thee, the
counsel of Achitophel.

15:32. And when David was come to the top of the mountain, where he was
about to adore the Lord, behold Chusai the Arachite, came to meet him
with his garment rent and his head covered with earth.

15:33. And David said to him: If thou come with me, thou wilt be a
burden to me:

15:34. But if thou return into the city, and wilt say to Absalom: I am
thy servant, O king: as I have been thy father's servant, so I will be
thy servant: thou shalt defeat the counsel of Achitophel.

15:35. And thou hast with thee Sadoc, and soever thou shalt hear out of
the king's house, thou shalt tell it to Sadoc and Abiathar the priests.

15:36. And there are with them their two sons Achimaas; the son of
Sadoc, and Jonathan the son of Abiathar: and you shall send by them to
me every thing that you shall hear.

15:37. Then Chusai the friend of David went into the city, and Absalom
came into Jerusalem.

2 Kings Chapter 16

Siba bringeth provisions to David. Semei curseth him. Absalom defileth
his father's wives.

16:1. And when David was a little past the top of the hill, behold Siba
the servant of Miphiboseth came to meet him with two asses, laden with
two hundred loaves of bread, and a hundred bunches of raisins, a hundred
cakes of figs, and a vessel of wine.

16:2. And the king said to Siba: What mean these things? And Siba
answered: The asses are for the king's household to sit on: and the
loaves and the figs for thy servants to eat, and the wine to drink if
any man be faint in the desert.

16:3. And the king said: Where is thy master's son? And Siba answered
the king: He remained in Jerusalem, saying: To day, will the house of
Israel restore me the kingdom of my father.

16:4. And the king said to Siba: I give thee all that belonged to
Miphiboseth. And Siba said: I beseech thee let me find grace before
thee, my lord, O king.

16:5. And king David came as far as Bahurim: and behold there came out
from thence a man of the kindred of the house of Saul named Semei, the
son of Gera, and coming out he cursed as he went on,

16:6. And he threw stones at David, and at all the servants of king
David: and all the people, and all the warriors walked on the right, and
on the left side of the king.

16:7. And thus said Semei when he cursed the king: Come out, come out,
thou man of blood, and thou man of Belial.

16:8. The Lord hath repaid thee for all the blood of the house of Saul:
because thou