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  <book number='10' name='' abbreviation='2Sam' testament='old'>
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      <verse number='1'>And when <strongs number="1732">David</strongs>was a <strongs number="4592">little</strongs><strongs number="5674">past</strongs>the <strongs number="4480 7218">top</strongs><em> of </em><em> the </em><em> hill </em>, <strongs number="2009">behold</strongs>, <strongs number="6717">Ziba</strongs>the <strongs number="5288">servant</strongs>of <strongs number="4648">Mephibosheth</strongs><strongs number="7125">met</strongs>him, with a <strongs number="6776">couple</strongs>of <strongs number="2543">asses</strongs><strongs number="2280">saddled</strongs>, and <strongs number="5921">upon</strongs>them two <strongs number="3967">hundred</strongs><em> loaves </em>of <strongs number="3899">bread</strongs>, and a <strongs number="3967">hundred</strongs>bunches of <strongs number="6778">raisins</strongs>, and a <strongs number="3967">hundred</strongs>of summer <strongs number="7019">fruits</strongs>, and a <strongs number="5035">bottle</strongs>of <strongs number="3196">wine</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='2'>And the <strongs number="4428">king</strongs><strongs number="559">said</strongs><strongs number="413">unto</strongs><strongs number="6717">Ziba</strongs>, <strongs number="4100">What</strongs>meanest thou by <strongs number="428">these</strongs>? And <strongs number="6717">Ziba</strongs><strongs number="559">said</strongs>, The <strongs number="2543">asses</strongs><em> be </em>for the <strongs number="4428">king</strongs>'s <strongs number="1004">household</strongs>to ride <strongs number="7392">on</strongs>; and the <strongs number="3899">bread</strongs>and summer <strongs number="7019">fruit</strongs>for the young <strongs number="5288">men</strongs>to <strongs number="398">eat</strongs>; and the <strongs number="3196">wine</strongs>, that such as be <strongs number="3287">faint</strongs>in the <strongs number="4057">wilderness</strongs>may <strongs number="8354">drink</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='3'>And the <strongs number="4428">king</strongs><strongs number="559">said</strongs>, And <strongs number="346">where</strongs><em> is </em>thy <strongs number="113">master</strongs>'s <strongs number="1121">son</strongs>? And <strongs number="6717">Ziba</strongs><strongs number="559">said</strongs><strongs number="413">unto</strongs>the <strongs number="4428">king</strongs>, <strongs number="2009">Behold</strongs>, he <strongs number="3427">abideth</strongs>at <strongs number="3389">Jerusalem</strongs>: <strongs number="3588">for</strongs>he <strongs number="559">said</strongs>, <strongs number="3117">Today</strongs>shall the <strongs number="1004">house</strongs>of <strongs number="3478">Israel</strongs><strongs number="7725">restore</strongs>me <strongs number="*853"></strongs>the <strongs number="4468">kingdom</strongs>of my <strongs number="1">father</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='4'>Then <strongs number="559">said</strongs>the <strongs number="4428">king</strongs>to <strongs number="6717">Ziba</strongs>, <strongs number="2009">Behold</strongs>, thine <em> are </em><strongs number="3605">all</strongs><strongs number="834">that</strongs><em> pertained </em>unto <strongs number="4648">Mephibosheth</strongs>. And <strongs number="6717">Ziba</strongs><strongs number="559">said</strongs>, I humbly <strongs number="7812">beseech</strongs>thee <em> that </em>I may <strongs number="4672">find</strongs><strongs number="2580">grace</strongs>in thy <strongs number="5869">sight</strongs>, my <strongs number="113">lord</strongs>, O <strongs number="4428">king</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='5'>And when <strongs number="4428">king</strongs><strongs number="1732">David</strongs><strongs number="935">came</strongs><strongs number="5704">to</strongs><strongs number="980">Bahurim</strongs>, <strongs number="2009">behold</strongs>, <strongs number="4480 8033">thence</strongs>came <strongs number="3318">out</strongs>a <strongs number="376">man</strongs>of the <strongs number="4480 4940">family</strongs>of the <strongs number="1004">house</strongs>of <strongs