1At nasaysay kay Joab; narito, ang hari ay tumatangis at namamanglaw dahil kay Absalom. 2At ang pagtatagumpay sa araw na yaon ay naging kapanglawan sa buong bayan: sapagka't narinig ng bayan na sinasabi sa araw na yaon. Ang hari ay nahahapis dahil sa kaniyang anak. 3At ang bayan ay pumasok sa bayan na patago sa araw na yaon, na gaya ng pagpasok ng bayang napapahiya pagka tumatakas sa pagbabaka. 4At tinakpan ng hari ang kaniyang mukha, at ang hari ay sumigaw ng malakas. Oh anak kong Absalom, Oh Absalom, anak ko, anak ko! 5At pumasok si Joab sa bahay, sa hari, at nagsabi, Iyong hiniya sa araw na ito ang mga mukha ng lahat na iyong lingkod na nagligtas sa araw na ito ng iyong buhay, at ng mga buhay ng iyong mga anak na lalake at babae, at ng mga buhay ng iyong mga asawa, at ng mga buhay ng iyong mga babae; 6Sa iyong pagibig sa nangapopoot sa iyo, at pagkapoot sa nagsisiibig sa iyo. Sapagka't iyong inihayag sa araw na ito, na ang mga prinsipe at mga lingkod ay walang anoman sa iyo: sapagka't aking nagugunita sa araw na ito, na kung si Absalom ay nabuhay, at kaming lahat ay namatay sa araw na ito, ay disin nakapagpalugod na mabuti sa iyo. 7Ngayon nga'y bumangon ka, ikaw ay lumabas, at magsalita na may kagandahang loob sa iyong mga lingkod: sapagka't aking isinusumpa sa pangalan ng Panginoon, na kung ikaw ay hindi lalabas, ay walang matitira sa iyong isang tao sa gabing ito: at yao'y magiging masama sa iyo kay sa lahat ng kasamaan na sumapit sa iyo mula sa iyong kabataan hanggang ngayon. 8Nang magkagayo'y tumindig ang hari, at naupo sa pintuang-bayan. At kanilang isinaysay sa buong bayan, na sinasabi, Narito ang hari ay nakaupo sa pintuang-bayan: at ang buong bayan ay naparoon sa harap ng hari. Nakatakas nga ang Israel bawa't isa sa kaniyang tolda. 9At ang buong bayan ay nagtatalo sa lahat ng mga lipi ng Israel, na sinasabi, Iniligtas tayo ng hari sa kamay ng ating mga kaaway; at iniligtas niya tayo sa kamay ng mga Filisteo; at ngayo'y kaniyang tinakasan si Absalom sa lupain. 10At si Absalom na ating pinahiran ng langis, upang maging hari sa atin ay namatay sa pagbabaka. Ngayon nga'y bakit hindi kayo nagsasalita ng isang salita sa pagbabalik sa hari? 11At nagsugo ang haring si David kay Sadoc at kay Abiathar na mga saserdote, na sinasabi, Magsipagsalita kayo sa mga matanda sa Juda, na magsipagsabi, Bakit kayo ang huli sa pagbabalik sa hari sa kaniyang bahay? dangang ang pananalita ng buong Israel ay dumating sa hari, upang ibalik siya sa kaniyang bahay. 12Kayo'y aking mga kapatid, kayo'y aking buto at aking laman: bakit nga kayo ang huli sa pagbabalik sa hari? 13At sabihin ninyo kay Amasa, Hindi ka ba aking buto at aking laman? Hatulan ng Dios ako, at lalo na, kung ikaw ay hindi maging palaging punong kawal ng mga hukbo sa harap ko na kahalili ni Joab. 14At kaniyang ikiniling ang puso ng lahat ng mga lalake ng Juda na parang puso ng isang tao; na anopa't sila'y nagsipagsugo sa hari, na nagsisipagsabi, Ikaw ay bumalik, at ang lahat ng iyong lingkod. 15Sa gayo'y bumalik ang hari, at naparoon sa Jordan. At ang Juda ay naparoon sa Gilgal, upang salubungin ang hari, na itawid ang hari sa Jordan. 16At si Semei na anak ni Gera, na Benjamita, na taga Bahurim, ay nagmadali at lumusong na kasama ang mga lalake ng Juda upang salubungin ang haring si David. 17At may isang libong lalake ng Benjamin na kasama siya, at si Siba, na alila sa sangbahayan ni Saul, at ang kaniyang labing limang anak at ang kaniyang dalawang pung alila na kasama niya; at sila'y nagsitawid sa Jordan sa harap ng hari. 18At may tawiran naman upang tawiran ng sangbahayan ng hari, at gawin ang kaniyang inaakalang mabuti. At si Semei na anak ni Gera ay nagpatirapa sa harap ng hari, nang siya'y makatawid sa Jordan. 