H9002–/וְ–v

Then said the king to Ittai the Gittite, Why go you also with us? return, and abide with the king: for you are a foreigner, and also an exile; [supplied: return] to your own place.

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

Whereas you came but yesterday, should I this day make you go up and down with us, seeing I go where I may? return you, and take back your brothers; mercy and truth be with you.

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

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

וְחֵי֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

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

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

Behold, 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”

The king said to Zadok, Carry back the ark of God into the city: if I shall find favor in the eyes of Yahweh, 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 you; behold, here am I, let him do to me as seems good to him.

וְאִם֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

The king said also to Zadok the priest, "Aren't you a seer? Return into the city in peace, and your two sons with you, Ahimaaz your 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”

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 who 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”

One told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. David said, Yahweh, please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.

וְדָוִד֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

It happened that when David had come to the top [supplied: of the ascent], where God was worshiped, behold, Hushai the Archite came to meet him with his coat torn, and earth on his head.

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

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

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

Don't you have Zadok and Abiathar the priests there with you? therefore it shall be, that whatever thing you shall hear out of the king's house, you shall 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 you shall send to me everything that you shall hear.

וִיהוֹנָתָ֖ן (וִ) vi. “and”

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

וְאַבְשָׁלֹ֔ם (וְ) ve. “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 donkeys saddled, and on them two hundred loaves of bread, and one hundred clusters of raisins, and one hundred 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”

The king said to Ziba, What do you mean by these? Ziba said, The donkeys 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”

The king said, Where is your master's son? Ziba said to the king, Behold, he abides at Jerusalem; for he said, Today will the house of Israel restore me the kingdom of my father.

וְאַיֵּ֖ה (וְ) ve. “and”

When king David came to Bahurim, behold, a man of the family of the house of Saul came out, 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”

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”

Thus said Shimei when he cursed, Be gone, be gone, you man of blood, and base fellow:

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

Yahweh has returned on you all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose place you have reigned; and Yahweh has delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom your son; and, behold, you are [supplied: taken] in your own mischief, because you are a man of blood.

וְהִנְּךָ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

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

וְאָסִ֥ירָה (וְ) ve. “and”