H9002–/וְ–v

So death overtook Saul and his three sons; all his family came to an end together.

וּשְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת (וּ) u. “and”וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And when all the men of Israel who were in the valley saw that the men of Israel had gone in flight and that Saul and his sons were dead, they went in flight away from their towns; and the Philistines came and took them for themselves.

וְכִי־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּבָנָ֑יו (וּ) u. “and”

Now the day after, when the Philistines came to take their goods from the dead, they saw Saul and his sons dead in Mount Gilboa.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And they took everything off him, and took his head and his war-dress, and sent word into the land of the Philistines round about to give the news to their gods and to the people.

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

And they put his war-dress in the house of their gods, and put up his head in the house of Dagon.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

All the fighting-men came up and took away Saul's body and the bodies of his sons, and took them to Jabesh, and put their bones to rest under the oak-tree in Jabesh, and took no food for seven days.

וְאֵת֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

So death came to Saul because of the sin which he did against the Lord, that is, because of the word of the Lord which he kept not; and because he went for directions to one who had an evil spirit,

וְגַם־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And not to the Lord: for this reason, he put him to death and gave the kingdom to David, the son of Jesse.

וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then all Israel came together to David at Hebron, and said, Truly, we are your bone and your flesh.

וּֽבְשָׂרְךָ֖ (וּֽ) u. “and”

In the past, when Saul was king, it was you who went at the head of Israel when they went out or came in; and the Lord your God said to you, You are to be the keeper of my people Israel, and their ruler.

וְהַמֵּבִ֖יא (וְ) ve. “and”וְאַתָּה֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then David and all Israel went to Jerusalem (which is Jebus); and the Jebusites, the people of the land, were there.

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

And David said, The first to overcome the Jebusites will be chief and captain. And Joab, the son of Zeruiah, went up first, and became chief.

וּלְשָׂ֑ר (וּ) u. “and”

And he took in hand the building of the town all round, starting from the Millo; and Joab put the rest of the town in order.

וְעַד־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְיוֹאָ֕ב (וְ) ve. “and”

And David became greater and greater in power, because the Lord of armies was with him.

וְגָד֑וֹל (וְ) ve. “and”וַיהוָ֥ה (וַ) va. “and”

Now these are the chief of David's men of war who were his strong supporters in the kingdom, and, with all Israel, made him king, as the Lord had said about Israel.

וְאֵ֨לֶּה (וְ) ve. “and”

This is the list of David's men of war: Ishbaal, the son of a Hachmonite, the chief of the three: he put to death three hundred at one time with his spear.

וְאֵ֛לֶּה (וְ) ve. “and”

And after him was Eleazar, the son of Dodo the Ahohite, who was one of the three great fighters.

וְאַחֲרָ֛יו (וְ) ve. “and”

He was with David at Pas-dammim, where the Philistines had come together for the fight, near a bit of land full of barley; and the people went in flight before the Philistines.

וְהַפְּלִשְׁתִּים֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהָעָ֥ם (וְ) ve. “and”

And three of the thirty went down to David, to the rock, into the strong place of Adullam; and the army of the Philistines had taken up their position in the valley of Rephaim.

וּמַחֲנֵ֣ה (וּ) u. “and”

At that time David had taken cover in the strong place, and an armed force of the Philistines was in Beth-lehem.

וְדָוִ֖יד (וְ) ve. “and”וּנְצִ֣יב (וּ) u. “and”

So the three, forcing a way through the Philistine army, got water from the water-hole of Beth-lehem, by the doorway into the town, and took it back to David; but David would not take it, but made an offering of it, draining it out to the Lord,

וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Saying, By my God, far be it from me to do this! How may I take as drink the life-blood of these men who have put their lives in danger? so he did not take it. These things did the three great men of war.

וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

And Abishai, the brother of Joab, was chief of the thirty, for he put to death three hundred with his spear, but he had not a name among the three.

וְאַבְשַׁ֣י (וְ) ve. “and”וְהוּא֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְלוֹ (וְ) ve. “and”

Of the thirty, he was the noblest, and was made their captain, but he was not equal to the first three.

וְעַד־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, a fighting-man of Kabzeel, had done great acts; he put to death two young lions going into their secret place; and he went down into a hole and put a lion to death in time of snow.

וְ֠הוּא (וְ֠) Ve. “and”וְהִכָּ֧ה (וְ) ve. “and”