19At sinabi niya sa hari, Huwag paratangan ng kasamaan ako ng aking panginoon, o alalahanin man ang ginawa na may kalikuan ng iyong lingkod sa araw na ang aking panginoon na hari ay lumabas sa Jerusalem, upang isapuso ng hari. 20Sapagka't nalalaman ng iyong lingkod na ako'y nagkasala: kaya't, narito, ako'y naparirito sa araw na ito, na una sa lahat ng sangbahayan ni Jose upang lumusong na salubungin ang aking panginoon na hari. 21Nguni't si Abisai na anak ni Sarvia ay sumagot, at nagsabi, Hindi ba papatayin si Semei dahil dito, sapagka't kaniyang isinumpa ang pinahiran ng langis ng Panginoon? 22At sinabi ni David, Ano ang ipakikialam ko sa inyo, mga anak ni Sarvia, na kayo'y magiging mga kaaway ko sa araw na ito? may sinoman bang papatayin sa araw na ito sa Israel? sapagka't di ko ba talastas na ako'y hari sa araw na ito sa Israel? 23At sinabi ng hari kay Semei, Ikaw ay hindi mamamatay. At ang hari ay sumumpa sa kaniya. 24At si Mephiboseth na anak ni Saul ay lumusong na sinalubong ang hari; at hindi man siya naghugas ng kaniyang mga paa, o naggupit man ng kaniyang balbas, o nilabhan man ang kaniyang mga suot, mula sa araw na ang hari ay umalis hanggang sa araw na siya'y umuwi na payapa sa bahay. 25At nangyari, nang siya'y dumating sa Jerusalem upang salubungin ang hari, na sinabi ng hari sa kaniya, Bakit hindi ka yumaong kasama ko, Mephiboseth? 26At siya'y sumagot, Panginoon ko, Oh hari, dinaya ako ng aking lingkod: sapagka't sinabi ng iyong lingkod, Ako'y maghahanda ng isang asno, upang aking masakyan, at yumaong kasama ng hari; sapagka't ang iyong lingkod ay pilay. 27At kaniyang binintangan ang iyong lingkod sa aking panginoon na hari; nguni't ang panginoon kong hari ay gaya ng isang anghel ng Dios: gawin mo nga kung ano ang mabuti sa iyong mga mata. 28Sapagka't ang buong sangbahayan ng aking ama ay mga patay na lalake lamang sa harap ng panginoon kong hari: gayon ma'y inilagay mo ang iyong lingkod sa kasamahan ng nagsisikain sa iyong sariling dulang. Ano pa ngang matuwid mayroon ako, na aking maisisigaw pa sa hari? 29At sinabi ng hari sa kaniya, Bakit nagsasalita ka pa ng iyong mga bagay? Aking sinabi, Ikaw at si Siba ay maghati sa lupa. 30At sinabi ni Mephiboseth sa hari, Oo, ipakuha mo sa kaniya ang lahat, yamang ang aking panginoon na hari ay dumating na payapa sa kaniyang sariling bahay. 31At si Barzillai na Galaadita ay lumusong mula sa Rogelim; at siya'y tumawid sa Jordan na kasama ng hari, upang ihatid niya siya sa dako roon ng Jordan. 32Si Barzillai nga ay lalaking matanda nang totoo, na may walong pung taon: at kaniyang ipinaghanda ang hari ng pagkain samantalang siya'y nasa Mahanaim; sapagka't siya'y totoong dakilang tao. 33At sinabi ng hari kay Barzillai, Tumawid kang kasama ko, at aking pakakanin ka sa Jerusalem. 34At sinabi ni Barzillai sa hari, Gaano na lamang ang mga araw ng mga taon ng aking buhay, na aahon pa ako sa Jerusalem na kasama ng hari? 35Ako sa araw na ito'y may walong pung taon na; makapapansin pa ba ako ng mabuti at masama? malalasahan pa ba ng iyong lingkod ang kaniyang kinakain at iniinom? maririnig ko pa ba ang tinig ng mangaawit na lalake at babae? bakit pa nga magiging isang pasan ang iyong lingkod sa aking panginoon na hari? 36Ang iyong lingkod ay yayaon na lamang ng kaunti sa dako roon ng Jordan na kasama ng hari: at bakit gagantihin ng hari ako ng ganyang ganting pala? 37Isinasamo ko sa iyo na pabalikin mo ang iyong lingkod, upang ako'y mamatay sa aking sariling bayan, sa siping ng libingan ng aking ama at ng aking ina. Nguni't, narito, ang iyong lingkod na Chimham: bayaan siyang tumawid na kasama ng aking panginoon na hari; at gawin mo sa kaniya, kung ano ang mamabutihin mo. 38At sumagot ang hari, Si Chimham ay tatawid na kasama ko, at gagawin ko sa kaniya ang aakalain mong mabuti: at anomang iyong kailanganin sa akin ay aking gagawin alangalang sa iyo. 39At ang buong bayan ay tumawid sa Jordan, at ang hari ay tumawid: at hinagkan ng hari si Barzillai, at binasbasan siya; at siya'y bumalik sa kaniyang sariling dako. 40Sa gayo'y tumawid sa Gilgal ang hari, at si Chimham ay tumawid na kasama niya: at itinawid ng buong bayan ng Juda ang hari, at ng kalahati rin naman ng bayan ng Israel. 