Kings II 19:1-7; Kings II 19:20-34

Kings II 19:1-7

1 And they brought Joab word, saying, Behold, the king weeps and mourns for Abessalom.

2 And the victory was turned that day into mourning to all the people, for the people heard say that day, The king grieves after his son.

3 And the people stole away that day to go into the city, as people steal away when they are ashamed as they flee in the battle.

4 And the king hid his face: and the king cried with a loud voice, My son Abessalom! Abessalom my son!

5 And Joab went in to the king, into the house, and said, Thou hast this day shamed the faces of all thy servants that have delivered thee this day, and the lives of thy sons and of thy daughters, and the lives of thy wives, and of thy concubines,

6 forasmuch as thou lovest them that hate thee, and hatest them that love thee; and thou hast this day declared, that thy princes and thy servants are nothing : for I know this day, that if Abessalom were alive, all of us dead to-day, then it would have been right in thy sight.

7 And now arise, and go forth, and speak comfortably to thy servants; for I have sworn by the Lord, that unless thou wilt go forth to-day, there shall not a man remain with thee this night: and know for thyself, this thing indeed evil to thee beyond all the evil that has come upon thee from thy youth until now.

Kings II 19:20-34

20 For thy servant knows that I have sinned: and, behold, I am come to-day before all Israel and the house of Joseph, to go down and meet my lord the king.

21 And Abessai the son of Saruia answered and said, Shall not Semei therefore be put to death, because he cursed the Lord's anointed?

22 And David said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Saruia, that ye as it were lie in wait against me this day? to-day no man in Israel shall be put to death, for I know not if I this day reign over Israel.

23 And the king said to Semei, Thou shalt not die: and the king swore to him.

24 And Memphibosthe the son of Saul's son went down to meet the king, and had not dressed his feet, nor pared his nails, nor shaved himself, neither had he washed his garments, from the day that the king departed, until the day when he arrived in peace.

25 And it came to pass when he went into Jerusalem to meet the king, that the king said to him, Why didst thou not go with me, Memphibosthe?

26 And Memphibosthe said to him, My lord, O king, my servant deceived me; for thy servant said to him, Saddle me the ass, and I will ride upon it, and go with the king; for thy servant lame.

27 And he has dealt deceitfully with thy servant to my lord the king: but my lord the king as an angel of God, and do thou that which is good in thine eyes.

28 For all the house of my father were but as dead men before my lord the king; yet thou hast set thy servant among them that eat at thy table: and what right have I any longer even to cry to the king?

29 And the king said to him, Why speakest thou any longer of thy matters? I have said, Thou and Siba shall divide the land.

30 And Memphibosthe said to the king, Yea, let him take all, since my lord the king has come in peace to his house.

31 And Berzelli the Galaadite came down from Rogellim, and crossed over Jordan with the king, that he might conduct the king over Jordan.

32 And Berzelli was a very old man, eighty years old; and he had maintained the king when he dwelt in Manaim; for he was a very great man.

33 And the king said to Berzelli, Thou shalt go over with me, and I will nourish thine old age with me in Jerusalem.

34 And Berzelli said to the king, How many the days of the years of my life, that I should go up with the king to Jerusalem?