New American Standard Bible 1995

2 Samuel 19:20-23

20For your servantH5650knowsיָדַ֣עya.Da'H3045that I have sinnedחָטָ֑אתִיcha.Ta.tiH2398;therefore beholdוְהִנֵּֽה־ve.hi.neh-H2009,I have comeבָ֣אתִיVa.tiH935todayH3117,the firstרִאשׁוֹן֙ri.shOnH7223of allלְכָל־le.kholH3605the houseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004of Josephיוֹסֵ֔ףyo.SefH3130to goH3381downH3381to meetלִקְרַ֖אתlik.RatH7122my lordH113the kingH4428.”

21But Abishaiאֲבִישַׁ֤י'a.vi.ShaiH52the sonבֶּן־ben-H1121of Zeruiahצְרוּיָה֙tze.ru.YahH6870saidוַיֹּ֔אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559, “Should not Shimeiשִׁמְעִ֑יshim.'IH8096be putיוּמַ֖תyu.MatH4191to deathH4191for thisH2088,becauseH3588he cursedקִלֵּ֖לki.LelH7043the Lord’sיְהוָֽה׃ סYah.wehH3068anointedמְשִׁ֥יחַme.Shi.achH4899?”

22Davidדָּוִ֗דda.VidH1732then saidH559, “Whatמַה־mah-H4100have I to do with you, O sonsH1121of ZeruiahH6870,that you should this dayהַיּ֖וֹםhai.YomH3117be an adversaryלְשָׂטָ֑ןle.sa.TanH7854to me?Should anyH376manH376be putיוּמַ֖תyu.MatH4191to deathי֤וּמַתYu.matH4191in Israelבְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לbe.Yis.ra.'ElH3478todayהַיּ֗וֹםhai.YomH3117?For do I not knowיָדַ֔עְתִּיya.Da'.tiH3045that I am kingמֶ֥לֶךְMe.lekhH4428overעַל־'al-H5921Israelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478todayהַיּ֖וֹםhai.YomH3117?”

23The kingH4428saidH559to Shimeiשִׁמְעִ֖יshim.'IH8096, “You shall not dieH4191.”Thus the kingH4428sworeוַיִּשָּׁ֥בַֽעvai.yi.Sha.va'H7650to him.

Read all of 2 Samuel 19

Commentaries on 2 Samuel 19