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2 Samuel 16 :: Hebrew Names Version (HNV)

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:1 - When David was a little past the top of the ascent, behold, Tziva the servant of Mefivoshet met him, with a couple of donkeys saddled, and on them two hundred loaves of bread, and one hundred clusters of raisins, and one hundred summer fruits, and a bottle of wine.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:2 - The king said to Tziva, What do you mean by these? Tziva said, The donkeys are 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 are faint in the wilderness may drink.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:3 - The king said, Where is your master's son? Tziva said to the king, Behold, he abides at Yerushalayim; for he said, Today will the house of Yisra'el restore me the kingdom of my father.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:4 - Then said the king to Tziva, Behold, all that pertains to Mefivoshet is yours. Tziva said, I do obeisance; let me find favor in your sight, my lord, O king.

David Is Cursed

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:5 - When king David came to Bachurim, behold, a man of the family of the house of Sha'ul came out, whose name was Shim`i, the son of Gera. He came out, and cursed still as he came.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:6 - 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:7 - Thus said Shim`i when he cursed, Be gone, be gone, you man of blood, and base fellow:

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:8 - The LORD has returned on you all the blood of the house of Sha'ul, in whose place you have reigned; and the LORD has delivered the kingdom into the hand of Avshalom your son; and, behold, you are taken in your own mischief, because you are a man of blood.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:9 - Then said Avishai the son of Tzeru'yah to the king, "Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Please let me go over and take off his head."

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:10 - The king said, What have I to do with you, you sons of Tzeru'yah? Because he curses, and because the LORD has said to him, Curse David; who then shall say, Why have you done so?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:11 - David said to Avishai, and to all his servants, Behold, my son, who came forth from my bowels, seeks my life: how much more may this Binyamini now do it? let him alone, and let him curse; for the LORD has invited him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:12 - It may be that the LORD will look on the wrong done to me, and that the LORD will requite me good for his cursing of me this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:13 - So David and his men went by the way; and Shim`i went along on the hill-side over against him, and cursed as he went, and threw stones at him, and cast dust.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:14 - The king, and all the people who were with him, came weary; and he refreshed himself there.

Absalom Enters Jerusalem

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:15 - Avshalom, and all the people, the men of Yisra'el, came to Yerushalayim, and Achitofel with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:16 - It happened, when Hushai the Arki, David's friend, was come to Avshalom, that Hushai said to Avshalom, Long live the king, Long live the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:17 - Avshalom said to Hushai, Is this your kindness to your friend? Why didn't you go with your friend?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:18 - Hushai said to Avshalom, No; but whom the LORD, and this people, and all the men of Yisra'el have chosen, his will I be, and with him will I abide.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:19 - Again, whom should I serve? Shouldn't I serve in the presence of his son? as I have served in your father's presence, so will I be in your presence.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:20 - Then said Avshalom to Achitofel, Give your counsel what we shall do.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:21 - Achitofel said to Avshalom, Go in to your father's concubines, that he has left to keep the house; and all Yisra'el will hear that you are abhorred of your father: then will the hands of all who are with you be strong.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:22 - So they spread Avshalom a tent on the top of the house; and Avshalom went in to his father's concubines in the sight of all Yisra'el.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:23 - The counsel of Achitofel, which he gave in those days, was as if a man inquired at the oracle of God: so was all the counsel of Achitofel both with David and with Avshalom.
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2 Samuel Chapter 16 — Additional Translations:

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