Verse 20
2 Samuel 19:20
Literal Standard Version
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for your servant has known that I have sinned; and behold, I have come today, first of all the house of Joseph, to go down to meet my lord the king.”
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר אֶל הַ/מֶּ֗לֶךְ אַל יַחֲשָׁב לִ֣/י אֲדֹנִ/י֮ עָוֺן֒ וְ/אַל תִּזְכֹּ֗ר אֵ֚ת אֲשֶׁ֣ר הֶעֱוָ֣ה עַבְדְּ/ךָ֔ בַּ/יּ֕וֹם אֲשֶׁר יָׄצָ֥ׄאׄ אֲדֹנִֽ/י הַ/מֶּ֖לֶךְ מִ/ירֽוּשָׁלִָ֑ם לָ/שׂ֥וּם הַ/מֶּ֖לֶךְ אֶל לִבּֽ/וֹ
English Translation
And he said to the king, "Do not let my lord consider me guilty, and do not remember what your servant did on the day when your lord the king departed from Jerusalem to place the king in his heart."
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Chapter 19 Context
1
And it is declared to Joab, “Behold, the king is weeping and mourning for Absalom”;
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and the salvation on that day becomes mourning to all the people, for the people have heard on that...
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And the people steals away, on that day, to go into the city, as the people steal away, who are asha...
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and the king has covered his face, indeed, the king cries with a loud voice, “My son Absalom! Absalo...
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5
And Joab comes into the house to the king and says, “Today you have put to shame the faces of all yo...
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to love your enemies, and to hate those loving you, for today you have declared that you have no pri...
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7
And now, rise, go out and speak to the heart of your servants, for I have sworn by YHWH, that if you...
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8
And the king rises, and sits in the gate, and they have declared to all the people, saying, “Behold,...
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9
And it comes to pass, all the people are contending through all the tribes of Israel, saying, “The k...
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10
and Absalom whom we anointed over us is dead in battle, and now, why are you silent—to bring back th...
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11
And King David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, saying, “Speak to the elderly of Judah, sa...
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12
you are my brothers, you are my bone and my flesh, and why are you last to bring back the king?
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13
And say to Amasa, Are you not my bone and my flesh? Thus God (Elohim) does to me, and thus He adds,...
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14
And he inclines the heart of all the men of Judah as one man, and they send to the king, “Return, yo...
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15
And the king turns back, and comes to the Jordan, and Judah has come to Gilgal, to go to meet the ki...
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and Shimei son of Gera, the Benjamite, who is from Bahurim, hurries, and comes down with the men of...
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and one thousand men are with him from Benjamin, and Ziba servant of the house of Saul, and his fift...
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18
And the ferry-boat has passed over to carry over the household of the king, and to do that which is...
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19
and he says to the king, “Do not let my lord impute iniquity to me; neither remember that which your...
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20
for your servant has known that I have sinned; and behold, I have come today, first of all the house...
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And Abishai son of Zeruiah answers and says, “Is Shimei not put to death for this—because he reviled...
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22
And David says, “And what do I have to do with you, O sons of Zeruiah, that today you are for an adv...
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23
And the king says to Shimei, “You do not die”; and the king swears to him.
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24
And Mephibosheth son of Saul has come down to meet the king—and he did not prepare his feet, nor did...
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and it comes to pass, when he has come to Jerusalem to meet the king, that the king says to him, “Wh...
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26
And he says, “My lord, O king, my servant deceived me, for your servant said, I saddle the donkey fo...
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27
and he utters slander against your servant to my lord the king, and my lord the king is as a messeng...
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for all the house of my father have been nothing except men of death before my lord the king, and yo...
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29
And the king says to him, “Why do you speak anymore of your matters? I have said, You and Ziba—share...
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30
And Mephibosheth says to the king, “Indeed, let him take the whole, after that my lord the king has...
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31
And Barzillai the Gileadite has gone down from Rogelim, and passes over the Jordan with the king, to...
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and Barzillai is very aged, a son of eighty years, and he has sustained the king in his abiding in M...
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and the king says to Barzillai, “Pass over with me, and I have sustained you in Jerusalem with me.”
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34
And Barzillai says to the king, “How many are the days of the years of my life, that I go up with th...
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35
I am a son of eighty years today; do I know between good and evil? Does your servant taste that whic...
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36
As a little thing, your servant passes over the Jordan with the king, and why does the king repay me...
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37
Please let your servant turn back again, and I die in my own city, near the burying-place of my fath...
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38
And the king says, “Chimham goes over with me, and I do to him that which is good in your eyes, inde...
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39
And all the people pass over the Jordan, and the king has passed over, and the king gives a kiss to...
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40
And the king passes over to Gilgal, and Chimham has passed over with him, and all the people of Juda...
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41
And behold, all the men of Israel are coming to the king, and they say to the king, “Why have our br...
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42
And all the men of Judah answer against the men of Israel, “Because the king is near to us, and why...
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43
And the men of Israel answer the men of Judah, and say, “We have ten parts in the king, and also mor...
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