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CHAPTER 16
2 Samuel 16:1
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. 2 Samuel 16:2
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.
2 Samuel 16:3
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. 2 Samuel 16:4
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.
2 Samuel 16:5
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. 2 Samuel 16:6
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.
2 Samuel 16:7
7 And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Come out, come out, thou bloody man, and
thou man of Belial:
2 Samuel 16:8
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.
2 Samuel 16:9
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.
2 Samuel 16:10
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?
2 Samuel 16:11
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.
2 Samuel 16:12
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. 2 Samuel 16:13
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.
2 Samuel 16:14
14 And the king, and all the people that were with him, came weary, and
refreshed themselves there.
2 Samuel 16:15
15 And Absalom, and all the people the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem, and
Ahithophel with him.
2 Samuel 16:16
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.
2 Samuel 16:17
17 And Absalom said to Hushai, Is this thy kindness to thy friend? why wentest
thou not with thy friend?
2 Samuel 16:18
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. 2
Samuel 16:19
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.
2 Samuel 16:20
20 Then said Absalom to Ahithophel, Give counsel among you what we shall do. 2
Samuel 16:21
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.
2 Samuel 16:22
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. 2 Samuel 16:23
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. CHAPTER 17
2 Samuel 17:1
1 Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve thousand
men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night: 2 Samuel 17:2
2 And I will come upon him while he is weary and weak handed, and will make him
afraid: and all the people that are with him shall flee; and I will smite the
king only:
2 Samuel 17:3
3 And I will bring back all the people unto thee: the man whom thou seekest is
as if all returned: so all the people shall be in peace. 2 Samuel 17:4
4 And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel. 2 Samuel
17:5
5 Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise
what he saith.
2 Samuel 17:6
6 And when Hushai was come to Absalom, Absalom spake unto him, saying,
Ahithophel hath spoken after this manner: shall we do after his saying? if not;
speak thou.
2 Samuel 17:7
7 And Hushai said unto Absalom, The counsel that Ahithophel hath given is not
good at this time.
2 Samuel 17:8
8 For, said Hushai, thou knowest thy father and his men, that they be mighty
men, and they be chafed in their minds, as a bear robbed of her whelps in the
field: and thy father is a man  of war,  and will not lodge  with the people.
2 Samuel 17:9
9 Behold, he is hid now in some pit, or in some other place: and it will come
to pass, when some of them be overthrown at the first, that whosoever heareth
it will say, There is a slaughter among the people that follow Absalom.
2 Samuel 17:10
10 And he also that is valiant, whose heart is as the heart of a lion, shall
utterly melt: for all Israel knoweth that thy father is a mighty man, and they
which be with him are valiant  men. 2 Samuel 17:11
11 Therefore I counsel that all Israel be generally gathered unto thee, from
Dan even to Beersheba, as the sand that is by the sea for multitude; and that
thou go to battle in thine own person. 2 Samuel 17:12
12 So shall we come upon him in some place where he shall be found, and we will
light upon him as the dew falleth on the ground: and of him and of all the men
that are with him there shall not be left so much as one. 2 Samuel 17:13
13 Moreover, if he be gotten into a city, then shall all Israel bring ropes to
that city, and we will draw it into the river, until there be not one small
stone found there.
2 Samuel 17:14
14 And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the
Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For the LORD had appointed to
defeat  the good  counsel  of Ahithophel,  to the intent  that the LORD might
bring  evil  upon Absalom.
2 Samuel 17:15
15 Then said Hushai unto Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, Thus and thus did
Ahithophel counsel Absalom and the elders of Israel; and thus and thus have I
counselled.
2 Samuel 17:16
16 Now therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying, Lodge not this night in
the plains of the wilderness, but speedily pass over; lest the king be
swallowed up,  and all the people  that are with him. 2 Samuel 17:17
17 Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz stayed by Enrogel; for they might not be seen to
come into the city: and a wench went and told them; and they went and told king
 David.
