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II Samuel Chapter 19

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David goes to Absalom’s house and sees that his son is ill and surrounded by his army, showing the deep division within the family. The chapter records Absalom’s anger and the tension between his son and his father, highlighting the ongoing struggle for power. David’s compassion is evident as he sends a messenger to bring news of his son’s condition.

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(1) And it was told Joab, Behold, the king weepeth and mourneth for Absalom.
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II Samuel 18:5II Samuel 18:12II Samuel 18:14II Samuel 18:20II Samuel 18:33Proverbs 17:25

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I Kings 2:28II Samuel 14:33II Samuel 18:5II Samuel 18:33

(2) And the victory that day was turned into mourning unto all the people: for the people heard say that day how the king was grieved for his son.
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Proverbs 16:15Proverbs 19:12

(3) And the people gat them by stealth that day into the city, as people being ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.
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II Samuel 19:32II Samuel 17:24Genesis 31:27

(4) But the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!
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II Samuel 15:30II Samuel 18:33

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II Samuel 18:33II Samuel 13:22II Samuel 13:23II Samuel 13:29II Samuel 14:33II Samuel 15:2

(5) And Joab came into the house to the king, and said, Thou hast shamed this day the faces of all thy servants, which this day have saved thy life, and the lives of thy sons and of thy daughters, and the lives of thy wives, and the lives of thy concubines;
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Nehemiah 9:27Psalms 3:8Psalms 18:47Psalms 18:48

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I Chronicles 11:19II Chronicles 11:21Jeremiah 29:6Jeremiah 19:9Genesis 47:25Genesis 31:50

(6) In that thou lovest thine enemies, and hatest thy friends. For thou hast declared this day, that thou regardest neither princes nor servants: for this day I perceive, that if Absalom had lived, and all we had died this day, then it had pleased thee well.
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II Samuel 3:24II Samuel 3:25Job 34:18Proverbs 19:9Proverbs 19:10Acts 23:5

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II Kings 4:26II Samuel 18:33II Samuel 17:4Psalms 68:27

(7) Now therefore arise, go forth, and speak comfortably unto thy servants: for I swear by the LORD, if thou go not forth, there will not tarry one with thee this night: and that will be worse unto thee than all the evil that befell thee from thy youth until now.
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Genesis 34:3Proverbs 19:15Isaiah 40:1Hosea 2:14Proverbs 14:28Psalms 71:4Psalms 71:5Psalms 71:6Psalms 71:9Psalms 71:10Psalms 71:11Psalms 71:18

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Genesis 19:2

(8) Then the king arose, and sat in the gate. And they told unto all the people, saying, Behold, the king doth sit in the gate. And all the people came before the king: for Israel had fled every man to his tent.
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II Samuel 18:4II Samuel 18:24II Samuel 19:3II Samuel 18:6II Samuel 18:7II Samuel 18:8I Kings 22:36II Kings 14:12

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Nehemiah 12:39Ezekiel 46:9Ezekiel 40:23Ezekiel 46:2Ezekiel 40:6Ezekiel 40:27

(9) And all the people were at strife throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, The king saved us out of the hand of our enemies, and he delivered us out of the hand of the Philistines; and now he is fled out of the land for Absalom.
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Genesis 3:12Genesis 3:13Exodus 32:24James 3:14James 3:15James 3:16II Samuel 8:10I Samuel 17:50I Samuel 18:5I Samuel 18:6I Samuel 18:7I Samuel 18:25

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II Samuel 15:10Joshua 21:44Judges 2:14I Chronicles 11:14I Samuel 31:1I Samuel 31:7

(10) And Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle. Now therefore why speak ye not a word of bringing the king back?
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II Samuel 15:12II Samuel 15:13Hosea 8:4II Samuel 18:14Judges 18:9

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I Samuel 1:8II Samuel 19:43II Kings 1:5II Samuel 18:33

