Revised Version 1895

2 Samuel 19

1And it wastoldH559JoabH559, Behold, thekingH4428weepeth and mourneth forAbsalomH53.

2And the victory that day was turnedintoH5921mourningוַיִּתְאַבֵּ֖לvai.yit.'a.BelH56untoallהִנֵּ֨הhi.NehH2009the people: for the peopleheardוַיֻּגַּ֖דvai.yu.GadH5046say that day, ThekingH4428grieveth for his son.

3And thepeopleH5971gat them by stealth thatdayH3117intoעַל־'al-H5921thecityH1931, aspeopleH5971that are ashamed stealawayלְכָל־le.kholH3605when they flee inbattleH3117.

4And the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!

5And Joab came into the house to thekingH4428, and said, Thou hast shamed this day thefacesH6440ofallגָּד֑וֹלga.DolH1419thy servants, which this day have saved thy life, and the lives of thysonsH1121and of thy daughters, and the lives of thy wives, and the lives of thy concubines;

6in that thou lovest them that hate thee, and hatest them that love thee. For thou hastdeclaredוַיֹּאמֶר֩vai.yo.MerH559thisdayH3117, that princes andservantsH5650are nought unto thee: for thisdayH3117I perceive, thatifבָּנֶ֙יךָ֙ba.Nei.khaH1121Absalom hadlivedH5315, andallH3605weH3117had died thisdayH3117, then it had pleased thee well.

7NowH3117therefore arise, goforthH3045and speak comfortably unto thyservantsH5650: for IswearH3588by the LORD,ifH3588thou gonotאֵ֤ין'einH369forthH3045, there willnotאֵינְךָ֣'ei.ne.KhaH369tarry amanמֵתִ֔יםme.TimH4191with thee this night: and that will be worse unto theethanוְכֻלָּ֤נוּve.khu.La.nuH3605allמִכָּל־mi.kolH3605the evil that hath befallen thee from thy youth untilnowH3117.

8Then thekingH5921aroseH6965, and sat in the gate. And theytoldH1696untoallוּֽלְכָל־u.le.khol-H3605thepeopleH376,sayingH1696, Behold, thekingH5921dothsitוַיָּבֹ֤אvai.ya.Vo'H935in the gate: andallכָל־khol-H3605thepeopleH376cameבָּ֣אָהBa.'ahH935beforeעַד־'ad-H5704thekingH5921.NowH6258Israel had fledeveryמִכָּל־mi.kolH3605manH376to his tent.

9AndallH3605thepeopleH5971were at strifethroughoutH3605allH3605the tribes ofIsraelH3478,sayingH559, ThekingH4428deliveredusH5046outH6440of the hand of ourenemiesוַיָּ֥קָםvai.Ya.komH6965, and he savedusH5046outH6440of the hand of the Philistines; andnowהִנֵּ֤הhi.NehH2009he isfledנָ֖סnasH5127outH6440of thelandH6440from Absalom.

10AndAbsalomH53, whomweוְעַתָּ֗הve.'a.TahH6258anointed overusH5921, is dead in battle.Nowוְעַתָּ֛הve.'a.TahH6258therefore whyspeakH559yenotוַיְהִ֤יvay.HiH1961awordH559of bringing thekingH4428back?

11AndkingH4428DavidsentH7725to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, saying, Speak unto the elders of Judah, saying,WhyH4100are ye the last tobringלְהָשִׁ֥יבle.ha.ShivH7725thekingH4428backלְהָשִׁ֥יבle.ha.ShivH7725to his house? seeing the speech of allIsraelבַּמִּלְחָמָ֑הba.mil.cha.MahH4421iscomeH7725to thekingH4428, tobringH7725him to his house.

12Ye are my brethren, ye are my bone and my flesh: wherefore then are ye thelastH314tobringבָּ֥אba'H935backH7725thekingH4428?

13And say ye to Amasa, Art thounotH1961myboneH6106and myfleshH1320? Goddoוְלָ֧מָּהve.La.mahH4100soH1961tomeH7725, and more also,ifH1961thou benotH1961captain of the host beforemeH7725continually in the room of Joab.

14And he bowed the heart ofallH3605themenH3605of Judah,evenH3808as the heart of onemanH3605;soיַֽעֲשֶׂה־ya.'a.seh-H6213that theysentH559unto the king,sayingתֹּֽמְר֔וּto.me.RuH559,Returnתַּ֥חַתTa.chatH8478thou, andallH3605thy servants.

