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2Samuel 19

Joab Rebukes David

19Someone informed Joab, "The king is weeping bitterly, mourning for Absalom."H5046H3097H4428H1058H56H532The victory had became an occasion for the army to mourn, because on that very day the troops heard the announcement, "The king is grieving for his son!"H8668H3117H60H5971H5971H8085H559H3117H4428H6087H11213So men snuck into the city that day like men do who are ashamed after they've run away from a battle.H5971H935H1589H3117H5892H5971H3637H1589H5127H44214Meanwhile, the king veiled his face and kept on crying loudly, "My son Absalom! Absalom my son, my son!"H4428H3813H6440H4428H2199H1419H6963H1121H53H53H1121H11215Joab went up to the palace and rebuked the king: "Today you've humiliated your entire army who just saved your life, the lives of your sons and daughters, and the lives of your wives and mistresses!H3097H935H1004H4428H559H3001H3117H6440H5650H3117H4422H5315H5315H1121H1323H5315H802H5315H63706You love those who hate you and hate those who love you! You've made it abundantly clear today that your officers and the men under them mean nothing to you! I've learned today that you would rather have Absalom alive today and all the rest of us dead!H157H8130H8130H157H5046H3117H8269H5650H3117H3045H3863H53H2416H4191H3117H3477H58697Now get up and restore the morale of your army. I swear by the Lord that if you don't get out there, you won't have a single man left in your army by nightfall! You'll be in more trouble today than all the disasters you've been through from your boyhood until now!"H6965H3318H1696H3820H5650H7650H3068H3318H3885H376H3915H7489H7451H935H5271

