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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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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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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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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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Now therefore arise, go forth, and speak comfortablya 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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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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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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And Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle. Now therefore why speakb ye not a word of bringing the king back?
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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?
La Biblia de las Américas (Español) BLA
2 Samuel 19:3
Aquel día el pueblo entró calladamente en la ciudad, como pueblo que humillado, entra a escondidas cuando huye de la batalla.
English Standard Version ESV
2 Samuel 19:3
And the people stole into the city that day as people steal in who are ashamed when they flee in battle.
La Biblia del Jubileo 2000 JBS
2 Samuel 19:3
Entró el pueblo aquel día en la ciudad escondidamente, como suele entrar a escondidas el pueblo avergonzado que ha huido de la batalla
New King James Version NKJV
2 Samuel 19:3
And the people stole back into the city that day, as people who are ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.
Nueva Traducción Viviente NTV
2 Samuel 19:3
Ese día todos regresaron sigilosamente a la ciudad, como si estuvieran avergonzados y hubieran desertado de la batalla.
Nueva Versión Internacional NVI
2 Samuel 19:3
Por eso las tropas entraron en la ciudad furtivamente, como lo hace un ejército abochornado por haber huido del combate.
La Biblia Reina-Valera (Español) RVR
2 Samuel 19:3
Entróse el pueblo aquel día en la ciudad escondidamente, como suele entrar á escondidas el pueblo avergonzado que ha huído de la batalla.
Sagradas Escrituras (1569) (Español) SEV
2 Samuel 19:3
Se entró el pueblo aquel día en la ciudad escondidamente, como suele entrar a escondidas el pueblo avergonzado que ha huido de la batalla.
Herramientas de Estudio para 2 Samuel 19:3-23
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