(11) And king David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, saying, Speak unto the elders of Judah, saying, Why are ye the last to bring the king back to his house? seeing the speech of all Israel is come to the king, even to his house.
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II Samuel 15:29II Samuel 15:35II Samuel 15:36I Kings 2:25I Kings 2:26I Kings 2:35II Corinthians 5:20Matthew 5:16II Thessalonians 3:9

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II Samuel 15:35I Samuel 1:8II Kings 1:5II Samuel 17:15

(12) Ye are my brethren, ye are my bones and my flesh: wherefore then are ye the last to bring back the king?
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II Samuel 5:1Genesis 2:23Judges 9:2Ephesians 5:30

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Jeremiah 8:1II Samuel 21:13II Kings 23:18

(13) And say ye to Amasa, Art thou not of my bone, and of my flesh? God do so to me, and more also, if thou be not captain of the host before me continually in the room of Joab.
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II Samuel 17:25I Chronicles 2:16I Chronicles 2:17I Chronicles 12:18Ruth 1:17I Kings 19:2II Samuel 19:5II Samuel 19:6II Samuel 19:7II Samuel 3:29II Samuel 3:30II Samuel 8:16

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II Samuel 17:25I Kings 2:32II Samuel 24:4II Samuel 20:9II Samuel 3:23II Samuel 24:2

(14) And he bowed the heart of all the men of Judah, even as the heart of one man; so that they sent this word unto the king, Return thou, and all thy servants.
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Judges 20:1Psalms 110:2Psalms 110:3Acts 4:32

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Song of Solomon 6:13Jeremiah 15:19Jeremiah 44:14Ezekiel 16:55Malachi 3:7Judges 5:27

(15) So the king returned, and came to Jordan. And Judah came to Gilgal, to go to meet the king, to conduct the king over Jordan.
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Joshua 5:9I Samuel 11:14I Samuel 11:15

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Joshua 4:7Joshua 4:18II Samuel 19:31Numbers 32:19Joshua 3:8Joshua 3:13

(16) And Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite, which was of Bahurim, hasted and came down with the men of Judah to meet king David.
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II Samuel 16:5II Samuel 16:6II Samuel 16:7II Samuel 16:8II Samuel 16:9II Samuel 16:10II Samuel 16:11II Samuel 16:12II Samuel 16:13I Kings 2:8I Kings 2:36I Kings 2:37

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I Kings 2:8I Samuel 17:48II Samuel 16:5

(17) And there 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 over Jordan before the king.
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II Samuel 19:26II Samuel 19:27II Samuel 9:2II Samuel 9:10II Samuel 16:1II Samuel 16:2II Samuel 16:3II Samuel 16:4

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Ezekiel 45:12II Chronicles 2:10II Samuel 9:10I Kings 6:20Joshua 4:7

(18) And there went over a ferry boat to carry over the king's household, and to do what he thought good. And Shimei the son of Gera fell down before the king, as he was come over Jordan;
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Psalms 66:3Psalms 81:15Revelation 3:9

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Esther 8:8Judges 5:27Joshua 4:7I Kings 2:8Esther 3:3Esther 3:12

(19) And said unto the king, Let not my lord impute iniquity unto me, neither do thou remember that which thy servant did perversely the day that my lord the king went out of Jerusalem, that the king should take it to his heart.
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Ecclesiastes 10:4I Samuel 22:15Psalms 32:2Romans 4:6Romans 4:7Romans 4:8II Corinthians 5:19Psalms 79:8Isaiah 43:25Jeremiah 31:34II Samuel 16:5II Samuel 16:6

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Leviticus 26:42

(20) For thy servant doth know that I have sinned: therefore, behold, I am come the first this day of all the house of Joseph to go down to meet my lord the king.
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Psalms 78:34Psalms 78:35Psalms 78:36Psalms 78:37Jeremiah 22:23Hosea 5:15II Samuel 19:9II Samuel 16:5Genesis 48:14Genesis 48:20I Kings 12:20I Kings 12:25

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Genesis 45:3Genesis 37:28

(21) But Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered and said, Shall not Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed the LORD'S anointed?
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Exodus 22:28I Kings 21:10I Kings 21:11II Samuel 16:5II Samuel 16:7II Samuel 16:13I Samuel 24:6I Samuel 26:9

