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It may be that the Lord will look on my distress, and the Lord will repay me with good for this cursing of me today."
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So David and his men went on the road, while Shimei went along on the hillside opposite him and cursed as he went, throwing stones and flinging dust at him.
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The king and all the people who were with him arrived weary at the Jordan; and there he refreshed himself.
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Now Absalom and all the Israelites came to Jerusalem; Ahithophel was with him.
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When Hushai the Archite, David's friend, came to Absalom, Hushai said to Absalom, "Long live the king! Long live the king!"
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Absalom said to Hushai, "Is this your loyalty to your friend? Why did you not go with your friend?"
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Hushai said to Absalom, "No; but the one whom the Lord and this people and all the Israelites have chosen, his I will be, and with him I will remain.
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Moreover, whom should I serve? Should it not be his son? Just as I have served your father, so I will serve you."
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Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, "Give us your counsel; what shall we do?"
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Ahithophel said to Absalom, "Go in to your father's concubines, the ones he has left to look after the house; and all Israel will hear that you have made yourself odious to your father, and the hands of all who are with you will be strengthened."
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So they pitched a tent for Absalom upon the roof; and Absalom went in to his father's concubines in the sight of all Israel.