1Forsothe it was teld to Joab, that the kyng wepte, and biweilide his sone;

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2 Samuel 18:5, 2 Samuel 18:14, 2 Samuel 18:5, 2 Samuel 18:14, 2 Samuel 18:33

2and the victorie in that dai was turned in to morenyng to al the puple; for the puple herde, that it was seid in that dai, The kyng makith sorewe on his sone.

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Proverbs 19:12, Proverbs 16:15, Proverbs 19:12, Proverbs 16:15

3And the puple eschewide to entre in to the citee in that dai, as the puple turned and fleynge fro batel is wont to bowe awey.

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2 Samuel 17:24, Genesis 31:27, 2 Samuel 19:32, 2 Samuel 17:24, Genesis 31:27

4Sotheli the kyng hilide his heed, and criede with greet vois, My sone, Absolon!

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2 Samuel 18:33, 2 Samuel 15:30, 2 Samuel 18:33, 2 Samuel 15:30

5Absolon, my sone! Therfor Joab entride to the kyng in to the hows, and seide, Thou hast schent to dai the cheris of alle thi seruauntis, that han maad saaf thi lijf, and the lijf of thi sones and of thi douytris, and the lijf of thi wyues, and the lijf of thi secoundarie wyues.

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Nehemiah 9:27, Psalms 18:47, Psalms 18:48, Psalms 3:8, Nehemiah 9:27

6Thou louest hem that haten thee, and thou hatist hem that louen thee; and thou schewidist to dai that thou reckist not of thi duykis and of thi seruauntis; and verily Y haue knowe now, that if Absolon lyuede, and alle we hadden be deed, thanne it schulde plese thee.

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Acts 23:5, 2 Samuel 3:24, 2 Samuel 3:25, Proverbs 19:9, Proverbs 19:10

7Now therfor ryse thou, and go forth, and speke thou, and make satisfaccioun to this eruauntis; for Y swere to thee bi the Lord, that if thou schalt not go out, sotheli not o man schal dwelle with thee in this nyyt; and this schal be worse to thee, than alle yuels that camen on thee fro thi yong wexynge age til in to present tyme.

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Proverbs 14:28, Proverbs 14:28, Genesis 34:3, Genesis 34:3, Proverbs 19:15

8Therfor the kyng roos, and sat in the yate; and it was teld to al the puple, that the kyng sat in the yate, and al the multitude cam bifor the kyng. Forsothe Israel fledde in to hise tabernaclis.

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2 Samuel 18:24, 2 Samuel 18:24, 2 Samuel 18:4, 2 Samuel 18:4, 2 Samuel 19:3

9And al the puple stryuede in al the lynagis of Israel, and seide, The kyng delyuerede vs fro the hond of alle oure enemyes, and he sauide vs fro the hond of Filisteis; and now `he fleeth fro the lond for Absolon.

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2 Samuel 15:14, 2 Samuel 15:14, Genesis 3:12, Genesis 3:13, 2 Samuel 8:1

10Forsothe Absolon, whom we anoyntiden on vs, is deed in batel; hou longe ben ye stille, `that is, fro knowlechyng of synne, and fro axyng of foryyuenesse, and bryngen not ayen the kyng? And the counsel of al Israel cam to the kyng.

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Judges 18:9, 2 Samuel 18:14, 2 Samuel 15:12, 2 Samuel 15:13, Hosea 8:4

11Forsothe kyng Dauid sente to Sadoch and to Abiathar, preestis, and seide, Speke ye to the grettere men in birthe of Juda, and seie ye, Whi camen ye the laste to brynge ayen the kyng in to his hows? Sotheli the word of al Israel cam to the kyng, that thei wolden brynge hym ayen in to his hows. For the kyng seide, Ye schulen seie these thingis to the puple,

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2 Samuel 15:29, 2 Samuel 15:29, 2 Corinthians 5:20, Matthew 5:16, 2 Thessalonians 3:9

12Ye ben my britheren, ye ben my boon and my fleisch; whi the laste bryngen ye ayens the kyng?

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2 Samuel 5:1, 2 Samuel 5:1, Ephesians 5:30, Genesis 2:23, Judges 9:2

13And seie ye to Amasa, Whether thou art not my boon and my fleisch? God do these thingis to me, and adde these thingis, if thou schalt not be maistir of chyualrye bifore me in al tyme aftir Joab.

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2 Samuel 17:25, 2 Samuel 17:25, 2 Samuel 8:16, Ruth 1:17, 1 Kings 19:2

14And Dauid bowide the herte of alle men of Juda as of o man; and thei senten to the kyng, and seiden, Turne thou ayen, and alle thi seruauntis.