number="7586">Saul</strongs>, whose <strongs number="8034">name</strongs><em> was </em><strongs number="8096">Shimei</strongs>, the <strongs number="1121">son</strongs>of <strongs number="1617">Gera</strongs>: he came <strongs number="3318">forth</strongs>, and <strongs number="7043">cursed</strongs>still as he <strongs number="3318">came</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='6'>And he <strongs number="5619">cast</strongs><strongs number="68">stones</strongs>at <strongs number="*853"></strongs><strongs number="1732">David</strongs>, and at <strongs number="3605">all</strongs>the <strongs number="5650">servants</strongs>of <strongs number="4428">king</strongs><strongs number="1732">David</strongs>: and <strongs number="3605">all</strongs>the <strongs number="5971">people</strongs>and <strongs number="3605">all</strongs>the mighty <strongs number="1368">men</strongs><em> were </em>on his right <strongs number="4480 3225">hand</strongs>and on his <strongs number="4480 8040">left</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='7'>And <strongs number="3541">thus</strongs><strongs number="559">said</strongs><strongs number="8096">Shimei</strongs>when he <strongs number="7043">cursed</strongs>, Come <strongs number="3318">out</strongs>, come <strongs number="3318">out</strongs>, thou <strongs number="1818">bloody</strongs><strongs number="376">man</strongs>, and thou <strongs number="376">man</strongs>of <strongs number="1100">Belial</strongs>: </verse>
      <verse number='8'>The <strongs number="3068">LORD</strongs>hath <strongs number="7725">returned</strongs><strongs number="5921">upon</strongs>thee <strongs number="3605">all</strongs>the <strongs number="1818">blood</strongs>of the <strongs number="1004">house</strongs>of <strongs number="7586">Saul</strongs>, in <strongs number="834">whose</strongs><strongs number="8478">stead</strongs>thou hast <strongs number="4427">reigned</strongs>; and the <strongs number="3068">LORD</strongs>hath <strongs number="5414">delivered</strongs><strongs number="*853"></strongs>the <strongs number="4410">kingdom</strongs>into the <strongs number="3027">hand</strongs>of <strongs number="53">Absalom</strongs>thy <strongs number="1121">son</strongs>: and, <strongs number="2009">behold</strongs>, thou <em> art </em><em> taken </em>in thy <strongs number="7451">mischief</strongs>, <strongs number="3588">because</strongs><strongs number="859">thou</strongs><em> art </em>a <strongs number="1818">bloody</strongs><strongs number="376">man</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='9'>Then <strongs number="559">said</strongs><strongs number="52">Abishai</strongs>the <strongs number="1121">son</strongs>of <strongs number="6870">Zeruiah</strongs><strongs number="413">unto</strongs>the <strongs number="4428">king</strongs>, <strongs number="4100">Why</strongs>should <strongs number="2088">this</strongs><strongs number="4191">dead</strongs><strongs number="3611">dog</strongs><strongs number="7043">curse</strongs><strongs number="*853"></strongs>my <strongs number="113">lord</strongs>the <strongs number="4428">king</strongs>? let me go <strongs number="5674">over</strongs>, I pray <strongs number="4994">thee</strongs>, and take <strongs number="5493">off</strongs><strongs number="*853"></strongs>his <strongs number="7218">head</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='10'>And the <strongs number="4428">king</strongs><strongs number="559">said</strongs>, <strongs number="4100">What</strongs>have I to do with you, ye <strongs number="1121">sons</strongs>of <strongs number="6870">Zeruiah</strongs>? <strongs number="3541">so</strongs>let him <strongs number="7043">curse</strongs>, <strongs number="3588">because</strongs>the <strongs number="3068">LORD</strongs>hath <strongs number="559">said</strongs>unto him, <strongs number="7043">Curse</strongs><strongs number="*853"></strongs><strongs number="1732">David</strongs>. <strongs number="4310">Who</strongs>shall then <strongs number="559">say</strongs>, <strongs number="4069">Wherefore</strongs>hast thou <strongs number="6213">done</strongs><strongs number="3651">so</strongs>? </verse>