2 Samuel 17:18
18 Nevertheless a lad saw them, and told Absalom: but they went both of them
away quickly, and came to a man's house in Bahurim, which had a well in his
court;  whither  they went down.
2 Samuel 17:19
19 And the woman took and spread a covering over the well's mouth, and spread
ground corn thereon; and the thing was not known. 2 Samuel 17:20
20 And when Absalom's servants came to the woman to the house, they said, Where
is Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman said unto them, They be gone over the
brook of water.  And when they had sought  and could not find them, they
returned  to Jerusalem.
2 Samuel 17:21
21 And it came to pass, after they were departed, that they came up out of the
well, and went and told king David, and said unto David, Arise, and pass
quickly over  the water:  for thus hath Ahithophel  counselled  against you. 2
Samuel 17:22
22 Then David arose, and all the people that were with him, and they passed
over Jordan: by the morning light there lacked not one of them that was not
gone over Jordan.
2 Samuel 17:23
23 And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his
ass, and arose, and gat him home to his house, to his city, and put his
household in order, and hanged  himself, and died,  and was buried  in the
sepulchre  of his father.
2 Samuel 17:24
24 Then David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom passed over Jordan, he and all the
men of Israel with him.
2 Samuel 17:25
25 And Absalom made Amasa captain of the host instead of Joab: which Amasa was
a man's son, whose name was Ithra an Israelite, that went in to Abigail the
daughter  of Nahash,  sister  to Zeruiah  Joab's  mother. 2 Samuel 17:26
26 So Israel and Absalom pitched in the land of Gilead. 2 Samuel 17:27
27 And it came to pass, when David was come to Mahanaim, that Shobi the son of
Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and Machir the son of Ammiel of
Lodebar,  and Barzillai  the Gileadite  of Rogelim, 2 Samuel 17:28
28 Brought beds, and basons, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and
flour, and parched corn, and beans, and lentiles, and parched pulse, 2 Samuel
17:29
29 And honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of kine, for David, and for the
people that were with him, to eat: for they said, The people is hungry, and
weary, and thirsty,  in the wilderness. CHAPTER 18
2 Samuel 18:1
1 And David numbered the people that were with him, and set captains of
thousands and captains of hundreds over them. 2 Samuel 18:2
2 And David sent forth a third part of the people under the hand of Joab, and a
third part under the hand of Abishai the son of Zeruiah, Joab's brother,  and a
third part  under the hand  of Ittai  the Gittite.  And the king  said  unto
the people,  I will surely  go forth  with you myself also.
2 Samuel 18:3
3 But the people answered, Thou shalt not go forth: for if we flee away, they
will not care for us; neither if half of us die, will they care for us: but now
thou art worth ten thousand of us: therefore now it is better  that thou
succour  us out of the city.
2 Samuel 18:4
4 And the king said unto them, What seemeth you best I will do. And the king
stood by the gate side, and all the people came out by hundreds and by
thousands.
2 Samuel 18:5
5 And the king commanded Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Deal gently for my
sake with the young man, even with Absalom. And all the people heard when the
king gave all the captains  charge  concerning  Absalom. 2 Samuel 18:6
6 So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the battle was in
the wood of Ephraim;
2 Samuel 18:7
7 Where the people of Israel were slain before the servants of David, and there
was there a great slaughter that day of twenty thousand men. 2 Samuel 18:8
8 For the battle was there scattered over the face of all the country: and the
wood devoured more people that day than the sword devoured. 2 Samuel 18:9
9 And Absalom met the servants of David. And Absalom rode upon a mule, and the
mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head  caught hold  of
the oak,  and he was taken up  between the heaven  and the earth; and the mule 
that was under him went away. 2 Samuel 18:10
10 And a certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said, Behold, I saw Absalom
hanged in an oak.
