Verse 36
2 Samuel 19:36
World English Bible, British Edition
36
Your servant will just go over the Jordan with the king. Why should
the king repay me with 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
Joab was told, “Behold, the king weeps and mourns for Absalom.”
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2
The victory that day was turned into mourning amongst all the people,
for the people heard it said t...
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3
The people sneaked into the city that day, as people who are ashamed
steal away when they flee in ba...
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4
The king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, “My
son Absalom, Absalom, my son, m...
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5
Joab came into the house to the king, and said, “Today you have
shamed the faces of all your servant...
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6
in that you love those who hate you and hate those who love you. For
you have declared today that pr...
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7
Now therefore arise, go out and speak to comfort your servants; for I
swear by the LORD, if you don’...
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8
Then the king arose and sat in the gate. The people were all told,
“Behold, the king is sitting in t...
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9
All the people were at strife throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying,
“The king delivered us ou...
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10
Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle. Now therefore
why don’t you speak a word of br...
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11
King David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, saying,
“Speak to the elders of Judah, saying,...
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12
You are my brothers. You are my bone and my flesh. Why then are you
the last to bring back the king?...
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13
Say to Amasa, ‘Aren’t you my bone and my flesh? God (Elohim) do so to me, and
more also, if you aren...
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14
He bowed the heart of all the men of Judah, even as one man, so that
they sent to the king, saying,...
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15
So the king returned, and came to the Jordan. Judah came to
Gilgal, to go to meet the king, to bring...
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16
Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite, who was of Bahurim, hurried
and came down with the men of Jud...
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17
There were a thousand men of Benjamin with him, and Ziba the servant
of Saul’s house, and his fiftee...
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18
A ferry boat went to bring over the king’s household, and to do what
he thought good.
Shimei the son...
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19
He said to the king, “Don’t let my lord impute iniquity to me, or remember
that which your servant d...
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20
For your servant knows that I have sinned. Therefore behold, I have
come today as the first of all t...
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21
But Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered, “Shouldn’t Shimei be
put to death for this, because he curs...
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22
David said, “What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah,
that you should be adversaries to me t...
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23
The king said to Shimei, “You will not die.” The king swore to him.
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24
Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king; and
he had neither groomed his feet, nor tr...
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25
When he had come to Jerusalem to meet the king, the king said to him,
“Why didn’t you go with me, Me...
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26
He answered, “My lord, O king, my servant deceived me. For your
servant said, ‘I will saddle a donke...
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27
He has slandered your servant to my lord the king, but my lord the
king is as an angel of God (Elohi...
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28
For all my father’s house were but dead men before my lord the king;
yet you set your servant amongs...
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29
The king said to him, “Why do you speak any more of your matters?
I say, you and Ziba divide the lan...
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30
Mephibosheth said to the king, “Yes, let him take all, because
my lord the king has come in peace to...
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31
Barzillai the Gileadite came down from Rogelim; and he went
over the Jordan with the king to conduct...
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32
Now Barzillai was a very aged man, even eighty years old. He had provided
the king with sustenance w...
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33
The king said to Barzillai, “Come over with me, and I will sustain
you with me in Jerusalem.”
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34
Barzillai said to the king, “How many are the days of the years
of my life, that I should go up with...
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35
I am eighty years old, today. Can I discern between good and bad? Can
your servant taste what I eat...
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36
Your servant will just go over the Jordan with the king. Why should
the king repay me with such a re...
37
Please let your servant turn back again, that I may die in my own city,
by the grave of my father an...
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38
The king answered, “Chimham shall go over with me, and I will
do to him that which shall seem good t...
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39
All the people went over the Jordan, and the king went over.
Then the king kissed Barzillai and bles...
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40
So the king went over to Gilgal, and Chimham went over with him. All
the people of Judah brought the...
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41
Behold, all the men of Israel came to the king, and said to the king,
“Why have our brothers the men...
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42
All the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, “Because the
king is a close relative to us. Why th...
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43
The men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, “We have
ten parts in the king, and we have a...
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