H9002–/וְ–v

So Saul died, and his three sons, and all his house died together.

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

And when all the men of Israel that were in the valley saw that they fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, then they forsook their cities, and fled: and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.

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

And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his sons fallen in mount Gilboa.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And when they had stripped him, they took his head, and his armor, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to carry tidings unto their idols, and to the people.

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

And they put his armor in the house of their gods, and fastened his head in the temple of Dagon.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

They arose, all the valiant men, and took away the body of Saul, and the bodies of his sons, and brought them to Jabesh, and buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.

וְאֵת֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

So Saul died for his transgression which he committed against the LORD, even against the word of the LORD, which he kept not, and also for asking counsel of one that had a familiar spirit, to enquire of it;

וְגַם־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And inquired not of the LORD: therefore he slew him, and turned the kingdom unto David the son of Jesse.

וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then all Israel gathered themselves to David unto Hebron, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.

וּֽבְשָׂרְךָ֖ (וּֽ) u. “and”

And moreover in time past, even when Saul was king, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the LORD thy God said unto thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be ruler over my people Israel.

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

And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, which is Jebus; where the Jebusites were, the inhabitants of the land.

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

And David said, Whosoever smiteth the Jebusites first shall be chief and captain. So Joab the son of Zeruiah went first up, and was chief.

וּלְשָׂ֑ר (וּ) u. “and”

And he built the city round about, even from Millo round about: and Joab repaired the rest of the city.

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

So David waxed greater and greater: for the LORD of hosts was with him.

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

These also are the chief of the mighty men whom David had, who strengthened themselves with him in his kingdom, and with all Israel, to make him king, according to the word of the LORD concerning Israel.

וְאֵ֨לֶּה (וְ) ve. “and”

And this is the number of the mighty men whom David had; Jashobeam, an Hachmonite, the chief of the captains: he lifted up his spear against three hundred slain by him at one time.

וְאֵ֛לֶּה (וְ) ve. “and”

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

וְאַחֲרָ֛יו (וְ) ve. “and”

He was with David at Pasdammim, and there the Philistines were gathered together to battle, where was a parcel of ground full of barley; and the people fled from before the Philistines.

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

Now three of the thirty captains went down to the rock to David, into the cave of Adullam; and the host of the Philistines encamped in the valley of Rephaim.

וּמַחֲנֵ֣ה (וּ) u. “and”

And David was then in the hold, and the Philistines' garrison was then at Bethlehem.

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

And the three brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: but David would not drink of it, but poured it out to the LORD.

וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And said, My God forbid it me, that I should do this thing: shall I drink the blood of these men that have put their lives in jeopardy? for with the jeopardy of their lives they brought it. Therefore he would not drink it. These things did these three mightiest.

וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

And Abishai the brother of Joab, he was chief of the three: for lifting up his spear against three hundred, he slew them, and had a name among the three.

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

Of the three, he was more honorable than the two; for he was their captain: howbeit he attained not to the first three.

וְעַד־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done many acts; he slew two lionlike men of Moab: also he went down and slew a lion in a pit in a snowy day.

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