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I Samuel 24:6I Samuel 26:9I Samuel 26:6I Chronicles 2:16

(22) And David said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah, that ye should this day be adversaries unto me? shall there any man be put to death this day in Israel? for do not I know that I am this day king over Israel?
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II Samuel 3:39II Samuel 16:10I Samuel 26:8Matthew 8:29I Samuel 11:13Isaiah 16:5Luke 9:54Luke 9:55Luke 9:56

(23) Therefore the king said unto Shimei, Thou shalt not die. And the king sware unto him.
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I Kings 2:8I Kings 2:9I Kings 2:37I Kings 2:46I Samuel 28:10I Samuel 30:15Hebrews 6:16

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II Kings 7:4II Chronicles 25:4Romans 14:8

(24) And Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king, and had neither dressed his feet, nor trimmed his beard, nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came again in peace.
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II Samuel 9:6II Samuel 16:3II Samuel 15:30Isaiah 15:2Jeremiah 41:5Matthew 6:16Romans 12:15Hebrews 13:3

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Ezekiel 1:7Luke 7:38Luke 7:44John 13:14

(25) And it came to pass, when he was come to Jerusalem to meet the king, that the king said unto him, Wherefore wentest not thou with me, Mephibosheth?
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II Samuel 16:17

(26) And he answered, My lord, O king, my servant deceived me: for thy servant said, I will saddle me an ass, that I may ride thereon, and go to the king; because thy servant is lame.
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II Samuel 16:2II Samuel 16:3II Samuel 4:4

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I Kings 13:13Numbers 22:23

(27) And he hath slandered thy servant unto my lord the king; but my lord the king is as an angel of God: do therefore what is good in thine eyes.
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II Samuel 16:3Exodus 20:16Psalms 15:3Psalms 101:5Jeremiah 9:4II Samuel 14:17II Samuel 14:20I Samuel 29:9

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II Samuel 24:16I Chronicles 21:15

(28) For all of my father's house were but dead men before my lord the king: yet didst thou set thy servant among them that did eat at thine own table. What right therefore have I yet to cry any more unto the king?
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Genesis 32:10I Samuel 26:16II Samuel 9:7II Samuel 9:8II Samuel 9:10II Samuel 9:13II Kings 8:3

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I Samuel 15:19Isaiah 54:1Isaiah 57:9Exodus 26:35

(29) And the king said unto him, Why speakest thou any more of thy matters? I have said, Thou and Ziba divide the land.
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Job 19:16Job 19:17Proverbs 18:13Acts 18:15Deuteronomy 19:17Deuteronomy 19:18Deuteronomy 19:19Psalms 82:2Psalms 101:5

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I Samuel 1:8

(30) And Mephibosheth said unto the king, Yea, let him take all, forasmuch as my lord the king is come again in peace unto his own house.
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II Samuel 1:26Acts 20:24Philippians 1:20

(31) And Barzillai the Gileadite came down from Rogelim, and went over Jordan with the king, to conduct him over Jordan.
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I Kings 2:7Ezra 2:61Nehemiah 7:63

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Joshua 4:7II Samuel 19:15Numbers 32:19Joshua 3:8Joshua 3:13Joshua 3:15

(32) Now Barzillai was a very aged man, even fourscore years old: and he had provided the king of sustenance while he lay at Mahanaim; for he was a very great man.
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Genesis 5:27Genesis 9:29Genesis 25:7Genesis 47:28Genesis 50:26Deuteronomy 34:7Psalms 90:3Psalms 90:4Psalms 90:5Psalms 90:6Psalms 90:7Psalms 90:8

(33) And the king said unto Barzillai, Come thou over with me, and I will feed thee with me in Jerusalem.
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II Samuel 9:11Matthew 25:34Matthew 25:35Matthew 25:36Matthew 25:37Matthew 25:38Matthew 25:39Matthew 25:40Luke 22:28Luke 22:29Luke 22:30II Thessalonians 1:7

