## Targum Jonathan on II Samuel Chapter 16

###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 16:1
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וְדָוִד עֲבַר זְעֵיר מֵרֵישׁ טוּרָא וְהָא צִיבָא עוּלֵימָא דִמְפִיבֹשֶׁת לָקֳדָמוּתֵיהּ וְזוֹג חֲמָרִין חֲשִׁיקִין וַעֲלֵיהוֹן מָאתָן גְרִיצָן דִלְחֵם וּמְאָה אִתְכְּלִין דְעִנְבִין יְבֵשִׁין וּמְאָה מָנָן דְבֵילָתָא וּגְרַב דַחֲמָר:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
As David had passed a little beyond the top of the mountain, behold, Ziba the young man of Mephibosheth came to meet him, with a pair of asses saddled, and on them two hundred loaves of bread, a hundred clusters of dried grapes, a hundred *mines* of dried figs, and a skin of wine.


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 16:2
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וַאֲמַר מַלְכָּא לְצִיבָא מָה אִילֵין לָךְ וַאֲמַר צִיבָא חֲמָרַיָא לְבֵית מַלְכָּא לְמִרְכַּב וְלַחְמָא וּדְבֵילָתָא לְמֵיכַל עוּלֵימַיָא וְחַמְרָא לְמִשְׁתֵּי דִמְשִׁלְהֵי בְּמַדְבְּרָא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And the king said to Ziba, “Why do you have these things?” And Ziba said, “The asses are for the king’s household to ride on, the bread and the dried figs for the young men to eat, and the wine for those who faint in the desert to drink.”


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 16:3
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וַאֲמַר מַלְכָּא וְאָן בַּר רִבּוֹנָךְ וַאֲמַר צִיבָא לְמַלְכָּא הָא יָתֵיב בִּירוּשְׁלֵם אֲרֵי אֲמַר יוֹמָא דֵין יְתִיבוּן לִי בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל יַת מַלְכוּתָא דְאַבָּא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And the king said, “And where is your lord’s son?” Ziba said to the king, “Behold, he remains in Jerusalem, for he said, ‘Today the House of Israel will give me back the kingdom of my father.’”


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 16:4
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וַאֲמַר מַלְכָּא לְצִיבָא הָא לָךְ כָּל דִי לִמְפִיבֹשֶׁת וַאֲמַר צִיבָא מוֹדֵינָא אַשְׁכַּח רַחֲמִין בְּעֵינָךְ רִבּוֹנִי מַלְכָּא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
Then the king said to Ziba, “Behold, all that belonged to Mephibosheth is now yours.” And Ziba said, “I give thanks. May I find favour in your sight, my lord the king.”


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 16:5
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וַאֲתָא דָוִד מַלְכָּא עַד עַלְמַת וְהָא מִתַּמָן גַבְרָא נָפֵיק מִזַרְעִית בֵּית שָׁאוּל וּשְׁמֵיהּ שִׁמְעִי בַּר גֵרָא נָפֵיק מִיפַק וּמְלַטֵט:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
When King David came to Almath, behold, from there came out a man of the family of the house of Saul, whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera. And he went along, cursing as he went.


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 16:6
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וּמְרַגֵם בְּאַבְנַיָא יַת דָוִד וְיַת כָּל עַבְדֵי מַלְכָּא דָוִד וְכָל עַמָא וְכָל גִבָּרַיָא מִימִינֵיהּ וּמִשְׂמָאלֵיהּ:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And he was throwing stones at David, and at all the servants of King David, and at all the people and all the heroes on his right and his left hand.


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 16:7
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וּכְדֵין אֲמַר שִׁמְעִי בְּלַטְטוּתֵיהּ פּוּק פּוּק גְבַר חַיָיב קְטוֹל וּגְבַר רַשִׁיעָא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And thus said Shimei as he cursed, “Go forth! Go forth, you man deserving to die, you evil man!


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 16:8
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אָתִיב עֲלָךְ יְיָ כָּל חוֹבֵי בֵּית שָׁאוּל דִמְלַכְתָּא תְּחוֹתוֹהִי וְאַצְלַח יְיָ יַת מַלְכוּתָא בִּידָא דְאַבְשָׁלוֹם בְּרָךְ וְהָא אַתְּ בְּבִישְׁתָּךְ אֲרֵי גְבַר חַיָיב קְטוֹל אַתְּ:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
The LORD has returned on you the sins of the house of Saul, in whose place you have reigned. And the LORD has made the kingship prosper in the hand of your son Absalom. Behold, you are in your own evil, for you are a man deserving to die.”


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 16:9
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וַאֲמַר אֲבִישַׁי בַּר צְרוּיָה לְמַלְכָּא לְמָא יְלַטֵט כַּלְבָּא מֵיתָא הָדֵין יַת רִבּוֹנִי מַלְכָּא אֶעְבַּר כְּעַן וְעַדִי יַת רֵישֵׁיהּ:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
Then Abishai the son of Zeruiah said to the king, “Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Let me go over and take off his head.”


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 16:10
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וַאֲמַר מַלְכָּא מַה לִי וּלְכוֹן בְנֵי צְרוּיָה כְּדֵין יְלַטִיט אֲרֵי יְיָ אֲמַר לֵיהּ לַטֵיט יַת דָוִד וּמַן יֵימַר מַה דֵין עֲבַדְתָּא כֵּן:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
But the king said, “What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah? Thus he curses, because the LORD has said to him, ‘Curse David!’ Who then shall say, ‘Why have you done so?’”


