Reformation Directory

1 Ioáb encourageth the King. 9 Dauid is restored. 23 Shimei is pardoned. 24 Mephibosheth meeteth the King. 39 Barzillái departeth. 41 Israél striueth with Iudah.

1.ANd it was tolde Ioáb, Beholde, the King wepeth and mourneth for Absalóm.

2.Therefore the ^mvictorie of that day was turned into mourning to all the people: for the people heard say that day, The King sorroweth for his sonne.

3.And the people wét that day into the citie ⁿsecretly, as people confounded hide them selues when they flee in battel.

4.So the King ^ahid his face, and the King cryed with ^a lowde voyce, My sonne Absalóm, Absalóm my sonne, my sonne.

5.Then Ioáb came into ^bthe house to the King & said, Thou hast shamed this day the faces of all thy seruants, which this day haue saued thy life, and the liues of thy sonnes and of thy daughters, and the liues of thy wiues, and the liues of thy concubines,

6.In that thou louest thine enemies, & hatest thy friendes: for thou hast declared this day, that thou regardest nether thy ^*princes nor seruants: therefore this day I perceiue, that if Absalóm had liued, and we all had dyed this day, that thé it wolde haue ^*pleased thee wel.

7.Now therefore vp, come out, and speake ^ccomfortably vnto thy seruants: for I sweare by the Lord, except thou come out, there wil not tary one man with thee this night: and that wil be worse vnto thee, then all the euil that fel on thee from thy youthe hitherto.

8.Then the King arose, & sate in the ^egate: and they tolde vnto all the people, saying, Beholde, the King doeth sit in the gate: & all the people came before the King: for Israél had fled euerie man to his tent.

9.¶ Then all the people were at ^dstrife throughout all the tribes of Israél, saying, The King saued vs out of the hand of our enemies, & he deliuered vs out of the hand of the Philistims, and now he is fled out of the land for Absalóm.

10.And Absalóm, whome we anointed ouer vs, is dead in battel: therefore why are ye so slowe to bring the King againe?

11.But King Dauid sent to Zadók and to Abiathár the ^e Priests, saying, Speake vnto the Elders of Iudáh and say, Why are ye behind to bring the King againe to his house, (for the saying of all Israél is come vnto the King, euen to his house)

12.Ye are my brethren: my bones and my flesh are ye: wherefore then are ye the last that bring the King againe?

13.Also say ye to Amasá, Art thou not my bone and my flesh? God do so to me and more also, if thou be not captaine of the hoste to me for euer in the ^froume of Ioáb.

14.So he bowed the heartes of all the men of Iudah, as of one man: therefore they sent to the King, saying, Returne thou with all thy seruants.

15.¶ So the King returned, & came to Iordén. And Iudah came to Gilgál, for to go to meete the King, & to conduct him ouer Iordén.

16.¶ And ^gShimei the sonne of Gerá, the sonne of Iemini, which was of Bahurím, hasted & came downe with the men of Iudah to meete King Dauid,

17.And a thousand men of Beniamin with him, and ^*Ziba the seruant of the house of Saúl, and his fiftene sonnes and twentie seruants with him: and they wét ouer Iordén before the King.

18.And there wét ouer a bote to carie ouer the Kings housholde, and to do him pleasure. Then Shimei the sonne of Gerá fel before the King, when he was come ouer Iordén,

19.And said vnto y King, Let not my lord impute ^* wickednes vnto me, nor remember the thing that thy seruant did ^h wickedly when my lord the King departed out of Ierusalém, that y King shulde take it to his heart.

20.For thy seruãt doeth knowe, that I haue done amisse: therefore beholde, I am the first this day of all the house of ⁱ Ioséph, that am come to go downe to meete my lord the King.

21.But Abishái the sonne of Zeruiáh answered, and said, Shal not Shimeí dye for this, because he cursed the Lords anointed?

22.And Dauid said, What haue I to do with you, ye sonnes of Zeruiáh, that this day ye shulde be aduersaries vnto me? shal there anie man dye this day in Israél? for do not I knowe, that I am this day King ouer Israél?

23.Therefore the King said vnto Shimeí, Thou shalt not dye, and the King sware vnto him.

24.¶ And Mephibósheth the sonne of Saúl came downe to meete the King, and had nether washed his feete, nor dressed his bearde, nor washed his clothes from the time the King departed, vntil he returned in peace.

25.And when ^k he was come to Ierusalém, & met the King, the King said vnto him, Wherefore wentest not thou with me, Mephibósheth?

26.And he answered, My lord the King, my seruant deceiued me: for thy seruant said, I wolde haue mine asse sadled to ride thereon for to go with the King, because thy seruant is lame.

27.And he hathe ^* accused thy seruant vnto my lord the King: but my lord y King is as an ^l Angel of God: do therefore thy pleasure.

28.For all my fathers house were ^m but dead men before my lord the King, yet didest thou set thy seruant among them y did eat at thine owne table: what right therefore haue I yet to crye anie more vnto the King?

29.And the King said vnto him, Why speakest thou anie more of thy matters? I haue said, Thou, and Zibá deuide the ⁿ lands.

30.And Mephibósheth said vnto y King, Yea, let him take all, seing my lord the King is come home in peace.

31.¶ Then Barzillái the Gileadite came downe from Rogelím, and went ouer Iordén with the King, to conduct him ouer Iordén.

32.Now Barzillái was a very aged man, euẽ fourescore yere olde, and he had prouided the King of sustenance, while he lay at Mahanaím: for he was a man of very great substance.

33.And the Kĩg said vnto Barzillái, Come ouer with me, & I wil feede thee with me in Ierusalém.

34.And Barzillái said vnto y King, ^* How long haue I to lyue, that I shulde go vp with the King to Ierusalém?

35.I am this day fourescore yere olde: and cã I discerne betwene good or euil? Hathe thy seruant anie taste in that I eat or in y I drinke? Can I heare anie more the voice of singing men and women? wherefore then shulde thy seruant be anie more a burthen vnto my lord the King?

36.Thy seruant wil go a little way ouer Iordén with the King, and why wil the King recompence it me with suche a rewarde?

37.I pray thee, let thy seruant turne backe againe, that I may dye in mine owne citie, and be buryed in the graue of my father and of my mother: but beholde thy seruãt ^p Chimhám, let him go with my lord the King, & do to him what shal please thee.

38.And the King answered, Chimhám shal go with me, and I wil do to him that thou shalt be content with: & whatsoeuer thou shalt ^* require of me, that wil I do for thee.

39.So all the people went ouer Iordén: and the King passed ouer: and the King kissed Barzillái, ^* and blessed him, and he returned vnto his owne place.

40.Then the King went to ^q Gilgál, and Chimhám went with him, and all the people of Iudáh conducted the King, and also halfe the people of ^r Israél.

41.¶ And beholde, all the men of Israél came to the King, & said vnto the King, Why have our brethren the men of Iudáh stolen thee away, and haue brought the King and his housholde, and all Dauids men with him ouer Iordén?

42.And all the men of Iudáh answered the men of Israél, Because the King is nere of kin to vs: and wherefore now be ye angry for this matter? haue we eatẽ of the Kings cost, or have we taken anie bribes?

43.And the men of Israél answered the mẽ of Iudáh, and said, We haue ten partes in the King, and haue also more right to Dauid then ye, Why then did ye despise vs, ^* that our aduise shulde not be first had in restoring our King? And the wordes of the men of Iudáh were fearcer then the wordes of the men of Israél.

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