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Now when Joab saw that their forces were in position against him in front and at his back, he took all the best men of Israel, and put them in line against the Aramaeans;

וְאָח֑וֹר (וְ) ve. “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 come to my help; and 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.

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

So Joab and the people who were with him went forward into the fight against the Aramaeans, and they went in flight before him.

וְהָעָ֧ם (וְ) ve. “and”

And when the children of Ammon saw the flight of the Aramaeans, they themselves went in flight from Abishai, his brother, and came into the town. Then Joab came back to Jerusalem.

וּבְנֵ֨י (וּ) u. “and”

And when the Aramaeans saw that Israel had overcome them, they sent men to get the Aramaeans who were on the other side of the River, with Shophach, the captain of Hadadezer's army, at their head.

וְשׁוֹפַ֛ךְ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the Aramaeans went in flight before Israel; and David put to the sword the men of seven thousand Aramaean war-carriages and forty thousand footmen, and put to death Shophach, the captain of the army.

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

And when the servants of Hadadezer saw that they were overcome by Israel, they made peace with David and became his servants: and the Aramaeans would give no more help to the children of Ammon.

וְלֹא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Now in the spring, at the time when kings go out to war, Joab went out at the head of the armed forces and made waste all the land of the Ammonites and put his men in position before Rabbah, shutting it in. But David was still at Jerusalem. And Joab took

וְדָוִ֖יד (וְ) ve. “and”

And David took the crown of Milcom from off his head; its weight was a talent of gold and it had stones of great price in it; and it was put on David's head, and he took a great store of goods from the town.

וּבָהּ֙ (וּ) u. “and”וּשְׁלַ֥ל (וּ) u. “and”

And he took the people out of the town and put them to work with wood-cutting instruments, and iron grain-crushers, and axes. And this he did to all the towns of the children of Ammon. Then David and all the people went back to Jerusalem.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּבַחֲרִיצֵ֤י (וּ) u. “and”וּבַמְּגֵר֔וֹת (וּ) u. “and”וְכֵן֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And again there was war with the Philistines; and Elhanan, the son of Jair, put to death Lahmi, the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the stem of whose spear was like a cloth-worker's rod.

וְעֵ֣ץ (וְ) ve. “and”

And again there was war at Gath, where there was a very tall man, who had twenty-four fingers and toes, six fingers on his hands and six toes on his feet; he was one of the offspring of the Rephaim.

וְאֶצְבְּעֹתָ֤יו (וְ) ve. “and”וָשֵׁשׁ֙ (וָ) va. “and”וְאַרְבַּ֔ע (וְ) ve. “and”וְגַם־ (וְ) ve. “and”

These were of the offspring of the Rephaim in Gath; they came to their death by the hands of David and his servants.

וּבְיַד־ (וּ) u. “and”

And David said to Joab and the captains of the people, Now let all Israel, from Beer-sheba to Dan, be numbered; and give me word so that I may be certain of their number.

וְאֶל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְעַד־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהָבִ֣יאוּ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֵדְעָ֖ה (וְ) ve. “so”

But the king's word was stronger than Joab's. So Joab went out and went through all Israel and came to Jerusalem.

וּדְבַר־ (וּ) u. “and”

And Joab gave David the number of all the people; all the men of Israel, able to take up arms, were one million, one hundred thousand men; and those of Judah were four hundred and seventy thousand men, able to take up arms.

וּמֵאָ֨ה (וּ) u. “and”וִֽיהוּדָ֕ה (וִֽ) vi. “and”וְשִׁבְעִ֥ים (וְ) ve. “and”

But Levi and Benjamin were not numbered among them, for Joab was disgusted with the king's order.

וְלֵוִי֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וּבִנְיָמִ֔ן (וּ) u. “and”

Then David said to God, Great has been my sin in doing this; but now, be pleased to take away the sin of your servant, for I have done very foolishly.

וְעַתָּ֗ה (וְ) ve. “and”

Go and say to David, The Lord says, Three things are offered to you: say which of them you will have, so that I may do it to you.

וְאֶֽעֱשֶׂה־ (וְ) ve. “so”

Three years when there will not be enough food; or three months of war, when you will go in flight before your haters, being in great danger of the sword; or three days of the sword of the Lord, disease in the land, and the angel of the Lord taking destr

וְאִם־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְחֶ֣רֶב (וְ) ve. “and”וְאִם־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְדֶ֙בֶר֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וּמַלְאַ֣ךְ (וּ) u. “and”וְעַתָּ֣ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And David said to Gad, This is a hard decision for me to make: let me come into the hands of the Lord, for great are his mercies: let me not come into the hands of men.

וּבְיַד־ (וּ) u. “and”

And God sent an angel to Jerusalem for its destruction: and when he was about to do so, the Lord saw, and had regret for the evil, and said to the angel of destruction, It is enough; do no more. Now the angel of the Lord was by the grain-floor of Ornan t

וּכְהַשְׁחִ֗ית (וּ) u. “and”וּמַלְאַ֤ךְ (וּ) u. “and”

And David, lifting up his eyes, saw the angel of the Lord there between earth and heaven, with an uncovered sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the responsible men, clothed in haircloth, went down on their faces.

וּבֵ֣ין (וּ) u. “and”וְחַרְבּ֤וֹ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַזְּקֵנִ֛ים (וְ) ve. “and”