41At, narito, ang lahat na lalake ng Israel ay nagsiparoon sa hari, at nagsipagsabi sa hari, Bakit ninakaw ka ng aming mga kapatid na mga lalake ng Juda, at itinawid ang hari at ang kaniyang sangbahayan sa Jordan, at ang lahat na lalake ni David na kasama niya? 42At ang lahat na lalake ng Juda ay nagsisagot sa mga lalake ng Israel, Sapagka't ang hari ay kamaganak na malapit namin: bakit nga kayo mangagagalit dahil sa bagay na ito? nagsikain ba kami ng anoman sa gugol ng hari? o binigyan ba niya kami ng anomang kaloob? 43At ang mga lalake ng Israel ay nagsisagot sa mga lalake ng Juda, at nagsipagsabi, Kami ay may sangpung bahagi sa hari, at kami ay may higit na matuwid kay David kay sa inyo; bakit nga ninyo niwalan ng kabuluhan kami, na ang aming payo'y hindi siyang una sa pagbabalik sa aming hari? At ang mga salita ng mga lalake ng Juda ay lalong mababagsik kay sa mga salita ng mga lalake ng Israel.
1It was told Joab, “Behold, the king weeps and mourns for Absalom.” 2The victory that day was turned into mourning to all the people; for the people heard it said that day, “The king grieves for his son.” 3The people sneaked into the city that day, as people who are ashamed steal away when they flee in battle. 4The king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, “My son Absalom, Absalom, my son, my son!” 5Joab came into the house to the king, and said, “You have shamed this day the faces of all your servants, who this day have saved your life, and the lives of your sons and of your daughters, and the lives of your wives, and the lives of your concubines; 6in that you love those who hate you, and hate those who love you. For you have declared this day, that princes and servants are nothing to you. For today I perceive that if Absalom had lived, and all we had died this day, then it would have pleased you well. 7Now therefore arise, go out, and speak to comfort your servants; for I swear by Yahweh, if you don’t go out, not a man will stay with you this night. That would be worse to you than all the evil that has happened to you from your youth until now.” 8Then the king arose, and sat in the gate. They told to all the people, saying, “Behold, the king is sitting in the gate.” All the people came before the king. Now Israel had fled every man to his tent. 9All the people were at strife throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, “The king delivered us out of the hand of our enemies, and he saved us out of the hand of the Philistines; and now he has fled out of the land from Absalom. 10Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle. Now therefore why don’t you speak a word of bringing the king back?” 11King David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, saying, “Speak to the elders of Judah, saying, ‘Why are you the last to bring the king back to his house? Since the speech of all Israel has come to the king, to return him to his house. 12You are my brothers, you are my bone and my flesh. Why then are you the last to bring back the king?’ 13Say to Amasa, ‘Aren’t you my bone and my flesh? God do so to me, and more also, if you aren’t captain of the army before me continually in the room of Joab.’” 14He bowed the heart of all the men of Judah, even as one man; so that they sent to the king, saying, “Return, you and all your servants.” 15So the king returned, and came to the Jordan. Judah came to Gilgal, to go to meet the king, to bring the king over the Jordan. 16Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite, who was of Bahurim, hurried and came down with the men of Judah to meet king David. 17There were a thousand men of Benjamin with him, and Ziba the servant of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons and his twenty servants with him; and they went through the Jordan in the presence of the king. 18A ferry boat went to bring over the king’s household, and to do what he thought good. Shimei the son of Gera fell down before the king, when he had come over the Jordan. 19He said to the king, “Don’t let my lord impute iniquity to me, nor remember that which your servant did perversely the day that my lord the king went out of Jerusalem, that the king should take it to his heart. 