2 Samuel 15 ~ 19

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15:1And after this Absalom prepared for himself a chariot and horses and fifty men to run before him. Compare
15:2And Absalom would rise up early and stand beside the way into the gate; and when any man who had a cause that should have come to the king for judgment came, Absalom would call to him and say, What city are you from? And he would say, Your servant is from one of the tribes of Israel. Compare
15:3Then Absalom would say to him, See, your matters are good and right, but there is no one appointed by the king to hear you. Compare
15:4And Absalom would say, Oh that I were made a judge in the land, that every man who had a cause or a matter to be judged would come to me, and I would do him justice! Compare
15:5And so when any man came near to pay him homage, he would put forth his hand and take hold of him and kiss him. Compare
15:6And Absalom acted in this way to all the Israelites who came to the king for judgment. And Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel. Compare
15:7And at the end of forty years Absalom said to the king, Let me go now and repay my vow, which I vowed to Jehovah in Hebron. Compare
15:8For your servant vowed a vow while I was dwelling in Geshur in Syria, saying, If Jehovah will indeed bring me back to Jerusalem, I will worship Jehovah. Compare
15:9And the king said to him, Go in peace. So he rose up and went to Hebron. Compare
15:10But Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, When you hear the sound of the trumpet, you shall say, Absalom is king in Hebron. Compare
15:11And with Absalom there went two hundred men from Jerusalem, who had been called and went innocently; they did not know anything. Compare
15:12And while he was offering the sacrifices, Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, a counselor of David, from his city Giloh. And the conspiracy gained strength, and the people with Absalom increased continually. Compare
15:13Then a messenger came to David, saying, The hearts of the men of Israel have gone after Absalom. Compare
15:14And David said to all his servants who were with him in Jerusalem, Rise up, and let us flee; for none of us will escape from Absalom otherwise. Hurry and go, lest he quickly overtake us and bring harm down upon us and strike the city with the edge of the sword. Compare
15:15And the king's servants said to the king, In all that my lord the king chooses, here we are, your servants. Compare
15:16So the king went forth, and all his house after him. But the king left ten concubines to keep the house. Compare
15:17And the king went forth, and all the people after him; and they stopped at the last house. Compare
15:18And all his servants passed on beside him; and all the Cherethites and all the Pelethites and all the Gittites, six hundred men who came after him from Gath, passed on before the king. Compare
15:19Then the king said to Ittai the Gittite, Why are you also going with us? Return and abide with the king, for you are a foreigner as well as an exile from your place. Compare
15:20You came just recently, so should I today make you wander with us, while I go about wherever I can? Return and take your brothers back; lovingkindness and truth be with you. Compare
15:21But Ittai answered the king and said, As Jehovah lives and as my lord the king lives, in whatever place my lord the king will be, whether for death or for life, there shall your servant most certainly be. Compare
15:22And David said to Ittai, Go and pass over. And Ittai the Gittite and all his men and all the little ones with him passed over. Compare
15:23And all the land wept with a loud voice, and all the people passed over. And the king passed over the brook Kidron, and all the people passed over toward the way of the wilderness. Compare
15:24And there came Zadok also and all the Levites with him, bearing the Ark of the Covenant of God; and they set the Ark of God down, and Abiathar went up until all the people had finished passing over from the city. Compare
15:25Then the king said to Zadok, Bring the Ark of God back into the city. If I should find favor in the sight of Jehovah, He will bring me back and show me it and His habitation. Compare
15:26But if He should say thus, I am not pleased with you, let Him then do with me as it seems good in His sight. Compare
15:27And the king said to Zadok the priest, You are a seer; return to the city in peace with Ahimaaz your son and Jonathan the son of Abiathar, your two sons with you. Compare
15:28See, I will wait at the fords of the wilderness until word comes from you to inform me. Compare
15:29So Zadok and Abiathar brought the Ark of God back to Jerusalem, and they remained there. Compare
15:30And David went up the ascent to the Mount of Olives, weeping as he went up, and he had his head covered and he went barefoot. And all the people who were with him each covered his own head; and they went up, weeping as they went up. Compare
15:31Then someone told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, Turn, I pray, the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness, O Jehovah. Compare
15:32Then when David came to the summit, where God was worshipped, Hushai the Archite came to meet him with his coat torn and with earth on his head. Compare
15:33And David said to him, If you pass over with me, you will be a burden to me. Compare
15:34But if you return to the city and say to Absalom, I am your servant, O king; as I was your father's servant in the past, so will I be your servant now; then you will defeat the counsel of Ahithophel for me. Compare
15:35And will not Zadok and Abiathar the priests be with you there? Therefore whatever you hear from the king's house you shall tell Zadok and Abiathar the priests. Compare
