<vn='1'>And it was <sn="5046">told</s><sn="3097">Joab</s>, <sn="2009">Behold</s>, the <sn="4428">king</s><sn="1058">weepeth</s> and <sn="56">mourneth</s><sn="5921">for</s><sn="53">Absalom</s>. </v>
<vn='2'>And the <sn="8668">victory</s><sn="1961">that</s><sn="3117">day</s> was turned into <sn="60">mourning</s> unto <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5971">people</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> the <sn="5971">people</s><sn="8085">heard</s><sn="559">say</s><sn="1931">that</s><sn="3117">day</s> how the <sn="4428">king</s> was <sn="6087">grieved</s><sn="5921">for</s> his <sn="1121">son</s>. </v>
<vn='3'>And the <sn="5971">people</s><sn="935">got</s> them by <sn="1589">stealth</s><sn="1931">that</s><sn="3117">day</s> into the <sn="5892">city</s>, <sn="834">as</s><sn="5971">people</s> being <sn="3637">ashamed</s> steal <sn="1589">away</s> when they <sn="5127">flee</s> in <sn="4421">battle</s>. </v>
<vn='4'>But the <sn="4428">king</s><sn="3813">covered</s><sn="*853"></s> his <sn="6440">face</s>, and the <sn="4428">king</s><sn="2199">cried</s> with a <sn="1419">loud</s><sn="6963">voice</s>, O my <sn="1121">son</s><sn="53">Absalom</s>, O <sn="53">Absalom</s>, my <sn="1121">son</s>, my <sn="1121">son</s>! </v>
<vn='5'>And <sn="3097">Joab</s><sn="935">came</s> into the <sn="1004">house</s><sn="413">to</s> the <sn="4428">king</s>, and <sn="559">said</s>, Thou hast <sn="3001">shamed</s> this <sn="3117">day</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="6440">faces</s> of <sn="3605">all</s> thy <sn="5650">servants</s>, which this <sn="3117">day</s> have <sn="4422">saved</s><sn="*853"></s> thy <sn="5315">life</s>, and the <sn="5315">lives</s> of thy <sn="1121">sons</s> and of thy <sn="1323">daughters</s>, and the <sn="5315">lives</s> of thy <sn="802">wives</s>, and the <sn="5315">lives</s> of thy <sn="6370">concubines</s>; </v>
<vn='6'>In that thou <sn="157">lovest</s><sn="*853"></s> thine <sn="8130">enemies</s>, and <sn="8130">hatest</s><sn="*853"></s> thy <sn="157">friends</s>. <sn="3588">For</s> thou hast <sn="5046">declared</s> this <sn="3117">day</s>, <sn="3588">that</s> thou regardest <sn="369">neither</s><sn="8269">princes</s> nor <sn="5650">servants</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> this <sn="3117">day</s> I <sn="3045">perceive</s>, <sn="3588">that</s><sn="3863">if</s><sn="53">Absalom</s> had <sn="2416">lived</s>, and <sn="3605">all</s> we had <sn="4191">died</s> this <sn="3117">day</s>, <sn="227">then</s> it had pleased thee <sn="5869 3477">well</s>. </v>
<vn='7'><sn="6258">Now</s> therefore <sn="6965">arise</s>, go <sn="3318">forth</s>, and <sn="1696">speak</s><sn="5921 3820">comfortably</s> unto thy <sn="5650">servants</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> I <sn="7650">swear</s> by the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="3588">if</s> thou go not <sn="369 3318">forth</s>, there will <sn="518">not</s><sn="3885">tarry</s><sn="376">one</s><sn="854">with</s> thee this <sn="3915">night</s>: and <sn="2063">that</s> will be <sn="7489">worse</s> unto thee than <sn="4480 3605">all</s> the <sn="7451">evil</s><sn="834">that</s><sn="935 5921">befell</s> thee from thy <sn="4480 5271">youth</s><sn="5704">until</s><sn="6258">now</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>Then the <sn="4428">king</s><sn="6965">arose</s>, and <sn="3427">sat</s> in the <sn="8179">gate</s>. And they <sn="5046">told</s> unto <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5971">people</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, <sn="2009">Behold</s>, the <sn="4428">king</s> doth <sn="3427">sit</s> in the <sn="8179">gate</s>. And <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5971">people</s><sn="935">came</s><sn="6440">before</s> the <sn="4428">king</s>: for <sn="3478">Israel</s> had <sn="5127">fled</s> every <sn="376">man</s> to his <sn="168">tent</s>. </v>
