Verse 10
2 Samuel 16:10
New King James Version
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And the king said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah? so let him curse, because the LORD hath said unto him, Curse David. Who shall then say, Wherefore hast thou done so?
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר הַ/מֶּ֔לֶךְ מַה לִּ֥/י וְ/לָ/כֶ֖ם בְּנֵ֣י צְרֻיָ֑ה כי כֹּ֣ה יְקַלֵּ֗ל ו/כי כִּ֤י יְהוָה֙ אָ֤מַר ל/וֹ֙ קַלֵּ֣ל אֶת דָּוִ֔ד וּ/מִ֣י יֹאמַ֔ר מַדּ֖וּעַ עָשִׂ֥יתָה כֵּֽן
English Translation
And the king said, "What do I have to do with you, sons of Zeruiah? For this man shall surely curse, because the Lord has said to him, 'Curse David.' And who shall say, 'Why have you done so?'"
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Chapter 16 Context
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And the king said unto Ziba, What meanest thou by these? And Ziba said, The asses
be for the king’s...
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3
And the king said, And where
is thy master’s son? And Ziba said unto the king, Behold, he abideth at...
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4
Then said the king to Ziba, Behold, thine
are all that
pertained unto Mephibosheth. And Ziba said, I...
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5
And when king David came to Bahurim, behold, thence came out a man of the family of the house of Sau...
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6
And he cast stones at David, and at all the servants of king David: and all the people and all the m...
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7
And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Come out, come out, thou bloody man, and thou man of Belial:
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8
The LORD hath returned upon thee all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose stead thou hast reigne...
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9
Then said Abishai the son of Zeruiah unto the king, Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king?...
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10
And the king said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah? so let him curse, because the LOR...
11
And David said to Abishai, and to all his servants, Behold, my son, which came forth of my bowels, s...
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12
It may be that the LORD will look on mine affliction, and that the LORD will requite me good for his...
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13
And as David and his men went by the way, Shimei went along on the hill’s side over against him, and...
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14
And the king, and all the people that
were with him, came weary, and refreshed themselves there.
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15
And Absalom, and all the people the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him.
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16
And it came to pass, when Hushai the Archite, David’s friend, was come unto Absalom, that Hushai sai...
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17
And Absalom said to Hushai,
Is this thy kindness to thy friend? why wentest thou not with thy friend...
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18
And Hushai said unto Absalom, Nay; but whom the LORD, and this people, and all the men of Israel, ch...
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19
And again, whom should I serve?
should I not
serve
in the presence of his son? as I have served in...
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20
Then said Absalom to Ahithophel, Give counsel among you what we shall do.
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21
And Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Go in unto thy father’s concubines, which he hath left to keep the...
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22
So they spread Absalom a tent upon the top of the house; and Absalom went in unto his father’s concu...
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23
And the counsel of Ahithophel, which he counselled in those days,
was as if a man had enquired at th...
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