2 Samuel · Updated Brenton English Septuagint
2 Samuel 19 Updated Brenton English Septuagint
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- Same Septuagint text as Brenton, with modernised spelling.
1 And the king was troubled, and went to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and thus he said as he went, My son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom; would God I had died for thee, [even] I [had died] for thee, Absalom, my son, my son!
1 Joab was told, “Behold, the king weeps and mourns for Absalom.”
2 And they brought Joab word, saying, Behold, the king weeps and mourns for Absalom.
2 The victory that day was turned into mourning among all the people, for the people heard it said that day, “The king grieves for his son.”
3 And the victory was turned that day into mourning to all the people, for the people heard say that day, The king grieves after his son.
3 The people sneaked into the city that day, as people who are ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.
4 And the people stole away that day to go into the city, as people steal away when they are ashamed as they flee in the battle.
4 The king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, “My son Absalom, Absalom, my son, my son!”
5 And the king hid his face: and the king cried with a loud voice, My son Absalom! Absalom my son!
5 Joab came into the house to the king, and said, “Today you have shamed the faces of all your servants who today have saved your life, and the lives of your sons and of your daughters, and the lives of your wives, and the lives of your concubines;
6 And Joab went in to the king, into the house, and said, Thou hast this day shamed the faces of all thy servants that have delivered thee this day, and [have saved] the lives of thy sons and of thy daughters, and the lives of thy wives, and of thy concubines,
6 in that you love those who hate you and hate those who love you. For you have declared today that princes and servants are nothing to you. For today I perceive that if Absalom had lived and we had all died today, then it would have pleased you well.
7 forasmuch as thou lovest them that hate thee, and hatest them that love thee; and thou hast this day declared, that thy princes and thy servants are nothing [in thy sight]: for I know this day, that if Absalom were alive, [and] all of us dead today, then it would have been right in thy sight.
7 Now therefore arise, go out and speak to comfort your servants; for I swear by Yahweh, if you don’t go out, not a man will stay with you this night. That would be worse to you than all the evil that has happened to you from your youth until now.”
8 And now arise, and go forth, and speak comfortably to thy servants; for I have sworn by the Lord, that unless thou wilt go forth today, there shall not a man remain with thee this night: and know for thyself, this thing [will] indeed [be] evil to thee beyond all the evil that has come upon thee from thy youth until now.
8 Then the king arose and sat in the gate. The people were all told, “Behold, the king is sitting in the gate.” All the people came before the king. Now Israel had fled every man to his tent.
9 Then the king arose, and sat in the gate: and all the people reported, saying, Behold, the king sits in the gate. And all the people went in before the king to the gate; for Israel had fled every man to his tent.
9 All the people were at strife throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, “The king delivered us out of the hand of our enemies, and he saved us out of the hand of the Philistines; and now he has fled out of the land from Absalom.
10 And all the people disputed among all the tribes of Israel, saying, King David delivered us from all our enemies, and he rescued us from the hand of the Philistines: and now he has fled from the land, and from his kingdom, and from Absalom.
10 Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle. Now therefore why don’t you speak a word of bringing the king back?”
11 And Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle: and now why are ye silent about bringing back the king? And the word of all Israel came to the king.
11 King David sent to Zadok and to 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 speech of all Israel has come to the king, to return him to his house?
12 And King David sent to Zadok and Abiathar the priests, saying, Speak to the elders of Israel, saying, Why are ye the last to bring back the king to his house? whereas the word of all Israel is come to the king to his house.
12 You are my brothers. You are my bone and my flesh. Why then are you the last to bring back the king?’
13 Ye [are] my brethren, ye [are] my bones and my flesh: why are ye the last to bring back the king to his house?
13 Say to Amasa, ‘Aren’t you my bone and my flesh? God do so to me, and more also, if you aren’t captain of the army before me continually instead of Joab.’”
14 And ye shall say to Amasa, [Art] thou not my bone and my flesh? and now God do so to me, and more also, if thou shalt not be commander of the host before me continually in the room of Joab.
14 He bowed the heart of all the men of Judah, even as one man, so that they sent to the king, saying, “Return, you and all your servants.”
15 And he bowed the heart of all the men of Judah as that of one man; and they sent to the king, saying, Return thou, and all thy servants.
15 So the king returned, and came to the Jordan. Judah came to Gilgal, to go to meet the king, to bring the king over the Jordan.
16 And the king returned, and came as far as Jordan. And the men of Judah came to Gilgal on their way to meet the king, to cause the king to pass over Jordan.
16 Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite, who was of Bahurim, hurried and came down with the men of Judah to meet King David.
