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II Samuel Chapter 16

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II Samuel

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In this chapter David’s son Absalom plots against his father and the king, leading to a plot to kill him and his marriage to Bathsheba. The chapter shows the tension between loyalty and ambition and the resulting chaos. David’s judgment and the consequences of Absalom’s rebellion are highlighted.

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(1) And 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.
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II Samuel 15:30II Samuel 15:32II Samuel 9:2II Samuel 9:9II Samuel 9:10II Samuel 9:11II Samuel 9:12II Samuel 17:27II Samuel 17:28II Samuel 17:29II Samuel 19:32I Samuel 17:17

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II Samuel 16:2I Samuel 25:18I Chronicles 12:40Jeremiah 13:12Mark 2:22Psalms 68:15

(2) And 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.
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Genesis 21:29Genesis 33:8Ezekiel 37:18Ezekiel 15:1Judges 5:10Judges 10:4I Samuel 25:27II Samuel 15:23II Samuel 17:29Judges 8:4Judges 8:5I Samuel 14:28

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II Samuel 16:1Mark 2:22Esther 8:8II Samuel 9:2II Samuel 16:4Deuteronomy 7:13

(3) And 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.
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II Samuel 9:9II Samuel 9:10Psalms 88:18Micah 7:5II Samuel 19:24II Samuel 19:25II Samuel 19:26II Samuel 19:27II Samuel 19:28II Samuel 19:29II Samuel 19:30Exodus 20:16

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II Samuel 9:10

(4) Then 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.
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II Samuel 14:10II Samuel 14:11Exodus 23:8Deuteronomy 19:15Proverbs 18:13Proverbs 18:17Proverbs 19:2II Samuel 14:4II Samuel 14:22

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Romans 11:6II Samuel 9:12II Samuel 9:2II Samuel 16:2Exodus 33:13I Corinthians 15:10

(5) And 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.
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II Samuel 16:14II Samuel 3:16II Samuel 17:18II Samuel 19:16II Samuel 19:17II Samuel 19:18I Kings 2:8I Kings 2:9I Kings 2:36I Kings 2:37I Kings 2:38I Kings 2:39

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Numbers 26:58I Kings 2:8Numbers 3:27I Samuel 12:3Philippians 3:19Judges 21:24

(6) And 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.
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I Chronicles 29:2I Kings 7:10I Kings 5:17

(7) And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Come out, come out, thou bloody man, and thou man of Belial:
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II Samuel 3:37II Samuel 11:15II Samuel 11:16II Samuel 11:17II Samuel 12:9Psalms 5:6Psalms 51:14Deuteronomy 13:13I Samuel 2:12I Samuel 25:17I Kings 21:10I Kings 21:13

(8) The 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.
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Judges 9:24Judges 9:56Judges 9:57I Kings 2:32I Kings 2:33Acts 28:4Acts 28:5Revelation 16:6II Samuel 1:16II Samuel 3:28II Samuel 3:29II Samuel 4:8

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(9) Then 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.
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II Samuel 3:30I Samuel 26:6I Samuel 26:7I Samuel 26:8II Samuel 3:8II Samuel 9:8I Samuel 24:14Exodus 22:28Acts 23:5I Peter 2:17I Samuel 26:9I Samuel 26:10

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I Samuel 1:8II Samuel 16:10I Samuel 26:6I Chronicles 2:16

(10) And 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?
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II Samuel 3:39II Samuel 19:22I Kings 2:5Matthew 16:23Luke 9:54Luke 9:55Luke 9:56I Peter 2:23Genesis 50:20I Kings 22:21I Kings 22:22I Kings 22:23

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(11) And 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.
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II Samuel 12:11II Samuel 12:12II Samuel 7:2Genesis 15:4II Samuel 17:1II Samuel 17:2II Samuel 17:3II Samuel 17:4II Kings 19:37II Chronicles 32:21Matthew 10:21Isaiah 10:5

(12) It may be that the LORD will look on mine affliction, and that the LORD will requite me good for his cursing this day.
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Genesis 29:32Genesis 29:33Exodus 2:24Exodus 2:25Exodus 3:7Exodus 3:8I Samuel 1:11Psalms 25:18Deuteronomy 23:5Isaiah 27:7Matthew 5:11Matthew 5:12

(13) And 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.
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II Samuel 16:5II Samuel 16:6Acts 23:23

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I Chronicles 29:2I Kings 7:10I Kings 5:17

(14) And the king, and all the people that were with him, came weary, and refreshed themselves there.
(15) And Absalom, and all the people the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him.
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II Samuel 15:37

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II Samuel 17:14II Samuel 15:12II Samuel 15:31II Samuel 16:23II Samuel 17:6II Samuel 18:33

(16) And 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.
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I Samuel 10:24I Kings 1:25I Kings 1:34II Kings 11:12Daniel 2:4Daniel 5:10Daniel 6:6Daniel 6:21Matthew 21:9

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II Samuel 17:14II Samuel 15:37II Samuel 16:17II Samuel 17:6II Samuel 18:33II Samuel 15:12

(17) And Absalom said to Hushai, Is this thy kindness to thy friend? why wentest thou not with thy friend?
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Deuteronomy 32:6II Samuel 15:32II Samuel 15:33II Samuel 15:34II Samuel 15:35II Samuel 15:36II Samuel 15:37II Samuel 19:25Proverbs 17:17Proverbs 18:24

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II Samuel 16:16II Samuel 15:37Proverbs 6:3Proverbs 27:10Luke 11:5I Samuel 1:8

(18) And 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.
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II Samuel 5:1II Samuel 5:2II Samuel 5:3I Samuel 16:13

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(19) And 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.
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II Samuel 15:34I Samuel 28:2I Samuel 29:8Psalms 55:21Galatians 2:13

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(20) Then said Absalom to Ahithophel, Give counsel among you what we shall do.
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Exodus 1:10Psalms 2:2Psalms 37:12Psalms 37:13Proverbs 21:30Isaiah 8:10Isaiah 29:15Matthew 27:1Acts 4:23Acts 4:24Acts 4:25Acts 4:26

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(21) And 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.
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Genesis 6:4Genesis 38:16II Samuel 12:11II Samuel 15:16II Samuel 20:3Genesis 35:22Leviticus 18:8Leviticus 20:11I Kings 2:17I Kings 2:22I Corinthians 5:1Genesis 34:30

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(22) So 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.
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II Samuel 11:2II Samuel 12:11II Samuel 12:12II Samuel 15:16II Samuel 20:3Numbers 25:6Isaiah 3:9Jeremiah 3:3Jeremiah 8:12Ezekiel 24:7Philippians 3:19

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II Samuel 18:33Genesis 31:33II Samuel 16:21II Chronicles 11:21II Samuel 13:22II Samuel 13:23

(23) And 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.
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Numbers 27:21I Samuel 30:8Psalms 28:2I Peter 4:11Psalms 19:7II Samuel 17:14II Samuel 17:23Job 5:12Job 28:28Jeremiah 4:22Jeremiah 8:9Matthew 11:25

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