H9002–/וְ–v

Then said the king to Ittai the Gittite, Wherefore goest thou also with us? return, and abide with the king: for thou art a foreigner, and also an exile; [supplied: return] to thine own place.

וְשֵׁ֤ב (וְ) ve. “and”וְגַם־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Whereas thou camest but yesterday, should I this day make thee go up and down with us, seeing I go whither I may? return thou, and take back thy brethren; mercy and truth be with thee.

וְהַיּ֞וֹם (וְ) ve. “and”וַאֲנִ֣י (וַ) va. “and”וְהָשֵׁ֧ב (וְ) ve. “and”וֶאֱמֶֽת׃ (וֶ) ve. “and”

And Ittai answered the king, and said, As Jehovah liveth, and as my lord the king liveth, surely in what place my lord the king shall be, whether for death or for life, even there also will thy servant be.

וְחֵי֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

And David said to Ittai, Go and pass over. And Ittai the Gittite passed over, and all his men, and all the little ones that were with him.

וַעֲבֹ֑ר (וַ) va. “and”וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And all the country wept with a loud voice, and all the people passed over: the king also himself passed over the brook Kidron, and all the people passed over, toward the way of the wilderness.

וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַמֶּ֗לֶךְ (וְ) ve. “and”וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And, lo, Zadok also [supplied: came], and all the Levites with him, bearing the ark of the covenant of God; and they set down the ark of God; and Abiathar went up, until all the people had done passing out of the city.

וְהִנֵּ֨ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְכָֽל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the king said unto Zadok, Carry back the ark of God into the city: if I shall find favor in the eyes of Jehovah, he will bring me again, and show me both it, and his habitation:

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

but if he say thus, I have no delight in thee; behold, here am I, let him do to me as seemeth good unto him.

וְאִם֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

The king said also unto Zadok the priest, Art thou [supplied: not] a seer? return into the city in peace, and your two sons with you, Ahimaaz thy son, and Jonathan the son of Abiathar.

וַאֲחִימַ֨עַץ (וַ) va. “and”וִיהוֹנָתָ֧ן (וִ) vi. “and”

Zadok therefore and Abiathar carried the ark of God again to Jerusalem: and they abode there.

וְאֶבְיָתָ֛ר (וְ) ve. “and”

And David went up by the ascent of the [supplied: mount of] Olives, and wept as he went up; and he had his head covered, and went barefoot: and all the people that were with him covered every man his head, and they went up, weeping as they went up.

וְדָוִ֡ד (וְ) ve. “and”וּבוֹכֶ֗ה (וּ) u. “and”וְרֹ֥אשׁ (וְ) ve. “and”וְה֖וּא (וְ) ve. “and”וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּבָכֹֽה׃ (וּ) u. “and”

And one told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O Jehovah, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.

וְדָוִד֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

And it came to pass, that, when David was come to the top [supplied: of the ascent], where God was worshipped, behold, Hushai the Archite came to meet him with his coat rent, and earth upon his head.

וְהִנֵּ֤ה (וְ) ve. “and”וַאֲדָמָ֖ה (וַ) va. “and”

but if thou return to the city, and say unto Absalom, I will be thy servant, O king; as I have been thy father's servant in time past, so will I now be thy servant; then wilt thou defeat for me the counsel of Ahithophel.

וְאִם־ (וְ) ve. “and”וַֽאֲנִי֙ (וַֽ) va. “<and>”וְעַתָּ֖ה (וְ) ve. “and”וַאֲנִ֣י (וַ) va. “<and>”

And hast thou not there with thee Zadok and Abiathar the priests? therefore it shall be, that what thing soever thou shalt hear out of the king's house, thou shalt tell it to Zadok and Abiathar the priests.

וַהֲל֤וֹא (וַ) va. “and”וְאֶבְיָתָ֖ר (וְ) ve. “and”וּלְאֶבְיָתָ֖ר (וּ) u. “and”

Behold, they have there with them their two sons, Ahimaaz, Zadok's son, and Jonathan, Abiathar's son; and by them ye shall send unto me everything that ye shall hear.

וִיהוֹנָתָ֖ן (וִ) vi. “and”

So Hushai, David's friend, came into the city; and Absalom came into Jerusalem.

וְאַבְשָׁלֹ֔ם (וְ) ve. “and”

And when David was a little past the top [supplied: of the ascent], behold, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of asses saddled, and upon them two hundred loaves of bread, and a hundred clusters of raisins, and a hundred of summer fruits, and a bottle of wine.

וְדָוִ֗ד (וְ) ve. “and”וְהִנֵּ֥ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְצֶ֨מֶד (וְ) ve. “and”וַעֲלֵיהֶם֩ (וַ) va. “and”וּמֵאָ֧ה (וּ) u. “and”וּמֵ֥אָה (וּ) u. “and”וְנֵ֥בֶל (וְ) ve. “and”

And the king said unto Ziba, What meanest thou by these? And Ziba said, The asses are for the king's household to ride on; and the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat; and the wine, that such as are faint in the wilderness may drink.

וְהַלֶּ֤חֶם (וְ) u. “and”וְהַקַּ֙יִץ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַיַּ֕יִן (וְ) ve. “and”

And the king said, And where is thy master's son? And Ziba said unto the king, Behold, he abideth at Jerusalem; for he said, To-day will the house of Israel restore me the kingdom of my father.

וְאַיֵּ֖ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And when king David came to Bahurim, behold, there came out thence a man of the family of the house of Saul, whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera; he came out, and cursed still as he came.

וְהִנֵּ֣ה (וְ) ve. “and”וּשְׁמוֹ֙ (וּ) u. “and”וּמְקַלֵּֽל׃ (וּ) u. “and”

And he cast stones at David, and at all the servants of king David: and all the people and all the mighty men were on his right hand and on his left.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּמִשְּׂמֹאלֽוֹ׃ (וּ) u. “and”

And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Begone, begone, thou man of blood, and base fellow:

וְכֹֽה־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאִ֥ישׁ (וְ) ve. “and”

Jehovah hath returned upon thee all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose stead thou hast reigned; and Jehovah hath delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom thy son; and, behold, thou art [supplied: taken] in thine own mischief, because thou art a man of blood.

וְהִנְּךָ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then said Abishai the son of Zeruiah unto the king, Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? let me go over, I pray thee, and take off his head.

וְאָסִ֥ירָה (וְ) ve. “and”