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151 : Basic English : 2 Samuel 16,17; Psalms 148,149 1. And when David had gone a little way past the top of the slope, Ziba, the servant of Mephibosheth, came to him, with two asses on which were two hundred cakes of bread and a hundred stems of dry grapes and a hundred summer fruits and a skin of wine.
2. And David said to Ziba, What is your reason for this? And Ziba said, The asses are for the use of the king's people, and the bread and the fruit are food for the young men; and the wine is for drink for those who are overcome by weariness in the waste land.
3. And the king said, And where is your master's son? And Ziba said, He is still at Jerusalem: for he said, Today Israel will give back to me the kingdom of my father.
4. Then the king said to Ziba, Truly everything which was Mephibosheth's is yours. And Ziba said, I give honour to my lord, may I have grace in your eyes, my lord, O king!
5. And when King David came to Bahurim, a man of Saul's family named Shimei, the son of Gera, came out from there, calling curses after him.
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150 : Basic English : 2 Samuel 14,15; Psalms 146,147 1. Now it was clear to Joab, the son of Zeruiah, that the king's heart was turning to Absalom.
2. And Joab sent to Tekoa and got from there a wise woman, and said to her, Now make yourself seem like one given up to grief, and put on the clothing of sorrow, not using any sweet oil for your body, but looking like one who for a long time has been weeping for the dead:
3. And come to the king and say these words to him. So Joab gave her words to say.
4. And the woman of Tekoa came to the king, and falling on her face, gave him honour and said, Give me help, O king.
5. And the king said to her, What is your trouble? And her answer was, Truly I am a widow, and my husband is dead.
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149 : Basic English : 2 Samuel 12,13; Psalms 145 1. And the Lord sent Nathan to David. And Nathan came to him and said, There were two men in the same town: one a man of great wealth, and the other a poor man.
2. The man of wealth had great numbers of flocks and herds;
3. But the poor man had only one little she-lamb, which he had got and taken care of: from its birth it had been with him like one of his children; his meat was its food, and from his cup it took its drink, resting in his arms, and it was like a daughter to him.
4. Now a traveller came to the house of the man of wealth, but he would not take anything from his flock or his herd to make a meal for the traveller who had come to him, but he took the poor man's lamb and made it ready for the man who had come.
5. And David was full of wrath against that man; and he said to Nathan, By the living Lord, death is the right punishment for the man who has done this:
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148 : Basic English : 2 Samuel 9,10,11; Psalms 144 1. And David said, Is there still anyone of Saul's family living, so that I may be a friend to him, because of Jonathan?
2. Now there was of Saul's people a servant named Ziba, and they sent him to David; and the king said to him, Are you Ziba? And he said, I am.
3. And the king said, Is there anyone of Saul's family still living, to whom I may be a friend in God's name? And Ziba said, There is a son of Jonathan, whose feet are damaged.
4. And the king said to him, Where is he? And Ziba said to the king, He is in the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, in Lo-debar.
5. Then King David sent, and had him taken from Lo-debar, from the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel.
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147 : Basic English : 2 Samuel 7,8; Psalms 142,143 1. Now when the king was living in his house, and the Lord had given him rest from war on every side;
2. The king said to Nathan the prophet, See now, I am living in a house of cedar, but the ark of God is housed inside the curtains of a tent.
3. And Nathan said to the king, Go and do whatever is in your heart; for the Lord is with you.
4. Now that night the word of the Lord came to Nathan, saying,
5. Go and say to my servant David, The Lord says, Are you to be the builder of a house, a living-place for me?
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