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Now when Joab saw that their forces were in position against him in front and at his back, he took the best of the men of Israel and put them in line against the Aramaeans;

וַיַּ֣רְא (וַ) va “and”וַיִּבְחַ֗ר (וַ) va “and”וַֽיַּעֲרֹ֖ךְ (וַֽ) va “and”

And the rest of the people he put in position against the children of Ammon, with Abishai, his brother, at their head.

וַֽיַּעֲרֹ֕ךְ (וַֽ) va “and”

And he said, If the Aramaeans are stronger and get the better of me, then you are to come to my help; but if the children of Ammon get the better of you, I will come to your help.

וַיֹּ֗אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וְהָיִ֥תָה (וְ) ve. “and”וְהָלַכְתִּ֖י (וְ) ve. “and”

Then Joab and the people with him went forward to the fight against the Aramaeans, and they went in flight before him.

וַיִּגַּ֣שׁ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּנֻ֖סוּ (וַ) va “and”

And when the children of Ammon saw the flight of the Aramaeans, they themselves went in flight from Abishai, and came into the town. So Joab went back from fighting the children of Ammon and came to Jerusalem.

וַיָּנֻ֙סוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֣שָׁב (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹ֖א (וַ) va “and”

And when the Aramaeans saw that Israel had overcome them, they got themselves together.

וַיַּ֣רְא (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּאָסְפ֖וּ (וַ) va “and”

And Hadadezer sent for the Aramaeans who were on the other side of the River: and they came to Helam, with Shobach, the captain of Hadadezer's army, at their head.

וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּצֵ֤א (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ (וַ) va “and”

And word of this was given to David: and he got all Israel together and went over Jordan and came to Helam. And the Aramaeans put their forces in position against David, and made an attack on him.

וַיֻּגַּ֣ד (וַ) va “and”וַיֶּאֱסֹ֤ף (וַ) va “and”וַיַּעֲבֹ֣ר (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹ֖א (וַ) va “and”וַיַּעַרְכ֤וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּלָּחֲמ֖וּ (וַ) va “and”

And the Aramaeans went in flight before Israel; and David put to the sword the men of seven hundred Aramaean war-carriages and forty thousand footmen, and Shobach, the captain of the army, was wounded, and came to his death there.

וַיָּ֣נָס (וַ) va “and”וַיַּהֲרֹ֨ג (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֥מָת (וַ) va “and”

And when all the kings who were servants of Hadadezer saw that they were overcome by Israel, they made peace with Israel and became their servants. So the Aramaeans, in fear, gave no more help to the children of Ammon.

וַיִּרְא֨וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּשְׁלִ֥מוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּֽעַבְד֑וּם (וַ) va “and”וַיִּֽרְא֣וּ (וַ) va “and”

Now in the spring, at the time when kings go out to war, David sent Joab and his servants and all Israel with him; and they made waste the land of the children of Ammon, and took up their position before Rabbah, shutting it in. But David was still at Jer

וַיְהִי֩ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח (וַ) va “and”וַיַּשְׁחִ֙תוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּצֻ֖רוּ (וַ) va “and”

Now one evening, David got up from his bed, and while he was walking on the roof of the king's house, he saw from there a woman bathing; and the woman was very beautiful.

וַיְהִ֣י׀ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֨קָם (וַ) va “and”וַיִּתְהַלֵּךְ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּ֥רְא (וַ) va “and”

And David sent to get knowledge who the woman was. And one said, Is this not Bath-sheba, the daughter of Eliam and wife of Uriah the Hittite?

וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח (וַ) va “and”וַיִּדְרֹ֖שׁ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֗אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And David sent and took her; and she came to him, and he took her to his bed: (for she had been made clean;) then she went back to her house.

וַיִּשְׁלַח֩ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקָּחֶ֗הָ (וַ) va “and”וַתָּב֤וֹא (וַ) va. “and”וַיִּשְׁכַּ֣ב (וַ) va “and”וַתָּ֖שָׁב (וַ) va. “and”

And the woman became with child; and she sent word to David that she was with child.

וַתַּ֖הַר (וַ) va. “and”וַתִּשְׁלַח֙ (וַ) va. “and”וַתַּגֵּ֣ד (וַ) va. “and”וַתֹּ֖אמֶר (וַ) va. “and”

And David sent to Joab saying, Send Uriah the Hittite to me. And Joab sent Uriah to David.

וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁלַ֥ח (וַ) va “and”

And when Uriah came to him, David put questions to him about how Joab and the people were, and how the war was going.

וַיָּבֹ֥א (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁאַ֣ל (וַ) va “and”

And David said to Uriah, Go down to your house and let your feet be washed. And Uriah went away from the king's house, and an offering from the king was sent after him.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּצֵ֤א (וַ) va “and”וַתֵּצֵ֥א (וַ) va. “and”

But Uriah took his rest at the door of the king's house, with all the servants of his lord, and did not go down to his house.

וַיִּשְׁכַּ֣ב (וַ) va “and”

And when word was given to David that Uriah had not gone down to his house, David said to Uriah, Have you not come from a journey? why did you not go down to your house?

וַיַּגִּ֤דוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And Uriah said to David, Israel and Judah with the ark are living in tents, and my lord Joab and the other servants of my lord are sleeping in the open field; and am I to go to my house and take food and drink, and go to bed with my wife? By the living L

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And David said to Uriah, Be here today, and after that I will let you go. So Uriah was in Jerusalem that day and the day after.

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֨שֶׁב (וַ) va “and”

And when David sent for him, he took meat and drink with him, and David made him the worse for drink: and when evening came, he went to rest on his bed with the servants of his lord, but he did not go down to his house.

וַיִּקְרָא־ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֧אכַל (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֖שְׁתְּ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיְשַׁכְּרֵ֑הוּ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיֵּצֵ֣א (וַ) va “and”

Now in the morning, David gave Uriah a letter to take to Joab.

וַיְהִ֣י (וַ) va “and”וַיִּכְתֹּ֥ב (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁלַ֖ח (וַ) va “and”

And in the letter he said, Take care to put Uriah in the very front of the line, where the fighting is most violent, and go back from him, so that he may be overcome and put to death.

וַיִּכְתֹּ֥ב (וַ) va “and”וְשַׁבְתֶּ֥ם (וְ) ve. “and”וְנִכָּ֥ה (וְ) ve. “and”וָמֵֽת׃ (וָ) va. “and”