<vn='9'>And <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5971">people</s><sn="1961">were</s> at <sn="1777">strife</s> throughout <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="7626">tribes</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, The <sn="4428">king</s><sn="5337">saved</s> us out of the <sn="4480 3709">hand</s> of our <sn="341">enemies</s>, and <sn="1931">he</s><sn="4422">delivered</s> us out of the <sn="4480 3709">hand</s> of the <sn="6430">Philistines</s>; and <sn="6258">now</s> he is <sn="1272">fled</s> out <sn="4480">of</s> the <sn="776">land</s><sn="4480 5921">for</s><sn="53">Absalom</s>. </v>
<vn='10'>And <sn="53">Absalom</s>, <sn="834">whom</s> we <sn="4886">anointed</s><sn="5921">over</s> us, is <sn="4191">dead</s> in <sn="4421">battle</s>. <sn="6258">Now</s> therefore <sn="4100">why</s><sn="2790">speak</s><sn="859">ye</s> not a word of <sn="7725">bringing</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="4428">king</s> back? </v>
<vn='11'>And <sn="4428">king</s><sn="1732">David</s><sn="7971">sent</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="6659">Zadok</s> and <sn="413">to</s><sn="54">Abiathar</s> the <sn="3548">priests</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, <sn="1696">Speak</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="2205">elders</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, <sn="4100">Why</s><sn="1961">are</s> ye the <sn="314">last</s> to <sn="7725">bring</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="4428">king</s> back <sn="413">to</s> his <sn="1004">house</s>? seeing the <sn="1697">speech</s> of <sn="3605">all</s><sn="3478">Israel</s> is <sn="935">come</s><sn="413">to</s> the <sn="4428">king</s>, even <sn="413">to</s> his <sn="1004">house</s>. </v>
<vn='12'><sn="859">Ye</s> are my <sn="251">brethren</s>, <sn="859">ye</s> are my <sn="6106">bones</s> and my <sn="1320">flesh</s>: <sn="4100">wherefore</s> then <sn="1961">are</s> ye the <sn="314">last</s> to bring <sn="7725">back</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="4428">king</s>? </v>
<vn='13'>And <sn="559">say</s> ye to <sn="6021">Amasa</s>, Art <sn="859">thou</s><sn="3808">not</s> of my <sn="6106">bone</s>, and of my <sn="1320">flesh</s>? <sn="430">God</s><sn="6213">do</s><sn="3541">so</s> to me, and <sn="3254">more</s><sn="3541">also</s>, <sn="518">if</s> thou <sn="1961">be</s><sn="3808">not</s><sn="8269">captain</s> of the <sn="6635">host</s><sn="6440">before</s> me <sn="3605 3117">continually</s> in the <sn="8478">room</s> of <sn="3097">Joab</s>. </v>
<vn='14'>And he <sn="5186">bowed</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3824">heart</s> of <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="376">men</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s>, even as the heart of <sn="259">one</s><sn="376">man</s>; so that they <sn="7971">sent</s> this word <sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="4428">king</s>, <sn="7725">Return</s><sn="859">thou</s>, and <sn="3605">all</s> thy <sn="5650">servants</s>. </v>
<vn='15'>So the <sn="4428">king</s><sn="7725">returned</s>, and <sn="935">came</s><sn="5704">to</s><sn="3383">Jordan</s>. And <sn="3063">Judah</s><sn="935">came</s> to <sn="1537">Gilgal</s>, to <sn="1980">go</s> to <sn="7125">meet</s> the <sn="4428">king</s>, to conduct the king <sn="5674 *853 4428">over</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3383">Jordan</s>. </v>
<vn='16'>And <sn="8096">Shimei</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="1617">Gera</s>, a <sn="1145">Benjamite</s>, <sn="834">which</s> was of <sn="4480 980">Bahurim</s>, <sn="4116">hasted</s> and came <sn="3381">down</s><sn="5973">with</s> the <sn="376">men</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s> to <sn="7125">meet</s><sn="4428">king</s><sn="1732">David</s>. </v>
<vn='17'>And there were a <sn="505">thousand</s><sn="376">men</s> of <sn="4480 1144">Benjamin</s><sn="5973">with</s> him, and <sn="6717">Ziba</s> the <sn="5288">servant</s> of the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="7586">Saul</s>, and his <sn="2568 6240">fifteen</s><sn="1121">sons</s> and his <sn="6242">twenty</s><sn="5650">servants</s><sn="854">with</s> him; and they went <sn="6743">over</s><sn="3383">Jordan</s><sn="6440">before</s> the <sn="4428">king</s>. </v>