15SoH7971thekingH4428returnedוַיָּ֣שָׁבvai.Ya.shovH7725, andcameH413to Jordan. AndJudahH3063cameH413to Gilgal, togoH7971to meet thekingH4428, tobringשׁ֥וּבshuvH7725thekingH4428over Jordan.

16And Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite, which was of Bahurim, hasted andcameH935down with the men ofJudahH3063tomeetH7125kingH4428David.

17And there were a thousandmenאִ֣ישׁ'ishH376of Benjamin with him, and Ziba the servant of the house of Saul, and his fifteensonsH1121and his twentyservantsאִ֣ישׁ'ishH376with him; and theywentוַיֵּ֙רֶד֙vai.Ye.redH3381through Jordan in thepresenceH5973of thekingH4428.

18And therewentאִ֣ישׁ'ishH376over a ferry boat to bring over theking’sH4428householdH1004, and to do what he thought good. And Shimei thesonH1121of Gera felldownלִפְנֵ֣יlif.NeiH6440beforeלִפְנֵ֥יlif.NeiH6440thekingH4428, when he was come overJordanH3383.

19And he said unto thekingH4428, Letnotבֶן־ven-H1121my lord impute iniquity untomeH6440, neitherdoH6213thou remember thatwhichבְּעֵינָ֑יוbe.'ay.noH5869thy servantdidH6213perversely the day that my lord thekingH4428wentH6440outH6440of Jerusalem, that thekingH4428should take it to his heart.

20For thyservantH5650doth know that I have sinned: therefore, behold, I amcomeH3318thisdayH3117thefirstH3117ofallH3117the house ofJosephH413togoH3318downלָשׂ֥וּםla.SumH7760tomeetH3318mylordH113thekingH4428.

21But Abishai the son of ZeruiahansweredH935and said, ShallnotH3588Shimei beputH935to death for this,becauseH3588he cursed theLORD’Sאֲדֹנִ֥י'a.do.NiH113anointed?

22And DavidsaidH559,Whatזֹ֔אתZotH2063have I to do withyouH3588, yesonsבֶּן־ben-H1121ofZeruiahH6870, that ye should this day be adversaries untomeH4191? shall thereanyH3588manבְּנֵ֣יbe.NeiH1121beputיוּמַ֖תyu.MatH4191todeathי֤וּמַתYu.matH4191this day in Israel? for donotH3808I know that I am this day king over Israel?

23And thekingH4428saidH559unto Shimei, Thou shaltnotH3808dieH4191. And thekingH4428sware unto him.

24AndMephiboshethלֹ֣אlo'H3808the son ofSaulוַיֹּ֧אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559cameH413down to meet thekingH4428; and he hadneitherוְלֹא־ve.lo'-H3808dressed his feet,norוְלֹא־ve.lo'-H3808trimmed his beard,norלֹ֣אlo'H3808washed his clothes, from the day thekingH4428departed until the day hecameH413home in peace.

25And itcameH935topassH935, when he wascomeH935to Jerusalem tomeetH7125thekingH4428, that thekingH4428said unto him, Wherefore wentestnotH3808thou withmeלְמִן־le.min-H4480,MephiboshethH4648?

26And heansweredH559, My lord, OkingH4428, my servant deceivedmeH935: for thy servantsaidH559, I will saddlemeH935an ass, that I may ride thereon, andgoH1980with thekingH4428;becauseH3588thy servant is lame.

27And he hath slandered thyservantH5650unto mylordH113thekingH4428; but mylordH113thekingH4428is as an angel ofGodH559: do thereforewhatעָלֶ֙יהָ֙'a.Lei.haH5921is good in thine eyes.

28For all my father’s house were but deadmenבְּעַבְדְּךָ֔be.'av.de.KhaH5650beforeH5869mylordH113thekingH4428: yet didst thousetH6213thyservantעַבְדְּךָ֔'av.de.KhaH5650among them thatdidH6213eat at thineownH5869table.Whatהַטּ֖וֹבha.TovH2896rightH5869therefore have I yet that I should cry any more unto thekingH4428?

29And thekingH4428saidאֶל־'el-H413unto him,WhyH4100speakest thouanyכָּל־kol-H3605moreH5750of thy matters? I say, Thou and Ziba divide the land.

30And MephiboshethsaidH559unto thekingH4428, Yea, let him takeallדְּבָרֶ֑יךָde.va.Rei.khaH1697, forasmuch as my lord thekingH4428is come in peace unto his own house:

31And Barzillai the Gileaditecameבָּ֞אba'H935down from Rogelim; and hewentH935over Jordan with thekingH4428, to conduct him over Jordan.

