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18 to do the work of ferrying[a] over the king’s household and to do whatever pleased him.

Gera’s son Shimei fell down before the king when he crossed the Jordan. 19 He said to the king, “May my master not hold me guilty or remember your servant’s wrongdoing that day my master the king left Jerusalem. Please forget about it, Your Majesty,[b] 20 because your servant knows that I have sinned. But look, I am the first person from the entire family of Joseph to come down today and meet my master the king.”

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 19:18 LXX; MT while the crossing was under way, to ferry
  2. 2 Samuel 19:19 19:18-19 Heb uncertain

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