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Chapter 16 And when David was a little
past the top of the hill, behold,

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Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him
with a couple of asses saddled,

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and upon them two hundred loaves of bread,
and an hundred bunches of raisins,

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and an hundred of summer fruits,
and a bottle of wine.

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And the king said unto Ziba, What meanest
thou by these?

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And Ziba said, The asses be for the king's
household to ride on, and the bread and

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summer fruit for the young men to eat,
and the wine that such as be faint in the

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wilderness may drink.

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And the king said, And where is thy
master's son?

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And Ziba said unto the king, Behold,
he abideth at Jerusalem.

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For he said, Today shall the house of
Israel restore me the kingdom of my

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father.

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Then said the king to Ziba, Behold,
thine are all that pertain unto

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Mephibosheth.

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And Ziba said, I humbly beseech thee that
I may find grace in thy sight,

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my lord, O king.

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And when king David came to Behurim,
behold, thence came out a man of the

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family of the house of Saul, whose name
was Shimei, the son of Gera.

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He came forth, and cursed still as he
came.

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And he cast stones at David, and at all
the servants of king David.

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And all the people and all the mighty men
were on his right hand, and on his left.

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And thus said Shimei when he cursed,
Come out, come out, thou bloody man,

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and thou man of Belial.

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The Lord hath returned upon thee all the
blood of the house of Saul, in whose stead

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thou hast reigned.

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And the Lord hath delivered the kingdom
into the hand of Absalom thy son.

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And behold, thou art taken in thy
mischief, because thou art a bloody man.

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Then said Abishai, the son of Zeruiah unto
the king, Why should this dead dog curse

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my lord the king?

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Let me go over, I pray thee, and take off
his head.

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And the king said, What have I to do with
you, ye sons of Zeruiah?

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So let him curse, because the Lord hath
said unto him, Curse David.

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Who shall then say, Wherefore hast thou
done so?

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And David said to Abishai, and to all his
servants, Behold, my son, which came forth

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of my bowels, seeketh my life.

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How much more now may this Benjamite do
it?

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Let him alone, and let him curse,
for the Lord hath bidden him.

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It may be that the Lord will look on mine
affliction, and that the Lord will requite

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me good for his cursing this day.

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And as David and his men went by the way,
Shimei went along on the hillside over

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against him, and cursed as he went,
and threw stones at him, and cast dust.

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And the king and all the people that were
with him came weary, and refreshed

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themselves there.

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And Absalom and all the people,
the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem,

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and to Hithophel with him.

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And it came to pass, when Hushai the
archite, David's friend, was coming to

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Absalom, that Hushai said unto Absalom,
God save the king!

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God save the king!

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And Absalom said to Hushai, Is this thy
kindness to thy friend?

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Why wentest thou not with thy friend?

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And Hushai said unto Absalom, Nay,
but whom the Lord, and this people,

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and all the men of Israel choose,
his will I be, and with him will I abide.

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And again, whom should I serve?

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Should I not serve in the presence of his
son, as I have served in thy father's

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presence?

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So will I be in thy presence.

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Then said Absalom to Hithophel,
Give counsel among you what we shall do.

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And Hithophel said unto Absalom,
Go in unto thy father's concubines,

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which he hath left to keep the house,
and all Israel shall hear that thou art a

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hoard of thy father.

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Then shall the hands of all that are with
thee be strong.

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So they spread Absalom a tent upon the top
of the house, and Absalom went in unto his

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father's concubines in the sight of all
Israel.

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And the counsel of Hithophel, which he
counseled in those days, was as if a man

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had inquired at the oracle of God.

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So was all the counsel of Hithophel,
both with David and with Absalom.