Verse 1
2 Samuel 19:1
Young's Literal Translation
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And it is declared to Joab, 'Lo, the king is weeping and mourning for Absalom;'
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יִּרְגַּ֣ז הַ/מֶּ֗לֶךְ וַ/יַּ֛עַל עַל עֲלִיַּ֥ת הַ/שַּׁ֖עַר וַ/יֵּ֑בְךְּ וְ/כֹ֣ה אָמַ֣ר בְּ/לֶכְתּ֗/וֹ בְּנִ֤/י אַבְשָׁלוֹם֙ בְּנִ֣/י בְנִ֣/י אַבְשָׁל֔וֹם מִֽי יִתֵּ֤ן מוּתִ/י֙ אֲנִ֣י תַחְתֶּ֔י/ךָ אַבְשָׁל֖וֹם בְּנִ֥/י בְנִֽ/י
English Translation
And the king trembled and went up to the gate's roof and wept, and thus he said as he went: "My son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! Who will give me death instead of you, Absalom, my son, my son?"
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Chapter 19 Context
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And it is declared to Joab, 'Lo, the king is weeping and mourning for Absalom;'
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and the salvation on that day becometh mourning to all the people, for the people hath heard on that...
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And the people stealeth away, on that day, to go in to the city, as the people steal away, who are a...
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and the king hath covered his face, yea, the king crieth -- a loud voice -- 'My son Absalom, Absalom...
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And Joab cometh in unto the king to the house, and saith, 'Thou hast put to shame to-day the faces o...
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to love thine enemies, and to hate those loving thee, for thou hast declared to-day that thou hast n...
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'And now, rise, go out and speak unto the heart of thy servants, for by Jehovah I have sworn, that -...
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And the king riseth, and sitteth in the gate, and to all the people they have declared, saying, 'Lo,...
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And it cometh to pass, all the people are contending through all the tribes of Israel, saying, 'The...
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and Absalom whom we anointed over us [is] dead in battle, and now, why are ye silent -- to bring bac...
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And king David sent unto Zadok and unto Abiathar the priests, saying, 'Speak ye unto the elders of J...
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my brethren ye [are], my bone and my flesh ye [are], and why are ye last to bring back the king?
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And to Amasa say ye, Art not thou my bone and my flesh? Thus doth God (Elohim) do to me, and thus He...
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And he inclineth the heart of all the men of Judah as one man, and they send unto the king, 'Turn ba...
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And the king turneth back, and cometh in unto the Jordan, and Judah hath come to Gilgal, to go to me...
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and Shimei son of Gera, the Benjamite, who [is] from Bahurim, hasteth, and cometh down with the men...
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and a thousand men [are] with him from Benjamin, and Ziba servant of the house of Saul, and his fift...
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And passed over hath the ferry-boat to carry over the household of the king, and to do that which [i...
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and saith unto the king, 'Let not my lord impute to me iniquity; neither do thou remember that which...
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for thy servant hath known that I have sinned; and lo, I have come to-day, first of all the house of...
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And Abishai son of Zeruiah answereth and saith, 'For this is not Shimei put to death -- because he r...
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And David saith, 'What -- to me and to you, O sons of Zeruiah, that ye are to me to-day for an adver...
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And the king saith unto Shimei, 'Thou dost not die;' and the king sweareth to him.
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And Mephibosheth son of Saul hath come down to meet the king -- and he prepared not his feet, nor di...
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and it cometh to pass, when he hath come to Jerusalem to meet the king, that the king saith to him,...
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And he saith, 'My lord, O king, my servant deceived me, for thy servant said, I saddle for me the as...
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and he uttereth slander against thy servant unto my lord the king, and my lord the king [is] as a me...
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for all the house of my father have been nothing except men of death before my lord the king, and th...
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And the king saith to him, 'Why dost thou speak any more of thy matters? I have said, Thou and Ziba...
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And Mephibosheth saith unto the king, 'Yea, the whole let him take, after that my lord the king hath...
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And Barzillai the Gileadite hath gone down from Rogelim, and passeth over the Jordan with the king,...
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and Barzillai [is] very aged, a son of eighty years, and he hath sustained the king in his abiding i...
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and the king saith unto Barzillai, 'Pass thou over with me, and I have sustained thee with me in Jer...
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And Barzillai saith unto the king, 'How many [are] the days of the years of my life, that I go up wi...
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A son of eighty years I [am] to-day; do I know between good and evil? doth thy servant taste that wh...
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As a little thing, thy servant doth pass over the Jordan with the king, and why doth the king recomp...
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Let, I pray thee, thy servant turn back again, and I die in mine own city, near the burying-place of...
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And the king saith, 'With me doth Chimham go over, and I do to him that which [is] good in thine eye...
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And all the people pass over the Jordan, and the king hath passed over, and the king giveth a kiss t...
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And the king passeth over to Gilgal, and Chimham hath passed over with him, and all the people of Ju...
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And, lo, all the men of Israel are coming unto the king, and they say unto the king, 'Wherefore have...
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And all the men of Judah answer against the men of Israel, 'Because the king [is] near unto us, and...
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And the men of Israel answer the men of Judah, and say, 'Ten parts we have in the king, and also in...
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