2 Samuel 18:11
11 And Joab said unto the man that told him, And, behold, thou sawest him, and
why didst thou not smite him there to the ground? and I would have given thee
ten shekels of silver, and a girdle. 2 Samuel 18:12
12 And the man said unto Joab, Though I should receive a thousand shekels of
silver in mine hand, yet would I not put forth mine hand against the king's
son: for in our hearing  the king  charged  thee and Abishai  and Ittai,
saying,  Beware  that none touch the young man  Absalom. 2 Samuel 18:13
13 Otherwise I should have wrought falsehood against mine own life: for there
is no matter hid from the king, and thou thyself wouldest have set thyself
against me.
2 Samuel 18:14
14 Then said Joab, I may not tarry thus with thee. And he took three darts in
his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom, while he was yet alive
in the midst of the oak.
2 Samuel 18:15
15 And ten young men that bare Joab's armour compassed about and smote Absalom,
and slew him.
2 Samuel 18:16
16 And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after
Israel: for Joab held back the people. 2 Samuel 18:17
17 And they took Absalom, and cast him into a great pit in the wood, and laid a
very great heap of stones upon him: and all Israel fled  every one to his tent.
2 Samuel 18:18
18 Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself a pillar,
which is in the king's dale: for he said, I have no son to keep my name in
remembrance: and he called the pillar  after his own name:  and it is called
unto this day,  Absalom's  place.
2 Samuel 18:19
19 Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok, Let me now run, and bear the king
tidings, how that the LORD hath avenged him of his enemies. 2 Samuel 18:20
20 And Joab said unto him, Thou shalt not bear tidings this day, but thou shalt
bear tidings another day: but this day thou shalt bear no tidings, because the
king's son is dead.
2 Samuel 18:21
21 Then said Joab to Cushi, Go tell the king what thou hast seen. And Cushi
bowed himself unto Joab, and ran.
2 Samuel 18:22
22 Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok yet again to Joab, But howsoever, let me,
I pray thee, also run after Cushi. And Joab said, Wherefore wilt thou run,  my
son,  seeing that thou hast no tidings  ready? 2 Samuel 18:23
23 But howsoever, said he, let me run. And he said unto him, Run. Then Ahimaaz
ran by the way of the plain, and overran Cushi. 2 Samuel 18:24
24 And David sat between the two gates: and the watchman went up to the roof
over the gate unto the wall, and lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold a
man  running  alone.
2 Samuel 18:25
25 And the watchman cried, and told the king. And the king said, If he be
alone, there is tidings in his mouth. And he came apace, and drew near. 2
Samuel 18:26
26 And the watchman saw another man running: and the watchman called unto the
porter, and said, Behold another man running alone. And the king said, He also
bringeth tidings.
2 Samuel 18:27
27 And the watchman said, Me thinketh the running of the foremost is like the
running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok. And the king said, He is a good man,  and
cometh  with good  tidings. 2 Samuel 18:28
28 And Ahimaaz called, and said unto the king, All is well. And he fell down to
the earth upon his face before the king, and said, Blessed be the LORD thy God,
 which hath delivered up  the men  that lifted up  their hand against my lord 
the king.
2 Samuel 18:29
29 And the king said, Is the young man Absalom safe? And Ahimaaz answered, When
Joab sent the king's servant, and me thy servant, I saw  a great tumult,  but I
knew  not what it was. 2 Samuel 18:30
30 And the king said unto him, Turn aside, and stand here. And he turned aside,
and stood still.
2 Samuel 18:31
31 And, behold, Cushi came; and Cushi said, Tidings, my lord the king: for the
LORD hath avenged thee this day of all them that rose up against thee. 2 Samuel
18:32
32 And the king said unto Cushi, Is the young man Absalom safe? And Cushi
answered, The enemies of my lord the king, and all that rise against thee to do
thee hurt,  be as that young man  is. 2 Samuel 18:33
33 And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and
wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! 
would God I had died  for thee,  O Absalom,  my son,  my son!

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