<vn='18'>And there went <sn="5674">over</s> a ferry <sn="5679">boat</s> to carry <sn="5674">over</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="4428">king</s> 's <sn="1004">household</s>, and to <sn="6213">do</s> what he <sn="5869">thought</s><sn="2896">good</s>. And <sn="8096">Shimei</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="1617">Gera</s> fell <sn="5307">down</s><sn="6440">before</s> the <sn="4428">king</s>, as he was come <sn="5674">over</s><sn="3383">Jordan</s>; </v>
<vn='19'>And <sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="4428">king</s>, Let <sn="408">not</s> my <sn="113">lord</s><sn="2803">impute</s><sn="5771">iniquity</s> unto me, <sn="408">neither</s> do thou <sn="2142">remember</s><sn="*853"></s> that <sn="834">which</s> thy <sn="5650">servant</s> did <sn="5753">perversely</s> the <sn="3117">day</s><sn="834">that</s> my <sn="113">lord</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> went <sn="3318">out</s> of <sn="4480 3389">Jerusalem</s>, that the <sn="4428">king</s> should <sn="7760">take</s> it <sn="413">to</s> his <sn="3820">heart</s>. </v>
<vn='20'><sn="3588">For</s> thy <sn="5650">servant</s> doth <sn="3045">know</s><sn="3588">that</s><sn="589">I</s> have <sn="2398">sinned</s>: therefore, <sn="2009">behold</s>, I am <sn="935">come</s> the <sn="7223">first</s> this <sn="3117">day</s> of <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="3130">Joseph</s> to go <sn="3381">down</s> to <sn="7125">meet</s> my <sn="113">lord</s> the <sn="4428">king</s>. </v>
<vn='21'>But <sn="52">Abishai</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="6870">Zeruiah</s><sn="6030">answered</s> and <sn="559">said</s>, Shall <sn="3808">not</s><sn="8096">Shimei</s> be put to <sn="4191">death</s><sn="8478">for</s><sn="2063">this</s>, <sn="3588">because</s> he <sn="7043">cursed</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> 's <sn="4899">anointed</s>? </v>
<vn='22'>And <sn="1732">David</s><sn="559">said</s>, <sn="4100">What</s> have I to do with you, ye <sn="1121">sons</s> of <sn="6870">Zeruiah</s>, <sn="3588">that</s> ye should this <sn="3117">day</s><sn="1961">be</s><sn="7854">adversaries</s> unto me? shall there any <sn="376">man</s> be put to <sn="4191">death</s> this <sn="3117">day</s> in <sn="3478">Israel</s>? <sn="3588">for</s> do <sn="3808">not</s> I <sn="3045">know</s><sn="3588">that</s><sn="589">I</s> am this <sn="3117">day</s><sn="4428">king</s><sn="5921">over</s><sn="3478">Israel</s>? </v>
<vn='23'>Therefore the <sn="4428">king</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="8096">Shimei</s>, Thou shalt <sn="3808">not</s><sn="4191">die</s>. And the <sn="4428">king</s><sn="7650">swore</s> unto him. </v>
<vn='24'>And <sn="4648">Mephibosheth</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="7586">Saul</s> came <sn="3381">down</s> to <sn="7125">meet</s> the <sn="4428">king</s>, and had <sn="3808">neither</s><sn="6213">dressed</s> his <sn="7272">feet</s>, <sn="3808">nor</s><sn="6213">trimmed</s> his <sn="8222">beard</s>, <sn="3808">nor</s><sn="3526">washed</s> his <sn="899">clothes</s>, <sn="4480">from</s> the <sn="3117">day</s> the <sn="4428">king</s><sn="1980">departed</s><sn="5704">until</s> the <sn="3117">day</s> he <sn="935">came</s> again in <sn="7965">peace</s>. </v>
<vn='25'>And it came to <sn="1961">pass</s>, <sn="3588">when</s> he was <sn="935">come</s> to <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s> to <sn="7125">meet</s> the <sn="4428">king</s>, that the <sn="4428">king</s><sn="559">said</s> unto him, <sn="4100">Wherefore</s><sn="1980">wentest</s><sn="3808">not</s> thou <sn="5973">with</s> me, <sn="4648">Mephibosheth</s>? </v>
<vn='26'>And he <sn="559">answered</s>, My <sn="113">lord</s>, O <sn="4428">king</s>, my <sn="5650">servant</s><sn="7411">deceived</s> me: <sn="3588">for</s> thy <sn="5650">servant</s><sn="559">said</s>, I will <sn="2280">saddle</s> me an <sn="2543">ass</s>, that I may <sn="7392">ride</s><sn="5921">thereon</s>, and <sn="1980">go</s><sn="854">to</s> the <sn="4428">king</s>; <sn="3588">because</s> thy <sn="5650">servant</s> is <sn="6455">lame</s>. </v>
