16:1 And
when
Dauid
was
a
little
past
the
top
of
the
hill,
Beholde,
Ziba
the
seruant
of
Mephibosheth
met
him
with
a
couple
of
asses
sadled,
and
vpon
them
two
hundred
loaues
of
bread,
and
an
hundred
bunches
of
raisins,
and
an
hundred
of
summer
fruits,
and
a
bottell
of
wine.
16:2 And
the
King
saide
vnto
Ziba,
What
meanest
thou
by
these
And
Ziba
saide,
The
asses
bee
for
the
kings
houshold
to
ride
on,
and
the
bread
and
summer
fruit
for
the
yong
men
to
eate,
and
the
wine,
that
such
as
be
faint
in
the
wildernesse,
may
drinke.
16:3 And
the
king
said,
And
where
is
thy
masters
sonne
and
Ziba
said
vnto
the
king,
Behold,
he
abideth
at
Ierusalem:
for
hee
said,
To
day
shall
the
house
of
Israel
restore
mee
the
kingdome
of
my
father.
16:4 Then
said
the
king
to
Ziba,
Behold,
thine
are
all
that
pertained
vnto
Mephibosheth.
And
Ziba
saide,
I
humbly
beseech
thee
that
I
may
finde
grace
in
thy
sight,
my
lord,
O
king.
16:5 And
when
king
Dauid
came
to
Bahurim,
behold,
thence
came
out
a
man
of
the
family
of
the
house
of
Saul,
whose
name
was
Shimei
the
sonne
of
Gera:
hee
came
foorth,
and
cursed
still
as
he
came.
16:6 And
he
cast
stones
at
Dauid,
and
at
all
the
seruants
of
king
Dauid:
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
hee
cursed,
Come
out,
come
out
thou
bloody
man,
and
thou
man
of
Belial:
16:8 The
Lord
hath
returned
vpon
thee
all
the
blood
of
the
house
of
Saul,
in
whose
stead
thou
hast
raigned,
and
the
Lord
hath
deliuered
the
kingdome
into
the
hand
of
Absalom
thy
sonne:
and
behold,
thou
art
taken
to
thy
mischiefe,
because
thou
art
a
bloody
man.
16:9 Then
said
Abishai
the
sonne
of
Zeruiah
vnto
the
king,
Why
should
this
dead
dogge
curse
my
lord
the
king
let
mee
goe
ouer,
I
pray
thee,
and
take
off
his
head.
16:10 And
the
king
said,
What
haue
I
to
doe
with
you,
ye
sonnes
of
Zeruiah
So
let
him
curse,
because
the
Lord
hath
said
vnto
him,
Curse
Dauid.
Who
shall
then
say,
Wherefore
hast
thou
done
so
16:11 And
Dauid
said
to
Abishai,
and
to
all
his
seruants,
Beholde,
my
sonne
which
came
foorth
of
my
bowels,
seeketh
my
life:
how
much
more
now
may
this
Beniamite
doe
it
let
him
alone,
and
let
him
curse:
for
the
Lord
hath
bidden
him.
16:12 It
may
bee
that
the
Lord
will
looke
on
mine
affliction,
and
that
the
Lord
will
requite
good
for
his
cursing
this
day.
16:13 And
as
Dauid
and
his
men
went
by
the
way,
Shimei
went
along
on
the
hilles
side
ouer
against
him,
and
cursed
as
hee
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
themselues
there.
16:15 And
Absalom
and
al
the
people
the
men
of
Israel,
came
to
Ierusalem,
and
Ahithophel
with
him.
16:16 And
it
came
to
passe
when
Hushai
the
Archite,
Dauids
friend,
was
come
vnto
Absalom,
that
Hushai
said
vnto
Absalom,
God
saue
the
king,
God
saue
the
king.
16:17 And
Absalom
said
to
Hushai,
Is
this
thy
kindnesse
to
thy
friend
Why
wentest
thou
not
with
thy
friend
16:18 And
Hushai
said
vnto
Absalom,
Nay,
but
whom
the
Lord
and
this
people,
and
all
the
men
of
Israel
chuse,
his
will
I
bee,
and
with
him
will
I
abide.
16:19 And
againe,
whom
should
I
serue
should
I
not
serue
in
the
presence
of
his
sonne
as
I
haue
serued
in
thy
fathers
presence,
so
will
I
be
in
thy
presence.
16:20 Then
said
Absalom
to
Ahithophel,
Giue
counsell
among
you
what
we
shall
doe.
16:21 And
Ahithophel
said
vnto
Absalom,
Goe
in
vnto
thy
fathers
concubines,
which
he
hath
left
to
keepe
the
house,
and
all
Israel
shall
heare
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
vpon
the
top
of
the
house,
and
Absalom
went
in
vnto
his
fathers
concubines,
in
the
sight
of
all
Israel.
16:23 And
the
counsell
of
Ahithophel
which
he
counselled
in
those
dayes,
was
as
if
a
man
had
enquired
at
the
Oracle
of
God:
so
was
all
the
counsell
of
Ahithophel,
both
with
Dauid
and
with
Absalom.