Revised Version 1895

2 Samuel 19:6-23

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.

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