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2 Samuelsboken 19
Swedish New Living Bible (Nya Levande Bibeln)
2 Samuelsboken 19
Swedish New Living Bible (Nya Levande Bibeln)
Joab förebrår David
19 Snart nådde det fram till Joab att kungen grät och sörjde Absalom.
2 När folket fick höra om hans förtvivlan slutade de att fira segern, och en djup förstämning utbredde sig.
3 De som deltagit i striden på den segrande sidan smög tillbaka in i staden, precis som om de hade flytt undan striden.
4 Kungen satt länge med händerna för ansiktet och jämrade sig i sin sorg: O min son Absalom, min son!
5 Då gick Joab in till kungen och sa till honom: Vi räddade ditt liv i dag, och livet på dina söner, döttrar, fruar och bihustrur, och ändå handlar du på detta sätt och får oss att skämmas, som om vi hade gjort något galet.
6 Du tycks älska dem som hatar dig och hata dem som älskar dig. Tydligen betyder vi ingenting för dig. Om Absalom hade levat och vi alla hade dött, så hade du varit glad.
7 Gå nu ut och gratulera dina män, för jag lovar dig att om du inte gör det, så kommer alla att lämna dig, och inte en enda av dem kommer att stanna kvar här över natten. Du kommer att få det värre än du någonsin har haft det i hela ditt liv.
8-10 Kungen gick då ut och satte sig vid stadsporten, och när nyheten spreds genom staden att han var där, gick alla till honom.Under tiden pratade man överallt i hela landet om vad som hänt. Varför ber vi inte kungen komma tillbaka? sa man. Han har ju räddat oss från våra fiender filisteerna. Absalom, som vi gjorde till kung i hans ställe, jagade ut honom ur landet, men nu är han ju död. Låt oss be David återvända och bli vår kung igen!
11-12 Då sände David prästerna Sadok och Ebjatar till styresmännen i Juda: Varför är ni de sista som talar om att låta kungen återvända? Hela Israel är ju inställda på det, och det är bara er man väntar på! Ändå är ni mina egna bröder, min egen stam, mitt eget kött och blod!
13 Och han bad dem säga till Amasa: Du är min släkting, och nu tar jag Gud till vittne på att jag tänker tillsätta dig som befälhavare över min armé, i stället för Joab.
14 David lyckades på detta sätt ena alla i Juda, och de sände honom detta besked: Kom tillbaka till oss och ta med dig alla dem som följt med dig!
15 Kungen vände då tillbaka till Jerusalem. Men när han kom fram till Gilgal vid Jordanfloden fanns ledarna i Juda där för att möta honom vid vadstället.
16 Simei, benjaminiten Geras son från Bahurim, skyndade sig över tillsammans med styresmännen i Juda för att välkomna kung David.
17 Ett tusen män från Benjamins stam gick med honom tillsammans med Siba, Sauls tjänare, och Sibas femton söner och tjugo tjänare.
18 De skyndade sig ner till Jordan och hjälpte kungens familj och trupperna att ta sig över.Simei, Geras son, skyndade sig över Jordan. Han föll ner inför kungen
19 och bad: Ers Majestät, förlåt mig och glöm det hemska som jag gjorde mot dig när du lämnade Jerusalem,
20 för jag vet mycket väl att jag syndade. Det är därför jag kom hit i dag för att som förste man i hela Josefs stam hälsa dig.
21 Abisai frågade då: Ska inte Simei dö för att han förbannade Herrens utvalde kung?
22 Vad har jag längre gemensamt med dig och din bror Joab? I dag har ni vänt er emot mig! svarade David Abisai. I dag ska ingen dödas, i dag ska vi glädjas över att jag än en gång är Israels kung!
23 Sedan vände han sig till Simei och lovade: Du ska inte dödas.
24-25 Mefiboset, Sauls sonson, hade också kommit från Jerusalem för att möta kungen. Han hade inte tvättat fötterna, klippt skägget eller bytt kläder sedan den dag kungen lämnade Jerusalem.Varför kom du inte med mig, Mefiboset? frågade kungen honom.
