19:1 It
was
told
Joab,
"Behold,
the
king
is
weeping
and
mourning
for
Absalom."
19:2 So
the
victory
that
day
was
turned
into
mourning
for
all
the
people,
for
the
people
heard
that
day,
"The
king
is
grieving
for
his
son."
19:3 And
the
people
stole
into
the
city
that
day
as
people
steal
in
who
are
ashamed
when
they
flee
in
battle.
19:4 The
king
covered
his
face,
and
the
king
cried
with
a
loud
voice,
"O
my
son
Absalom,
O
Absalom,
my
son,
my
son!"
19:5 Then
Joab
came
into
the
house
to
the
king
and
said,
"You
have
today
covered
with
shame
the
faces
of
all
your
servants,
who
have
this
day
saved
your
life
and
the
lives
of
your
sons
and
your
daughters
and
the
lives
of
your
wives
and
your
concubines,
19:6 because
you
love
those
who
hate
you
and
hate
those
who
love
you.
For
you
have
made
it
clear
today
that
commanders
and
servants
are
nothing
to
you,
for
today
I
know
that
if
Absalom
were
alive
and
all
of
us
were
dead
today,
then
you
would
be
pleased.
19:7 Now
therefore
arise,
go
out
and
speak
kindly
to
your
servants,
for
I
swear
by
the
LORD,
if
you
do
not
go,
not
a
man
will
stay
with
you
this
night,
and
this
will
be
worse
for
you
than
all
the
evil
that
has
come
upon
you
from
your
youth
until
now."
19:8 Then
the
king
arose
and
took
his
seat
in
the
gate.
And
the
people
were
all
told,
"Behold,
the
king
is
sitting
in
the
gate."
And
all
the
people
came
before
the
king.
Now
Israel
had
fled
every
man
to
his
own
home.
19:9 And
all
the
people
were
arguing
throughout
all
the
tribes
of
Israel,
saying,
"The
king
delivered
us
from
the
hand
of
our
enemies
and
saved
us
from
the
hand
of
the
Philistines,
and
now
he
has
fled
out
of
the
land
from
Absalom.
19:10 But
Absalom,
whom
we
anointed
over
us,
is
dead
in
battle.
Now
therefore
why
do
you
say
nothing
about
bringing
the
king
back"
19:11 And
King
David
sent
this
message
to
Zadok
and
Abiathar
the
priests:
"Say
to
the
elders
of
Judah,
'Why
should
you
be
the
last
to
bring
the
king
back
to
his
house,
when
the
word
of
all
Israel
has
come
to
the
king
19:12 You
are
my
brothers;
you
are
my
bone
and
my
flesh.
Why
then
should
you
be
the
last
to
bring
back
the
king'
19:13 And
say
to
Amasa,
'Are
you
not
my
bone
and
my
flesh
God
do
so
to
me
and
more
also,
if
you
are
not
commander
of
my
army
from
now
on
in
place
of
Joab.'"
19:14 And
he
swayed
the
heart
of
all
the
men
of
Judah
as
one
man,
so
that
they
sent
word
to
the
king,
"Return,
both
you
and
all
your
servants."
19:15 So
the
king
came
back
to
the
Jordan,
and
Judah
came
to
Gilgal
to
meet
the
king
and
to
bring
the
king
over
the
Jordan.
19:16 And
Shimei
the
son
of
Gera,
the
Benjaminite,
from
Bahurim,
hurried
to
come
down
with
the
men
of
Judah
to
meet
King
David.
19:17 And
with
him
were
a
thousand
men
from
Benjamin.
And
Ziba
the
servant
of
the
house
of
Saul,
with
his
fifteen
sons
and
his
twenty
servants,
rushed
down
to
the
Jordan
before
the
king,
19:18 and
they
crossed
the
ford
to
bring
over
the
king's
household
and
to
do
his
pleasure.
And
Shimei
the
son
of
Gera
fell
down
before
the
king,
as
he
was
about
to
cross
the
Jordan,
19:19 and
said
to
the
king,
"Let
not
my
lord
hold
me
guilty
or
remember
how
your
servant
did
wrong
on
the
day
my
lord
the
king
left
Jerusalem.
Do
not
let
the
king
take
it
to
heart.
19:20 For
your
servant
knows
that
I
have
sinned.
Therefore,
behold,
I
have
come
this
day,
the
first
of
all
the
house
of
Joseph
to
come
down
to
meet
my
lord
the
king."
19:21 Abishai
the
son
of
Zeruiah
answered,
"Shall
not
Shimei
be
put
to
death
for
this,
because
he
cursed
the
LORD's
anointed"
19:22 But
David
said,
"What
have
I
to
do
with
you,
you
sons
of
Zeruiah,
that
you
should
this
day
be
as
an
adversary
to
me
Shall
anyone
be
put
to
death
in
Israel
this
day
For
do
I
not
know
that
I
am
this
day
king
over
Israel"
19:23 And
the
king
said
to
Shimei,
"You
shall
not
die."