      <verse number='11'>And <strongs number="1732">David</strongs><strongs number="559">said</strongs><strongs number="413">to</strongs><strongs number="52">Abishai</strongs>, and <strongs number="413">to</strongs><strongs number="3605">all</strongs>his <strongs number="5650">servants</strongs>, <strongs number="2009">Behold</strongs>, my <strongs number="1121">son</strongs>, <strongs number="834">which</strongs>came <strongs number="3318">forth</strongs>of my <strongs number="4480 4578">bowels</strongs>, <strongs number="1245">seeketh</strongs><strongs number="*853"></strongs>my <strongs number="5315">life</strongs>: how much <strongs number="637 3588">more</strongs><strongs number="6258">now</strongs><em> may </em><em> this </em><strongs number="1145">Benjamite</strongs><em> do </em><em> it </em>? let him <strongs number="5117">alone</strongs>, and let him <strongs number="7043">curse</strongs>; <strongs number="3588">for</strongs>the <strongs number="3068">LORD</strongs>hath <strongs number="559">bidden</strongs>him. </verse>
      <verse number='12'>It may <strongs number="194">be</strongs>that the <strongs number="3068">LORD</strongs>will <strongs number="7200">look</strongs>on mine <strongs number="6040">affliction</strongs>, and that the <strongs number="3068">LORD</strongs>will <strongs number="7725">requite</strongs>me <strongs number="2896">good</strongs><strongs number="8478">for</strongs>his <strongs number="7045">cursing</strongs><strongs number="2088">this</strongs><strongs number="3117">day</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='13'>And as <strongs number="1732">David</strongs>and his <strongs number="376">men</strongs><strongs number="1980">went</strongs>by the <strongs number="1870">way</strongs>, <strongs number="8096">Shimei</strongs>went <strongs number="1980">along</strongs>on the <strongs number="2022">hill</strongs>'s <strongs number="6763">side</strongs>over <strongs number="5980">against</strongs>him, and <strongs number="7043">cursed</strongs>as he <strongs number="1980">went</strongs>, and <strongs number="5619">threw</strongs><strongs number="68">stones</strongs><strongs number="5980">at</strongs>him, and <strongs number="6080">cast</strongs><strongs number="6083">dust</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='14'>And the <strongs number="4428">king</strongs>, and <strongs number="3605">all</strongs>the <strongs number="5971">people</strongs><strongs number="834">that</strongs><em> were </em><strongs number="854">with</strongs>him, <strongs number="935">came</strongs><strongs number="5889">weary</strongs>, and refreshed <strongs number="5314">themselves</strongs><strongs number="8033">there</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='15'>And <strongs number="53">Absalom</strongs>, and <strongs number="3605">all</strongs>the <strongs number="5971">people</strongs>the <strongs number="376">men</strongs>of <strongs number="3478">Israel</strongs>, <strongs number="935">came</strongs>to <strongs number="3389">Jerusalem</strongs>, and <strongs number="302">Ahithophel</strongs><strongs number="854">with</strongs>him. </verse>
      <verse number='16'>And it came to <strongs number="1961">pass</strongs>, <strongs number="834">when</strongs><strongs number="2365">Hushai</strongs>the <strongs number="757">Archite</strongs>, <strongs number="1732">David</strongs>'s <strongs number="7463">friend</strongs>, was <strongs number="935">come</strongs><strongs number="413">unto</strongs><strongs number="53">Absalom</strongs>, that <strongs number="2365">Hushai</strongs><strongs number="559">said</strongs><strongs number="413">unto</strongs><strongs number="53">Absalom</strongs>, God <strongs number="2421">save</strongs>the <strongs number="4428">king</strongs>, God <strongs number="2421">save</strongs>the <strongs number="4428">king</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='17'>And <strongs number="53">Absalom</strongs><strongs number="559">said</strongs><strongs number="413">to</strongs><strongs number="2365">Hushai</strongs>, <em> Is </em><strongs number="2088">this</strongs>thy <strongs number="2617">kindness</strongs>to <strongs number="*853"></strongs>thy <strongs number="7453">friend</strongs>? <strongs number="4100">why</strongs><strongs number="1980">wentest</strongs>thou <strongs number="3808">not</strongs><strongs number="854">with</strongs>thy <strongs number="7453">friend</strongs>? </verse>