15:36And there with them will be their two sons, Ahimaaz the son of Zadok and Jonathan the son of Abiathar; and through them you shall send to me whatever you hear. Compare
15:37So Hushai, David's friend, came to the city; and Absalom came to Jerusalem. Compare
16:1And when David was a little past the summit, Ziba, Mephibosheth's attendant, came to meet him with a pair of saddled asses and upon them two hundred loaves of bread and a hundred clusters of raisins and a hundred summer fruit and a skin of wine. Compare
16:2And the king said to Ziba, Why do you have these? And Ziba said, The asses are for the king's household to ride on, and the bread and the summer fruit are for the young men to eat, and the wine is for those who faint in the wilderness to drink. Compare
16:3And the king said, And where is your master's son? And Ziba said to the king, He is now dwelling in Jerusalem, for he said, Today the house of Israel will restore to me the kingdom of my father. Compare
16:4And the king said to Ziba, Now all that belongs to Mephibosheth is yours. And Ziba said, I bow myself to you. May I find favor in your sight, O my lord the king. Compare
16:5And when King David came to Bahurim, a man of the family of the house of Saul came forth from there, whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera; he came forth, cursing as he came forth. Compare
16:6And he threw stones at David and at all the servants of King David, and all the people and all the mighty men were on his right and on his left. Compare
16:7And Shimei spoke thus in his cursing, Go away, go away, you man of bloodshed and worthless fellow. Compare
16:8Jehovah has returned upon you all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose place you have reigned; and Jehovah has delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom your son; and now you have been taken in your own mischief, for you are a man of bloodshed. Compare
16:9Then Abishai the son of Zeruiah said to the king, Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Let me go over and take off his head. Compare
16:10But the king said, What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah? If he curses, and if Jehovah has told him to curse David, who then can say, Why have you done so? Compare
16:11And David said to Abishai and all his servants, Now my son, who came forth from my body, seeks my life; how much more then this Benjaminite will do so. Leave him alone and let him curse, for Jehovah has told him to do so. Compare
16:12It may be that Jehovah will look on the wrong done to me and that Jehovah will repay me with good for his cursing on this day. Compare
16:13And David and his men went on their way. And Shimei went along the hillside opposite him, cursing as he went; and he threw stones at him and cast dust upon him. Compare
16:14And the king and all the people who were with him arrived weary, and he refreshed himself there. Compare
16:15Meanwhile Absalom and all the people, the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem; and Ahithophel was with him. Compare
16:16And when Hushai the Archite, David's friend, came to Absalom, Hushai said to Absalom, Long live the king! Long live the king! Compare
16:17And Absalom said to Hushai, Is this your kindness to your friend? Why did you not go with your friend? Compare
16:18And Hushai said to Absalom, No; but the one whom Jehovah and this people and all the men of Israel choose, his will I be, and with him will I dwell. Compare
16:19Furthermore, whom should I serve? Should it not be in the presence of his son? As I served in the presence of your father, so will I be in your presence. Compare
16:20Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, Give your counsel as to what we should do. Compare
16:21And Ahithophel said to Absalom, Go in unto your father's concubines whom he left to keep the house, and all Israel will hear that you have made yourself abhorrent to your father; then the hands of all those who are with you will be strong. Compare
16:22So they spread a tent for Absalom upon the roof, and Absalom went in unto his father's concubines in the sight of all Israel. Compare
16:23Now the counsel of Ahithophel that he gave in those days was as if one inquired of the oracle of God; all the counsel of Ahithophel was thus, both with David and with Absalom. Compare
17:1Then Ahithophel said to Absalom, Let me now choose twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David tonight. Compare
17:2And I will come upon him while he is weary and weak-handed. And I will terrorize him, and all the people who are with him will flee; then I will strike down the king only. Compare
17:3And I will bring all the people back to you; the return of the whole depends on what happens to the man whom you are seeking. All the people will be at peace. Compare
17:4And the word seemed right in the sight of Absalom and in the sight of all the elders of Israel. Compare
17:5Then Absalom said, Call now for Hushai the Archite also that we may hear what he also has to say. Compare
17:6So Hushai came to Absalom; and Absalom spoke to him, saying, Ahithophel has spoken in this way. Shall we do what he says? If not, you speak. Compare
17:7And Hushai said to Absalom, The counsel that Ahithophel has given this time is not good. Compare
17:8Hushai said moreover, You know your father and his men, that they are mighty men and bitter in soul, like a bear robbed of her whelps in the field; and your father is a man of war and will not lodge with the people. Compare
17:9He is now hidden in some pit or some other place; and when some of them fall at the beginning, whoever hears of it will say, There is a slaughter among the people who are with Absalom. Compare
