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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>2 Samuel 16 ESV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/2_samuel/16.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/2_samuel/16-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">ESV</a> > 2 Samuel 16</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../2_samuel/15.htm" title="2 Samuel 15">◄</a> 2 Samuel 16 <a href="../2_samuel/17.htm" title="2 Samuel 17">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">English Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/esv/nas/2_samuel/16.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div></a><div class="chap"><p class="heading">David and Ziba</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/16-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>When David had passed a little beyond the summit, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of donkeys saddled, bearing two hundred loaves of bread, a hundred bunches of raisins, a hundred of summer fruits, and a skin of wine. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/16-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>And the king said to Ziba, “Why have you brought these?” Ziba answered, “The donkeys are for the king’s household to ride on, the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat, and the wine for those who faint in the wilderness to drink.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/16-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>And the king said, “And where is your master’s son?” Ziba said to the king, “Behold, he remains in Jerusalem, for he said, ‘Today the house of Israel will give me back the kingdom of my father.’” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/16-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Then the king said to Ziba, “Behold, all that belonged to Mephibosheth is now yours.” And Ziba said, “I pay homage; let me ever find favor in your sight, my lord the king.”</p> <p class="heading">Shimei Curses David</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/16-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>When King David came to Bahurim, there came out a man of the family of the house of Saul, whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera, and as he came he cursed continually. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/16-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>And he threw stones at David and at all the servants of King David, and all the people and all the mighty men were on his right hand and on his left. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/16-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>And Shimei said as he cursed, “Get out, get out, you man of blood, you worthless man! <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/16-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> has avenged on you all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose place you have reigned, and the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> has given the kingdom into the hand of your son Absalom. See, your evil is on you, for you are a man of blood.”</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/16-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Then Abishai the son of Zeruiah said to the king, “Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Let me go over and take off his head.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/16-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>But the king said, “What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah? If he is cursing because the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> has said to him, ‘Curse David,’ who then shall say, ‘Why have you done so?’” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/16-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And David said to Abishai and to all his servants, “Behold, my own son seeks my life; how much more now may this Benjaminite! Leave him alone, and let him curse, for the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> has told him to. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/16-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>It may be that the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> will look on the wrong done to me,<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Septuagint, Vulgate will look upon my affliction">a</a></sup></span> and that the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> will repay me with good for his cursing today.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/16-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>So David and his men went on the road, while Shimei went along on the hillside opposite him and cursed as he went and threw stones at him and flung dust. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/16-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And the king, and all the people who were with him, arrived weary at the Jordan.<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Septuagint; Hebrew lacks at the Jordan">b</a></sup></span> And there he refreshed himself.</p> <p class="heading">Absalom Enters Jerusalem</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/16-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Now Absalom and all the people, the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/16-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>And when Hushai the Archite, David’s friend, came to Absalom, Hushai said to Absalom, “Long live the king! Long live the king!” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/16-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>And Absalom said to Hushai, “Is this your loyalty to your friend? Why did you not go with your friend?” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/16-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>And Hushai said to Absalom, “No, for whom the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> and this people and all the men of Israel have chosen, his I will be, and with him I will remain. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/16-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>And again, whom should I serve? Should it not be his son? As I have served your father, so I will serve you.”</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/16-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, “Give your counsel. What shall we do?” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/16-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Go in to your father’s concubines, whom he has left to keep the house, and all Israel will hear that you have made yourself a stench to your father, and the hands of all who are with you will be strengthened.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/16-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>So they pitched a tent for Absalom on the roof. And Absalom went in to his father’s concubines in the sight of all Israel. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/16-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Now in those days the counsel that Ahithophel gave was as if one consulted the word of God; so was all the counsel of Ahithophel esteemed, both by David and by Absalom.</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">12</span> Septuagint, Vulgate <i><span class="catch-word">will look</span> upon my affliction</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">14</span> Septuagint; Hebrew lacks <i class="catch-word">at the Jordan</i><br /></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">ESV Text Edition® (2016).<br /><br />The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®) copyright © 2001 by <a href="http://www.crossway.org/home/esv/">Crossway Bibles</a>, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. 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