(34) And Barzillai said unto the king, How long have I to live, that I should go up with the king unto Jerusalem?
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Genesis 47:9Job 14:14Psalms 39:5Psalms 39:6I Corinthians 7:29James 4:14

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Romans 14:8Galatians 2:20

(35) I am this day fourscore years old: and can I discern between good and evil? can thy servant taste what I eat or what I drink? can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? wherefore then should thy servant be yet a burden unto my lord the king?
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Job 6:30Job 12:11Hebrews 5:14I Peter 2:3Ecclesiastes 12:1Ecclesiastes 12:2Ecclesiastes 12:3Ecclesiastes 12:4Ecclesiastes 12:5Ezra 2:65Nehemiah 7:67Exodus 2:8

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II Chronicles 35:25Ezra 2:65Nehemiah 7:67I Samuel 18:6Jeremiah 23:38

(36) Thy servant will go a little way over Jordan with the king: and why should the king recompense it me with such a reward?
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Luke 6:38

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I Samuel 1:8Joshua 4:7Proverbs 6:10Proverbs 24:33

(37) Let thy servant, I pray thee, turn back again, that I may die in mine own city, and be buried by the grave of my father and of my mother. But behold thy servant Chimham; let him go over with my lord the king; and do to him what shall seem good unto thee.
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Genesis 48:21Joshua 23:14Luke 2:29Luke 2:30II Timothy 4:6II Peter 1:14Genesis 47:30Genesis 49:29Genesis 49:30Genesis 49:31Genesis 50:13I Kings 13:22

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Ezekiel 33:11Luke 12:53II Kings 7:4II Chronicles 25:4Ezekiel 3:20Ezekiel 33:9

(38) And the king answered, Chimham shall go over with me, and I will do to him that which shall seem good unto thee: and whatsoever thou shalt require of me, that will I do for thee.
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Philippians 4:8Leviticus 11:42Genesis 9:5

(39) And all the people went over Jordan. And when the king was come over, the king kissed Barzillai, and blessed him; and he returned unto his own place.
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Genesis 31:55Genesis 45:15Ruth 1:14I Kings 19:20Acts 20:37I Thessalonians 5:26II Samuel 6:18II Samuel 6:20II Samuel 13:25Genesis 14:19Genesis 28:3Genesis 47:7

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(40) Then the king went on to Gilgal, and Chimham went on with him: and all the people of Judah conducted the king, and also half the people of Israel.
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II Samuel 19:11II Samuel 19:12II Samuel 19:13II Samuel 19:14II Samuel 19:15Genesis 49:10Matthew 21:9

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(41) And, behold, all the men of Israel came to the king, and said unto the king, Why have our brethren the men of Judah stolen thee away, and have brought the king, and his household, and all David's men with him, over Jordan?
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Judges 8:1Judges 12:1John 7:5John 7:6II Samuel 19:3Genesis 31:26Genesis 31:27

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(42) And all the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, Because the king is near of kin to us: wherefore then be ye angry for this matter? have we eaten at all of the king's cost? or hath he given us any gift?
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II Samuel 19:12II Samuel 5:1I Chronicles 2:3I Chronicles 2:4I Chronicles 2:5I Chronicles 2:6I Chronicles 2:7I Chronicles 2:8I Chronicles 2:9I Chronicles 2:10I Chronicles 2:11I Chronicles 2:12

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Esther 8:8Joel 1:4Esther 3:3Esther 3:12

(43) And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, We have ten parts in the king, and we have also more right in David than ye: why then did ye despise us, that our advice should not be first had in bringing back our king? And the words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel.
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II Samuel 20:1II Samuel 20:6I Kings 12:16II Samuel 5:1Proverbs 13:10II Samuel 19:9II Samuel 19:14Galatians 5:20Galatians 5:26Philippians 2:3Judges 8:1Judges 9:23

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I Samuel 1:8II Samuel 19:10II Kings 1:5II Kings 20:9

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