32NowBarzillaiH1271was a very aged man,evenH853fourscore years old: and he had provided thekingH4428with sustenancewhileH3383helayלְשַׁלְּח֖וֹle.sha.le.ChoH7971at Mahanaim; for he was a very great man.

33And thekingH4428said untoBarzillaiH1271, Come thou over withmeH1121, and I willsustainH3557thee withmeH1121in Jerusalem.

34AndBarzillaiH1271saidH559unto thekingH4428, How many are the days of the years of my life, that I shouldgoעֲבֹ֣ר'a.VorH5674upאֹתְךָ֛'o.te.KhaH853with thekingH4428untoJerusalemH3389?

35I am thisdayהַיּ֜וֹםhai.YomH3117fourscoreyearsיְמֵי֙ye.MeiH3117old:canH4100I discern between good and bad?canH4100thy servant tastewhatH4100I eat orwhatH4100I drink?canH4100I hearanyאֶעֱלֶ֥ה'e.'e.LehH5927moreכִּי־ki-H3588the voice of singingmenH8147and singing women? wherefore then should thy servant be yet aburdenH413unto my lord thekingH4428?

36ThyservantH5650would butjustאֲשֶׁ֤ר'a.SherH834goיִֽהְיֶ֨הyih.YehH1961over Jordan with thekingH4428: andwhyH4100should thekingH4428recompense itmeאֶל־'el-H413withsuchאֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherH834a reward?

37Let thyservantH5650, I pray thee,turnיַעֲבֹ֧רya.'a.VorH5674back again, that I may die in mine own city, by the grave of my father and my mother. But behold, thyservantH5650Chimham; let himgoיַֽעֲבֹר֙ya.'a.VorH5674over with my lord thekingH4428; anddoH4100to himwhatH4100shall seem good unto thee.

38And thekingH4428answeredH7725,ChimhamH3643shallgoH7725over withmeH4994, and I willdoH6213to him thatwhichH834shallseemH5869goodהַטּ֖וֹבha.TovH2896unto thee: and whatsoever thou shalt require ofmeH4994, that will IdoH6213for thee.

39Andallכָּל־kol-H3605thepeopleאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834went over Jordan, and thekingH4428went over: and thekingH4428kissed Barzillai, and blessed him; and he returned unto hisownבְּעֵינֶ֑יךָbe.'ei.Nei.khaH5869placeוְכֹ֛לve.KholH3605.

40SoH7725thekingH4428wentH7725over to Gilgal, and ChimhamwentH7725over with him: andallH3605thepeopleהָעָ֛םha.'AmH5971of JudahbroughtH7725thekingH4428over, and also half thepeopleעַ֤ם'amH5971ofIsraelעַ֥ם'amH5971.

41And, behold,allH3605themenH5971ofIsraelH3478came to thekingH4428; and said unto thekingH4428, Why have our brethren themenH5971ofJudahH3063stolen theeawayH5973, and brought thekingH4428, and his household, over Jordan, andallH3605David’smenH5971with him?

42AndallH3605themenH376ofJudahH3063answeredוַיֹּאמְר֣וּvai.yo.me.RuH559themenH376ofIsraelH3478,Becauseאֶל־'el-H413thekingH4428isnearעִמּֽוֹ׃ סi.MoH5973of kin tousאֶל־'el-H413: wherefore then be ye angry for this matter? haveweH3605eaten atallH3605of theking’sH4428cost? or hath he givenusאֵלַ֔י'e.LaiH413anyH3605gift?

43And themenH376ofIsraelH3478answeredH6030themenH376ofJudahH3063, andsaidH413,WeH3588have tenpartsהַדָּבָ֖רha.da.VarH1697in thekingH4428; andweH3588have alsomoreH4480right in DavidthanH4480ye:whyוְלָ֤מָּהve.La.mahH4100thendidH4100ye despiseusH413, that ouradviceדְבָרִ֥יde.va.RiH1697shouldnotזֶּה֙zehH2088befirstהַזֶּ֑הha.ZehH2088had inbringingנִשָּׂ֖אni.Sa'H5375backH413ourkingH4428? And thewordsדְּבַר־de.var-H1697of themenH376ofJudahH3063were fiercerthanH4480thewordsמִדְּבַ֖רmi.de.VarH1697of themenH376ofIsraelH3478.

Commentaries on 2 Samuel 19

Revised Version 1895 — 1895 — Public Domain