Verse 23
2 Samuel 19:23
Literal Standard Version
23
And the king says to Shimei, “You do not die”; and the king swears to him.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר דָּוִ֗ד מַה לִּ֤/י וְ/לָ/כֶם֙ בְּנֵ֣י צְרוּיָ֔ה כִּי תִֽהְיוּ לִ֥/י הַ/יּ֖וֹם לְ/שָׂטָ֑ן הַ/יּ֗וֹם י֤וּמַת אִישׁ֙ בְּ/יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל כִּ֚י הֲ/ל֣וֹא יָדַ֔עְתִּי כִּ֥י הַ/יּ֖וֹם אֲנִי מֶ֥לֶךְ עַל יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
English Translation
And David said, "What have I to do with you, sons of Zeruiah, that you should be a adversary to me today? Today, a man shall be put to death in Israel, for did I not know that today I am king over Israel?"
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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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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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for your servant has known that I have sinned; and behold, I have come today, first of all the house...
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21
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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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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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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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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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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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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