17 And Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjaminite, of Bahurim, hastened and went down with the men of Judah to meet King David.
17 There were a thousand men of Benjamin with him, and Ziba the servant of Saul’s house, and his fifteen sons and his twenty servants with him; and they went through the Jordan in the presence of the king.
18 And a thousand men of Benjamin [were] with him, and Ziba the servant of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons with him, and his twenty servants with him: and they went directly down to Jordan before the king,
18 A ferry boat went to bring over the king’s household, and to do what he thought good. Shimei the son of Gera fell down before the king when he had come over the Jordan.
19 and they performed the service of bringing the king over; and there went over a ferryboat to remove the household of the king, and to do that which was right in his eyes. And Shimei the son of Gera fell on his face before the king, as he went over Jordan;
19 He said to the king, “Don’t let my lord impute iniquity to me, or remember that which your servant did perversely the day that my lord the king went out of Jerusalem, that the king should take it to his heart.
20 and said to the king, Let not my lord now impute iniquity, and remember not all the iniquity of thy servant in the day in which my lord went out from Jerusalem, so that the king should mind it.
20 For your servant knows that I have sinned. Therefore behold, I have come today as the first of all the house of Joseph to go down to meet my lord the king.”
21 For thy servant knows that I have sinned: and, behold, I am come today before all Israel and the house of Joseph, to go down and meet my lord the king.
21 But Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered, “Shouldn’t Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed Yahweh’s anointed?”
22 And Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered and said, Shall not Shimei therefore be put to death, because he cursed the Lord’s anointed?
22 David said, “What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah, that you should be adversaries to me today? Shall any man be put to death today in Israel? For don’t I know that I am king over Israel today?”
23 And David said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah, that ye as it were lie in wait against me this day? today no man in Israel shall be put to death, for I know not if I this day reign over Israel.
23 The king said to Shimei, “You will not die.” The king swore to him.
24 And the king said to Shimei, Thou shalt not die: and the king swore to him.
24 Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king; and he had neither groomed his feet, nor trimmed his beard, nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came home in peace.
25 And Mephibosheth the son of Saul’s son went down to meet the king, and had not dressed his feet, nor pared his nails, nor shaved himself, neither had he washed his garments, from the day that the king departed, until the day when he arrived in peace.
25 When he had come to Jerusalem to meet the king, the king said to him, “Why didn’t you go with me, Mephibosheth?”
26 And it came to pass when he went into Jerusalem to meet the king, that the king said to him, Why didst thou not go with me, Mephibosheth?
26 He answered, “My lord, O 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.
27 And Mephibosheth said to him, My lord, O king, my servant deceived me; for thy servant said to him, Saddle me the ass, and I will ride upon it, and go with the king; for thy servant [is] lame.
27 He has slandered your servant to my lord the king, but my lord the king is as an angel of God. Therefore do what is good in your eyes.
28 And he has dealt deceitfully with thy servant to my lord the king: but my lord the king [is] as an angel of God, and do thou that which is good in thine eyes.
28 For all my father’s house were but dead men before my lord the king; yet you set your servant among those who ate at your own table. What right therefore have I yet that I should appeal any more to the king?”
29 For all the house of my father were but as dead men before my lord the king; yet thou hast set thy servant among them that eat at thy table: and what right have I any longer even to cry to the king?
29 The king said to him, “Why do you speak any more of your matters? I say, you and Ziba divide the land.”
30 And the king said to him, Why speakest thou any longer of thy matters? I have said, Thou and Ziba shall divide the land.
30 Mephibosheth said to the king, “Yes, let him take all, because my lord the king has come in peace to his own house.”
31 And Mephibosheth said to the king, Yea, let him take all, since my lord the king has come in peace to his house.
31 Barzillai the Gileadite came down from Rogelim; and he went over the Jordan with the king to conduct him over the Jordan.
32 And Barzillai the Gileadite came down from Rogelim, and crossed over Jordan with the king, that he might conduct the king over Jordan.
32 Now Barzillai was a very aged man, even eighty years old. He had provided the king with sustenance while he stayed at Mahanaim, for he was a very great man.
33 And Barzillai was a very old man, eighty years old; and he had maintained the king when he dwelt in Mahanaim; for he was a very great man.
33 The king said to Barzillai, “Come over with me, and I will sustain you with me in Jerusalem.”
34 And the king said to Barzillai, Thou shalt go over with me, and I will nourish thine old age with me in Jerusalem.
34 Barzillai said to the king, “How many are the days of the years of my life, that I should go up with the king to Jerusalem?
35 And Barzillai said to the king, How many [are] the days of the years of my life, that I should go up with the king to Jerusalem?