<vn='27'>And he hath <sn="7270">slandered</s> thy <sn="5650">servant</s><sn="413">unto</s> my <sn="113">lord</s> the <sn="4428">king</s>; but my <sn="113">lord</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> is as an <sn="4397">angel</s> of <sn="430">God</s>: <sn="6213">do</s> therefore what is <sn="2896">good</s> in thine <sn="5869">eyes</s>. </v>
<vn='28'><sn="3588">For</s><sn="3605">all</s> of my <sn="1">father</s> 's <sn="1004">house</s><sn="1961">were</s><sn="3588 518">but</s><sn="4194">dead</s><sn="376">men</s><sn="6440">before</s> my <sn="113">lord</s> the <sn="4428">king</s>: yet didst thou <sn="7896">set</s><sn="*853"></s> thy <sn="5650">servant</s> among them that did <sn="398">eat</s> at thine own <sn="7979">table</s>. <sn="4100">What</s><sn="6666">right</s> therefore <sn="3426">have</s> I <sn="5759">yet</s> to <sn="2199">cry</s> any <sn="5750">more</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="4428">king</s>? </v>
<vn='29'>And the <sn="4428">king</s><sn="559">said</s> unto him, <sn="4100">Why</s><sn="1696">speakest</s> thou any <sn="5750">more</s> of thy <sn="1697">matters</s>? I have <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="859">Thou</s> and <sn="6717">Ziba</s><sn="2505">divide</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="7704">land</s>. </v>
<vn='30'>And <sn="4648">Mephibosheth</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="4428">king</s>, <sn="1571">Yea</s>, let him <sn="3947">take</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s>, <sn="310 834">forasmuch</s> as my <sn="113">lord</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> is come <sn="935">again</s> in <sn="7965">peace</s><sn="413">unto</s> his own <sn="1004">house</s>. </v>
<vn='31'>And <sn="1271">Barzillai</s> the <sn="1569">Gileadite</s> came <sn="3381">down</s> from <sn="4480 7274">Rogelim</s>, and went <sn="5674">over</s><sn="3383">Jordan</s><sn="854">with</s> the <sn="4428">king</s>, to conduct him <sn="7971">over</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3383">Jordan</s>. </v>
<vn='32'>Now <sn="1271">Barzillai</s> was a <sn="3966">very</s><sn="2204">aged</s> man, even <sn="8084">fourscore</s><sn="8141">years</s><sn="1121">old</s>: and <sn="1931">he</s> had provided <sn="*853"></s> the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3557">sustenance</s> while he <sn="7871">lay</s> at <sn="4266">Mahanaim</s>; <sn="3588">for</s><sn="1931">he</s> was a <sn="3966">very</s><sn="1419">great</s><sn="376">man</s>. </v>
<vn='33'>And the <sn="4428">king</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="1271">Barzillai</s>, <sn="5674">Come</s><sn="859">thou</s> over <sn="854">with</s> me, and I will <sn="3557">feed</s> thee <sn="5973">with</s> me in <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>. </v>
<vn='34'>And <sn="1271">Barzillai</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="4428">king</s>, <sn="4100">How</s><sn="3117 8141">long</s> have I to <sn="2416">live</s>, <sn="3588">that</s> I should go <sn="5927">up</s><sn="854">with</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> unto <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>? </v>
<vn='35'><sn="595">I</s> am this <sn="3117">day</s><sn="8084">fourscore</s><sn="8141">years</s><sn="1121">old</s>: and can I <sn="3045">discern</s><sn="996">between</s><sn="2896">good</s> and <sn="7451">evil</s>? <sn="518">can</s> thy <sn="5650">servant</s><sn="2938">taste</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="834">what</s> I <sn="398">eat</s> or <sn="834">what</s> I <sn="8354">drink</s>? <sn="518">can</s> I <sn="8085">hear</s> any <sn="5750">more</s> the <sn="6963">voice</s> of singing <sn="7891">men</s> and singing <sn="7891">women</s>? <sn="4100">wherefore</s> then should thy <sn="5650">servant</s><sn="1961">be</s><sn="5750">yet</s> a <sn="4853">burden</s><sn="413">unto</s> my <sn="113">lord</s> the <sn="4428">king</s>? </v>
<vn='36'>Thy <sn="5650">servant</s> will go a little way <sn="5674 4592">over</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3383">Jordan</s><sn="854">with</s> the <sn="4428">king</s>: and <sn="4100">why</s> should the <sn="4428">king</s><sn="1580">recompense</s> it me with <sn="2063">such</s> a <sn="1578">reward</s>? </v>