26 Mefiboset svarade: Min herre och kung, min tjänare Siba lurade mig. Jag sa till honom: 'Sadla min åsna så att jag kan följa med kungen
27 Men Siba har förrått mig genom att säga att jag vägrade komma. Men jag vet att du brukar höra Gud tala, så gör vad du finner bäst!
28 Jag och alla mina släktingar hade ju bara döden att vänta oss av dig, men i stället hedrade du mig genom att jag fick äta vid ditt eget bord, så varför skulle jag klaga?
29 David svarade: Det räcker så! Du och Siba får dela landet lika mellan er.
30 Låt honom ta alltsammans, sa Mefiboset. Jag är nöjd med att du är tillbaka helskinnad!
31-32 Barsillai, som hade försett kungen och hans armé med proviant under vistelsen i Mahanaim, kom från Rogelim för att gå med kungen över floden. Han var nu åttio år gammal och en mycket rik man.
33 Kom nu med mig och bo i Jerusalem, sa kungen till Barsillai. Jag kan ta hand om dig där.
34 Nej, svarade han. Jag är alltför gammal för det.
35 Jag är nu åttio år, och livet är inte spännande längre. Mat och vin smakar mig inte längre, jag börjar höra dåligt och nöjen har jag inte någon glädje av. Jag skulle bara vara till besvär för min herre kungen.
36 Att bara få gå över floden med dig är allt jag önskar.
37 Låt mig sedan få återvända hem för att dö i min egen stad, där min far och mor är begravda. Men här är din tjänare Kimham, låt honom gå med dig, och ge honom det du tycker är bäst.
38 Bra, svarade kungen. Kimham ska gå med mig, och jag ska göra allt det för honom, som jag skulle ha gjort för dig.
39 Allt folket gick då över Jordan tillsammans med kungen. Och efter det att kungen kysst och välsignat Barsillai återvände denne hem,
40 men kungen gick sedan till Gilgal och Kimham följde honom. Alla soldater i Juda och många från Israel var också där vid vadstället för att hälsa honom välkommen.
41 Men Israels män klagade hos kungen, eftersom bara männen från Juda hade fått hjälpa honom och hans familj över Jordan.
42 Varför klagar ni? svarade Juda män. Kungen är av vår egen stam. Det där behöver ni väl inte bli arga för! Vi har inte bett om något för egen del, och han har inte ens behövt dela med sig av sina förråd till oss.
43 Men vi är tio stammar i Israel, svarade de andra, så vi har större rätt till kungen än ni. Varför behandlar ni oss så här? Var det inte vi som först började tala om att hämta honom tillbaka, för att han skulle bli vår kung igen!Så fortsatte diskussionen fram och tillbaka, och männen från Juda var särskilt hårda i sitt tal.
2 Samuel 19
New King James Version
2 Samuel 19
New King James Version
David Returns to Jerusalem
19 And Joab was told, “Behold, the king is weeping and (A)mourning for Absalom.” 2 So the victory that day was turned into (B)mourning for all the people. For the people heard it said that day, “The king is grieved for his son.” 3 And the people [a]stole back (C)into the city that day, as people who are ashamed steal away when they flee in battle. 4 But the king (D)covered his face, and the king cried out with a loud voice, (E)“O my son Absalom! O Absalom, my son, my son!”
5 Then (F)Joab came into the house to the king, and said, “Today you have disgraced all your servants who today have saved your life, the lives of your sons and daughters, the lives of your wives and the lives of your concubines, 6 in that you love your enemies and hate your friends. For you have declared today that you [b]regard neither princes nor servants; for today I perceive that if Absalom had lived and all of us had died today, then it would have pleased you well. 7 Now therefore, arise, go out and speak [c]comfort to your servants. For I swear by the Lord, if you do not go out, not one will stay with you this night. And that will be worse for you than all the evil that has befallen you from your youth until now.” 8 Then the king arose and sat in the (G)gate. And they told all the people, saying, “There is the king, sitting in the gate.” So all the people came before the king.
For everyone of Israel had (H)fled to his tent.