35 I am eighty years old, today. Can I discern between good and bad? Can your servant taste what I eat or what I drink? Can I hear the voice of singing men and singing women any more? Why then should your servant be a burden to my lord the king?
36 I am this day eighty years old: can I then distinguish between good and evil? Can thy servant taste any longer what I eat or drink? can I any longer hear the voice of singing men or singing women? and wherefore shall thy servant any longer be a burden to my lord the king?
36 Your servant will just go over the Jordan with the king. Why should the king repay me with such a reward?
37 Thy servant will go a little way over Jordan with the king: and why does the king return me this recompense?
37 Please let your servant turn back again, that I may die in my own city, by the grave of my father and my mother. But behold, your servant Chimham; let him go over with my lord the king; and do to him what shall seem good to you.”
38 Let, I pray thee, thy servant remain, and I will die in my city, by the tomb of my father and of my mother. And, behold, thy servant Chimham shall go over with my lord the king; and do thou to him as it seems good in thine eyes.
38 The king answered, “Chimham shall go over with me, and I will do to him that which shall seem good to you. Whatever you request of me, that I will do for you.”
39 And the king said, Let Chimham go over with me, and I will do to him what is good in my sight; and whatsoever thou shalt choose at my hand, I will do for thee.
39 All the people went over the Jordan, and the king went over. Then the king kissed Barzillai and blessed him; and he returned to his own place.
40 And all the people went over Jordan, and the king went over; and the king kissed Barzillai, and blessed him; and he returned to his place.
40 So the king went over to Gilgal, and Chimham went over with him. All the people of Judah brought the king over, and also half the people of Israel.
41 And the king went over to Gilgal, and Chimham went over with him: and all the men of Judah went over with the king, and also half the people of Israel.
41 Behold, all the men of Israel came to the king, and said to the king, “Why have our brothers the men of Judah stolen you away, and brought the king and his household, over the Jordan, and all David’s men with him?”
42 And behold, all the men of Israel came to the king, and said to the king, Why have our brethren the men of Judah stolen thee away, and caused the king and all his house to pass over Jordan, and all the men of David with him?
42 All the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, “Because the king is a close relative to us. Why then are you angry about this matter? Have we eaten at all at the king’s cost? Or has he given us any gift?”
43 And all the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, and said, Because the king is near of kin to us: and why were you thus angry concerning this matter? have we indeed eaten of the king’s food? or has he given us a gift, or has he sent us a portion?
43 The men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, “We have ten parts in the king, and we have also more claim to David than you. Why then did you despise us, that our advice should not be first had in bringing back our king?” The words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel.
44 And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, We have ten parts in the king, and we are older than you, we have also an interest in David above you: and why have ye thus insulted us, and why was not our advice taken before that of Judah, to bring back our king? And the speech of the men of Judah was sharper than the speech of the men of Israel.
44 Not in this translation
People & places in this chapter
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People
Amasa
Son of Ithra and Abigail and a cousin of Joab, whom Absalom made army commander in Joab's place, whom David later offered Joab's command, and whom Joab killed with a dagger.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 17:25; 2 Samuel 19:13; 2 Samuel 20:4
Barzillai
A very wealthy eighty-year-old Gileadite from Rogelim who provided for David at Mahanaim and, declining to go to Jerusalem, asked David to take Chimham in his place. Ezra 2:61 and…
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 17:27; 2 Samuel 19:31; 2 Samuel 19:32
Chimham
Presented by Barzillai the Gileadite to David as one to receive the king's favor in his place, he crossed the Jordan with David.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 19:37; 2 Samuel 19:38; 2 Samuel 19:40
David
The shepherd who became Israel's greatest king and a man after God's own heart.
