2 Samuel 19:6-23

6You loveH157 those who hate youH8130 and hateH8130 those who love youH157! For you have made it clearH5046 todayH3117 thatH3588 the commandersH8269 and soldiersH5650 mean nothingH369 to you. I knowH3045 todayH3117H3588 thatH3588 ifH3808 AbsalomH53 were aliveH2416 and allH3605H3117 of us were deadH4191H3588H227, it would have pleased youH3477H5869!

7Now thereforeH6258 get upH6965! Go outH3318 and speakH1696H5921 comfort toH3820 your servantsH5650, forH3588 I swearH7650 by the LORDH3068 that ifH3588 you do notH369 go outH3318, notH518 a manH376 will remainH3885 with youH854 tonightH3915. ThisH2063 will be worseH7489 for you than allH3605 the adversityH7451 thatH834 has befallenH935 youH5921 from your youthH5271 untilH5704 nowH6258!”

8So the kingH4428 got upH6965 and satH3427 in the gateH8179, and allH3605 the peopleH5971 were toldH5046H559: “BeholdH2009, the kingH4428 is sittingH3427 in the gateH8179.” So theyH5971 allH3605 cameH935 beforeH6440 the kingH4428.

Meanwhile, the IsraelitesH3478 had fledH5127, each manH376 to his homeH168. 9AndH1961 allH3605 the peopleH5971 throughoutH3605 the tribesH7626 of IsraelH3478 were arguingH559H1777, “The kingH4428 rescued usH5337 from the handH3709 of our enemiesH341 andH1931 delivered usH4422 from the handH3709 of the PhilistinesH6430, but nowH6258 he has fledH1272H4480 the landH776 becauseH5921 of AbsalomH53. 10But AbsalomH53, the manH834 we anointedH4886 over usH5921, has diedH4191 in battleH4421. SoH6258 whyH4100 do youH859 say nothingH2790 about restoringH7725 the kingH4428?”

11Then KingH4428 DavidH1732 sent this messageH7971 toH413 ZadokH6659 andH413 AbiatharH54, the priestsH3548H559: “SayH1696 toH413 the eldersH2205 of JudahH3063H559, ‘WhyH4100 should you beH1961 the lastH314 to restoreH7725 the kingH4428 toH413 his palaceH1004, since the talkH1697 of allH3605 IsraelH3478 has reachedH935 the kingH4428H413 atH413 his quartersH1004? 12YouH859 are my brothersH251, my own fleshH1320 and bloodH6106. So whyH4100 should youH859 beH1961 the lastH314 to restoreH7725 the kingH4428?’ 13And sayH559 to AmasaH6021, ‘Aren’tH3808 youH859 my fleshH1320 and bloodH6106? May GodH430 punishH3541H6213 me, and ever soH3541 severelyH3254, ifH518 from now onH3605H3117 you areH1961 notH3808 the commanderH8269 of myH6440 armyH6635 in placeH8478 of JoabH3097!’”

14So he swayedH5186 the heartsH3824 of allH3605 the menH376 of JudahH3063 as though they were oneH259 manH376, and they sentH7971 word toH413 the kingH4428: “ReturnH7725, youH859 and allH3605 your servantsH5650.”

15So the kingH4428 returnedH7725, and when he arrivedH935 atH5704 the JordanH3383, the men of JudahH3063 cameH935 to GilgalH1537 toH1980 meetH7122 him and escort himH4428 acrossH5674 the JordanH3383.

16Then ShimeiH8096 sonH1121 of GeraH1617, a BenjamiteH1145 from BahurimH980H3381, hurriedH4116 down withH5973 the menH376 of JudahH3063 to meetH7122 KingH4428 DavidH1732, 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.