Second
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Chapter 16
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16:1 And when David was a little past the top
of the hill, behold, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of asses
saddled, and upon them two hundred loaves of bread, and an hundred bunches of raisins, and
an hundred of summer fruits, and a bottle of wine.
16:2 And the king said unto Ziba, What meanest thou by these? And Ziba said, The asses be
for the king's household to ride on; and the bread and summer fruit for the young men to
eat; and the wine, that such as be faint in the wilderness may drink.
16:3 And the king said, And where is thy master's son? And Ziba said unto the king,
Behold, he abideth at Jerusalem: for he said, To day shall the house of Israel restore me
the kingdom of my father.
16:4 Then said the king to Ziba, Behold, thine are all that pertained unto Mephibosheth.
And Ziba said, I humbly beseech thee that I may find grace in thy sight, my lord, O king.
16:5 And when king David came to Bahurim, behold, thence came out a man of the family of
the house of Saul, whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera: he came forth, and cursed still
as he came.
16:6 And he cast stones at David, and at all the servants of king David: and all the
people and all the mighty men were on his right hand and on his left.
16:7 And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Come out, come out, thou bloody man, and thou
man of Belial:
16:8 The LORD hath returned upon thee all the
blood of the house of Saul, in whose stead thou hast reigned; and the LORD hath delivered
the kingdom into the hand of Absalom thy son: and, behold, thou art taken in thy mischief,
because thou art a bloody man.
16:9 Then said Abishai the son of Zeruiah unto the king, Why should this dead dog curse my
lord the king? let me go over, I pray thee, and take off his head.
16:10 And the king said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah? so let him curse,
because the LORD hath said unto him, Curse David. Who shall then say, Wherefore hast thou
done so?
16:11 And David said to Abishai, and to all
his servants, Behold, my son, which came forth of my bowels, seeketh my life: how much
more now may this Benjamite do it? let him alone, and let him curse; for the LORD hath
bidden him.
16:12 It may be that the LORD will look on mine affliction, and that the LORD will requite
me good for his cursing this day.
16:13 And as David and his men went by the way, Shimei went along on the hill's side over
against him, and cursed as he went, and threw stones at him, and cast dust.
16:14 And the king, and all the people that were with him, came weary, and refreshed
themselves there.
16:15 And Absalom, and all the people the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel
with him.
16:16 And it came to pass, when Hushai the Archite, David's friend, was come unto Absalom,
that Hushai said unto Absalom, God save the king, God save the king.
16:17 And Absalom said to Hushai, Is this thy kindness to thy friend? why wentest thou not
with thy friend?
16:18 And Hushai said unto Absalom, Nay; but
whom the LORD, and this people, and all the men of Israel, choose, his will I be, and with
him will I abide.
16:19 And again, whom should I serve? should I not serve in the presence of his son? as I
have served in thy father's presence, so will I be in thy presence.
16:20 Then said Absalom to Ahithophel, Give counsel among you what we shall do.
16:21 And Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Go in unto thy father's concubines, which he hath
left to keep the house; and all Israel shall hear that thou art abhorred of thy father:
then shall the hands of all that are with thee be strong.
16:22 So they spread Absalom a tent upon the top of the house; and Absalom went in unto
his father's concubines in the sight of all Israel.
16:23 And the counsel of Ahithophel, which he counselled in those days, was as if a man
had enquired at the oracle of God: so was all the counsel of Ahithophel both with David
and with Absalom.
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