David is Reinstated as King

8So the king got up and took his seat in the gateway. When the army was informed, "The king is sitting in the gateway!" they all gathered together in his presence. Meanwhile, the Israelites had run away back to their own homes.H4428H6965H3427H8179H5046H5971H559H4428H3427H8179H5971H935H6440H4428H3478H5127H376H1689Throughout the tribes of Israel, everyone was quarreling with one another: "The king delivered us from the domination of our enemies…." "He's the one who rescued us from Philistine control…." "Now he's fleeing the country because of Absalom…!"H5971H1777H7626H3478H559H4428H5337H3709H341H4422H3709H6430H1272H776H5310"The very same Absalom we anointed to rule just died in battle…!" "Now then, why remain silent about bringing the king back…?"H53H4886H4191H4421H2790H7725H4428H772511So King David sent this message to Zadok and Abiathar, the priests: "Ask the elders of Judah, 'Why are you the last to bring the king back to his palace, considering that what's being reported throughout all of Israel has come to the king at his palace?H4428H1732H7971H6659H54H3548H559H1696H2205H3063H559H314H7725H4428H7725H1004H1697H3478H935H4428H100412You're my relatives! You're my own flesh and blood! So why are you the last to bring back the king?'H251H6106H1320H314H7725H442813Then ask Amasa, 'Aren't you my own flesh and blood?So may God deal with me, no matter how severely, if from this day forward you don't take Joab's place as commander of my army.'H559H6021H6106H1320H430H6213H3254H8269H6635H6440H3117H8478H309714By doing things like this, he persuaded all the men of Judah to unite in support of him. They sent the king this message: "Come on back, you and all of your army!"H5186H3824H376H3063H259H376H7971H4428H7725H565015So the king returned to Israel as far as the Jordan River. The men of Judah went out as far as Gilgal to greet the king and escort him across the Jordan RiverH4428H7725H935H3383H3063H935H1537H3212H7125H4428H5674H4428H5674H338316while Gera's son Shimei, the Benjaminite from Bahurim, accompanied them to meet King David.H8096H1121H1617H1145H980H4116H3381H376H3063H7125H4428H173217Ziba, the steward in charge of Saul's household, and 1,000 Benjaminites accompanied him, along with Ziba's fifteen sons and 20 servants. They rushed toward the Jordan River ahead of the kingH505H376H1145H6717H5288H1004H7586H2568H6240H1121H6242H5650H6743H3383H6440H442818and forded it to assist the king at the crossing so he could do whatever he wished. Just as the king was about to ford the Jordan River, Gera's son Shimei fell down in front of the kingH5674H5679H5674H4428H1004H6213H5869H2896H8096H1121H1617H5307H6440H4428H5674H338319and addressed him, "May your majesty not hold me guilty. Don't remember how your servant did wrong the day your majesty the king left Jerusalem. May the king not let it burden his heart,H559H4428H113H2803H5771H2142H5650H5753H3117H113H4428H3318H3389H4428H7760H382020because your servant knows that I have sinned, but today I have come here as the first one from the entire house of Joseph to meet your majesty the king."H5650H3045H2398H935H7223H3117H1004H3130H3381H7125H113H442821But Zeruiah's son Abishai asked, "Why shouldn't Shimei be put to death for this?After all, he cursed the Lord's anointed!"H52H1121H6870H6030H559H8096H4191H7043H3068H489922David replied, "What do you sons of Zeruiah have in common with me?You've become my enemies today! Should anyone be executed in Israel today?Don't you know that I've been reinstated as king over Israel today?"H1732H559H1121H6870H3117H7854H376H4191H3117H3478H3045H3117H4428H347823Then the king addressed Shimei, "You won't die!" affirming his promise with an oath.H4428H559H8096H4191H4428H765024Meanwhile, Saul's grandson Mephibosheth also went out to greet the king. He had not taken care of his feet, trimmed his mustache, or washed his clothes from the day the king left until the day he returned safely.H4648H1121H7586H3381H7125H4428H3808H6213H7272H6213H8222H3526H899H3117H4428H3212H3117H935H796525When he arrived from Jerusalem to greet the king, the king asked him, "So why didn't you come with me, Mephibosheth?"H935H3389H7125H4428H4428H559H1980H464826He replied, "Well, your majesty, since your servant is lame, I told myself, 'I'll have my donkey saddled and I'll ride on it so I can leave with the king.' But my servant Ziba deceived meH559H113H4428H5650H7411H5650H559H2280H2543H7392H3212H4428H5650H645527by slandering your servant to your majesty. But your majesty the king is like an angel from God: so do what you think is best.H7270H5650H113H4428H113H4428H4397H430H6213H2896H586928Everyone from my grandfather's household deserved nothing but death from your majesty the king, but you provided a place for your servant among those who have been eating from your table. So what right do I have to ask for anything more from the king?"H1H1004H3808H4194H582H113H4428H7896H5650H398H7979H6666H3426H2199H442829In response, the king told him, "What's the point of us talking any more?My decision is that you and Ziba divide the fields."H4428H559H1696H1697H559H6717H2505H770430But Mephibosheth told the king, "Let him take all of it, now that your majesty the king has returned safely to his palace."H4648H559H4428H3947H310H834H113H4428H935H7965H100431Barzillai the Gileadite also had come down from Rogelim to cross the Jordan River with the king and to see him on his way from there.H1271H1569H3381H7274H5674H3383H4428H7971H338332Now Barzillai was a very old man at the age of 80 years. A very wealthy man, Barzillai had provided for king David during his sojourn in Mahanaim.H1271H3966H2204H8084H8141H1121H4428H3557H7871H4266H3966H1419H37633So the king invited Barzillai, "Cross the Jordan River with me, live with me in Jerusalem, and I'll provide for you there."32H4428H559H1271H5674H3557H338934"How many more years do I have to live," Barzillai replied to the king, "that I should move to Jerusalem with the king?H1271H559H4428H3117H8141H2416H5927H4428H338935I'm now 80 years old! I can hardly tell the difference between what tastes good or bad! I can't tell what I eat or drink! I can't hear the voice of men and women when they sing! So why should your servant be an added burden to your majesty the king?H3117H8084H8141H1121H3045H2896H7451H5650H2938H834H398H834H8354H8085H6963H7891H7891H5650H4853H113H442836Your servant will cross the Jordan River with the king for a short distance, but why should the king offer me this reward?H5650H5674H4592H5674H3383H4428H4428H1580H157837Please let your servant return so I can die in my own home town near the grave of my father and mother. Meanwhile, here is your servant Chimham! Let him accompany your majesty the king. Please do for him whatever seems best to you."H5650H7725H4191H5892H6913H1H517H5650H3643H5674H113H4428H6213H2896H586938So the king answered, "Chimham will accompany me, and I'll do for him whatever seems best to you! I'll do anything for you that you want!"H4428H559H3643H5674H6213H2896H5869H977H621339Then all the people crossed the Jordan River, followed by the king. The king embraced Barzillai, blessed him, and then Barzillai returned to his home.H5971H5674H3383H4428H5674H4428H5401H1271H1288H7725H472540As the king crossed over the Jordan River to Gilgal, Chimham accompanied him, as did all the troops of Judah and half the troops of Israel.H4428H5674H1537H3643H5674H5971H3063H5674H5674H4428H2677H5971H347841Not long afterward, all the men of Israel started coming to the king, complaining to him, "Why did our relatives in Judah's army sneak you away, taking the king and his household over the Jordan River, along with David's army?"19H376H3478H935H4428H559H4428H251H376H3063H1589H5674H4428H1004H1732H582H338342Everybody from Judah shouted to the men from Israel, "We did this because the king is closely related to us. So why are you angry about this?Have we lived off the king's expense?Have we appropriated anything for ourselves?"H376H3063H6030H376H3478H4428H7138H2734H1697H398H398H4428H5375H537943But the men from Israel answered the men from Judah: "We represent ten of the tribes of Israel! So we have more right to David than you do! Why haven't you taken us seriously?Weren't we the first to talk about bringing back our king?" But what the people of Judah had to say was harsher than what the people of Israel were saying.19H376H3478H6030H376H3063H559H6235H3027H4428H589H1732H7043H1697H7223H7725H4428H1697H376H3063H7185H1697H376H3478


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