2 Samuel Chapter 19
So they told Joab, "Ayo, the king’s over here crying heavy for Absalom, no cap."
And it was told Joab, Behold, the king weepeth and mourneth for Absalom.
That victory turned into a whole vibe for the crew, 'cause they peeped the king was really down about his son.
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. {victory: Heb. salvation, or, deliverance}
The people crept back into the city like they were lowkey embarrassed after catching that L, fr.
And the people gat them by stealth that day into the city, as people being ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.
But the king was hiding his face and shouted, "O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!" That was a whole mood.
But the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!
Joab came up to the king and was like, "You just made all your peeps feel some type of way today, and they just saved you and your whole fam."
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;
You’re loving your enemies but hating on your friends, for real? You made it obvious today that no one matters to you, not even the squad.
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. {in...: Heb. By loving, etc} {that thou regardest...: Heb. that princes or servants are not to thee}
So get up, go out, and boost your crew: I swear on the Lord, if you don’t step out, no one’s sticking around tonight, and that’s gonna hit harder than all the stuff you’ve gone through.
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. {comfortably...: Heb. to the heart of thy servants}
Then the king got up and chilled at the gate. They spread the word, "Yo, the king's sitting at the gate!" and everyone showed up 'cause Israel was hiding out in their tents.
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.
Everyone was beefing in the tribes of Israel, saying, "The king saved us from our enemies and the Philistines, and now he’s gone 'cause of Absalom."
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.
And Absalom, the dude we crowned, is dead in battle. So why isn’t anyone chatting about bringing the king back?
And Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle. Now therefore why speak ye not a word of bringing the king back? {speak...: Heb. are ye silent?}
Yo, King David hit up Zadok and Abiathar, like, "Why y’all the last to pull the king back home? Everyone in Israel's already hyped to see him."
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.
You guys are my fam, my ride or dies: so why are you lagging on getting the king back?
Ye {are} my brethren, ye {are} my bones and my flesh: wherefore then are ye the last to bring back the king?
Tell Amasa, "Aren't you part of my squad? No cap, if you’re not my main guy leading the crew instead of Joab, then what are we even doing?"
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.
He got all the homies in Judah vibing together as one, so they sent this message to the king: "Pull up, and bring your whole crew."
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.
So the king rolled back and crossed over Jordan. Judah showed up at Gilgal to welcome the king and help him get across.
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.
Shimei, the Benjamite from Bahurim, was like, "I gotta catch up!" and rushed down with the Judah squad to meet King David.
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.
He had a thousand homies from Benjamin with him, plus Ziba from Saul's crew, his fifteen sons, and twenty servants, all crossing Jordan before the king.
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.
They brought a ferry to help the king’s crew cross over, and Shimei hit the ground when the king came over Jordan.
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; {what...: Heb. the good in his eyes}
He said to the king, "Please don’t hold my mess-ups against me, and forget what I did when you left Jerusalem. Don’t let that weigh on you."
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.
Your boy knows he messed up: so here I am, first in line today from Joseph's fam to meet you, my king.
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.
But Abishai, son of Zeruiah, was like, "Yo, shouldn’t Shimei get the boot for cursing the Lord’s fave? That's sus."
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?
And David was like, "What’s your deal, sons of Zeruiah? Why you gotta be haters today? Nobody's getting kicked out in Israel, I’m the king today, fr."
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?
So the king told Shimei, "You ain’t gonna die." And he swore on it.
Therefore the king said unto Shimei, Thou shalt not die. And the king sware unto him.
Then Mephibosheth, son of Saul, rolled up to meet the king, but dude hadn’t even freshened up since the king left. No cap.
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.
When he got to Jerusalem to see the king, the king asked, "Why didn’t you roll with me, Mephibosheth?"
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?
He replied, "My dude, the servant played me: he was like, 'I’ll get a donkey for you to ride,' but I can’t because I’m lame."
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.
"He’s been slandering me to you, king; but you’re like an angel, so do what you think is right, periodt."
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.
"All my fam were like dead weight before you, king, but you let me eat at your table. So what right do I have to complain?"
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? {dead...: Heb. men of death}
And the king said, "Why you still talking about this? I said, you and Ziba split the land."
And the king said unto him, Why speakest thou any more of thy matters? I have said, Thou and Ziba divide the land.
Mephibosheth was like, "Bet, let him take it all, since you’re back home in peace, king."
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.
So Barzillai from Gilead came down from Rogelim and crossed the Jordan with the king, helping him out.
And Barzillai the Gileadite came down from Rogelim, and went over Jordan with the king, to conduct him over Jordan.
Barzillai was mad old, like 80 years and counting, and he had been hooking up the king with food while he was chilling at Mahanaim; dude was straight-up goated.
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.
The king said to Barzillai, "Yo, come with me to Jerusalem, I got you with some grub."
And the king said unto Barzillai, Come thou over with me, and I will feed thee with me in Jerusalem.
Barzillai replied, "How long do I even have left to live that I should roll up to Jerusalem with you?"
And Barzillai said unto the king, How long have I to live, that I should go up with the king unto Jerusalem? {How...: Heb. How many days are the years of my life}
"I'm 80 already, can I even tell what's good or not? Can I taste the food or drinks? Can I still hear the vibes of singers? Why would I be a burden to you, my dude?"
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?
"I’ll just vibe a little over the Jordan with you, but why you gotta reward me for that?"
Thy servant will go a little way over Jordan with the king: and why should the king recompense it me with such a reward?
"Let me go back so I can chill in my own city and get buried next to my fam. But hey, let Chimham roll with you, and do whatever feels right for him."
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.
The king said, "Chimham can come with me, and I’ll hook him up with whatever you want, no cap."
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. {require: Heb. choose}
Everyone crossed the Jordan, and when the king got over, he gave Barzillai a kiss and blessed him; then Barzillai headed back home.
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.
Then the king went to Gilgal, with Chimham tagging along, and all the Judah peeps escorted the king, plus half of Israel's crew.
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. {Chimham: Heb. Chimhan}
Yo, all the dudes from Israel rolled up to the king and were like, "Why’d the Judah crew steal you away and bring you and your squad across the Jordan? That's sus."
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?
The Judah squad clapped back, saying, "The king’s our fam, so why y’all mad? Did we munch on the king’s dime? Did he hook us up with anything?"
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?
Then the Israel crew hit back, saying, "We got ten shares in the king, and we got more rizz with David than you. Why’d you sleep on us and not let our advice pop off for bringing back the king?" The Judah squad was coming in hot, way more savage than the Israel squad.
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. {despise...: Heb. set us at light}