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וְדָוִד, עָבַר מְעַט מֵהָרֹאשׁ, וְהִנֵּה צִיבָא נַעַר מְפִיבֹשֶׁת, לִקְרָאתוֹ; וְצֶמֶד חֲמֹרִים חֲבֻשִׁים, וַעֲלֵיהֶם מָאתַיִם לֶחֶם וּמֵאָה צִמּוּקִים וּמֵאָה קַיִץ--וְנֵבֶל יָיִן.
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And when David was a little past the top, behold, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of asses saddled, and upon them two hundred loaves of bread, and a hundred clusters of raisins, and a hundred of summer fruits, and a bottle of wine.
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ב
וַיֹּאמֶר הַמֶּלֶךְ אֶל-צִיבָא, מָה-אֵלֶּה לָּךְ; וַיֹּאמֶר צִיבָא הַחֲמוֹרִים לְבֵית-הַמֶּלֶךְ לִרְכֹּב, ולהלחם (וְהַלֶּחֶם) וְהַקַּיִץ לֶאֱכוֹל הַנְּעָרִים, וְהַיַּיִן, לִשְׁתּוֹת הַיָּעֵף בַּמִּדְבָּר.
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And the king said unto Ziba: 'What meanest thou by these?' And Ziba said: 'The asses are for the king's household to ride on; and the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat; and the wine, that such as are faint in the wilderness may drink.'
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ג
וַיֹּאמֶר הַמֶּלֶךְ, וְאַיֵּה בֶּן-אֲדֹנֶיךָ; וַיֹּאמֶר צִיבָא אֶל-הַמֶּלֶךְ, הִנֵּה יוֹשֵׁב בִּירוּשָׁלִַם--כִּי אָמַר, הַיּוֹם יָשִׁיבוּ לִי בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל אֵת מַמְלְכוּת אָבִי.
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And the king said: 'And where is thy master's son?' And Ziba said unto the king: 'Behold, he abideth at Jerusalem; for he said: To-day will the house of Yisrael restore me the kingdom of my father.'
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ד
וַיֹּאמֶר הַמֶּלֶךְ, לְצִבָא, הִנֵּה לְךָ, כֹּל אֲשֶׁר לִמְפִיבֹשֶׁת; וַיֹּאמֶר צִיבָא הִשְׁתַּחֲוֵיתִי, אֶמְצָא-חֵן בְּעֵינֶיךָ אֲדֹנִי הַמֶּלֶךְ.
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Then said the king to Ziba: 'Behold, thine is all that pertaineth unto Mephibosheth.' And Ziba said: 'I prostrate myself; let me find favour in thy sight, my lord, O king.'
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ה
וּבָא הַמֶּלֶךְ דָּוִד, עַד-בַּחוּרִים; וְהִנֵּה מִשָּׁם אִישׁ יוֹצֵא מִמִּשְׁפַּחַת בֵּית-שָׁאוּל, וּשְׁמוֹ שִׁמְעִי בֶן-גֵּרָא, יֹצֵא יָצוֹא, וּמְקַלֵּל.
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And when king David came to Bahurim, behold, there came out thence a man of the family of the house of Saul, whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera; he came out, and kept on cursing as he came.
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וַיְסַקֵּל בָּאֲבָנִים אֶת-דָּוִד, וְאֶת-כָּל-עַבְדֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ דָּוִד; וְכָל-הָעָם, וְכָל-הַגִּבֹּרִים, מִימִינוֹ, וּמִשְּׂמֹאלוֹ.
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And he cast stones at David, and at all the servants of king David; and all the people and all the mighty men were on his right hand and on his left.
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ז
וְכֹה-אָמַר שִׁמְעִי, בְּקַלְלוֹ; צֵא צֵא אִישׁ הַדָּמִים, וְאִישׁ הַבְּלִיָּעַל.