David Returns to Jerusalem
9 Now all the people were in a dispute throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, “The king saved us from the hand of our (I)enemies, he delivered us from the hand of the (J)Philistines, and now he has (K)fled from the land because of Absalom. 10 But Absalom, whom we anointed over us, has died in battle. Now therefore, why do you say nothing about bringing back the king?”
11 So King David sent to (L)Zadok and Abiathar the priests, saying, “Speak to the elders of Judah, saying, ‘Why are you the last to bring the king back to his house, since the words of all Israel have come to the king, to his very house? 12 You are my brethren, you are (M)my bone and my flesh. Why then are you the last to bring back the king?’ 13 (N)And say to Amasa, ‘Are you not my bone and my flesh? (O)God do so to me, and more also, if you are not commander of the army before me [d]continually in place of Joab.’ ” 14 So he swayed the hearts of all the men of Judah, (P)just as the heart of one man, so that they sent this word to the king: “Return, you and all your servants!”
15 Then the king returned and came to the Jordan. And Judah came to (Q)Gilgal, to go to meet the king, to escort the king (R)across the Jordan. 16 And (S)Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite, who was from Bahurim, hurried and came down with the men of Judah to meet King David. 17 There were a thousand men of (T)Benjamin with him, and (U)Ziba the servant of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons and his twenty servants with him; and they went over the Jordan before the king. 18 Then a ferryboat went across to carry over the king’s household, and to do what he thought good.
David’s Mercy to Shimei
Now Shimei the son of Gera fell down before the king when he had crossed the Jordan. 19 Then he said to the king, (V)“Do not let my lord [e]impute iniquity to me, or remember what (W)wrong your servant did on the day that my lord the king left Jerusalem, that the king should (X)take it to heart. 20 For I, your servant, know that I have sinned. Therefore here I am, the first to come today of all (Y)the house of Joseph to go down to meet my lord the king.”
21 But Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered and said, “Shall not Shimei be put to death for this, (Z)because he (AA)cursed the Lord’s anointed?”
22 And David said, (AB)“What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah, that you should be adversaries to me today? (AC)Shall any man be put to death today in Israel? For do I not know that today I am king over Israel?” 23 Therefore (AD)the king said to Shimei, “You shall not die.” And the king swore to him.
David and Mephibosheth Meet
24 Now (AE)Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king. And he had not cared for his feet, nor trimmed his mustache, nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he returned in peace. 25 So it was, when he had come to Jerusalem to meet the king, that the king said to him, (AF)“Why did you not go with me, Mephibosheth?”
26 And he answered, “My lord, O king, my servant deceived me. For your servant said, ‘I will saddle a donkey for myself, that I may ride on it and go to the king,’ because your servant is lame. 27 And (AG)he has slandered your servant to my lord the king, (AH)but my lord the king is like the angel of God. Therefore do what is good in your eyes. 28 For all my father’s house were but dead men before my lord the king. (AI)Yet you set your servant among those who eat at your own table. Therefore what right have I still to [f]cry out anymore to the king?”
29 So the king said to him, “Why do you speak anymore of your matters? I have said, ‘You and Ziba divide the land.’ ”
30 Then Mephibosheth said to the king, “Rather, let him take it all, inasmuch as my lord the king has come back in peace to his own house.”
David’s Kindness to Barzillai
31 And (AJ)Barzillai the Gileadite came down from Rogelim and went across the Jordan with the king, to escort him across the Jordan. 32 Now Barzillai was a very aged man, eighty years old. And (AK)he had provided the king with supplies while he stayed at Mahanaim, for he was a very rich man. 33 And the king said to Barzillai, “Come across with me, and I will provide for you while you are with me in Jerusalem.”
34 But Barzillai said to the king, “How long have I to live, that I should go up with the king to Jerusalem? 35 I am today (AL)eighty years old. Can I discern between the good and bad? Can your servant taste what I eat or what I drink? Can I hear any longer the voice of singing men and singing women? Why then should your servant be a further burden to my lord the king? 36 Your servant will go a little way across the Jordan with the king. And why should the king repay me with such a reward? 37 Please let your servant turn back again, that I may die in my own city, near the grave of my father and mother. But here is your servant (AM)Chimham; let him cross over with my lord the king, and do for him what seems good to you.”