17:10And even he who is valiant, whose heart is like the heart of a lion, will utterly melt in fear; for all Israel knows that your father is a mighty man and that those who are with him are valiant men. Compare
17:11But I counsel that all Israel be gathered together unto you, from Dan to Beer-sheba, like the sand that is by the sea in multitude, and that you go into battle in person. Compare
17:12Then we will come upon him in some place where he will be found, and we will light upon him as dew falls upon the ground; and we will not leave among him and among the men who are with him even one. Compare
17:13And if he should withdraw into a city, all Israel will carry ropes to that city, and we will pull it into the river, until not even a stone is found there. Compare
17:14And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel; for Jehovah had ordained the defeat of the good counsel of Ahithophel to the intent that Jehovah might bring evil upon Absalom. Compare
17:15Then Hushai said to Zadok and Abiathar the priests, Thus and thus did Ahithophel counsel Absalom and the elders of Israel, and thus and thus did I counsel. Compare
17:16Now therefore send word quickly and tell David, saying, Do not lodge tonight at the fords of the wilderness, but pass over by all means; otherwise, the king will be swallowed up, as well as all the people who are with him. Compare
17:17Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz were staying in En-rogel, and a female servant would go and tell them, and they would go and tell King David; for they could not risk being seen coming into the city. Compare
17:18But a young man saw them, and he told Absalom. And both of them went off quickly and came to the house of a man in Bahurim, who had a well in his courtyard; and they went down into it. Compare
17:19And his wife took the covering and spread it over the mouth of the well, and she strew grain over it; and the matter was unknown. Compare
17:20Then Absalom's servants came to the woman at the house and said, Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman said to them, They have crossed over the brook of water. And when they searched for them and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem. Compare
17:21And after they departed, they came up out of the well and went and told King David. And they said to David, Rise up and cross quickly over the water, for thus has Ahithophel given counsel against you. Compare
17:22So David rose up with all the people who were with him, and they crossed over the Jordan; by morning's light there was not one left who had not crossed over the Jordan. Compare
17:23And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his donkey and rose up and went to his house in his city; and he set his house in order and hanged himself. And he died and was buried in the sepulcher of his father. Compare
17:24Then David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom crossed over the Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him. Compare
17:25And Absalom set Amasa over the army, instead of Joab. Now Amasa was the son of a man whose name was Ithra the Israelite, who went in unto Abigail the daughter of Nahash, Zeruiah's sister, Joab's mother. Compare
17:26And Israel and Absalom camped in the land of Gilead. Compare
17:27And when David came to Mahanaim, Shobi the son of Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and Machir the son of Amiel of Lo-debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim, Compare
17:28Brought beds and basins and earthen vessels and wheat and barley and meal and parched grain and beans and lentils and other parched grain Compare
17:29And honey and butter and sheep and cheese from the herd to David and the people who were with him for them to eat; for they said, The people are hungry and weary and thirsty in the wilderness. Compare
18:1Then David mustered the people who were with him, and he set captains of thousands and captains of hundreds over them. Compare
18:2And David sent the people out, a third under the hand of Joab and a third under the hand of Abishai the son of Zeruiah, Joab's brother, and a third under the hand of Ittai the Gittite. And the king said to the people, I myself will surely go forth with you also. Compare
18:3But the people said, You shall not go forth; for if we flee off, they will not care about us; and if half of us die, they will not care about us. But you are worth ten thousand of us; therefore it is better for you to be available to help us from the city. Compare
18:4And the king said to them, What seems best in your sight I will do. So the king stood at the side of the gate, and all the people went forth by hundreds and by thousands. Compare
18:5And the king commanded Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Deal gently for my sake with the young man Absalom. And all the people heard when the king gave the command to all the captains concerning Absalom. Compare
18:6And the people went forth into the field against Israel, and the battle was in the forest of Ephraim. Compare
18:7And the people of Israel were struck there before the servants of David, and there was a great slaughter of twenty thousand there on that day. Compare
18:8And the battle was spread there over the face of all the land, and the forest devoured more people that day than the sword devoured. Compare
18:9And Absalom happened to meet the servants of David, and Absalom was riding upon his mule. And the mule went under the tangled branches of a great terebinth; and his head was caught in the terebinth, and he was left hanging between heaven and earth while the mule that was under him went on. Compare
18:10And a certain man saw this; and he told Joab and said, I have just seen Absalom hanging from a terebinth. Compare