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And thus said Shimei when he cursed: 'Begone, begone, thou man of blood, and base fellow;
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ח
הֵשִׁיב עָלֶיךָ יְהוָה כֹּל דְּמֵי בֵית-שָׁאוּל, אֲשֶׁר מָלַכְתָּ תַּחְתָּו, וַיִּתֵּן יְהוָה אֶת-הַמְּלוּכָה, בְּיַד אַבְשָׁלוֹם בְּנֶךָ; וְהִנְּךָ, בְּרָעָתֶךָ, כִּי אִישׁ דָּמִים, אָתָּה.
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YAHOWAH hath returned upon thee all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose stead thou hast reigned; and YAHOWAH hath delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom thy son; and, behold, thou art taken in thine own mischief, because thou art a man of blood.'
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ט
וַיֹּאמֶר אֲבִישַׁי בֶּן-צְרוּיָה, אֶל-הַמֶּלֶךְ, לָמָּה יְקַלֵּל הַכֶּלֶב הַמֵּת הַזֶּה, אֶת-אֲדֹנִי הַמֶּלֶךְ; אֶעְבְּרָה-נָּא, וְאָסִירָה אֶת-רֹאשׁוֹ. {ס}
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Then said Abishai the son of Zeruiah unto the king: 'Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? let me go over, I pray thee, and take off his head.'
{S}
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י
וַיֹּאמֶר הַמֶּלֶךְ, מַה-לִּי וְלָכֶם בְּנֵי צְרֻיָה; כי (כֹּה) יְקַלֵּל, וכי (כִּי) יְהוָה אָמַר לוֹ קַלֵּל אֶת-דָּוִד, וּמִי יֹאמַר, מַדּוּעַ עָשִׂיתָה כֵּן. {ס}
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And the king said: 'What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah? So let him curse, because YAHOWAH hath said unto him: Curse David; who then shall say: Wherefore hast thou done so?'
{S}
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יא
וַיֹּאמֶר דָּוִד אֶל-אֲבִישַׁי וְאֶל-כָּל-עֲבָדָיו, הִנֵּה בְנִי אֲשֶׁר-יָצָא מִמֵּעַי מְבַקֵּשׁ אֶת-נַפְשִׁי; וְאַף כִּי-עַתָּה בֶּן-הַיְמִינִי, הַנִּחוּ לוֹ וִיקַלֵּל--כִּי אָמַר-לוֹ, יְהוָה.
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And David said to Abishai, and to all his servants: 'Behold, my son, who came forth of my body, seeketh my life; how much more this Benjamite now? let him alone, and let him curse; for YAHOWAH hath bidden him.
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יב
אוּלַי יִרְאֶה יְהוָה, בעוני (בְּעֵינִי); וְהֵשִׁיב יְהוָה לִי טוֹבָה, תַּחַת קִלְלָתוֹ הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה.
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It may be that YAHOWAH will look on mine eye, and that YAHOWAH will requite me good for his cursing of me this day.'
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יג
וַיֵּלֶךְ דָּוִד וַאֲנָשָׁיו, בַּדָּרֶךְ; {ס} וְשִׁמְעִי הֹלֵךְ בְּצֵלַע הָהָר לְעֻמָּתוֹ, הָלוֹךְ וַיְקַלֵּל, וַיְסַקֵּל בָּאֲבָנִים לְעֻמָּתוֹ, וְעִפַּר בֶּעָפָר. {פ}
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So David and his men went by the way;
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and Shimei went along on the hill-side over against him, and cursed as he went, and threw stones at him, and cast dust.
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יד
וַיָּבֹא הַמֶּלֶךְ וְכָל-הָעָם אֲשֶׁר-אִתּוֹ, עֲיֵפִים; וַיִּנָּפֵשׁ, שָׁם.
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And the king, and all the people that were with him, came weary; and he refreshed himself there.
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טו
וְאַבְשָׁלוֹם, וְכָל-הָעָם אִישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵל, בָּאוּ, יְרוּשָׁלִָם; וַאֲחִיתֹפֶל, אִתּוֹ.
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And Absalom, and all the people, the men of Yisrael, came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him.
