THE WHOLE BIBLE- verse by verse (9)

[Toynbee]

2 Samuel 15:22 And David said to Ittai, “Go then, pass on.” So Ittai the Gittite passed on with all his men and all the little ones who were with him.

 

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2 Samuel 15:23 And all the land wept aloud as all the people passed by, and the king crossed the brook Kidron, and all the people passed on toward the wilderness.

 

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2 Samuel 15:24 And Abiathar came up, and behold, Zadok came also with all the Levites, bearing the ark of the covenant of God. And they set down the ark of God until the people had all passed out of the city.

 

[Toynbee]

2 Samuel 15:25 Then the king said to Zadok, “Carry the ark of God back into the city. If I find favor in the eyes of the Lord, he will bring me back and let me see both it and his dwelling place.

 

[Toynbee]

2 Samuel 15:26 But if he says, ‘I have no pleasure in you,’ behold, here I am, let him do to me what seems good to him.”

 

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2 Samuel 15:27 The king also said to Zadok the priest, “Are you not a seer? Go back to the city in peace, with your two sons, Ahimaaz your son, and Jonathan the son of Abiathar.

 

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2 Samuel 15:28 See, I will wait at the fords of the wilderness until word comes from you to inform me.”

 

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2 Samuel 15:29 So Zadok and Abiathar carried the ark of God back to Jerusalem, and they remained there.

 

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2 Samuel 15:30 But David went up the ascent of the Mount of Olives, weeping as he went, barefoot and with his head covered. And all the people who were with him covered their heads, and they went up, weeping as they went.

 

[Toynbee]

2 Samuel 15:31 And it was told David, “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” And David said, “O Lord, please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.”

 

[Toynbee]

2 Samuel 15:32 While David was coming to the summit, where God was worshiped, behold, Hushai the Archite came to meet him with his coat torn and dirt on his head.

 

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2 Samuel 15:33 David said to him, “If you go on with me, you will be a burden to me.

 

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2 Samuel 15:34 But if you return to the city and say to Absalom, ‘I will be your servant, O king; as I have been your father's servant in time past, so now I will be your servant,’ then you will defeat for me the counsel of Ahithophel.

 

[Toynbee]

2 Samuel 15:35 Are not Zadok and Abiathar the priests with you there? So whatever you hear from the king's house, tell it to Zadok and Abiathar the priests.

 

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2 Samuel 15:36 Behold, their two sons are with them there, Ahimaaz, Zadok's son, and Jonathan, Abiathar's son, and by them you shall send to me everything you hear.”

 

[Toynbee]

2 Samuel 15:37 So Hushai, David's friend, came into the city, just as Absalom was entering Jerusalem.

 

[Rich48]

2Sa 16:1 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.

 

[NumberOfStars]

The king asked Ziba, "why have you brought these?" Ziba answered, "The donkeys are for the king's household to ride on, the bread and fruit are for the men to eat, and the wine is to refresh those who become exhausted in the desert."
2 Samuel 16:2

 

[Rich48]

2Sa 16:3 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.

 

[singlecandle]

So the king said to Ziba, behold all that belongs
to Mephibosheth is yours." And Ziba said,
"I prostrate myself; let me find favor in your sight, O
my lord, the king!" 2 Samuel 16:4