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Judges 20:1, Judges 20:1, Acts 4:32, Acts 4:32, Psalms 110:2

15And the kyng turnede ayen, and cam `til to Jordan; and al Juda cam til in to Galgala to mete the kyng, and lede hym ouer Jordan.

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Joshua 5:9, Joshua 5:9, 1 Samuel 11:14, 1 Samuel 11:15, 1 Samuel 11:14

16Forsothe Semei, the sone of Gera, sone of Gemyny, of Bahurym, hastide, and cam doun with the men of Juda in to the metyng of kyng Dauid,

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1 Kings 2:8, 1 Kings 2:8, 2 Samuel 16:5, 2 Samuel 16:13, 2 Samuel 16:5

17with a thousynde men of Beniamyn; and Siba, a child of the hows of Saul, and fiftene sones of hym, and twenti seruauntis weren with hym; and thei braken in to Jordan, bifor the kyng,

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2 Samuel 16:1, 2 Samuel 16:4, 2 Samuel 9:2, 2 Samuel 16:1, 2 Samuel 16:4

18and passide the forthis, that thei schulden lede ouer the hows of the kyng, and schulden do bi the comaundement of the kyng. Sotheli Semei, the sone of Gera, knelide bifor the king, whanne he hadde passid now Jordan, and seide to the kyng,

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Psalms 81:15, Revelation 3:9, Psalms 66:3, Psalms 81:15, Revelation 3:9

19My lord the kyng, arette thou not wickidnesse to me, nether haue thou mynde of the wrongis of thi seruaunt in the dai, in which thou, my lord the kyng, yedist out of Jerusalem, nether sette thou, kyng, in thin herte; for Y thi seruaunt knoleche my synne;

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1 Samuel 22:15, 1 Samuel 22:15, Ecclesiastes 10:4, Isaiah 43:25, Jeremiah 31:34

20and therfor to dai Y cam the firste of al the hows of Joseph, and Y cam doun in to the meetyng of my lord the kyng.

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2 Samuel 19:9, Psalms 78:34, Psalms 78:37, Hosea 5:3, 1 Kings 12:25

21Forsothe Abisai, the sone of Saruye, answeride and seide, Whether Semei, that curside the crist of the Lord, schal not be slayn for these wordis?

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Exodus 22:28, Exodus 22:28, 1 Samuel 26:9, 1 Samuel 26:9, 1 Samuel 24:6

22And Dauid seide, What is to me and to you, ye sones of Saruye? Whi ben ye maad to me to dai in to Sathan? Therfor whether a man schal be slayn to dai in Israel? Whether Y knowe not me maad kyng to dai on Israel?

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1 Samuel 11:13, 1 Samuel 11:13, 2 Samuel 16:10, 2 Samuel 16:10, 2 Samuel 3:39

23And the kyng seide to Semey, Thou schalt not die; and the kyng swoor to hym.

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1 Kings 2:46, 1 Kings 2:8, 1 Kings 2:9, 1 Kings 2:46, 1 Kings 2:8

24Also Myphibosech, sone of Jonathas, sone of Saul, cam doun with vnwaischun feet, and with berd vnclippid, in to the comyng of the kyng. And Mysphibosech hadde not waische hise clothis, fro the dai in which the kyng yede out of Jerusalem til to the dai of his turnyng ayen in pees.

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Hebrews 13:3, Jeremiah 41:5, 2 Samuel 15:30, 2 Samuel 16:3, 2 Samuel 9:6

25And whanne at Jerusalem he hadde come to the kyng, the kyng seide to him, Myphibosech, whi camest thou not with me?

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2 Samuel 16:17, 2 Samuel 16:17

26And he answeride and seide, My lord the kyng, my seruaunt dispiside me; and Y thi seruaunt seide to hym, that he schulde sadle the asse to me, and Y schulde stie, and Y schulde go with the king; for Y thi seruaunt am crokid.

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2 Samuel 9:3, 2 Samuel 16:2, 2 Samuel 16:3, 2 Samuel 4:4, 2 Samuel 9:3

27More ouer and he accuside me, thi seruaunt, to thee, my lord the kyng; forsothe thou, my lord `the kyng, art as the aungel of God; do thou that, that is plesaunt to thee.

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2 Samuel 14:20, 2 Samuel 14:17, 2 Samuel 14:20, 2 Samuel 14:17, 2 Samuel 16:3

28For the hows of my fadir was not no but gilti of deeth to my lord the kyng; sotheli thou hast set me thi seruaunt among the gestis of thi boord; what therfor haue Y of iust pleynt, ether what may Y more crye to the kyng?