20For your servant knows that I have sinned. Therefore behold, I have come this day the first of all the house of Joseph to go down to meet my lord the king.” 21But Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered, “Shall Shimei not be put to death for this, because he cursed Yahweh’s anointed?” 22David said, “What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah, that you should this day be adversaries to me? Shall there any man be put to death this day in Israel? For don’t I know that I am this day king over Israel?” 23The king said to Shimei, “You shall not die.” The king swore to him. 24Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king; and he had neither groomed his feet, nor trimmed his beard, nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came home in peace. 25When he had come to Jerusalem to meet the king, the king said to him, “Why didn’t you go with me, Mephibosheth?” 26He answered, “My lord, O king, my servant deceived me. For your servant said, I will saddle me a donkey, that I may ride on it, and go with the king; because your servant is lame. 27He has slandered your servant to my lord the king; but my lord the king is as an angel of God. Do therefore what is good in your eyes. 28For all my father’s house were but dead men before my lord the king; yet you set your servant among those who ate at your own table. What right therefore have I yet that I should cry any more to the king?” 29The king said to him, “Why do you speak any more of your matters? I say, you and Ziba divide the land.” 30Mephibosheth said to the king, “Yes, let him take all, because my lord the king has come in peace to his own house.” 31Barzillai the Gileadite came down from Rogelim; and he went over the Jordan with the king, to conduct him over the Jordan. 32Now Barzillai was a very aged man, even eighty years old: and he had provided the king with sustenance while he lay at Mahanaim; for he was a very great man. 33The king said to Barzillai, “Come over with me, and I will sustain you with me in Jerusalem.” 34Barzillai said to the king, “How many are the days of the years of my life, that I should go up with the king to Jerusalem? 35I am this day eighty years old. Can I discern between good and bad? Can your servant taste what I eat or what I drink? Can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? Why then should your servant be yet a burden to my lord the king? 36Your servant would but just go over the Jordan with the king. Why should the king repay me with such a reward? 37Please let your servant turn back again, that I may die in my own city, by the grave of my father and my mother. But behold, your servant Chimham; let him go over with my lord the king; and do to him what shall seem good to you.” 38The king answered, “Chimham shall go over with me, and I will do to him that which shall seem good to you. Whatever you require of me, that I will do for you.” 39All the people went over the Jordan, and the king went over. Then the king kissed Barzillai, and blessed him; and he returned to his own place. 40So the king went over to Gilgal, and Chimham went over with him. All the people of Judah brought the king over, and also half the people of Israel. 41Behold, all the men of Israel came to the king, and said to the king, “Why have our brothers the men of Judah stolen you away, and brought the king, and his household, over the Jordan, and all David’s men with him?” 42All the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, “Because the king is a close relative to us. Why then are you angry about this matter? Have we eaten at all at the king’s cost? Or has he given us any gift?” 43The men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, “We have ten parts in the king, and we have also more claim to David than you. Why then did you despise us, that our advice should not be first had in bringing back our king?” The words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel.