Cited in the guide: 1 Sam. 16 - 1 Kings 2; 2 Sam. 7; 1 Chron. 2:15; Matt. 1:6
Gera
Named as the father of Shimei, the Benjamite from Bahurim who cursed David.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 16:5; 2 Samuel 19:16; 1 Kings 2:8
Shimei
A man of Saul's house from Bahurim, who cursed and threw stones at David as he fled Absalom and then begged forgiveness on David's return, when David swore he would not die.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 16:5; 2 Samuel 16:7; 2 Samuel 19:16
Cross references (42)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 2 Samuel 18:5; 2 Samuel 18:14; Proverbs 17:25; 2 Samuel 18:33; 2 Samuel 18:12
- 2 Proverbs 19:12; Proverbs 16:15
- 3 Genesis 31:27; 2 Samuel 17:24; 2 Samuel 19:32
- 4 2 Samuel 15:30; 2 Samuel 18:33
- 5 Psalm 3:8; Nehemiah 9:27; Psalm 18:47–48
- 6 Proverbs 19:9–10; Acts 23:5; 2 Samuel 3:24–25; Job 34:18
- 7 Proverbs 14:28; Genesis 34:3; Proverbs 19:15; Hosea 2:14; Psalm 71:18–20
- 8 2 Samuel 18:24; 2 Samuel 18:4; 2 Kings 14:12; 2 Samuel 18:6–8; 2 Samuel 15:2
- 9 2 Samuel 15:14; Genesis 3:12–13; 2 Samuel 8:1–14; James 3:14–16; 1 Samuel 18:25
- 10 2 Samuel 18:14; 2 Samuel 15:12–13; Judges 18:9; Hosea 8:4
- 11 2 Samuel 15:29; 2 Corinthians 5:20; 1 Kings 2:25–26; 2 Thessalonians 3:9; 2 Samuel 15:35–36
- 12 2 Samuel 5:1; Ephesians 5:30; Judges 9:2; Genesis 2:23
- 13 2 Samuel 17:25; Ruth 1:17; 2 Samuel 8:16; 1 Kings 19:2; 2 Samuel 19:5–7
- 14 Judges 20:1; Acts 4:32; Psalm 110:2–3
- 15 Joshua 5:9; 1 Samuel 11:14–15
- 16 1 Kings 2:8; 2 Samuel 16:5–13; Matthew 5:25; 1 Kings 2:36–46; Proverbs 6:4–5
- 17 2 Samuel 9:2; 2 Samuel 16:1–4; 2 Samuel 9:10; 2 Samuel 19:26–27
- 18 Psalm 66:3; Revelation 3:9; Psalm 81:15
- 19 1 Samuel 22:15; Romans 4:6–8; 2 Samuel 13:20; Exodus 10:16–17; 2 Samuel 16:5–14
- 20 Hosea 4:15–17; 1 Kings 12:25; Hosea 5:3; Genesis 48:20; 1 Kings 12:20
- 21 Exodus 22:28; 1 Samuel 26:9; 1 Kings 21:10–11; 1 Samuel 24:6; 2 Samuel 16:5
- 22 1 Samuel 11:13; 2 Samuel 16:10; 2 Samuel 3:39; Matthew 8:29; Luke 9:54–56
- 23 1 Kings 2:46; 1 Kings 2:8–9; 1 Kings 2:37; Hebrews 6:16; 1 Samuel 28:10
- 24 Isaiah 15:2; Jeremiah 41:5; Romans 12:15; 2 Samuel 9:6–10; 2 Samuel 16:3
- 25 2 Samuel 16:17
- 26 2 Samuel 16:2–3; 2 Samuel 9:3; 2 Samuel 4:4
- 27 2 Samuel 14:17; 2 Samuel 14:20; 1 Samuel 29:9; 2 Samuel 16:3; Jeremiah 9:4
- 28 2 Samuel 9:13; 2 Samuel 9:10; 2 Samuel 21:6–9; 1 Samuel 26:16; 2 Kings 8:3
- 29 Psalm 101:5; Job 19:16–17; Psalm 82:2; Proverbs 18:13; Acts 18:15
- 30 Acts 20:24; Philippians 1:20; 2 Samuel 1:26
- 31 1 Kings 2:7; Ezra 2:61; 2 Samuel 17:27–29; Nehemiah 7:63
- 32 1 Samuel 25:2; Deuteronomy 34:7; Job 1:3; Genesis 47:28; Proverbs 16:31
- 33 2 Thessalonians 1:7; Luke 22:28–30; Matthew 25:34–40; 2 Samuel 9:11
- 34 James 4:14; 1 Corinthians 7:29; Genesis 47:8–9; Job 14:14; Psalm 39:5–6
- 35 2 Samuel 15:33; Ezra 2:65; Psalm 90:10; Hebrews 5:14; Job 6:30
- 36 Luke 6:38
- 37 Jeremiah 41:17; 1 Kings 2:7; 2 Samuel 19:40; Genesis 47:30; Joshua 23:14
- 39 Genesis 31:55; Ruth 1:14; Genesis 47:7; 1 Thessalonians 5:26; Genesis 14:19
- 40 2 Samuel 19:11–15; Genesis 49:10; Matthew 21:9
- 41 Judges 8:1; Judges 12:1; 2 Samuel 19:3; Genesis 31:26–27; John 7:5–6
- 42 2 Samuel 19:12; 1 Chronicles 2:3–17; 2 Samuel 5:1
- 43 Galatians 5:20; 2 Samuel 5:1; 1 Kings 11:30–31; James 4:1–5; James 3:14–16
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