1 A kad David pređe malo preko vrha, gle, Siva, Mefivostejev, srete ga, sa dva magarca natovarena, na kojima beše dvesta hlebova i sto grozdova suvih i sto gruda smokava i meh vina. 2 I reče car Sivi: Šta će ti to? A Siva mu reče: Magarci su za čeljad carevu, da jašu, a hlebovi i voće da jedu momci, a vino da pije ko se umori u pustinji. 3 A car mu reče: A gde je sin tvog gospodara? Reče Siva caru: Eno ga, ostao je u Jerusalimu, jer reče: Danas će mi dom Izrailjev vratiti carstvo oca mog. 4 Tada reče car Sivi: Evo, tvoje je sve što je bilo Mefivostejevo. A Siva reče: Klanjam ti se, da nađem milost pred tobom, care gospodaru! 5 I dođe car David do Vaurima; a gle, iziđe odande jedan od roda doma Saulovog, po imenu Simej, sin Girin, i idući psovaše. 6 I bacaše se kamenjem na Davida i na sluge cara Davida, kome i s desne i s leve strane beše sav narod i svi junaci. 7 A Simej ovako govoraše psujući: Odlazi, odlazi, krvopijo i zlikovče! 8 Obrati Gospod na tebe svu krv doma Saulovog, na čije si se mesto zacario, i predade Gospod carstvo u ruke Avesalomu sinu tvom; eto te sada u tvom zlu, jer si krvopija. 9 Tada reče caru Avisaj sin Serujin: Zašto da psuje ovaj mrtvi pas cara gospodara mog? Idem da mu skinem glavu. 10 Ali car reče: Šta je vama do mene, sinovi Serujini? Neka psuje; jer mu je Gospod rekao: Psuj Davida. Pa ko sme kazati: Zašto tako činiš? 11 Još reče David Avisaju i svim slugama svojim: Eto, moj sin, koji je izašao od bedara mojih, traži dušu moju, a kako neće ovaj sin Venijaminov? Ostavite ga neka psuje, jer mu je Gospod zapovedio. 12 Da ako Gospod pogleda na nevolju moju, i vrati mi Gospod dobro za psovku njegovu današnju. 13 I tako David sa svojim ljudima iđaše svojim putem; a Simej iđaše pokraj gore prema njemu jednako psujući i bacajući se kamenjem na nj, i podižući prah. 14 I dođe car i sav narod što beše s njim, umorni, i odmoriše se onde. 15 A Avesalom i sav narod Izrailjev dođoše u Jerusalim, i Ahitofel s njim. 16 A kad Husaj Arhijanin prijatelj Davidov dođe k Avesalomu, reče Husaj Avesalomu: Da živi car! Da živi car! 17 A Avesalom reče Husaju: Takva li je ljubav tvoja prema prijatelju tvom? Zašto nisi otišao s prijateljem svojim? 18 A Husaj reče Avesalomu: Ne; nego koga je izabrao Gospod i ovaj narod i svi Izrailjci, njegov ću biti i kod njega ću ostati. 19 Svrh toga, kome bih služio? Eda li ne sinu njegovom? Kako sam služio ocu tvom, tako ću i tebi. 20 A Avesalom reče Ahitofelu: Savetuj šta ćemo činiti. 21 A Ahitofel reče Avesalomu: Lezi s inočama oca svog, koje je ostavio da mu čuvaju kuću, pa kad čuje sav Izrailj kako si se omrazio s ocem svojim, osiliće ruka svima koji su s tobom. 22 Tada razapeše Avesalomu šator na krovu, i Avesalom leže s inočama oca svog na vidiku svemu Izrailju. 23 I savet koji davaše Ahitofel u ono vreme beše kao da bi ko Boga upitao; takav beše svaki savet Ahitofelov i u Davida i u Avesaloma.
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- eBible.org's Latin-script edition, ekavian pronunciation (e.g. svet, greh).
- No deuterocanonical books.
- Chapter divisions follow the Hebrew Bible in Job 39–41, Ezekiel 20–21, Hosea 11–12 and Jonah 1–2 (verse numbers there differ from English Bibles).
