Verse 8
2 Samuel 16:8
World English Bible
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Yahweh has returned on you all the blood of Saul’s house, in whose place you have reigned! Yahweh has delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom your son! Behold, you are caught by your own mischief, because you are a man of blood!”
Original Language Text
hebrew
הֵשִׁיב֩ עָלֶ֨י/ךָ יְהוָ֜ה כֹּ֣ל דְּמֵ֣י בֵית שָׁא֗וּל אֲשֶׁ֤ר מָלַ֨כְתָּ֙ תחת/ו תַּחְתָּ֔י/ו וַ/יִּתֵּ֤ן יְהוָה֙ אֶת הַ/מְּלוּכָ֔ה בְּ/יַ֖ד אַבְשָׁל֣וֹם בְּנֶ֑/ךָ וְ/הִנְּ/ךָ֙ בְּ/רָ֣עָתֶ֔/ךָ כִּ֛י אִ֥ישׁ דָּמִ֖ים אָֽתָּה
English Translation
The LORD has returned upon you all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose place you reigned, and the LORD has given the kingdom into the hand of Absalom, your son, and behold, you are caught in your own evil, for you are a man of blood.
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Chapter 16 Context
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The king said to Ziba, “What do you mean by these?”
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3
The king said, “Where is your master’s son?”
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Then the king said to Ziba, “Behold, all that belongs to Mephibosheth is yours.”
Ziba said, “I bow d...
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5
When king David came to Bahurim, behold, a man of the family of Saul’s house came out, whose name wa...
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6
He cast stones at David, and at all the servants of king David, and all the people and all the might...
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7
Shimei said when he cursed, “Be gone, be gone, you man of blood, and wicked fellow!
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8
Yahweh has returned on you all the blood of Saul’s house, in whose place you have reigned! Yahweh ha...
9
Then Abishai the son of Zeruiah said to the king, “Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king?...
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10
The king said, “What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah? Because he curses, and because Yahw...
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11
David said to Abishai, and to all his servants, “Behold, my son, who came out of my bowels, seeks my...
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12
It may be that Yahweh will look on the wrong done to me, and that Yahweh will repay me good for the...
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13
So David and his men went by the way; and Shimei went along on the hillside opposite him, and cursed...
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14
The king, and all the people who were with him, came weary; and he refreshed himself there.
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15
Absalom and all the people, the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him.
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16
When Hushai the Archite, David’s friend, had come to Absalom, Hushai said to Absalom, “Long live the...
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17
Absalom said to Hushai, “Is this your kindness to your friend? Why didn’t you go with your friend?”
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18
Hushai said to Absalom, “No; but whomever Yahweh, and this people, and all the men of Israel have ch...
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19
Again, whom should I serve? Shouldn’t I serve in the presence of his son? As I have served in your f...
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20
Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, “Give your counsel what we shall do.”
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21
Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Go in to your father’s concubines that he has left to keep the house. T...
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22
So they spread a tent for Absalom on the top of the house, and Absalom went in to his father’s concu...
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23
The counsel of Ahithophel, which he gave in those days, was as if a man inquired at the inner sanctu...
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