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 16:11
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וַאֲמַר דָוִד לַאֲבִישַׁי וּלְכָל עַבְדוֹהִי הָא בְּרִי דְאוֹלֵידִית בָּעֵי לְמִקְטְלִי וְאַף אֲרֵי כְעַן בַּר שֵׁבֶט בִּנְיָמִן שְׁבוּקוּ מִינֵיהּ וִילַטֵט אֲרֵי אָמַר לֵיהּ יְיָ:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And David said to Abishai and to all his servants, “Behold, my own son whom I begot seeks to kill me; how much more now this son of the tribe of Benjamin. Leave him alone, and let him curse, for the LORD has said him so.


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 16:12
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מָאִים גְלֵי קֳדָם יְיָ דִמְעַת עֵינִי וִיתֵיב יְיָ לִי טַבְתָא חֲלַף לְוַטָתֵיהּ יוֹמָא הָדֵין:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
It may be that the tear of my eye will be revealed before the LORD, and that the LORD will repay me with good for his cursing this day.”


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 16:13
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וַאֲזַל דָוִד וְגַבְרוֹהִי בְּאוֹרְחָא וְשִׁמְעִי אָזֵיל בִּסְטַר טוּרָא לְקִבְלֵיהּ אָזֵיל וּמְלַטֵט וּמְרַגֵם בְּאַבְנַיָא לְקִיבְלֵיהּ וּמַשְׁדֵי עַפְרָא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
So David and his men went on the road, while Shimei went along on the hillside parallel with him, cursing as he went, and threw stones at him and flung dust.


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 16:14
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וַאֲתָא מַלְכָּא וְכָל עַמָא דִי עִמֵיהּ כַּד מִשַׁלְהָן וְנַח תַּמָן:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And the king and all the people who were with him, arrived weary, and he rested there.


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 16:15
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וְאַבְשָׁלוֹם וְכָל עַמָא אֱנַשׁ יִשְׂרָאֵל אֲתוֹ לִירוּשְׁלֵם וַאֲחִיתוֹפֶל עִמֵיהּ:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
Now Absalom and all the people, the men of Israel, had come to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel was with him.


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 16:16
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וַהֲוָה כַּד אֲתָא חוּשַׁי אַרְכָּאָה שׁוֹשְׁבִינָא דְדָוִד לְוַת אַבְשָׁלוֹם וַאֲמַר חוּשַׁי לְאַבְשָׁלוֹם יַצְלַח מַלְכָּא יַצְלַח מַלְכָּא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And when Hushai the Archite, David’s close friend, came to Absalom, Hushai said to Absalom, “May the king prosper! May the king prosper!”


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 16:17
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וַאֲמַר אַבְשָׁלוֹם לְחוּשַׁי דָא טֵיבוּתָךְ דְעִם חַבְרָךְ לְמָה לָא אֳזַלְתָּ עִם חַבְרָךְ:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And Absalom said to Hushai, “This is your goodness towards your friend. Why did you not go with your friend?”


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 16:18
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וַאֲמַר חוּשַׁי לְאַבְשָׁלוֹם לָא אֱלָהֵין דְאִתְרְעֵי יְיָ וְעַמָא הָדֵין וְכָל אֱנַשׁ יִשְׂרָאֵל דִי לֵיהּ אֱהֵי וְעִמֵיהּ אָתִיב:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And Hushai said to Absalom, “No, but whom the LORD and this people and all the men of Israel have chosen, his I will be and with him I will remain.


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 16:19
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וְתִנְיָנוּת קֳדָם מַן אֲנָא אֶפְלַח הֲלָא קֳדָם בְּרֵיהּ כְּמָא דְפַלְחִית קֳדָם אֲבוּךְ כֵּן אֲהֵי פְלַח קֳדָמָךְ:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And again, before whom should I serve? Should it be before his son? As I have served before your father, so I will serve before you.”


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 16:20
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וַאֲמַר אַבְשָׁלוֹם לַאֲחִיתוֹפֶל הֲבוּ לְכוֹן מִלְכָּא מַה נַעְבֵּיד:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, “Give your counsel, [both of] you; what shall we do?”


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 16:21
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וַאֲמַר אֲחִיתוֹפֶל לְאַבְשָׁלוֹם עוּל לְוַת לְחֵינָתָא דַאֲבוּךְ דִי שְׁבַק לְמִיטַר בֵּיתָא וּשְׁמַע כָּל יִשְׂרָאֵל אֲרֵי אִתְגָרֵיתָא בַּאֲבוּךְ וְיִתְקוֹף יְדֵי כָּל דִי עִמָךְ:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Go in to your father’s concubine, whom he has left to keep the house. And all Israel will hear that you have challenged your father, and the hands of all who are with you will be strengthened.”


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 16:22
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וּנְגִדוּ לְאַבְשָׁלוֹם קִינוּפִין עַל אִיגָרָא וְעַל אַבְשָׁלוֹם לְוַת לְחֵינָתָא דַאֲבוּהִי לְעֵינֵי כָּל יִשְׂרָאֵל:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
So they pitched a canopy bed for Absalom upon the roof, and Absalom went in to his father’s concubines in the sight of all Israel.


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 16:23
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וּמַלְכָּא דַאֲחִיתוֹפֶל דִמְלֵךְ בְּיוֹמַיָא הָאִינוּן כְּמָא דְשָׁאִיל גַבְרָא בְּפִתְגָמָא דַייָ כֵּן כָּל מִלְכָּא דַאֲחִיתוֹפֶל אַף לְדָוִד אַף לְאַבְשָׁלוֹם:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
Now in those days the counsel of Ahithophel was as if a man inquired of the word of the LORD; so was all the counsel [esteemed], both by David and by Absalom.