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People
Absalom
David's handsome son who avenged Tamar, rebelled against his father, and briefly seized the throne.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 3:3; 2 Samuel 15-18
Ahithophel
David's counselor from Giloh, whose advice was regarded like the word of God; he joined Absalom's conspiracy, advised him to take David's concubines and to pursue David at once,…
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 15:12; 2 Samuel 15:31; 2 Samuel 16:23
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
Hushai
David's friend, who at David's request returned to Jerusalem as Absalom's servant and defeated Ahithophel's counsel with advice Absalom judged better.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 15:32; 2 Samuel 15:37; 2 Samuel 16:16
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
Ziba
A servant of Saul's family whom David summoned to find Jonathan's heir; with fifteen sons and twenty servants he was set to farm Saul's land for Mephibosheth, later brought…
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 9:2; 2 Samuel 9:10; 2 Samuel 16:1
Cross references (21)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 1 Samuel 25:18; 2 Samuel 15:32; 1 Samuel 10:3; Jeremiah 40:10; 1 Chronicles 12:40
- 2 2 Samuel 17:29; Judges 10:4; Judges 5:10; 2 Samuel 15:23; Ezekiel 37:18
- 3 2 Samuel 9:9–10; Psalm 15:3; Psalm 88:18; 2 Samuel 19:24–30; Proverbs 1:19
- 4 Proverbs 18:13; Proverbs 18:17; Exodus 23:8; Proverbs 19:2; Deuteronomy 19:15
- 5 2 Samuel 3:16; 1 Samuel 17:43; 1 Kings 2:8–9; Exodus 22:28; 1 Kings 2:36–46
- 7 Deuteronomy 13:13; 1 Kings 21:10; 1 Samuel 2:12; 1 Samuel 25:17; 2 Samuel 3:37
- 8 2 Samuel 1:16; 2 Samuel 3:28–29; 1 Kings 2:32–33; Judges 9:56–57; Judges 9:24
- 9 Exodus 22:28; 2 Samuel 9:8; 1 Samuel 24:14; 2 Samuel 3:8; 1 Peter 2:17
- 10 2 Samuel 19:22; Romans 9:20; John 18:11; 1 Peter 2:23; Genesis 50:20
- 11 2 Chronicles 32:21; Ezekiel 20:25; Ezekiel 14:9; Isaiah 10:5–7; 2 Samuel 12:11–12
- 12 Deuteronomy 23:5; Hebrews 12:10; Psalm 25:18; Romans 8:28; Exodus 2:24–25
- 13 Acts 23:23
- 15 2 Samuel 15:37; 2 Samuel 15:12
- 16 2 Kings 11:12; 1 Samuel 10:24; 1 Kings 1:25; Matthew 21:9; 2 Samuel 15:37
- 17 2 Samuel 19:25; Proverbs 17:17; Proverbs 18:24; Deuteronomy 32:6; 2 Samuel 15:32–37
- 18 1 Samuel 16:13; 2 Samuel 5:1–3
- 19 2 Samuel 15:34; Psalm 55:21; 1 Samuel 28:2; Galatians 2:13; 1 Samuel 29:8
- 20 Psalm 2:2; Acts 4:23–28; Proverbs 21:30; Isaiah 29:15; Psalm 37:12–13
- 21 2 Samuel 20:3; 2 Samuel 15:16; 2 Samuel 2:7; Leviticus 18:8; Zechariah 8:13
- 22 2 Samuel 15:16; 2 Samuel 12:11–12; 2 Samuel 20:3; Numbers 25:6; Jeremiah 3:3
- 23 2 Samuel 15:12; 2 Samuel 17:23; 2 Samuel 17:14; 1 Corinthians 3:19–20; Psalm 19:7
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For, "Let him curse," saith he, "for the Lord hath bidden him: that the Lord may see my humiliation, and requite me for this cursing of his on this day." And Paul too proclaims the triumph not of those only who incur danger, or are deprived of their goods, but of these also, thus saying, "Call to remembrance the former …
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