And
the
king
gave
him
his
oath.
19:24 And
Mephibosheth
the
son
of
Saul
came
down
to
meet
the
king.
He
had
neither
taken
care
of
his
feet
nor
trimmed
his
beard
nor
washed
his
clothes,
from
the
day
the
king
departed
until
the
day
he
came
back
in
safety.
19:25 And
when
he
came
to
Jerusalem
to
meet
the
king,
the
king
said
to
him,
"Why
did
you
not
go
with
me,
Mephibosheth"
19:26 He
answered,
"My
lord,
O
king,
my
servant
deceived
me,
for
your
servant
said
to
him,
'I
will
saddle
a
donkey
for
myself,
that
I
may
ride
on
it
and
go
with
the
king.'
For
your
servant
is
lame.
19:27 He
has
slandered
your
servant
to
my
lord
the
king.
But
my
lord
the
king
is
like
the
angel
of
God;
do
therefore
what
seems
good
to
you.
19:28 For
all
my
father's
house
were
but
men
doomed
to
death
before
my
lord
the
king,
but
you
set
your
servant
among
those
who
eat
at
your
table.
What
further
right
have
I,
then,
to
cry
to
the
king"
19:29 And
the
king
said
to
him,
"Why
speak
any
more
of
your
affairs
I
have
decided:
you
and
Ziba
shall
divide
the
land."
19:30 And
Mephibosheth
said
to
the
king,
"Oh,
let
him
take
it
all,
since
my
lord
the
king
has
come
safely
home."
19:31 Now
Barzillai
the
Gileadite
had
come
down
from
Rogelim,
and
he
went
on
with
the
king
to
the
Jordan,
to
escort
him
over
the
Jordan.
19:32 Barzillai
was
a
very
aged
man,
eighty
years
old.
He
had
provided
the
king
with
food
while
he
stayed
at
Mahanaim,
for
he
was
a
very
wealthy
man.
19:33 And
the
king
said
to
Barzillai,
"Come
over
with
me,
and
I
will
provide
for
you
with
me
in
Jerusalem."
19:34 But
Barzillai
said
to
the
king,
"How
many
years
have
I
still
to
live,
that
I
should
go
up
with
the
king
to
Jerusalem
19:35 I
am
this
day
eighty
years
old.
Can
I
discern
what
is
pleasant
and
what
is
not
Can
your
servant
taste
what
he
eats
or
what
he
drinks
Can
I
still
listen
to
the
voice
of
singing
men
and
singing
women
Why
then
should
your
servant
be
an
added
burden
to
my
lord
the
king
19:36 Your
servant
will
go
a
little
way
over
the
Jordan
with
the
king.
Why
should
the
king
repay
me
with
such
a
reward
19:37 Please
let
your
servant
return,
that
I
may
die
in
my
own
city
near
the
grave
of
my
father
and
my
mother.
But
here
is
your
servant
Chimham.
Let
him
go
over
with
my
lord
the
king,
and
do
for
him
whatever
seems
good
to
you."
19:38 And
the
king
answered,
"Chimham
shall
go
over
with
me,
and
I
will
do
for
him
whatever
seems
good
to
you,
and
all
that
you
desire
of
me
I
will
do
for
you."
19:39 Then
all
the
people
went
over
the
Jordan,
and
the
king
went
over.
And
the
king
kissed
Barzillai
and
blessed
him,
and
he
returned
to
his
own
home.
19:40 The
king
went
on
to
Gilgal,
and
Chimham
went
on
with
him.
All
the
people
of
Judah,
and
also
half
the
people
of
Israel,
brought
the
king
on
his
way.
19:41 Then
all
the
men
of
Israel
came
to
the
king
and
said
to
the
king,
"Why
have
our
brothers
the
men
of
Judah
stolen
you
away
and
brought
the
king
and
his
household
over
the
Jordan,
and
all
David's
men
with
him"
19:42 All
the
men
of
Judah
answered
the
men
of
Israel,
"Because
the
king
is
our
close
relative.
Why
then
are
you
angry
over
this
matter
Have
we
eaten
at
all
at
the
king's
expense
Or
has
he
given
us
any
gift"
19:43 And
the
men
of
Israel
answered
the
men
of
Judah,
"We
have
ten
shares
in
the
king,
and
in
David
also
we
have
more
than
you.
Why
then
did
you
despise
us
Were
we
not
the
first
to
speak
of
bringing
back
our
king"
But
the
words
of
the
men
of
Judah
were
fiercer
than
the
words
of
the
men
of
Israel.