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16 : 1 Now when David had passed a little beyond the summit, behold, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him with a couple of saddled donkeys, and on them were two hundred loaves of bread, a hundred clusters of raisins, a hundred summer fruits, and a jug of wine.
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16 : 2 The king said to Ziba, "Why do you have these?" And Ziba said, "The donkeys are for the king`s household to ride, and the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat, and the wine, for whoever is faint in the wilderness to drink."
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16 : 3 Then the king said, "And where is your master`s son?" And Ziba said to the king, "Behold, he is staying in Jerusalem, for he said, `Today the house of Israel will restore the kingdom of my father to me.`"
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16 : 4 So the king said to Ziba, "Behold, all that belongs to Mephibosheth is yours." And Ziba said, "I prostrate myself; let me find favor in your sight, O my lord, the king!"
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16 : 5 When King David came to Bahurim, behold, there came out from there a man of the family of the house of Saul whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera; he came out cursing continually as he came.
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16 : 6 He threw stones at David and at all the servants of King David; and all the people and all the mighty men were at his right hand and at his left.
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16 : 7 Thus Shimei said when he cursed, "Get out, get out, you man of bloodshed, and worthless fellow!
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16 : 8 The LORD has returned upon you all the bloodshed of the house of Saul, in whose place you have reigned; and the LORD has given the kingdom into the hand of your son Absalom. And behold, you are taken in your own evil, for you are a man of bloodshed!
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16 : 9 Then Abishai the son of Zeruiah said to the king, "Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Let me go over now and cut off his head."
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16 : 10 But the king said, "What have I to do with you, O sons of Zeruiah? If he curses, and if the LORD has told him, `Curse David,` then who shall say, `Why have you done so?`"
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16 : 11 Then David said to Abishai and to all his servants, "Behold, my son who came out from me seeks my life; how much more now this Benjamite? Let him alone and let him curse, for the LORD has told him.
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16 : 12 Perhaps the LORD will look on my affliction and return good to me instead of his cursing this day.
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16 : 13 So David and his men went on the way; and Shimei went along on the hillside parallel with him and as he went he cursed and cast stones and threw dust at him.
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16 : 14 The king and all the people who were with him arrived weary and he refreshed himself there.
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16 : 15 Then Absalom and all the people, the men of Israel, entered Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him.
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16 : 16 Now it came about when Hushai the Archite, David`s friend, came to Absalom, that Hushai said to Absalom, "Long live the king! Long live the king!"
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16 : 17 Absalom said to Hushai, "Is this your loyalty to your friend? Why did you not go with your friend?"
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16 : 18 Then Hushai said to Absalom, "No! For whom the LORD, this people, and all the men of Israel have chosen, his I will be, and with him I will remain.
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16 : 19 Besides, whom should I serve? Should I not serve in the presence of his son? As I have served in your father`s presence, so I will be in your presence.
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16 : 20 Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, "Give your advice. What shall we do?"
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16 : 21 Ahithophel said to Absalom, "Go in to your father`s concubines, whom he has left to keep the house; then all Israel will hear that you have made yourself odious to your father. The hands of all who are with you will also be strengthened."
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16 : 22 So they pitched a tent for Absalom on the roof, and Absalom went in to his father`s concubines in the sight of all Israel.
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16 : 23 The advice of Ahithophel, which he gave in those days, was as if one inquired of the word of God; so was all the advice of Ahithophel regarded by both David and Absalom.
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