued
vs
out
of
the
hand
of
our
enemies,
and
he
deliuered
vs
out
of
the
hand
of
the
Philistines,
and
now
he
is
fled
out
of
the
land
for
Absalom.
10
And
Absalom
whom
wee
anointed
ouer
vs,
is
dead
in
battell:
nowe
therefore
why
speake
ye
not
a
word
of
bringing
the
king
backe?
11
And
King
Dauid
sent
to
Zadok
and
to
Abiathar
the
priests,
saying,
Speake
vnto
the
Elders
of
Iudah,
saying,
Why
are
ye
the
last
to
bring
the
king
backe
to
his
house?
(seeing
the
speech
of
all
Israel
is
come
to
the
king,
euen
to
his
house.)
12
Yee
are
my
brethren,
Yee
are
my
bones
and
my
flesh:
wherfore
then
are
ye
the
last
to
bring
backe
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
captaine
of
the
hoste
before
me
continually
in
the
roome
of
Ioab.
14
And
he
bowed
the
heart
of
all
the
men
of
Iudah,
euen
as
the
heart
of
one
man,
so
that
they
sent
this
word
vnto
the
King,
Returne
thou
and
all
thy
seruants.
15
So
the
King
returned,
and
came
to
Iordan:
and
Iudah
came
to
Gilgal,
to
goe
to
meet
the
King,
to
conduct
the
king
ouer
Iordane.
16
And
Shimei
the
sonne
of
Gera,
a
Beniamite,
which
wass
of
Bahurim,
hasted,
&
came
downe
with
the
men
of
Iudah,
to
meet
King
Dauid.
17
And
there
were
a
thousand
men
of
Beniamin
with
him,
and
Ziba
the
seruant
of
the
house
of
Saul,
and
his
fifteene
sonnes
and
his
twenty
seruants
with
him,
and
they
went
ouer
Iordane
before
the
King.
18
And
there
went
ouer
a
ferry-boat
to
cary
ouer
the
kings
houshold,
and
to
doe
what
he
thought
good:
and
Shimei
the
sonne
of
Gera
fell
downe
before
the
king
as
he
was
come
ouer
Iordane;
19
And
said
vnto
the
king,
Let
not
my
lord
impute
iniquitie
vnto
me,
neither
do
thou
remember
that
which
thy
seruant
did
peruersly
the
day
that
my
lord
the
king
went
out
of
Ierusalem,
that
the
king
should
take
it
to
his
heart.
20
For
thy
seruant
doeth
know
that
I
haue
sinned:
therefore
behold,
I
am
come
the
first
this
day
of
all
the
house
of
Ioseph,
to
goe
downe
to
meete
my
lord
the
king.
21
But
Abishai
the
sonne
of
Zeruiah
answered,
and
sayd,
Shall
not
Shimei
be
put
to
death
for
this,
because
hee
cursed
the
Lords
Anointed?
22
And
Dauid
said,
What
haue
I
to
doe
with
you,
yee
sonnes
of
Zeruiah,
that
yee
should
this
day
be
aduersaries
vnto
me?
shall
there
any
man
be
put
to
death
this
day
in
Israel?
for
doe
not
I
know,
that
I
am
this
day
King
ouer
Israel?
23
Therfore
the
king
said
vnto
Shimei,
Thou
shalt
not
die:
and
the
King
sware
vnto
him.
24
And
Mephibosheth
the
sonne
of
Saul
came
downe
to
meet
the
king,
and
had
neither
dressed
his
feete,
nor
trimmed
his
beard,
nor
washed
his
clothes,
from
the
day
the
King
departed,
vntill
the
day
hee
came
againe
in
peace.
25
And
it
came
to
passe
when
he
was
come
to
Ierusalem
to
meete
the
King,
that
the
King
sayd
vnto
him,
Wherefore
wentest
not
thou
with
me,
Mephibosheth?
26
And
hee
answered,
My
lord
O
king,
my
seruant
deceiued
mee;
for
thy
seruant
sayd,
I
will
saddle
me
an
asse
that
I
may
ride
thereon,
and
goe
to
the
king,
because
thy
seruant
is
lame:
27
And
hee
hath
slandered
thy
seruant
vnto
my
lord
the
king,
but
my
lord
the
King
is
as
an
Angel
of
God:
doe
therefore
what
is
good
in
thine
eyes.