1En Joab werd aangezegd: Zie, de koning weent, en bedrijft rouw over Absalom. 2Toen werd de verlossing te dienzelven dage het ganse volk tot rouw; want het volk had te dienzelven dage horen zeggen: Het smart den koning over zijn zoon. 3En het volk kwam te dienzelven dage steelsgewijze in de stad, gelijk als het volk zich wegsteelt, dat beschaamd is, wanneer zij in den strijd gevloden zijn. 4De koning nu had zijn aangezicht toegewonden, en de koning riep met luider stem: Mijn zoon Absalom, Absalom, mijn zoon, mijn zoon! 5Toen kwam Joab tot den koning in het huis, en zeide: Gij hebt heden beschaamd het aangezicht van al uw knechten, die uw ziel, en de ziel uwer zonen en uwer dochteren, en de ziel uwer vrouwen, en de ziel uwer bijwijven heden hebben bevrijd; 6Liefhebbende die u haten, en hatende die u liefhebben; want gij geeft heden te kennen, dat oversten en knechten bij u niets zijn; want ik merk heden, dat zo Absalom leefde, en wij heden allen dood waren, dat het alsdan recht zou zijn in uw ogen. 7Zo sta nu op, ga uit, en spreek naar het hart uwer knechten; want ik zweer bij den HEERE, als gij niet uitgaat, zo er een man dezen nacht bij u zal vernachten! En dit zal u kwader zijn, dan al het kwaad, dat over u gekomen is van uw jeugd af tot nu toe. 8Toen stond de koning op, en zette zich in de poort. En zij lieten al het volk weten, zeggende: Ziet, de koning zit in de poort. Toen kwam al het volk voor des konings aangezicht, maar Israel was gevloden, een iegelijk naar zijn tenten. 9En al het volk, in alle stammen van Israel, was onder zich twistende, zeggende: De koning heeft ons gered van de hand onzer vijanden en hij heeft ons bevrijd van de hand der Filistijnen, en nu is hij uit het land gevlucht voor Absalom; 10En Absalom, dien wij over ons gezalfd hadden, is in den strijd gestorven; nu dan, waarom zwijgt gijlieden van den koning weder te halen? 11Toen zond de koning David tot Zadok en tot Abjathar, de priesteren, zeggende: Spreekt tot de oudsten van Juda, zeggende: Waarom zoudt gijlieden de laatsten zijn, om den koning weder te halen in zijn huis? (Want de rede van het ganse Israel was tot den koning gekomen in zijn huis.) 12Gij zijt mijn broederen; mijn been en mijn vlees zijt gij; waarom zoudt gij dan de laatsten zijn, om den koning weder te halen? 13En tot Amasa zult gijlieden zeggen: Zijt gij niet mijn been en mijn vlees? God doe mij zo, en doe er zo toe, zo gij niet krijgsoverste zult zijn voor mijn aangezicht, te allen dage, in Joabs plaats. 14Alzo neigde hij het hart aller mannen van Juda, als van een enigen man; en zij zonden henen tot den koning, zeggende: Keer weder, gij en al uw knechten. 15Toen keerde de koning weder, en kwam tot aan de Jordaan; en Juda kwam te Gilgal, om den koning tegemoet te gaan, dat zij den koning over de Jordaan voerden. 16En Simei, de zoon van Gera, een zoon van Jemini, die van Bahurim was, haastte zich, en kwam af met de mannen van Juda, den koning David tegemoet; 17En duizend man van Benjamin met hem; ook Ziba, de knecht van Sauls huis, en zijn vijftien zonen en zijn twintig knechten met hem; en zij togen vaardiglijk over de Jordaan, voor den koning. 18Als nu de pont overvoer, om het huis des konings over te halen, en te doen, wat goed was in zijn ogen, zo viel Simei, de zoon van Gera, neder voor het aangezicht des konings, als hij over de Jordaan voer; 19En hij zeide tot den koning: Mijn heer rekene mij niet toe de misdaad, en gedenke niet, wat uw knecht verkeerdelijk gedaan heeft, te dien dage, als mijn heer de koning uit Jeruzalem uitging, dat het de koning zich ter harte zoude nemen. 20Want uw knecht weet het zekerlijk, ik heb gezondigd; doch zie, ik ben heden gekomen, de eerste van het ganse huis van Jozef, om mijn heer den koning tegemoet af te komen. 21Toen antwoordde Abisai, de zoon van Zeruja, en zeide: Zou dan Simei hiervoor niet gedood worden? Zo hij toch den gezalfde des HEEREN gevloekt heeft. 