38 And the king answered, “Chimham shall cross over with me, and I will do for him what seems good to you. Now whatever you request of me, I will do for you.” 39 Then all the people went over the Jordan. And when the king had crossed over, the king (AN)kissed Barzillai and blessed him, and he returned to his own place.
The Quarrel About the King
40 Now the king went on to Gilgal, and [g]Chimham went on with him. And all the people of Judah escorted the king, and also half the people of Israel. 41 Just then all the men of Israel came to the king, and said to the king, “Why have our brethren, the men of Judah, stolen you away and (AO)brought the king, his household, and all David’s men with him across the Jordan?”
42 So all the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, “Because the king is (AP)a close relative of ours. Why then are you angry over this matter? Have we ever eaten at the king’s expense? Or has he given us any gift?”
43 And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, “We have (AQ)ten shares in the king; therefore we also have more right to David than you. Why then do you despise us—were we not the first to advise bringing back our king?”
Yet (AR)the words of the men of Judah were [h]fiercer than the words of the men of Israel.
Footnotes
- 2 Samuel 19:3 went by stealth
- 2 Samuel 19:6 have no respect for
- 2 Samuel 19:7 Lit. to the heart of
- 2 Samuel 19:13 permanently
- 2 Samuel 19:19 charge me with iniquity
- 2 Samuel 19:28 complain
- 2 Samuel 19:40 MT Chimhan
- 2 Samuel 19:43 harsher
2 Samuel 19
New International Version
2 Samuel 19
New International Version
19 [a]Joab was told, “The king is weeping and mourning for Absalom.” 2 And for the whole army the victory that day was turned into mourning, because on that day the troops heard it said, “The king is grieving for his son.” 3 The men stole into the city that day as men steal in who are ashamed when they flee from battle. 4 The king covered his face and cried aloud, “O my son Absalom! O Absalom, my son, my son!”
5 Then Joab went into the house to the king and said, “Today you have humiliated all your men, who have just saved your life and the lives of your sons and daughters and the lives of your wives and concubines. 6 You love those who hate you and hate those who love you. You have made it clear today that the commanders and their men mean nothing to you. I see that you would be pleased if Absalom were alive today and all of us were dead. 7 Now go out and encourage your men. I swear by the Lord that if you don’t go out, not a man will be left with you by nightfall. This will be worse for you than all the calamities that have come on you from your youth till now.”(A)
8 So the king got up and took his seat in the gateway. When the men were told, “The king is sitting in the gateway,(B)” they all came before him.
Meanwhile, the Israelites had fled to their homes.
David Returns to Jerusalem
9 Throughout the tribes of Israel, all the people were arguing among themselves, saying, “The king delivered us from the hand of our enemies; he is the one who rescued us from the hand of the Philistines.(C) But now he has fled the country to escape from Absalom;(D) 10 and Absalom, whom we anointed to rule over us, has died in battle. So why do you say nothing about bringing the king back?”
11 King David sent this message to Zadok(E) and Abiathar, the priests: “Ask the elders of Judah, ‘Why should you be the last to bring the king back to his palace, since what is being said throughout Israel has reached the king at his quarters? 12 You are my relatives, my own flesh and blood. So why should you be the last to bring back the king?’ 13 And say to Amasa,(F) ‘Are you not my own flesh and blood?(G) May God deal with me, be it ever so severely,(H) if you are not the commander of my army for life in place of Joab.(I)’”
14 He won over the hearts of the men of Judah so that they were all of one mind. They sent word to the king, “Return, you and all your men.” 15 Then the king returned and went as far as the Jordan.
Now the men of Judah had come to Gilgal(J) to go out and meet the king and bring him across the Jordan. 16 Shimei(K) son of Gera, the Benjamite from Bahurim, hurried down with the men of Judah to meet King David. 17 With him were a thousand Benjamites, along with Ziba,(L) the steward of Saul’s household,(M) and his fifteen sons and twenty servants. They rushed to the Jordan, where the king was. 18 They crossed at the ford to take the king’s household over and to do whatever he wished.