28
For
all
of
my
fathers
house
were
but
dead
men
before
my
lord
the
king:
yet
diddest
thou
set
thy
seruant
among
them
that
did
eate
at
thine
owne
table:
what
right
therefore
haue
I
yet
to
crie
any
more
vnto
the
king?
29
And
the
king
said
vnto
him,
Why
speakest
thou
any
more
of
thy
matters?
I
haue
said,
Thou
and
Ziba
diuide
the
land.
30
And
Mephibosheth
said
vnto
the
king,
Yea,
let
him
take
all,
forasmuch
as
my
lorde
the
king
is
come
againe
in
peace
vnto
his
owne
house.
31
And
Barzillai
the
Gileadite
came
downe
from
Rogelim,
and
went
ouer
Iordane
with
the
king,
to
conduct
him
ouer
Iordane.
32
Now
Barzillai
was
a
very
aged
man,
euen
fourescore
yeeres
olde,
and
he
had
prouided
the
king
of
sustenance
while
he
lay
at
Mahanaim:
for
he
was
a
very
great
man.
33
And
the
king
said
vnto
Barzillai,
Come
thou
ouer
with
me,
and
I
will
feede
thee
with
me
in
Ierusalem.
34
And
Barzillai
sayde
vnto
the
king,
How
long
haue
I
to
liue,
that
I
should
goe
vp
with
the
King
vnto
Ierusalem?
35
I
am
this
day
fourescore
yeeres
olde:
and
can
I
discerne
betweene
good
and
euill?
Can
thy
seruant
taste
what
I
eate,
or
what
I
drinke?
can
I
heare
any
more
the
voice
of
singing
men
and
singing
women?
wherfore
then
should
thy
seruant
bee
yet
a
burden
vnto
my
lord
the
king?
36
Thy
seruant
will
goe
a
little
way
ouer
Iordane
with
the
king:
and
why
should
the
king
recompense
it
me
with
such
a
reward?
37
Let
thy
seruant,
I
pray
thee,
turne
backe
againe,
that
I
may
die
in
mine
owne
citie,
and
be
buried
by
the
graue
of
my
father,
and
of
my
mother:
but
behold
thy
seruant
Chimham,
let
him
go
ouer
with
my
lord
the
king,
and
doe
to
him
what
shall
seeme
good
vnto
thee.
38
And
the
king
answered,
Chimham
shal
goe
ouer
with
me,
and
I
will
doe
to
him
that
which
shall
seeme
good
vnto
thee:
and
whatsoeuer
thou
shalt
require
of
me,
that
will
I
doe
for
thee.
39
And
all
the
people
went
ouer
Iordane:
and
when
the
king
was
come
ouer,
the
king
kissed
Barzillai,
and
blessed
him,
and
he
returned
vnto
his
owne
place.
40
Then
the
King
went
on
to
Gilgal,
and
Chimham
went
on
with
him:
and
all
the
people
of
Iudah
conducted
the
king,
and
also
halfe
the
people
of
Israel.
41
And
behold,
all
the
men
of
Israel
came
to
the
king,
and
said
vnto
the
king,
Why
haue
our
brethren
the
men
of
Iudah
stollen
thee
away,
and
haue
brought
the
King
and
his
houshold,
and
all
Dauids
men
with
him,
ouer
Iordane?
42
And
all
the
men
of
Iudah
answered
the
men
of
Israel,
Because
the
king
is
neere
of
kinne
to
vs:
wherefore
then
be
ye
angrie
for
this
matter?
Haue
we
eaten
at
all
of
the
kings
cost?
or
hath
he
giuen
vs
any
gift?
43
And
the
men
of
Israel
answered
the
men
of
Iudah,
and
said,
Wee
haue
ten
parts
in
the
king,
and
we
haue
also
more
right
in
Dauid
then
yee:
why
then
did
yee
despise
vs,
that
our
aduice
should
not
be
first
had
in
bringing
backe
our
king?
And
the
wordes
of
the
men
of
Iudah
were
fiercer
then
the
words
of
the
men
of
Israel.
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