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The king said to Ziba, "What do you plan to do with these?" Ziba replied: "The asses are for the king's household to ride on. The bread and summer fruits are for your servants to eat, and the wine for those to drink who are weary in the desert." (2 Samuel 16, 2)
Then the king said, "And where is your lord's son?" Ziba answered the king, "He is staying in Jerusalem, for he said, 'Now the Israelites will restore to me my father's kingdom.'" (2 Samuel 16, 3)
The king therefore said to Ziba, "So! Everything Meribbaal had is yours." Then Ziba said: "I pay you homage, my lord the king. May I find favor with you!" (2 Samuel 16, 4)
As David was approaching Bahurim, a man named Shimei, the son of Gera of the same clan as Saul's family, was coming out of the place, cursing as he came. (2 Samuel 16, 5)
He threw stones at David and at all the king's officers, even though all the soldiers, including the royal guard, were on David's right and on his left. (2 Samuel 16, 6)
The LORD has requited you for all the bloodshed in the family of Saul, in whose stead you became king, and the LORD has given over the kingdom to your son Absalom. And now you suffer ruin because you are a murderer." (2 Samuel 16, 8)
Abishai, son of Zeruiah, said to the king: "Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Let me go over, please, and lop off his head." (2 Samuel 16, 9)
But the king replied: "What business is it of mine or of yours, sons of Zeruiah, that he curses? Suppose the LORD has told him to curse David; who then will dare to say, 'Why are you doing this?'" (2 Samuel 16, 10)
Then the king said to Abishai and to all his servants: "If my own son, who came forth from my loins, is seeking my life, how much more might this Benjaminite do so! Let him alone and let him curse, for the LORD has told him to. (2 Samuel 16, 11)
David and his men continued on the road, while Shimei kept abreast of them on the hillside, all the while cursing and throwing stones and dirt as he went. (2 Samuel 16, 13)
The king and all the soldiers with him arrived at the Jordan tired out, and stopped there for a rest. (2 Samuel 16, 14)
When David's friend Hushai the Archite came to Absalom, he said to him: "Long live the king! Long live the king!" (2 Samuel 16, 16)
