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And hearing of this, David sent Joab and all the army and the best fighting-men.

וְאֵ֥ת (וְ) ve. “and”

And the children of Ammon came out and put their forces in position at the way into the town: and the Aramaeans of Zobah and of Rehob, with the men of Tob and Maacah, were by themselves in the field.

וַאֲרַ֨ם (וַ) va. “and”וּרְחוֹב֙ (וּ) u. “and”וְאִֽישׁ־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּמַֽעֲכָ֔ה (וּ) u. “and”

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;

וּמֵֽאָח֑וֹר (וּ) u. “and”

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

וְאֵת֙ (וְ) ve. “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.

וְאִם־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Take heart, and let us be strong for our people and for the towns of our God, and may the Lord do what seems good to him.

וְנִתְחַזַּק֙ (וְ) ve. “so”וּבְעַ֖ד (וּ) u. “and”וַֽיהוָ֔ה (וַֽ) va. “and”

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

וְהָעָם֙ (וְ) ve. “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.

וּבְנֵ֨י (וּ) u. “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.

וְשׁוֹבַ֛ךְ (וְ) ve. “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.

וְאַרְבָּעִ֥ים (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֵ֨ת (וְ) ve. “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

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְדָוִ֖ד (וְ) ve. “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.

וְהָ֣אִשָּׁ֔ה (וְ) ve. “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.

וְהִ֥יא (וְ) ve. “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.

וְלִשְׁל֣וֹם (וְ) ve. “and”וְלִשְׁל֖וֹם (וְ) ve. “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.

וּרְחַ֣ץ (וּ) u. “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.

וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “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

וְיִשְׂרָאֵ֨ל (וְ) ve. “and”וִֽיהוּדָ֜ה (וִֽ) vi. “and”וַאדֹנִ֨י (וַ) va. “and”וְעַבְדֵ֤י (וְ) ve. “and”וַאֲנִ֞י (וַ) va. “and”וְלִשְׁתּ֖וֹת (וְ) ve. “and”וְלִשְׁכַּ֣ב (וְ) ve. “and”וְחֵ֣י (וְ) ve. “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.

וּמָחָ֣ר (וּ) u. “and”וּמִֽמָּחֳרָֽת׃ (וּ) u. “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.

וְאֶל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the archers sent their arrows at your servants from the wall, and some of the king's servants are dead, and among them is your servant Uriah the Hittite.

וְגַ֗ם (וְ) ve. “and”

Then David said to the man, Go and say to Joab, Do not let this be a grief to you; for one man may come to his death by the sword like another: put up an even stronger fight against the town, and take it: and do you put heart into him.

וְכָזֶ֖ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְהָרְסָ֖הּ (וְ) ve. “and”וְחַזְּקֵֽהוּ׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the Lord sent Nathan to David. And Nathan came to him and said, There were two men in the same town: one a man of great wealth, and the other a poor man.

וְאֶחָ֥ד (וְ) ve. “and”

The man of wealth had great numbers of flocks and herds;

וּבָקָ֖ר (וּ) u. “and”

But the poor man had only one little she-lamb, which he had got and taken care of: from its birth it had been with him like one of his children; his meat was its food, and from his cup it took its drink, resting in his arms, and it was like a daughter to

וְלָרָ֣שׁ (וְ) ve. “and”וְעִם־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּמִכֹּס֤וֹ (וּ) u. “and”וּבְחֵיק֣וֹ (וּ) u. “and”

Now a traveller came to the house of the man of wealth, but he would not take anything from his flock or his herd to make a meal for the traveller who had come to him, but he took the poor man's lamb and made it ready for the man who had come.

וּמִבְּקָר֔וֹ (וּ) u. “and”