2 Samuel 16 (NET)

2 Samuel 16:1¹When David had gone a short way beyond the summit, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth was there to meet him. He had a couple of donkeys that were saddled, and on them were 200 loaves of bread, 100 raisin cakes, 100 baskets of summer fruit, and a container of wine.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross 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

2 Samuel 16:2²The king asked Ziba, “Why did you bring these things?” Ziba replied, “The donkeys are for the king’s family to ride on, the loaves of bread and the summer fruit are for the attendants to eat, and the wine is for those who get exhausted in the desert.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross 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

2 Samuel 16:3³The king asked, “Where is your master’s grandson?” Ziba replied to the king, “He remains in Jerusalem, for he said, ‘Today the house of Israel will give back to me my grandfather’s kingdom.’”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross 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

2 Samuel 16:4⁴The king said to Ziba, “Everything that was Mephibosheth’s now belongs to you.” Ziba replied, “I bow before you. May I find favor in your sight, my lord the king.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 18:13Prov 18:17Deut 19:15Exod 23:8Prov 19:22 Sam 14:10-112 Sam 14:222 Sam 14:4

2 Samuel 16:5⁵Then King David reached Bahurim. There a man from Saul’s extended family named Shimei son of Gera came out, yelling curses as he approached.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross 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

2 Samuel 16:6⁶He threw stones at David and all of King David’s servants, as well as all the people and the soldiers who were on his right and on his left.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

2 Samuel 16:7⁷As he yelled curses, Shimei said, “Leave! Leave! You man of bloodshed, you wicked man!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross 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

2 Samuel 16:8⁸The Lord has punished you for all the spilled blood of the house of Saul, in whose place you rule. Now the Lord has given the kingdom into the hand of your son Absalom. Disaster has overtaken you, for you are a man of bloodshed!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross 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

2 Samuel 16:9⁹Then Abishai son of Zeruiah said to the king, “Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Let me go over and cut off his head!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross 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

2 Samuel 16:10¹⁰But the king said, “What do we have in common, you sons of Zeruiah? If he curses because the Lord has said to him, ‘Curse David!,’ who can say to him, ‘Why have you done this?’”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross 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

2 Samuel 16:11¹¹Then David said to Abishai and to all his servants, “My own son, my very own flesh and blood, is trying to take my life. So also now this Benjaminite! Leave him alone so that he can curse, for the Lord has spoken to him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross 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

2 Samuel 16:12¹²Perhaps the Lord will notice my affliction and this day grant me good in place of his curse.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross 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

2 Samuel 16:13¹³So David and his men went on their way. But Shimei kept going along the side of the hill opposite him, yelling curses as he threw stones and dirt at them.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 23:23

2 Samuel 16:14¹⁴The king and all the people who were with him arrived exhausted at their destination, where David refreshed himself.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

2 Samuel 16:15¹⁵Now when Absalom and all the men of Israel arrived in Jerusalem, Ahithophel was with him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Sam 15:372 Sam 15:12

2 Samuel 16:16¹⁶When David’s friend Hushai the Arkite came to Absalom, Hushai said to him, “Long live the king! Long live the king!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross 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

2 Samuel 16:17¹⁷Absalom said to Hushai, “Do you call this loyalty to your friend? Why didn’t you go with your friend?”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Sam 19:252 Sam 15:32-37Deut 32:6Prov 17:17Prov 18:24

2 Samuel 16:18¹⁸Hushai replied to Absalom, “No, I will be loyal to the one whom the Lord, these people, and all the men of Israel have chosen.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 16:132 Sam 5:1-3

2 Samuel 16:19¹⁹Moreover, whom should I serve? Should it not be his son? Just as I served your father, so I will serve you.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Sam 15:34Ps 55:211 Sam 28:21 Sam 29:8Gal 2:13

2 Samuel 16:20²⁰Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, “Give us your advice. What should we do?”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 4:23-28Exod 1:10Isa 29:15Isa 8:10Matt 27:1Prov 21:30Ps 2:2Ps 37:12-13

2 Samuel 16:21²¹Ahithophel replied to Absalom, “Sleep with your father’s concubines whom he left to care for the palace. All Israel will hear that you have made yourself repulsive to your father. Then your followers will be motivated to support you.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross 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

2 Samuel 16:22²²So they pitched a tent for Absalom on the roof, and Absalom slept with his father’s concubines in the sight of all Israel.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross 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

2 Samuel 16:23²³In those days Ahithophel’s advice was considered as valuable as a prophetic revelation. Both David and Absalom highly regarded the advice of Ahithophel.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross 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