When Shimei son of Gera crossed the Jordan, he fell prostrate before the king 19 and said to him, “May my lord not hold me guilty. Do not remember how your servant did wrong on the day my lord the king left Jerusalem.(N) May the king put it out of his mind. 20 For I your servant know that I have sinned, but today I have come here as the first from the tribes of Joseph to come down and meet my lord the king.”
21 Then Abishai(O) son of Zeruiah said, “Shouldn’t Shimei be put to death for this? He cursed(P) the Lord’s anointed.”(Q)
22 David replied, “What does this have to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah?(R) What right do you have to interfere? Should anyone be put to death in Israel today?(S) Don’t I know that today I am king over Israel?” 23 So the king said to Shimei, “You shall not die.” And the king promised him on oath.(T)
24 Mephibosheth,(U) Saul’s grandson, also went down to meet the king. He had not taken care of his feet or trimmed his mustache or washed his clothes from the day the king left until the day he returned safely. 25 When he came from Jerusalem to meet the king, the king asked him, “Why didn’t you go with me,(V) Mephibosheth?”
26 He said, “My lord the king, since I your servant am lame,(W) I said, ‘I will have my donkey saddled and will ride on it, so I can go with the king.’ But Ziba(X) my servant betrayed me. 27 And he has slandered your servant to my lord the king. My lord the king is like an angel(Y) of God; so do whatever you wish. 28 All my grandfather’s descendants deserved nothing but death(Z) from my lord the king, but you gave your servant a place among those who eat at your table.(AA) So what right do I have to make any more appeals to the king?”
29 The king said to him, “Why say more? I order you and Ziba to divide the land.”
30 Mephibosheth said to the king, “Let him take everything, now that my lord the king has returned home safely.”
31 Barzillai(AB) the Gileadite also came down from Rogelim to cross the Jordan with the king and to send him on his way from there. 32 Now Barzillai was very old, eighty years of age. He had provided for the king during his stay in Mahanaim, for he was a very wealthy(AC) man. 33 The king said to Barzillai, “Cross over with me and stay with me in Jerusalem, and I will provide for you.”
34 But Barzillai answered the king, “How many more years will I live, that I should go up to Jerusalem with the king? 35 I am now eighty(AD) years old. Can I tell the difference between what is enjoyable and what is not? Can your servant taste what he eats and drinks? Can I still hear the voices of male and female singers?(AE) Why should your servant be an added(AF) burden to my lord the king? 36 Your servant will cross over the Jordan with the king for a short distance, but why should the king reward me in this way? 37 Let your servant return, that I may die in my own town near the tomb of my father(AG) and mother. But here is your servant Kimham.(AH) Let him cross over with my lord the king. Do for him whatever you wish.”
38 The king said, “Kimham shall cross over with me, and I will do for him whatever you wish. And anything you desire from me I will do for you.”
39 So all the people crossed the Jordan, and then the king crossed over. The king kissed Barzillai and bid him farewell,(AI) and Barzillai returned to his home.
40 When the king crossed over to Gilgal, Kimham crossed with him. All the troops of Judah and half the troops of Israel had taken the king over.
41 Soon all the men of Israel were coming to the king and saying to him, “Why did our brothers, the men of Judah, steal the king away and bring him and his household across the Jordan, together with all his men?”(AJ)
42 All the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, “We did this because the king is closely related to us. Why are you angry about it? Have we eaten any of the king’s provisions? Have we taken anything for ourselves?”
43 Then the men of Israel(AK) answered the men of Judah, “We have ten shares in the king; so we have a greater claim on David than you have. Why then do you treat us with contempt? Weren’t we the first to speak of bringing back our king?”
But the men of Judah pressed their claims even more forcefully than the men of Israel.
Footnotes
- 2 Samuel 19:1 In Hebrew texts 19:1-43 is numbered 19:2-44.
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