17 And there were a thousand men H376 of Benjamin with him , and Ziba the servant of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons H1121 and his twenty servants with him ; and they went H3381 through the Jordan in the presence of the king H4428 . 18 And there went over a ferry-boat to bring over the king’s H4428 household H1004 , and to do what he thought good. And Shimei the son H1121 of Gera fell down before the king H4428 , when he was come over the Jordan H3383 . 19 And he said unto the king H4428 , 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 H4428 went out of Jerusalem, that the king H4428 should take it to his heart. 20 For thy servant H5650 doth know that I have sinned: therefore , behold, I am come H3318 this day H3117 the first of all the house of Joseph to go H3318 down to meet my lord H113 the king H4428 . 21 But Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered and said, Shall not Shimei be put to death for this , because he cursed Jehovah’s anointed? 22 And David said H559 , What have I to do with you , ye sons H1121 of Zeruiah H6870 , that ye should this day be adversaries unto me ? shall there any man be put יוּמַ֖ת yu.Mat H4191 to death י֤וּמַת Yu.mat H4191 this day in Israel? for do not I know that I am this day king over Israel? 24 And Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king H4428 ; and he had neither dressed his feet, nor trimmed his beard, nor washed his clothes, from the day the king H4428 departed until the day he came home in peace. 25 And it came H935 to pass , when he was come H935 to Jerusalem to meet the king H4428 , that the king H4428 said unto him , Wherefore wentest not thou with me , Mephibosheth H4648 ? 26 And he answered , My lord, O king H4428 , my servant deceived me : for thy servant said H559 , I will saddle me an ass, that I may ride thereon, and go H1980 with the king H4428 ; because thy servant is lame. 27 And he hath slandered thy servant H5650 unto my lord H113 the king H4428 ; but my lord H113 the king H4428 is as an angel of God : do therefore what is good in thine eyes. 28 For all my father’s house were but dead men before my lord H113 the king H4428 ; yet didst thou set thy servant H5650 among them that did eat at thine own H5869 table. What right therefore have I yet that I should cry any more unto the king H4428 ? 29 And the king H4428 said unto him , Why H4100 speakest thou any more of thy matters? I say, Thou and Ziba divide the land. 30 And Mephibosheth said H559 unto the king H4428 , yea, let him take all , forasmuch as my lord the king H4428 is come in peace unto his own house. Read all of 2 Samuel 19 ← 2 Samuel 18 2 Samuel 20 → Commentaries on 2 Samuel 19 American Standard Version — 1901 — Public Domain
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