2 Samuel 16

¹And when David was a little past the top of the hill, behold, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of asses saddled, and upon them two hundred loaves of bread, and an hundred bunches of raisins, and an hundred of summer fruits, and a bottle of wine. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Sam 25:182 Sam 15:321 Chr 12:401 Sam 10:31 Sam 16:201 Sam 17:17-182 Sam 15:302 Sam 17:27-292 Sam 19:322 Sam 9:2-13

²And the king said unto Ziba, What meanest thou by these? And Ziba said, The asses be for the king’s household to ride on; and the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat; and the wine, that such as be faint in the wilderness may drink. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:2 Sam 17:29Judg 10:4Judg 5:101 Sam 14:281 Sam 25:272 Sam 15:12 Sam 15:232 Sam 19:26Ezek 37:18Gen 21:29

³And the king said, And where is thy master’s son? And Ziba said unto the king, Behold, he abideth at Jerusalem: for he said, To day shall the house of Israel restore me the kingdom of my father. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:2 Sam 9:9-101 Tim 6:9-102 Sam 19:24-30Exod 20:16Jude 1:11Mic 7:5Prov 1:19Prov 21:28Ps 101:5Ps 15:3

⁴Then said the king to Ziba, Behold, thine are all that pertained unto Mephibosheth. And Ziba said, I humbly beseech thee that I may find grace in thy sight, my lord, O king. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Prov 18:13Prov 18:17Deut 19:15Exod 23:8Prov 19:22 Sam 14:10-112 Sam 14:222 Sam 14:4

⁵And when king David came to Bahurim, behold, thence came out a man of the family of the house of Saul, whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera: he came forth, and cursed still as he came. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:2 Sam 3:161 Kgs 2:8-91 Sam 17:43Exod 22:281 Kgs 2:36-462 Sam 17:182 Sam 19:16-23Eccl 10:20Isa 8:21Matt 5:11-12

⁶And he cast 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. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI

⁷And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Come out, come out, thou bloody man, and thou man of Belial: Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Kgs 21:101 Kgs 21:131 Sam 2:121 Sam 25:172 Sam 11:15-172 Sam 12:92 Sam 3:37Deut 13:13Ps 5:6Ps 51:14

⁸The Lord hath returned upon thee all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose stead thou hast reigned; and the Lord hath delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom thy son: and, behold, thou art taken in thy mischief, because thou art a bloody man. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:2 Sam 1:161 Kgs 2:32-332 Sam 3:28-29Judg 9:24Judg 9:56-572 Sam 21:92 Sam 4:8-12Acts 28:4-5Ps 3:2Ps 4:2

⁹Then said Abishai the son of Zeruiah unto the king, Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? let me go over, I pray thee, and take off his head. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Exod 22:282 Sam 9:81 Sam 24:142 Sam 3:81 Pet 2:171 Sam 26:6-112 Sam 3:30Acts 23:5Jer 40:13-16Job 31:30-31

¹⁰And the king said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah? so let him curse, because the Lord hath said unto him, Curse David. Who shall then say, Wherefore hast thou done so? Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:2 Sam 19:22Rom 9:20John 18:111 Pet 2:232 Sam 3:39Dan 4:35Gen 50:20Matt 16:231 Kgs 2:51 Kgs 22:21-23

¹¹And David said to Abishai, and to all his servants, Behold, my son, which came forth of my bowels, seeketh my life: how much more now may this Benjamite do it? let him alone, and let him curse; for the Lord hath bidden him. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:2 Chr 32:212 Kgs 19:372 Sam 12:11-12Ezek 14:9Ezek 20:25Gen 15:4Gen 45:5Isa 10:5-7Matt 10:212 Sam 17:1-4

¹²It may be that the Lord will look on mine affliction, and that the Lord will requite me good for his cursing this day. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Deut 23:5Heb 12:10Exod 2:24-25Matt 5:11-12Ps 25:18Rom 8:281 Sam 1:112 Thess 1:7Gen 29:32-332 Cor 4:17

¹³And as David and his men went by the way, Shimei went along on the hill’s side over against him, and cursed as he went, and threw stones at him, and cast dust. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Acts 23:23

¹⁴And the king, and all the people that were with him, came weary, and refreshed themselves there. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI

¹⁵And Absalom, and all the people the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:2 Sam 15:372 Sam 15:12

¹⁶And it came to pass, when Hushai the Archite, David’s friend, was come unto Absalom, that Hushai said unto Absalom, God save the king, God save the king. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Sam 10:242 Kgs 11:121 Kgs 1:251 Kgs 1:342 Sam 15:37Dan 2:4Dan 5:10Dan 6:21Dan 6:6Matt 21:9

¹⁷And Absalom said to Hushai, Is this thy kindness to thy friend? why wentest thou not with thy friend? Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:2 Sam 19:252 Sam 15:32-37Deut 32:6Prov 17:17Prov 18:24

¹⁸And Hushai said unto Absalom, Nay; but whom the Lord, and this people, and all the men of Israel, choose, his will I be, and with him will I abide. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Sam 16:132 Sam 5:1-3

¹⁹And again, whom should I serve? should I not serve in the presence of his son? as I have served in thy father’s presence, so will I be in thy presence. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:2 Sam 15:34Ps 55:211 Sam 28:21 Sam 29:8Gal 2:13

²⁰Then said Absalom to Ahithophel, Give counsel among you what we shall do. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Acts 4:23-28Exod 1:10Isa 29:15Isa 8:10Matt 27:1Prov 21:30Ps 2:2Ps 37:12-13

²¹And Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Go in unto thy father’s concubines, which he hath left to keep the house; and all Israel shall hear that thou art abhorred of thy father: then shall the hands of all that are with thee be strong. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:2 Sam 20:32 Sam 15:162 Sam 2:7Lev 18:8Zech 8:131 Cor 5:11 Kgs 2:171 Kgs 2:221 Sam 13:41 Sam 27:12

²²So they spread Absalom a tent upon the top of the house; and Absalom went in unto his father’s concubines in the sight of all Israel. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:2 Sam 12:11-122 Sam 15:162 Sam 20:32 Sam 11:2Ezek 24:7Isa 3:9Jer 3:3Jer 8:12Num 25:6Phil 3:19

²³And the counsel of Ahithophel, which he counselled in those days, was as if a man had enquired at the oracle of God: so was all the counsel of Ahithophel both with David and with Absalom. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:2 Sam 15:122 Sam 17:142 Sam 17:231 Cor 3:19-201 Pet 4:111 Sam 30:8Eccl 10:1Jer 4:22Jer 8:9Job 28:28