2 Samuel 19 :: New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB95)

Joab Reproves David's Lament

2Sa 19:1Then it was told Joab, “Behold, the king is weeping and mourns for Absalom.”

2Sa 19:2The [fn]victory that day was turned to mourning for all the people, for the people heard it said that day, “The king is grieved for his son.”

2Sa 19:3

2Sa 19:3So the people went by stealth into the city that day, as people who are humiliated steal away when they flee in battle.

2Sa 19:4

2Sa 19:4The king covered his face and [fn]cried out with a loud voice, “O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!”

2Sa 19:5

2Sa 19:5Then Joab came into the house to the king and said, “Today you have covered with shame the faces of all your servants, who today have saved your life and the lives of your sons and daughters, the lives of your wives, and the lives of your concubines,

2Sa 19:6

2Sa 19:6by loving those who hate you, and by hating those who love you. For you have shown today that [fn]princes and servants are nothing to you; for I know this day that if Absalom were alive and all of us were dead today, then [fn]you would be pleased.

2Sa 19:7

2Sa 19:7“Now therefore arise, go out and speak [fn]kindly to your servants, for I swear by the LORD, if you do not go out, surely not a man will pass the night with you, and this will be worse for you than all the evil that has come upon you from your youth until now.”

David Restored as King

2Sa 19:8

2Sa 19:8So the king arose and sat in the gate. When they told all the people, saying, “Behold, the king is sitting in the gate,” then all the people came before the king. Now Israel had fled, each to his tent.

2Sa 19:9

2Sa 19:9All the people were quarreling throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, “The king delivered us from the [fn]hand of our enemies and saved us from the [fn]hand of the Philistines, but now he has fled out of the land from Absalom.

2Sa 19:10

2Sa 19:10“However, Absalom, whom we anointed over us, has died in battle. Now then, why are you silent about bringing the king back?”

2Sa 19:11

2Sa 19:11Then King David sent to Zadok and Abiathar the priests, saying, “Speak to the elders of Judah, saying, ‘Why are you the last to bring the king back to his house, since the word of all Israel has come to the king, even to his house?

2Sa 19:12

2Sa 19:12‘You are my brothers; you are my bone and my flesh. Why then should you be the last to bring back the king?’

2Sa 19:13

2Sa 19:13“Say to Amasa, ‘Are you not my bone and my flesh? May God do so to me, and more also, if you will not be commander of the army before me continually in place of Joab.’”

2Sa 19:14

2Sa 19:14Thus he turned the hearts of all the men of Judah as one man, so that they sent word to the king, saying, “Return, you and all your servants.”

2Sa 19:15

2Sa 19:15The king then returned and came as far as the Jordan. And Judah came to Gilgal in order to go to meet the king, to bring the king across the Jordan.

2Sa 19:16

2Sa 19:16Then Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite who was from Bahurim, hurried and came down with the men of Judah to meet King David.

2Sa 19:17

2Sa 19:17There were a thousand men of Benjamin with him, with Ziba the servant of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons and his twenty servants with him; and they rushed to the Jordan before the king.

2Sa 19:18

2Sa 19:18Then they kept crossing the ford to bring over the king’s household, and to do what was good in his sight. And Shimei the son of Gera fell down before the king as he was about to cross the Jordan.

2Sa 19:19

2Sa 19:19So he said to the king, “Let not my lord consider me guilty, nor remember what your servant did wrong on the day when my lord the king came out from Jerusalem, so that the king would [fn]take it to heart.

2Sa 19:20

2Sa 19:20“For your servant knows that I have sinned; therefore behold, I have come today, the first of all the house of Joseph to go down to meet my lord the king.”

2Sa 19:21

2Sa 19:21But Abishai the son of Zeruiah said, “Should not Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed the LORD’S anointed?”

2Sa 19:22

2Sa 19:22David then said, “What have I to do with you, O sons of Zeruiah, that you should this day be an adversary to me? Should any man be put to death in Israel today? For do I not know that I am king over Israel today?”

2Sa 19:23

2Sa 19:23The king said to Shimei, “You shall not die.” Thus the king swore to him.

2Sa 19:24

2Sa 19:24Then Mephibosheth the [fn]son of Saul came down to meet the king; and he had neither [fn]cared for his feet, nor [fn]trimmed his mustache, nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came home in peace.

