2Sa 16 | ABEn | STEP | And David went through a little way from Ros. And behold, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth arrived for meeting him, and a pair of donkeys being saddled, and upon them two hundred bread loaves, and an ephah of dried grape clusters , and a hundred dried fruit clusters, and a skin flask of wine.

2 Samuel 16

CHAPTER 16 Ziba Misleads David

1 And David went through a little way from Ros. And behold, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth arrived for meeting him, and a pair of donkeys being saddled, and upon them two hundred bread loaves, and an ephah of dried grape clusters, and a hundred dried fruit clusters, and a skin flask of wine. 2 And [³said ¹the ²king] to Ziba, What are these to you? And Ziba said, The donkeys for the household of the king to mount, and the bread loaves, and the dried fruit clusters, and dried grapes for food to the servants, and the wine to drink to the one faint in the wilderness. 3 And [³said ¹the ²king], Where is the son of your master? And Ziba said to the king, Behold, he sits in Jerusalem, for he said, Today [⁴shall return ⁵to me ¹the ²house ³of Israel] the kingdom of my father. 4 And [³said ¹the ²king] to Ziba, Behold, I give to you all as much as is Mephibosheth's. And Ziba said, I do obeisance, may I find favor in your eyes, O my master, O king.

Shimei Curses David

5 And [³came ¹king ²David] until Bahurim. And behold, from there a man came forth from the family of the house of Saul, and the name to him was Shimei, son of Gera. He came forth coming and cursing, 6 and throwing stones at David, and at all the servants of king David. And all the people, and all the mighty ones of the right and of the left of the king. 7 And thus Shimei said in his cursing, Go forth! go forth! O man of the blood sheddings, and O man the lawbreaker. 8 [²returned ³upon ⁴you ¹The lord] all the blood of the house of Saul, because you reigned instead of him. And the lord gave the kingdom into the hand of Absalom your son. And behold, you are taken in your own evil, for [²are a man ³of blood ¹you]. 9 And [⁴said ¹Abishai ²son ³of Zeruiah] to the king, Why [⁴curse ³dog ²dying ¹does this] my master the king? Let me pass indeed! and I shall remove his head. 10 And [³said ¹the ²king] to Abishai, What is it to me and to you, sons of Zeruiah? Even leave him, and thus let him curse! For the lord said to him to curse David. And who shall say to him, Why did you do thus? 11 And David said to Abishai, and to all his servants, Behold, my son, the one coming forth from out of my belly, seeks my life. And moreover, now the son of the Benjamite. Leave him to curse! for [²told ³him ¹the lord]. 12 If by any means the lord may behold in my humiliation, and shall return good to me for his curse this day -- so be it! 13 And David went, and all his men in the way; and Shimei went according to the side of the mountain, being next to him -- he went, and cursed, and cast stones on him, and [²dust ¹strewing]. 14 And [³went ¹the ²king], and all the people with him being faint; and they refreshed there. 15 And Absalom, and every man of Israel entered into Jerusalem, and Ahithophel was with him. 16 And it came to pass when [⁵came ¹Hushai ²the ³chief friend ⁴of David] to Absalom, that Hushai said to Absalom, As lives the king! As lives the king! 17 And Absalom said to Hushai, Is this your act of kindness with your companion? Why did you not go with your companion? 18 And Hushai said to Absalom, No, but following after whoever the lord chooses, and this people, and every man of Israel. [²serving to him I will be] and [²with ³him ¹I shall sit down]. 19 And secondly, to whom shall I serve? Should I not serve before his son? Just as I served before your father, so I will be before you.

Absalom Disgraces David

20 And Absalom said to Ahithophel, Give [²for yourselves ¹counsel] what we should do. 21 And Ahithophel said to Absalom, Enter to the concubines of your father! which he left behind to guard his house. And [³shall hear ¹all ²Israel] that you disgraced your father, and [⁷shall grow in strength ¹the ²hands ³of all ⁴the ones ⁵with ⁶you]. 22 And they pitched the tent of Absalom upon the roof, and Absalom entered to the concubines of his father, in the eyes of all Israel. 23 And the counsel of Ahithophel, which he consulted in the [²days ¹first], was in which manner as if he should ask anything by the word of God; thus was all the counsel of Ahithophel, both to David and to Absalom.