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טז
וַיְהִי, כַּאֲשֶׁר-בָּא חוּשַׁי הָאַרְכִּי רֵעֶה דָוִד--אֶל-אַבְשָׁלוֹם; וַיֹּאמֶר חוּשַׁי אֶל-אַבְשָׁלוֹם, יְחִי הַמֶּלֶךְ יְחִי הַמֶּלֶךְ.
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And it came to pass, when Hushai the Archite, David's friend, was come unto Absalom, that Hushai said unto Absalom: 'Long live the king, long live the king.'
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יז
וַיֹּאמֶר אַבְשָׁלוֹם אֶל-חוּשַׁי, זֶה חַסְדְּךָ אֶת-רֵעֶךָ; לָמָּה לֹא-הָלַכְתָּ, אֶת-רֵעֶךָ.
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And Absalom said to Hushai: 'Is this thy kindness to thy friend? why wentest thou not with thy friend?'
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יח
וַיֹּאמֶר חוּשַׁי, אֶל-אַבְשָׁלֹם, לֹא, כִּי אֲשֶׁר בָּחַר יְהוָה וְהָעָם הַזֶּה וְכָל-אִישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵל--לא (לוֹ) אֶהְיֶה, וְאִתּוֹ אֵשֵׁב.
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And Hushai said unto Absalom: 'Nay; but whom YAHOWAH, and this people, and all the men of Yisrael have chosen, his will I be, and with him will I abide.
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יט
וְהַשֵּׁנִית, לְמִי אֲנִי אֶעֱבֹד--הֲלוֹא, לִפְנֵי בְנוֹ: כַּאֲשֶׁר עָבַדְתִּי לִפְנֵי אָבִיךָ, כֵּן אֶהְיֶה לִפָנֶיךָ. {פ}
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And again, whom should I serve? should I not serve in the presence of his son? as I have served in thy father's presence, so will I be in thy presence.'
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כ
וַיֹּאמֶר אַבְשָׁלוֹם, אֶל-אֲחִיתֹפֶל: הָבוּ לָכֶם עֵצָה, מַה-נַּעֲשֶׂה.
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Then said Absalom to Ahithophel: 'Give your counsel what we shall do.'
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כא
וַיֹּאמֶר אֲחִיתֹפֶל, אֶל-אַבְשָׁלֹם, בּוֹא אֶל-פִּלַגְשֵׁי אָבִיךָ, אֲשֶׁר הִנִּיחַ לִשְׁמוֹר הַבָּיִת; וְשָׁמַע כָּל-יִשְׂרָאֵל, כִּי-נִבְאַשְׁתָּ אֶת-אָבִיךָ, וְחָזְקוּ, יְדֵי כָּל-אֲשֶׁר אִתָּךְ.
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And Ahithophel said unto Absalom: 'Go in unto thy father's concubines, that he hath left to keep the house; and all Yisrael will hear that thou art abhorred of thy father; then will the hands of all that are with thee be strong.'
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כב
וַיַּטּוּ לְאַבְשָׁלוֹם הָאֹהֶל, עַל-הַגָּג; וַיָּבֹא אַבְשָׁלוֹם אֶל-פִּלַגְשֵׁי אָבִיו, לְעֵינֵי כָּל-יִשְׂרָאֵל.
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So they spread Absalom a tent upon the top of the house; and Absalom went in unto his father's concubines in the sight of all Yisrael.--
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כג
וַעֲצַת אֲחִיתֹפֶל, אֲשֶׁר יָעַץ בַּיָּמִים הָהֵם, כַּאֲשֶׁר יִשְׁאַל- (אִישׁ), בִּדְבַר הָאֱלֹהִים; כֵּן כָּל-עֲצַת אֲחִיתֹפֶל, גַּם-לְדָוִד גַּם לְאַבְשָׁלֹם. {ס}
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Now the counsel of Ahithophel, which he counselled in those days, was as if a man inquired of the word of Eloheem; so was all the counsel of Ahithophel both with David and with Absalom.
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