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2 Samuel 19 Translation Questions
Q? Why was the victory that day turned to mourning for all the army?
A. The victory that day was turned to mourning for all the army because the army heard that the king was mourning for his son. [19:2]
Q? What was the cry of the king?
A. The king cried, "My son Absalom, Absalom, my son, my son!" [19:4]
Q? What did Joab say he believed would have pleased the king?
A. Joab said he believed the king would have been pleased if Absalom had lived and they, the king's army, would have died. [19:6]
Q? What did Joab tell the king would happen if the king did not get up, go out, and speak kindly to the king's soldiers?
A. Joab said if the king did not go, not one man would remain with him that night. [19:7]
Q? When did all the people come before the king?
A. All the people came before the king after they were told the king was sitting in the gate. [19:8]
Q? What were all the people of all the tribes of Israel arguing about with each other?
A. All the people of all the tribes of Israel were arguing about whether or not to bring the king back. [19:10]
Q? Who did King David send to speak to the elders of Judah about bringing the king back?
A. David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests to speak to the elders of Judah. [19:11]
Q? Who did David say would be the captain of his army in place of Joab?
A. David said Amasa would be captain of the army in place of Joab. [19:13]
Q? Why did the men of Judah come to Gilgal?
A. The men of Judah came to Gilgal to meet the king and to escort him over the Jordan. [19:15]
Q? Who crossed through the Jordan in the presence of the king?
A. Shimei, one thousand men from Benjamin with him, and Ziba, Saul's servant, and his fifteen sons and twenty servants with him, crossed through the Jordan in the presence of the king. [19:16-17]
Q? Why did Shimei come as the first from all the family of Joseph to meet the king?
A. Shimei came down to meet the king because Shimei knew that he had sinned against the king. [19:20]
Q? What did the king say to Shimei after Abishai said Shimei should be put to death?
A. The king told Shimei he would not die and he promised him with an oath. [19:23]
Q? How did Mephibosheth look when he came down to meet the king?
A. Mephibosheth had not dressed his feet, or trimmed his beard, or washed his clothes since the day the king left. [19:24]
Q? What reason did Mephibosheth give when the king asked him, "Why did you not go with me, Mephibosheth?"
A. Mephibosheth told the king that his servant, Ziba, had deceived him. [19:26]
Q? What else did Mephibosheth say Ziba had done to him?
A. Mephibosheth said Ziba had slandered Mephibosheth to the king. [19:27]
Q? How did Mephibosheth reply to the king when the king said he had decided that Ziba and Mephibosheth were to divide the fields?
A. Mephibosheth told the king to let Ziba take it all since the king had come safely to his own home. [19:30]
Q? What had Barzillai done for the king?
A. Barzillai had furnished the king with provisions while he stayed at Mahanaim. [19:32]
Q? Briefly, why did Barzillai say he should not come to Jerusalem with the king?
A. Barzillai said he should not go with the king because he was too old and did not have long to live, he could not taste what he ate or drank, he could not hear well, and he did not want to be a burden to the king. [19:34-35]
Q? What did Barzillai request of the king?
A. Barzillai asked the king to let him return back home so he could die in his own city, and to let Kimham cross over with the king and to do for Kimham what seemed good to the king. [19:37]
Q? Who crossed over to Gilgal with the king?
A. Kimham, all the army of Judah and half the army of Israel crossed over to Gilgal with the king. [19:40]
Q? Why did the men of Israel say they had more right to David than the men of Judah?
A. The men of Israel said they had more right to David because they had ten tribes related to the king. [19:43]
Q? Whose words were more harsh, the men of Judah or the men of Israel?
A. The words of the men of Judah were more harsh than the words of the men of Israel. [19:43]