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2 Samuel 16 :: Brenton's English Septuagint (BES)

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:1 - And David passed on a little way from Ros; and, behold, Siba the servant of Memphibosthe came to meet him; and he had a couple of asses laden, and upon them two hundred loaves, and a hundred bunches of raisins, and a hundred cakes of dates, and a bottle of wine.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:2 - And the king said to Siba, What meanest thou by these? and Siba said, The asses are for the household of the king to sit upon, and the loaves and the dates are for the young men to eat, and the wine is for them that are faint in the wilderness to drink.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:3 - And the king said, And where is the son of thy master? and Siba said to the king, Behold, he remains in Jerusalem; for he said, To-day shall the house of Israel restore to me the kingdom of my father.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:4 - And the king said to Siba, Behold, all Memphibosthe's property is thine. And Siba did obeisance and said, My lord, O king, let me find grace in thine eyes.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:5 - And king David came to Baurim; and, behold, there came out from thence a man of the family of the house of Saul, and his name was Semei the son of Gera. He came forth and cursed as he went,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:6 - and cast stones at David, and at all the servants of king David: and all the people and all the mighty men were on the right and left hand of the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:7 - And thus Semei said when he cursed him, Go out, go out, thou bloody man, and man of sin.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:8 - The Lord has returned upon thee all the blood of the house of Saul, because thou hast reigned in his stead; and the Lord has given the kingdom into the hand of Abessalom thy son: and, behold, thou art taken in thy mischief, because thou art a bloody man.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:9 - And Abessa the son of Saruia said to the king, Why does this dead dog curse my lord the king? let me go over now and take off his head.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:10 - And the king said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Saruia? even let him alone, and so let him curse, for the Lord has told him to curse David: and who shall say, Why hast thou done thus?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:11 - And David said to Abessa and to all his servants, Behold, my son who came forth out of my bowels seeks my life; still more now may the son of Benjamin: let him curse, because the Lord has told him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:12 - If by any means the Lord may look on my affliction, thus shall he return me good for his cursing this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:13 - And David and all the men with him went on the way: and Semei went by the side of the hill next to him, cursing as he went, and casting stones [fn]at him, and sprinkling him with dirt.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:14 - And the king, and all the people with him, came away and refreshed themselves there.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:15 - And Abessalom and all the men of Israel went into Jerusalem, and Achitophel with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:16 - And it came to pass when Chusi the chief friend of David came to Abessalom, that Chusi said to Abessalom, Let the king live.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:17 - And Abessalom said to Chusi, Is this thy kindness to thy friend? why wentest thou not forth with thy friend?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:18 - And Chusi said to Abessalom, Nay, but following whom the Lord, and this people, and all Israel have chosen,—his will I be, and with him will I dwell.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:19 - And again, whom shall I serve? should I not in the presence of his son? As I served in the sight of thy father, so will I be in thy presence.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:20 - And Abessalom said to Achitophel, Deliberate among yourselves concerning what we should do.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:21 - And Achitophel said to Abessalom, Go in to thy father's concubines, whom he left to keep his house; and all Israel shall hear that thou hast dishonoured thy father; and the hands of all that are with thee shall be strengthened.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:22 - And they pitched a tent for Abessalom on the roof, and Abessalom went in to his father's concubines in the sight of all Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:23 - And the counsel of Achitophel, which he counselled in former days, was as if one should enquire of the word of God: so was all the counsel of Achitophel both to David and also to Abessalom.
BES Footnotes
Gr. obliquely, etc.
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Translation of the Greek Septuagint into English by Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton, originally published in 1851 and is now in the Public Domain

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2 Samuel Chapter 16 — Additional Translations:

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