Verse 23
2 Samuel 19:23
Noah Webster Bible
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Therefore the king said to Shimei, Thou shalt not die. And the king swore 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 was told to Joab, Behold, the king weepeth and mourneth for Absalom.
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And the victory that day was turned into mourning to all the people: for the people heard it said th...
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And the people withdrew by stealth that day into the city, as people being ashamed steal away when t...
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But the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my...
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And Joab came into the house to the king, and said, thou hast shamed this day the faces of all thy s...
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In that thou lovest thy enemies, and hatest thy friends. For thou hast declared this day, that thou...
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Now therefore arise, go forth, and speak comfortably to thy servants: for I swear by the LORD, if th...
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Then the king rose, and sat in the gate. And they told to all the people, saying, Behold, the king d...
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And all the people were at strife throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, The king saved us fro...
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And Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle. Now therefore why speak ye not a word of b...
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And king David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, saying, Speak to the elders of Judah, sayi...
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Ye are my brethren, ye are my bones and my flesh: why then are ye the last to bring back the king?
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And say ye to Amasa, Art thou not of my bone, and of my flesh? God (Elohim) do so to me, and more al...
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And he bowed the heart of all the men of Judah, even as the heart of one man; so that they sent this...
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So the king returned, and came to Jordan. And Judah came to Gilgal, to go to meet the king, to condu...
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And Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjaminite, who was of Bahurim, hasted and came down with the men of...
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And there were a thousand men of Benjamin with him, and Ziba the servant of the house of Saul, and h...
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And there went over a ferry-boat to carry over the king's household, and to do what he thought good....
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And said to the king, Let not my lord impute iniquity to me, neither do thou remember that which thy...
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For thy servant doth know that I have sinned: therefore behold, I have come the first this day of al...
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But Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered and said, Shall not Shimei be put to death for this, because...
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And David said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah, that ye should this day be adversari...
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Therefore the king said to Shimei, Thou shalt not die. And the king swore to him.
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And Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king, and had neither dressed his feet, nor t...
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And it came to pass, when he had come to Jerusalem to meet the king, that the king said to him, Why...
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And he answered, My lord, O king, my servant deceived me: for thy servant said, I will saddle me an...
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And he hath slandered thy servant to my lord the king; but my lord the king is as an angel of God (E...
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For all of my father's house were but dead men before my lord the king: yet didst thou set thy serva...
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And the king said to him, Why speakest thou any more of thy matters? I have said, Thou and Ziba divi...
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And Mephibosheth said to the king, Yes, let him take all, forasmuch as my lord the king hath come ag...
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And Barzillai the Gileadite came down from Rogelim, and went over Jordan with the king, to conduct h...
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Now Barzillai was a very aged man, even eighty years old: and he had provided the king with sustenan...
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And the king said to Barzillai, Come thou over with me, and I will feed thee with me in Jerusalem.
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And Barzillai said to the king, How long have I to live, that I should go up with the king to Jerusa...
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I am this day eighty years old: and can I discern between good and evil? can thy servant taste what...
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Thy servant will go a little way over Jordan with the king: and why should the king recompense me wi...
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Let thy servant, I pray thee, return again, that I may die in my own city, and be buried by the grav...
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And the king answered, Chimham shall go over with me, and I will do to him that which shall seem goo...
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And all the people went over Jordan. And when the king had come over, the king kissed Barzillai, and...
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Then the king went on to Gilgal, and Chimham went on with him: and all the people of Judah conducted...
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And behold, all the men of Israel came to the king, and said to him, Why have our brethren the men o...
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And all the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, Because the king is near of kin to us: why then...
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And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, We have ten parts in the king, and we hav...
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