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2 Samuel 9:13, 2 Samuel 9:13, 2 Samuel 9:10, 2 Samuel 9:10, 2 Kings 8:3

29Sotheli the kyng seide to hym, What spekist thou more? that that Y haue spoke is stidefast; thou and Siba depart possessyouns.

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Job 19:16, Job 19:17, Proverbs 18:13, Psalms 101:5, Acts 18:15

30And Myphibosech answeride to the kyng, Yhe, take he alle thingis, aftir that my lord the kyng turnede ayen pesibli in to his hows.

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2 Samuel 1:26, Acts 20:24, Philippians 1:20, 2 Samuel 1:26, Acts 20:24

31Also Berzellai of Galaad, a ful eld man, cam doun fro Rogelym, and ledde the kyng ouer Jordan, redi also to sue hym ouer the flood.

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1 Kings 2:7, 1 Kings 2:7, Nehemiah 7:63, Ezra 2:61, 2 Samuel 17:27

32Forsothe Berzellai of Galaad was ful eld, that is, of foure score yeer, and he yaf metis to the kyng, whanne the kyng dwellyde in castels; for Berzellai was a ful riche man.

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1 Samuel 25:2, 1 Samuel 25:2, Proverbs 16:31, Job 1:3, Deuteronomy 34:7

33Therfor the kyng seide to Berzellai, Come thou with me, that thou reste sikirli with me in Jerusalem.

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2 Thessalonians 1:7, Luke 22:28, Luke 22:30, Matthew 25:34, Matthew 25:40

34And Berzellai seide to the kyng, Hou manye ben the daiest of yeeres of my lijf, that Y stie with the kyng in to Jerusalem?

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1 Corinthians 7:29, James 4:14, 1 Corinthians 7:29, James 4:14, Psalms 39:5

35Y am of foure score yeer to dai; whether my wittis ben quike to deme swete thing ethir bittir, ether mete and drynk may delite thi seruaunt, ether may Y here more the vois of syngeris ether of syngsters? Whi is thi seruaunt to charge to my lord the kyng?

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2 Samuel 15:33, 2 Samuel 15:33, Ezra 2:65, Ezra 2:65, Psalms 90:10

36Y thi seruaunt schal go forth a litil fro Jordan with thee, Y haue no nede to this yeldyng;

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Luke 6:38, Luke 6:38

37but Y biseche, that Y thi seruaunt turne ayen, and die in my citee, and be biried bisidis the sepulcre of my fadir and of my modir; forsothe Chamaam is thi seruaunt, my lord the kyng, go he with thee, and do thou to hym that that semeth good to thee.

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1 Kings 2:7, Jeremiah 41:17, 1 Kings 2:7, Jeremiah 41:17, 2 Samuel 19:40

38Therfor the kyng seide to hym, Chamaam passe with me; and Y schal do to hym what euer thing plesith thee, and thou schalt gete al thing, which thou axist of me.

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39And whanne al the puple and the kyng hadden passid Jordan, the kyng abood; and `the kyng kisside Berzellai, and blesside hym; and he turnede ayen in to his place.

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Genesis 31:55, Genesis 31:55, Ruth 1:14, Ruth 1:14, Genesis 47:7

40Therfor the kyng passide in to Galgala, and Chamaam with hym. Sotheli al the puple of Juda hadde ledde the kyng ouer, and the half part oneli of the puple of Israel was present.

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2 Samuel 19:11, 2 Samuel 19:15, Matthew 21:9, Genesis 49:10, 2 Samuel 19:11

41Therfor alle the men of Israel camen togidere to the king, and seiden to hym, Whi han oure britheren, the men of Juda, stole thee, and han led the kyng and his hows ouer Jordan, and alle the men of Dauid with hym?

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Judges 8:1, Judges 12:1, Judges 8:1, Judges 12:1, John 7:5

42And ech man of Juda answeride to the men of Israel, For the kyng is neer to me; whi art thou wrooth on this thing? Whether we han ete ony thing of the kyng, ether yiftis ben youun to vs?

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2 Samuel 19:12, 2 Samuel 19:12, 1 Chronicles 2:3, 1 Chronicles 2:17, 2 Samuel 5:1

43And a man of Israel answeride to the men of Juda, and seide, Y am grettere bi ten partis at the kyng, and Dauith perteyneth more to me than to thee; whi hast thou do wrong to me, and `it was not teld to `me the formere, that Y schulde brynge ayen my kyng? Forsothe the men of Juda answeryden hardere to the men of Israel.

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Galatians 5:20, Galatians 5:20, 2 Samuel 5:1, 2 Samuel 5:1, 1 Kings 11:30