      <verse number='18'>And <strongs number="2365">Hushai</strongs><strongs number="559">said</strongs><strongs number="413">unto</strongs><strongs number="53">Absalom</strongs>, <strongs number="3808">Nay</strongs>; <strongs number="3588">but</strongs><strongs number="834">whom</strongs>the <strongs number="3068">LORD</strongs>, and <strongs number="2088">this</strongs><strongs number="5971">people</strongs>, and <strongs number="3605">all</strongs>the <strongs number="376">men</strongs>of <strongs number="3478">Israel</strongs>, <strongs number="977">choose</strongs>, his will I <strongs number="1961">be</strongs>, and <strongs number="854">with</strongs>him will I <strongs number="3427">abide</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='19'>And <strongs number="8145">again</strongs>, <strongs number="4310">whom</strongs>should <strongs number="589">I</strongs><strongs number="5647">serve</strongs>? <em> should </em><em> I </em><strongs number="3808">not</strongs><em> serve </em>in the <strongs number="6440">presence</strongs>of his <strongs number="1121">son</strongs>? <strongs number="834">as</strongs>I have <strongs number="5647">served</strongs>in thy <strongs number="1">father</strongs>'s <strongs number="6440">presence</strongs>, <strongs number="3651">so</strongs>will I <strongs number="1961">be</strongs>in thy <strongs number="6440">presence</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='20'>Then <strongs number="559">said</strongs><strongs number="53">Absalom</strongs><strongs number="413">to</strongs><strongs number="302">Ahithophel</strongs>, <strongs number="3051">Give</strongs><strongs number="6098">counsel</strongs>among you <strongs number="4100">what</strongs>we shall <strongs number="6213">do</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='21'>And <strongs number="302">Ahithophel</strongs><strongs number="559">said</strongs><strongs number="413">unto</strongs><strongs number="53">Absalom</strongs>, <strongs number="935">Go</strongs>in <strongs number="413">unto</strongs>thy <strongs number="1">father</strongs>'s <strongs number="6370">concubines</strongs>, <strongs number="834">which</strongs>he hath <strongs number="5117">left</strongs>to <strongs number="8104">keep</strongs>the <strongs number="1004">house</strongs>; and <strongs number="3605">all</strongs><strongs number="3478">Israel</strongs>shall <strongs number="8085">hear</strongs><strongs number="3588">that</strongs>thou art <strongs number="887">abhorred</strongs><strongs number="854">of</strongs>thy <strongs number="1">father</strongs>: then shall the <strongs number="3027">hands</strongs>of <strongs number="3605">all</strongs><strongs number="834">that</strongs><em> are </em><strongs number="854">with</strongs>thee be <strongs number="2388">strong</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='22'>So they <strongs number="5186">spread</strongs><strongs number="53">Absalom</strongs>a <strongs number="168">tent</strongs><strongs number="5921">upon</strongs>the <strongs number="1406">top</strongs>of the house; and <strongs number="53">Absalom</strongs><strongs number="935">went</strongs>in <strongs number="413">unto</strongs>his <strongs number="1">father</strongs>'s <strongs number="6370">concubines</strongs>in the <strongs number="5869">sight</strongs>of <strongs number="3605">all</strongs><strongs number="3478">Israel</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='23'>And the <strongs number="6098">counsel</strongs>of <strongs number="302">Ahithophel</strongs>, <strongs number="834">which</strongs>he <strongs number="3289">counseled</strongs>in <strongs number="1992">those</strongs><strongs number="3117">days</strongs>, <em> was </em><strongs number="834">as</strongs>if a <strongs number="376">man</strongs>had <strongs number="7592">inquired</strongs>at the <strongs number="1697">oracle</strongs>of <strongs number="430">God</strongs>: <strongs number="3651">so</strongs><em> was </em><strongs number="3605">all</strongs>the <strongs number="6098">counsel</strongs>of <strongs number="302">Ahithophel</strongs><strongs number="1571">both</strongs>with <strongs number="1732">David</strongs><strongs number="1571">and</strongs>with <strongs number="53">Absalom</strongs>. </verse>
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