Verse 5
2 Samuel 19:5
Bible in Basic English
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And Joab came into the house to the king and said, Today you have put to shame the faces of all your servants who even now have kept you and your sons and your daughters and your wives and all your women safe from death;
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/הַ/מֶּ֨לֶךְ֙ לָאַ֣ט אֶת פָּנָ֔י/ו וַ/יִּזְעַ֥ק הַ/מֶּ֖לֶךְ ק֣וֹל גָּד֑וֹל בְּנִ/י֙ אַבְשָׁל֔וֹם אַבְשָׁל֖וֹם בְּנִ֥/י בְנִֽ/י
English Translation
And the king cried out with a loud voice, "O Absalom, Absalom, my son, my son!"
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Chapter 19 Context
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And word was given to Joab that the king was weeping and sorrowing for Absalom.
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And the salvation of that day was changed to sorrow for all the people: for it was said to the peopl...
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And the people made their way back to the town quietly and secretly, as those who are shamed go secr...
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But the king, covering his face, gave a great cry, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!
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And Joab came into the house to the king and said, Today you have put to shame the faces of all your...
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For your haters, it seems, are dear to you, and your friends are hated. For you have made it clear t...
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So get up now, and go out and say some kind words to your servants; for, by the Lord, I give you my...
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Then the king got up and took his seat near the town-door. And word was given to all the people that...
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And through all the tribes of Israel the people were having arguments, saying, The king made us safe...
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And Absalom, whom we made a ruler over us, is dead in the fight. So now why do you say nothing about...
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And King David sent word to Zadok and Abiathar, the priests, Say to the responsible men of Judah, Wh...
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You are my brothers, my bone and my flesh; why are you the last to get the king back again?
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And say to Amasa, Are you not my bone and my flesh? May God (Elohim)'s punishment be on me, if I do...
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And the hearts of the men of Judah were moved like one man; so that they sent to the king, saying, C...
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So the king came back, and came as far as Jordan. And Judah came to Gilgal, meeting the king there,...
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And Shimei, the son of Gera, the Benjamite from Bahurim, got up quickly and went down with the men o...
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And with him a thousand men of Benjamin, and Ziba, the servant of Saul, with his fifteen sons and tw...
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And kept going across the river to take the people of the king's house over, and to do whatever was...
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And said to him, Let me not be judged as a sinner in your eyes, O my lord, and do not keep in mind t...
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For your servant is conscious of his sin: and so, as you see, I have come today, the first of all th...
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But Abishai, the son of Zeruiah, said, Is not death the right fate for Shimei, because he has been c...
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And David said, What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah, that you put yourselves against me...
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So the king said to Shimei, You will not be put to death. And the king gave him his oath.
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And Mephibosheth, the son of Saul's son, came down for the purpose of meeting the king; his feet had...
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Now when he had come from Jerusalem to see the king, the king said to him, Why did you not come with...
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And he said in answer, Because of the deceit of my servant, my lord king: for I, your servant, said...
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He has given you a false account of me: but my lord the king is like the angel of God (Elohim): do t...
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For all my father's family were only dead men before my lord the king: and still you put your servan...
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And the king said, Say nothing more about these things. I say, Let there be a division of the land b...
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And Mephibosheth said, Let him take it all, now that my lord the king has come back to his house in...
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And Barzillai the Gileadite came down from Rogelim; and he went on as far as Jordan with the king to...
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Now Barzillai was a very old man, as much as eighty years old: and he had given the king everything...
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And the king said to Barzillai, Come over with me, and I will take care of you in Jerusalem.
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And Barzillai said to the king, How much of my life is still before me, for me to go up to Jerusalem...
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I am now eighty years old: good and bad are the same to me; have meat and drink any taste for me now...
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Your servant's desire was only to take the king over Jordan; why is the king to give me such a rewar...
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Let your servant now go back again, so that when death comes to me, it may be in my town and by the...
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And the king said in answer, Let Chimham go over with me, and I will do for him whatever seems good...
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Then all the people went over Jordan, and the king went over: and the king gave Barzillai a kiss, wi...
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So the king went over to Gilgal, and Chimham went with him: and all the people of Judah, as well as...
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Then the men of Israel came to the king and said, Why have our countrymen of Judah taken you away in...
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And all the men of Judah gave this answer to the men of Israel, Because the king is our near relatio...
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And in answer to the men of Judah, the men of Israel said, We have ten parts in the king, and we are...
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