22Maar David zeide: Wat heb ik met ulieden te doen, gij zonen van Zeruja! Dat gij mij heden ten satan zoudt zijn? Zou heden iemand gedood worden in Israel? Want weet ik niet, dat ik heden koning geworden ben over Israel? 23En de koning zeide tot Simei: Gij zult niet sterven. En de koning zwoer hem. 24Mefiboseth, Sauls zoon, kwam ook af den koning tegemoet; en hij had zijn voeten niet schoongemaakt, noch zijn knevelbaard beschoren, noch zijn klederen gewassen, van dien dag af, dat de koning was weggegaan, tot dien dag toe, dat hij met vrede wederkwam. 25En het geschiedde, als hij te Jeruzalem den koning tegemoet kwam, dat de koning tot hem zeide: Waarom zijt gij niet met mij getogen, Mefiboseth? 26En hij zeide: Mijn heer koning, mijn knecht heeft mij bedrogen; want uw knecht zeide: Ik zal mij een ezel zadelen, en daarop rijden, en tot den koning trekken, want uw knecht is kreupel. 27Daartoe heeft hij uw knecht bij mijn heer den koning valselijk aangedragen; doch mijn heer de koning is als een engel Gods; doe dan, wat goed is in uw ogen. 28Want al mijns vaders huis is niet geweest, dan maar lieden des doods voor mijn heer den koning; nochtans hebt gij uw knecht gezet onder degenen, die aan uw tafel eten; wat heb ik dan meer voor gerechtigheid, en meer te roepen aan den koning? 29Toen zeide de koning tot hem: Waarom spreekt gij meer van uw zaken? Ik heb gezegd: Gij en Ziba, deelt het land. 30En Mefiboseth zeide tot den koning: Hij neme het ook gans weg, naardien mijn heer de koning met vrede in zijn huis is gekomen. 31Barzillai, de Gileadiet, kwam ook af van Rogelim; en hij toog met den koning over de Jordaan, om hem over de Jordaan te geleiden. 32Barzillai nu was zeer oud, een man van tachtig jaren; en hij had den koning onderhouden, toen hij te Mahanaim zijn verblijf had; want hij was een zeer groot man. 33En de koning zeide tot Barzillai: Trekt gij met mij over, en ik zal u bij mij te Jeruzalem onderhouden. 34Maar Barzillai zeide tot den koning: Hoe veel zullen de dagen der jaren mijns levens zijn, dat ik met den koning zou optrekken naar Jeruzalem? 35Ik ben heden tachtig jaren oud; zou ik kunnen onderscheiden tussen goed en kwaad? Zou uw knecht kunnen smaken, wat ik eet en wat ik drink? Zoude ik meer kunnen horen naar de stem der zangers en zangeressen? En waarom zou uw knecht mijn heer den koning verder tot een last zijn? 36Uw knecht zal maar een weinig met den koning over de Jordaan gaan; waarom toch zou mij de koning zulk een vergelding doen? 37Laat toch uw knecht wederkeren, dat ik sterve in mijn stad, bij het graf mijns vaders en mijner moeder; maar zie, daar is uw knecht Chimham, laat dien met mijn heer den koning overtrekken, en doe hem, wat goed is in uw ogen. 38Toen zeide de koning: Chimham zal met mij overtrekken, en ik zal hem doen, wat goed is in uw ogen; ja, alles, wat gij op mij begeren zult, zal ik u doen. 39Toen nu al het volk over de Jordaan gegaan was, en de koning ook was overgegaan, kuste de koning Barzillai, en zegende hem; alzo keerde hij weder naar zijn plaats. 40En de koning toog voort naar Gilgal, en Chimham toog met hem voort; en al het volk van Juda had den koning overgevoerd, als ook een gedeelte van het volk Israels. 41En ziet, alle mannen van Israel kwamen tot den koning; en zij zeiden tot den koning: Waarom hebben u onze broeders, de mannen van Juda, gestolen, en hebben den koning en zijn huis over de Jordaan gevoerd, en alle mannen Davids met hem? 42Toen antwoordden alle mannen van Juda tegen de mannen van Israel: Omdat de koning ons na verwant is; en waarom zijt gij nu toornig over deze zaak? Hebben wij dan enigszins gegeten van des konings kost, of heeft hij ons een geschenk geschonken? 43En de mannen van Israel antwoordden den mannen van Juda, en zeiden: Wij hebben tien delen aan den koning, en ook aan David, wij, meer dan gij; waarom hebt gij ons dan gering geacht, dat ons woord niet het eerste geweest is, om onzen koning weder te halen? Maar het woord der mannen van Juda was harder dan het woord der mannen van Israel.
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