2Sa 19:25

2Sa 19:25It was when he came from Jerusalem to meet the king, that the king said to him, “Why did you not go with me, Mephibosheth?”

2Sa 19:26

2Sa 19:26So he answered, “O my lord, the king, my servant deceived me; for your servant said, ‘I will saddle a donkey for myself that I may ride on it and go with the king,’ because your servant is lame.

2Sa 19:27

2Sa 19:27“Moreover, he has slandered your servant to my lord the king; but my lord the king is like the angel of God, therefore do what is good in your sight.

2Sa 19:28

2Sa 19:28“For all my father’s household was nothing but dead men before my lord the king; yet you set your servant among those who ate at your own table. What right do I have yet that I should [fn]complain anymore to the king?”

2Sa 19:29

2Sa 19:29So the king said to him, “Why do you still speak of your affairs? I have [fn]decided, ‘You and Ziba shall divide the land.’”

2Sa 19:30

2Sa 19:30Mephibosheth said to the king, “Let him even take it all, since my lord the king has come safely to his own house.”

2Sa 19:31

2Sa 19:31Now Barzillai the Gileadite had come down from Rogelim; and he went on to the Jordan with the king to [fn]escort him over the Jordan.

2Sa 19:32

2Sa 19:32Now Barzillai was very old, being eighty years old; and he had [fn]sustained the king while he stayed at Mahanaim, for he was a very great man.

2Sa 19:33

2Sa 19:33The king said to Barzillai, “You cross over with me and I will [fn]sustain you in Jerusalem with me.”

2Sa 19:34

2Sa 19:34But Barzillai said to the king, “How long [fn]have I yet to live, that I should go up with the king to Jerusalem?

2Sa 19:35

2Sa 19:35“I am [fn]now eighty years old. Can I distinguish between good and bad? Or can your servant taste what I eat or what I drink? Or can I hear anymore the voice of singing men and women? Why then should your servant be an added burden to my lord the king?

2Sa 19:36

2Sa 19:36“Your servant would merely cross over the Jordan with the king. Why should the king compensate me with this reward?

2Sa 19:37

2Sa 19:37“Please let your servant return, that I may die in my own city near the grave of my father and my mother. However, here is your servant Chimham, let him cross over with my lord the king, and do for him what is good in your sight.”

2Sa 19:38

2Sa 19:38The king answered, “Chimham shall cross over with me, and I will do for him what is good in your sight; and whatever you [fn]require of me, I will do for you.”

2Sa 19:39

2Sa 19:39All the people crossed over the Jordan and the king crossed too. The king then kissed Barzillai and blessed him, and he returned to his place.

2Sa 19:40

2Sa 19:40Now the king went on to Gilgal, and Chimham went on with him; and all the people of Judah and also half the people of Israel [fn]accompanied the king.

2Sa 19:41

2Sa 19:41And behold, all the men of Israel came to the king and said to the king, “Why had our brothers the men of Judah stolen you away, and brought the king and his household and all David’s men with him over the Jordan?”

2Sa 19:42

2Sa 19:42Then all the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, “Because the king is a close relative to [fn]us. Why then [fn]are you angry about this matter? Have we eaten at all at the king’s expense, or has [fn]anything been taken for us?”

2Sa 19:43

2Sa 19:43But the men of Israel answered the men of Judah and said, “[fn]We have ten parts in the king, therefore [fn]we also have more claim on David than you. Why then did you treat us with contempt? Was it not [fn]our advice first to bring back [fn]our king?” Yet the words of the men of Judah were harsher than the words of the men of Israel.

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NASB95 Footnotes

(19:2)

Literally: salvation

(19:4)

Literally: the king cried

(19:6)

Or, commanders

(19:6)

Literally: it would be right in your eyes

(19:7)

Literally: to the heart

Literally: palm

Literally: set

I.e. grandson

Literally: done

Literally: cry out

Literally: said

Literally: send

Or, provided food for

(19:33)

Or, provide food for

(19:34)

Literally: are the days of the years of my life

(19:35)

Literally: today

(19:38)

Literally: choose

(19:40)

Literally: crossed over with

(19:42)

Literally: me

(19:42)

Literally: is it hot to you

(19:42)

Or, a gift

(19:43)

Singular in Heb

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2 Samuel 19 :: New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB95)

Joab Reproves David's Lament

David Restored as King

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