2 Samuel 19:17-30

17along with a thousandH505 menH376 of BenjaminH1144, as well as ZibaH6717 the stewardH5288 of the houseH1004 of SaulH7586 and his fifteenH2568H6240 sonsH1121 and twentyH6242 servantsH5650.

They rushed downH6743 to the JordanH3383 beforeH6440 the kingH4428 18and crossedH5674 at the fordH5679 to carry overH5674 the king’sH4428 householdH1004 and to doH6213 what was goodH2896 in his sightH5869.

When ShimeiH8096 sonH1121 of GeraH1617 crossedH5674 the JordanH3383, he fell downH5307 beforeH6440 the kingH4428 19and saidH559, “My lordH113, do notH408 holdH2803 me guiltyH5771, and do notH408 rememberH2142 your servant’sH5650 wrongdoingH5753 on the dayH3117 my lordH113 the kingH4428 leftH3318 JerusalemH3389. May the kingH4428 not takeH7760 it toH413 heartH3820. 20ForH3588 your servantH5650 knowsH3045 thatH3588 IH589 have sinnedH2398, so here I amH2009H935 todayH3117 as the firstH7223 of allH3605 the houseH1004 of JosephH3130 to come downH3381 to meetH7122 my lordH113 the kingH4428.”

21But AbishaiH52 sonH1121 of ZeruiahH6870H559 saidH6030, “Shouldn’tH3808 ShimeiH8096 be put to deathH4191 forH8478 thisH2063, becauseH3588 he cursedH7043 the LORD’sH3068 anointedH4899?”

22And DavidH1732 repliedH559, “SonsH1121 of ZeruiahH6870, whatH4100 have I to do with you, thatH3588 you should beH1961 my adversariesH7854 todayH3117? Should any manH376 be put to deathH4191 in IsraelH3478 todayH3117? Am I notH3808 indeedH3588 awareH3045 thatH3588 todayH3117 I amH589 kingH4428 overH5921 IsraelH3478?”

23So the kingH4428 saidH559 toH413 ShimeiH8096, “You shall notH3808 dieH4191.” And the kingH4428 swore an oathH7650 to him.

24Then MephiboshethH4648, Saul’sH7586 grandsonH1121, went downH3381 to meetH7122 the kingH4428. He had notH3808 caredH6213 for his feetH7272 or trimmedH6213 his mustacheH8222 or washedH3526 his clothesH899H3808 fromH4480 the dayH3117 the kingH4428 had leftH1980 untilH5704 the dayH3117 he returnedH935 safelyH7965. 25AndH1961 he cameH935 from JerusalemH3389 to meetH7122 the kingH4428, who askedH559 him, “MephiboshethH4648, whyH4100 did you notH3808 goH1980 with meH5973?”

26“My lordH113 the kingH4428,” he repliedH559, “becauseH3588 I am lameH6455, I saidH559, ‘I will have my donkeyH2543 saddledH22801 so that I may rideH7392 on itH5921 and goH1980 withH854 the kingH4428.’ But my servantH5650 Ziba deceived meH7411, 27and he has slanderedH7270 your servantH5650 toH413 my lordH113 the kingH4428.

Yet my lordH113 the kingH4428 is like the angelH43972 of GodH430, so doH6213 what is goodH2896 in your eyesH5869. 28ForH3588H3808H1961 allH3605 the houseH1004 of my grandfatherH1H3588H518H376 deserves deathH4194 from my lordH113 the kingH4428, yet you have setH7896 your servantH5650 among those who eatH398 at your tableH7979. WhatH4100 furtherH5750 right, thenH6666, do I haveH3426 to keepH5750 appealingH2199 toH413 the kingH4428?”

29The kingH4428 repliedH559, “WhyH4100 sayH1696 any moreH5750? I hereby declareH559 that youH859 and ZibaH6717 are to divideH2505 the landH7704.”

30And MephiboshethH4648 saidH559 toH413 the kingH4428, “InsteadH1571, sinceH310 my lordH113 the kingH4428 has safelyH7965 comeH935 toH413 his own houseH1004, let Ziba takeH3947 it allH3605!”