<vn='37'>Let thy <sn="5650">servant</s>, I pray <sn="4994">thee</s>, turn back <sn="7725">again</s>, that I may <sn="4191">die</s> in mine own <sn="5892">city</s>, and be buried <sn="5973">by</s> the <sn="6913">grave</s> of my <sn="1">father</s> and of my <sn="517">mother</s>. But <sn="2009">behold</s> thy <sn="5650">servant</s><sn="3643">Chimham</s>; let him go <sn="5674">over</s><sn="5973">with</s> my <sn="113">lord</s> the <sn="4428">king</s>; and <sn="6213">do</s> to him <sn="*853"></s><sn="834">what</s> shall <sn="5869">seem</s><sn="2896">good</s> unto thee. </v>
<vn='38'>And the <sn="4428">king</s><sn="559">answered</s>, <sn="3643">Chimham</s> shall go <sn="5674">over</s><sn="854">with</s> me, and <sn="589">I</s> will <sn="6213">do</s> to him <sn="*853"></s> that which shall <sn="5869">seem</s><sn="2896">good</s> unto thee: and <sn="834 3605">whatsoever</s> thou shalt <sn="977">require</s><sn="5921">of</s> me, that will I <sn="6213">do</s> for thee. </v>
<vn='39'>And <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5971">people</s> went <sn="5674">over</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3383">Jordan</s>. And when the <sn="4428">king</s> was come <sn="5674">over</s>, the <sn="4428">king</s><sn="5401">kissed</s><sn="1271">Barzillai</s>, and <sn="1288">blessed</s> him; and he <sn="7725">returned</s> unto his own <sn="4725">place</s>. </v>
<vn='40'>Then the <sn="4428">king</s> went <sn="5674">on</s> to <sn="1537">Gilgal</s>, and <sn="3643">Chimham</s> went <sn="5674">on</s><sn="5973">with</s> him: and <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5971">people</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s><sn="5674">conducted</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="4428">king</s>, and <sn="1571">also</s><sn="2677">half</s> the <sn="5971">people</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>. </v>
<vn='41'>And, <sn="2009">behold</s>, <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="376">men</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="935">came</s><sn="413">to</s> the <sn="4428">king</s>, and <sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="4428">king</s>, <sn="4069">Why</s> have our <sn="251">brethren</s> the <sn="376">men</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s> stolen thee <sn="1589">away</s>, and have <sn="5674">brought</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="4428">king</s>, and his <sn="1004">household</s>, and <sn="3605">all</s><sn="1732">David</s> 's <sn="376">men</s><sn="5973">with</s> him, over <sn="*853"></s><sn="3383">Jordan</s>? </v>
<vn='42'>And <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="376">men</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s><sn="6030 5921">answered</s> the <sn="376">men</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, <sn="3588">Because</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> is near of <sn="7138">kin</s><sn="413">to</s> us: <sn="4100 2088">wherefore</s> then be ye <sn="2734">angry</s><sn="5921">for</s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="1697">matter</s>? have we eaten at <sn="398 398">all</s><sn="4480">of</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> 's cost? <sn="518">or</s> hath he given us any <sn="5379 5375">gift</s>? </v>
<vn='43'>And the <sn="376">men</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="6030">answered</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="376">men</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s>, and <sn="559">said</s>, We have <sn="6235">ten</s><sn="3027">parts</s> in the <sn="4428">king</s>, and <sn="589">we</s> have <sn="1571">also</s> more right in <sn="1732">David</s><sn="4480">than</s> ye: <sn="4069">why</s> then did ye <sn="7043">despise</s> us, that our <sn="1697">advice</s> should <sn="3808">not</s><sn="1961">be</s><sn="7223">first</s> had in bringing <sn="7725">back</s><sn="*853"></s> our <sn="4428">king</s>? And the <sn="1697">words</s> of the <sn="376">men</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s> were <sn="7185">fiercer</s> than the <sn="4480 1697">words</s> of the <sn="376">men</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>. </v>