13有人來稟告大衛：「以色列的民心都歸向押沙龍了。」14大衛便對在耶路撒冷跟隨他的臣僕說：「我們趕快逃命吧！否則，我們都難逃押沙龍的追捕。我們要馬上離開！免得他趕到殘害我們，屠殺全城。」15臣僕對王說：「臣等謹遵我主我王的決定。」16於是王就帶著全家逃命，只留下十個妃嬪看守宮殿。17大衛王帶著眾民離開耶路撒冷，走到最後的那座房子時，停了下來。18跟隨他的人都走到前面去了，包括基利提人、比利提人以及從迦特來跟隨他的六百人。19王問迦特人以太說：「你為什麼要跟我們一起逃難呢？回去留在新王那裡吧！你是流亡到這裡的外族人。20你剛來不久，我怎麼可以叫你跟我們一同四處飄流呢？我甚至不知道往何處去。你還是和你的弟兄回去吧，願耶和華以慈愛和信實待你！」21以太卻答道：「我憑永活的耶和華和我主我王的性命起誓，不管我王去哪裡，僕人都要誓死追隨到底！」22大衛便對以太說：「那就繼續前行吧！」於是，迦特人以太帶著他的人及所有的家眷繼續前行。23眾人離開時，百姓都放聲大哭。王帶著所有的人過了汲淪溪，向曠野走去。24祭司撒督、亞比亞他和抬上帝約櫃的利未人都來了，他們把約櫃放下，讓城裡出來的人先走過去。25王對撒督說：「你把上帝的約櫃運回城去吧。倘若耶和華恩待我，祂必使我重返家園，重見約櫃和會幕；26但如果我使祂不悅，我也甘願聽憑祂的處置。27你是個有先見之明的人，安心帶著你的兒子亞希瑪斯和亞比亞他的兒子約拿單回城吧。28我會在曠野渡口那裡等你們的消息。」29於是，撒督和亞比亞他便把上帝的約櫃抬回耶路撒冷，留了下來。30大衛蒙著頭，赤著腳登上橄欖山，邊走邊哭，他的隨從也蒙著頭，哭著走上山。31有人告訴大衛，亞希多弗也叛變，投奔了押沙龍，大衛就禱告說：「耶和華啊，求你使亞希多弗的謀算都變得愚不可及。」32大衛來到山頂敬拜上帝的地方，看見亞基人戶篩撕破了衣服，頭蒙灰塵前來迎接他。33大衛對他說：「你跟我一同逃命，只會給我帶來不便。34你還是回到城中，告訴押沙龍你願意做他的臣僕，就像以前做我的臣僕一樣，這樣你就可以幫我破壞亞希多弗的計謀。35祭司撒督和亞比亞他都在那裡，你在宮內聽到什麼消息就告訴他們。36撒督的兒子亞希瑪斯和亞比亞他的兒子約拿單也在那裡，你聽到什麼消息，可以派他們傳信給我。」37於是，大衛的朋友戶篩便回到城裡。那時，押沙龍也進了耶路撒冷。
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Absalom’s Conspiracy
1After this Absalom got himself a chariot and horses, and fifty men to run before him.2And Absalom used to rise early and stand beside the way of the gate. And when any man had a dispute to come before the king for judgment, Absalom would call to him and say, “From what city are you?” And when he said, “Your servant is of such and such a tribe in Israel,”3Absalom would say to him, “See, your claims are good and right, but there is no man designated by the king to hear you.”4Then Absalom would say, “Oh that I were judge in the land! Then every man with a dispute or cause might come to me, and I would give him justice.”5And whenever a man came near to pay homage to him, he would put out his hand and take hold of him and kiss him.6Thus Absalom did to all of Israel who came to the king for judgment. So Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel.7And at the end of four* years Absalom said to the king, “Please let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed to the Lord, in Hebron.8For your servant vowed a vow while I lived at Geshur in Aram, saying, ‘If the Lord will indeed bring me back to Jerusalem, then I will offer worship to* the Lord.’”9The king said to him, “Go in peace.” So he arose and went to Hebron.10But Absalom sent secret messengers throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, “As soon as you hear the sound of the trumpet, then say, ‘Absalom is king at Hebron!’”11With Absalom went two hundred men from Jerusalem who were invited guests, and they went in their innocence and knew nothing.12And while Absalom was offering the sacrifices, he sent for* Ahithophel the Gilonite, David’s counselor, from his city Giloh. And the conspiracy grew strong, and the people with Absalom kept increasing.
David Flees Jerusalem
13And a messenger came to David, saying, “The hearts of the men of Israel have gone after Absalom.”14Then David said to all his servants who were with him at Jerusalem, “Arise, and let us flee, or else there will be no escape for us from Absalom. Go quickly, lest he overtake us quickly and bring down ruin on us and strike the city with the edge of the sword.”15And the king’s servants said to the king, “Behold, your servants are ready to do whatever my lord the king decides.”16So the king went out, and all his household after him. And the king left ten concubines to keep the house.17And the king went out, and all the people after him. And they halted at the last house.18And all his servants passed by him, and all the Cherethites, and all the Pelethites, and all the six hundred Gittites who had followed him from Gath, passed on before the king.19Then the king said to Ittai the Gittite, “Why do you also go with us? Go back and stay with the king, for you are a foreigner and also an exile from your home.20You came only yesterday, and shall I today make you wander about with us, since I go I know not where? Go back and take your brothers with you, and may the Lord show* steadfast love and faithfulness to you.”21But Ittai answered the king, “As the Lord lives, and as my lord the king lives, wherever my lord the king shall be, whether for death or for life, there also will your servant be.”22And David said to Ittai, “Go then, pass on.” So Ittai the Gittite passed on with all his men and all the little ones who were with him.23And all the land wept aloud as all the people passed by, and the king crossed the brook Kidron, and all the people passed on toward the wilderness.24And Abiathar came up, and behold, Zadok came also with all the Levites, bearing the ark of the covenant of God. And they set down the ark of God until the people had all passed out of the city.25Then the king said to Zadok, “Carry the ark of God back into the city. If I find favor in the eyes of the Lord, he will bring me back and let me see both it and his dwelling place.26But if he says, ‘I have no pleasure in you,’ behold, here I am, let him do to me what seems good to him.”27The king also said to Zadok the priest, “Are you not a seer? Go back* to the city in peace, with your two sons, Ahimaaz your son, and Jonathan the son of Abiathar.28See, I will wait at the fords of the wilderness until word comes from you to inform me.”29So Zadok and Abiathar carried the ark of God back to Jerusalem, and they remained there.30But David went up the ascent of the Mount of Olives, weeping as he went, barefoot and with his head covered. And all the people who were with him covered their heads, and they went up, weeping as they went.31And it was told David, “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” And David said, “O Lord, please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.”32While David was coming to the summit, where God was worshiped, behold, Hushai the Archite came to meet him with his coat torn and dirt on his head.33David said to him, “If you go on with me, you will be a burden to me.34But if you return to the city and say to Absalom, ‘I will be your servant, O king; as I have been your father’s servant in time past, so now I will be your servant,’ then you will defeat for me the counsel of Ahithophel.35Are not Zadok and Abiathar the priests with you there? So whatever you hear from the king’s house, tell it to Zadok and Abiathar the priests.36Behold, their two sons are with them there, Ahimaaz, Zadok’s son, and Jonathan, Abiathar’s son, and by them you shall send to me everything you hear.”37So Hushai, David’s friend, came into the city, just as Absalom was entering Jerusalem.
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