18:11And Joab said to the man who told him this, And you have just seen this. Why did you not strike him down to the ground there? For I would have given you ten pieces of silver and a belt. Compare
18:12And the man said to Joab, Though I would receive a thousand pieces of silver in my hand, I would not put forth my hand against the son of the king; for in our hearing the king commanded you and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Take care of the young man Absalom, whoever you be. Compare
18:13On the other hand, if I had dealt treacherously with his life (there is nothing hidden from the king), you would have set yourself against me. Compare
18:14Then Joab said, I will not linger here with you. And he took three staves in his hand and thrust them through Absalom's heart while he was still alive in the midst of the terebinth. Compare
18:15And ten young men who carried Joab's armor surrounded Absalom and struck him, and they killed him. Compare
18:16And Joab blew the trumpet; and the people returned from pursuing after Israel, for Joab restrained the people. Compare
18:17And they took Absalom and threw him into a great pit in the forest, and they cast up over him a very great mound of stones. And all Israel fled, every man to his tent. Compare
18:18Now Absalom, while he was alive, had taken a pillar which was in the king's valley and raised it up for himself, for he said, I have no son to keep my name in remembrance. And he called the pillar by his own name, and it is called Absalom's Monument to this day. Compare
18:19Then Ahimaaz the son of Zadok said, Let me now run and announce the news to the king, that Jehovah has avenged him of his enemies. Compare
18:20And Joab said to him, You shall not be the bearer of the news this day, but you shall announce the news on another day; yet on this day you shall not announce the news, for the king's son is dead. Compare
18:21And Joab said to the Cushite, Go, tell the king what you have seen. And the Cushite bowed to Joab and ran. Compare
18:22Then Ahimaaz the son of Zadok said yet again to Joab, But come what may, let me also run after the Cushite. And Joab said, Why will you run, my son, seeing that you will have no reward for the news? Compare
18:23But come what may, he said, I will run. And he said to him, Run. And Ahimaaz ran by way of the plain and passed the Cushite. Compare
18:24Now David was sitting between the two gates. And the watchman went up on the roof of the gate to the wall; and lifted up his eyes and looked, and there came a man running alone. Compare
18:25And the watchman called out and told the king. And the king said, If he is alone, there is news in his mouth. And he continued coming and drew near. Compare
18:26Then the watchman saw another man running; and the watchman called out to the gatekeeper and said, Here comes a man running alone. And the king said, This one also brings news. Compare
18:27And the watchman said, I think the running of the first one is like the running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok. And the king said, He is a good man and comes with good news. Compare
18:28And Ahimaaz called out and said to the king, All is well; and he bowed down to the king on his face to the ground. And he said, Blessed be Jehovah your God, who has delivered up the men who have lifted up their hand against my lord the king. Compare
18:29And the king said, Is all well with the young man Absalom? And Ahimaaz said, When Joab sent the king's servant and me your servant, I saw a great commotion, but I do not know what it was. Compare
18:30And the king said, Turn aside, and stand here. And he turned aside and stood there. Compare
18:31Just then the Cushite came; and the Cushite said, Good news for my lord the king, for today Jehovah has avenged you of all who have risen up against you. Compare
18:32And the king said to the Cushite, Is all well with the young man Absalom? And the Cushite said, May the enemies of my lord the king and all those who rise up against you to harm you be like that young man! Compare
18:33And the king was badly shaken, and he went up to the chamber over the gate and wept. And as he went, he spoke thus, O my son Absalom! My son, my son Absalom! If only I had died instead of you! O Absalom, my son, my son! Compare
19:1And Joab was told: The king now weeps and mourns for Absalom. Compare
19:2And the victory that day was turned to mourning for all the people, for the people heard it said that day that the king was grieved concerning his son. Compare
19:3And the people stole into the city that day as shamed people steal away when they flee in battle. Compare
19:4And the king covered his face and cried with a loud voice, O my son Absalom! O Absalom, my son, my son! Compare
19:5Then Joab came to the king at his house and said, Today you have shamed the faces of all your servants, who saved your life today and the lives of your sons and daughters and the lives of your wives and the lives of your concubines, Compare
19:6In that you love those who hate you and hate those who love you; for you have made it clear today that princes and servants are nothing to you. But I realize today that if Absalom had lived and we all had died today, then it would have been fine in your sight. Compare
19:7Now therefore rise up; go forth and comfort the hearts of your servants. For I swear by Jehovah that if you do not go forth, not a man will remain with you tonight; and that will be worse for you than all the evil that has come upon you from your youth until now. Compare
19:8So the king rose up and sat in the gate. And all the people were told, saying, The king is now sitting in the gate. And all the people came before the king. Now Israel had fled, every man to his tent. Compare

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