Verse 36

2 Samuel 19:36

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36 Your servant's desire was only to take the king over Jordan; why is the king to give me such a reward?

Original Language Text

hebrew

בֶּן שְׁמֹנִ֣ים שָׁנָה֩ אָנֹכִ֨י הַ/יּ֜וֹם הַ/אֵדַ֣ע בֵּין ט֣וֹב לְ/רָ֗ע אִם יִטְעַ֤ם עַבְדְּ/ךָ֙ אֶת אֲשֶׁ֤ר אֹכַל֙ וְ/אֶת אֲשֶׁ֣ר אֶשְׁתֶּ֔ה אִם אֶשְׁמַ֣ע ע֔וֹד בְּ/ק֖וֹל שָׁרִ֣ים וְ/שָׁר֑וֹת וְ/לָ/מָּה֩ יִֽהְיֶ֨ה עַבְדְּ/ךָ֥ עוֹד֙ לְ/מַשָּׂ֔א אֶל אֲדֹנִ֖/י הַ/מֶּֽלֶךְ

English Translation

I am eight years old today; I do not know the difference between good and evil. If I taste what I eat and what I drink, or if I hear the voices of singers and songstresses, why should your servant still be a burden to my lord the king?

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Chapter 19 Context

1 And word was given to Joab that the king was weeping and sorrowing for Absalom. Focus ↗

2 And the salvation of that day was changed to sorrow for all the people: for it was said to the peopl... Focus ↗

3 And the people made their way back to the town quietly and secretly, as those who are shamed go secr... Focus ↗

4 But the king, covering his face, gave a great cry, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son! Focus ↗

5 And Joab came into the house to the king and said, Today you have put to shame the faces of all your... Focus ↗

6 For your haters, it seems, are dear to you, and your friends are hated. For you have made it clear t... Focus ↗

7 So get up now, and go out and say some kind words to your servants; for, by the Lord, I give you my... Focus ↗

8 Then the king got up and took his seat near the town-door. And word was given to all the people that... Focus ↗

9 And through all the tribes of Israel the people were having arguments, saying, The king made us safe... Focus ↗

10 And Absalom, whom we made a ruler over us, is dead in the fight. So now why do you say nothing about... Focus ↗

11 And King David sent word to Zadok and Abiathar, the priests, Say to the responsible men of Judah, Wh... Focus ↗

12 You are my brothers, my bone and my flesh; why are you the last to get the king back again? Focus ↗

13 And say to Amasa, Are you not my bone and my flesh? May God (Elohim)'s punishment be on me, if I do... Focus ↗

14 And the hearts of the men of Judah were moved like one man; so that they sent to the king, saying, C... Focus ↗

15 So the king came back, and came as far as Jordan. And Judah came to Gilgal, meeting the king there,... Focus ↗

16 And Shimei, the son of Gera, the Benjamite from Bahurim, got up quickly and went down with the men o... Focus ↗

17 And with him a thousand men of Benjamin, and Ziba, the servant of Saul, with his fifteen sons and tw... Focus ↗

18 And kept going across the river to take the people of the king's house over, and to do whatever was... Focus ↗

19 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... Focus ↗

20 For your servant is conscious of his sin: and so, as you see, I have come today, the first of all th... Focus ↗

21 But Abishai, the son of Zeruiah, said, Is not death the right fate for Shimei, because he has been c... Focus ↗

22 And David said, What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah, that you put yourselves against me... Focus ↗

23 So the king said to Shimei, You will not be put to death. And the king gave him his oath. Focus ↗

24 And Mephibosheth, the son of Saul's son, came down for the purpose of meeting the king; his feet had... Focus ↗

25 Now when he had come from Jerusalem to see the king, the king said to him, Why did you not come with... Focus ↗

26 And he said in answer, Because of the deceit of my servant, my lord king: for I, your servant, said... Focus ↗

27 He has given you a false account of me: but my lord the king is like the angel of God (Elohim): do t... Focus ↗

28 For all my father's family were only dead men before my lord the king: and still you put your servan... Focus ↗

29 And the king said, Say nothing more about these things. I say, Let there be a division of the land b... Focus ↗

30 And Mephibosheth said, Let him take it all, now that my lord the king has come back to his house in... Focus ↗

31 And Barzillai the Gileadite came down from Rogelim; and he went on as far as Jordan with the king to... Focus ↗

32 Now Barzillai was a very old man, as much as eighty years old: and he had given the king everything... Focus ↗

33 And the king said to Barzillai, Come over with me, and I will take care of you in Jerusalem. Focus ↗

34 And Barzillai said to the king, How much of my life is still before me, for me to go up to Jerusalem... Focus ↗

35 I am now eighty years old: good and bad are the same to me; have meat and drink any taste for me now... Focus ↗

36 Your servant's desire was only to take the king over Jordan; why is the king to give me such a rewar...

37 Let your servant now go back again, so that when death comes to me, it may be in my town and by the... Focus ↗

38 And the king said in answer, Let Chimham go over with me, and I will do for him whatever seems good... Focus ↗

39 Then all the people went over Jordan, and the king went over: and the king gave Barzillai a kiss, wi... Focus ↗

40 So the king went over to Gilgal, and Chimham went with him: and all the people of Judah, as well as... Focus ↗

41 Then the men of Israel came to the king and said, Why have our countrymen of Judah taken you away in... Focus ↗

42 And all the men of Judah gave this answer to the men of Israel, Because the king is our near relatio... Focus ↗

43 And in answer to the men of Judah, the men of Israel said, We have ten parts in the king, and we are... Focus ↗

Verse Information

Book: 2 Samuel
Chapter: Chapter 19 (43 verses)
Version: Bible in Basic English

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