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now then do it; for Yahweh has spoken of David, saying, By the hand of my servant David I will save my people Israel out of the hand of the Philistines, and out of the hand of all their enemies.

בְּיַ֣ד׀ (בְּ) be. “by”

Abner also spoke in the ears of Benjamin: and Abner went also to speak in the ears of David in Hebron all that seemed good to Israel, and to the whole house of Benjamin.

בְּאָזְנֵ֣י (בְּ) be. “in”בְּאָזְנֵ֤י (בְּ) be. “in”בְּחֶבְר֔וֹן (בְּ) be. “at”בְּעֵינֵ֣י (בְּ) be. “in”וּבְעֵינֵ֖י (בְ) ve. “in”

Abner said to David, I will arise and go, and will gather all Israel to my lord the king, that they may make a covenant with you, and that you may reign over all that your soul desires. David sent Abner away; and he went in peace.

בְּכֹ֥ל (בְּ) be. “over”בְּשָׁלֽוֹם׃ (בְּ) be. “in”

Behold, the servants of David and Joab came from a foray, and brought in a great spoil with them: but Abner was not with David in Hebron; for he had sent him away, and he was gone in peace.

בְּחֶבְר֔וֹן (בְּ) be. “in”בְּשָׁלֽוֹם׃ (בְּ) be. “in”

When Joab and all the host who was with him had come, they told Joab, saying, Abner the son of Ner came to the king, and he has sent him away, and he is gone in peace.

בְּשָׁלֽוֹם׃ (בְּ) be. “in”

When Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside into the midst of the gate to speak with him quietly, and struck him there in the body, so that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.

בַּשֶּׁ֑לִי (בַּ) ba. “in <the>”בְּדַ֖ם (בְּ) be. “for”

let it fall on the head of Joab, and on all his father's house; and let there not fail from the house of Joab one who has an issue, or who is a leper, or who leans on a staff, or who falls by the sword, or who lacks bread.

בַּפֶּ֛לֶךְ (בַּ) ba. “on the”בַּחֶ֖רֶב (בַּ) ba. “by the”

So Joab and Abishai his brother killed Abner, because he had killed their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle.

בְּגִבְע֖וֹן (בְּ) be. “at”בַּמִּלְחָמָֽה׃ (בַּ) ba. “in the”

They buried Abner in Hebron: and the king lifted up his voice, and wept at the grave of Abner; and all the people wept.

בְּחֶבְר֑וֹן (בְּ) be. “in”

All the people came to cause David to eat bread while it was yet day; but David swore, saying, God do so to me, and more also, if I taste bread, or anything else, until the sun be down.

בְּע֣וֹד (בְּ) be. “while”

All the people took notice of it, and it pleased them; as whatever the king did pleased all the people.

בְּעֵֽינֵיהֶ֑ם (בְּ) be. “in”בְּעֵינֵ֥י (בְּ) be. “in”

So all the people and all Israel understood that day that it was not of the king to kill Abner the son of Ner.

בַּיּ֣וֹם (בַּ) ba “on the”

The king said to his servants, "Don't you know that there a prince and a great man has fallen this day in Israel?

בְּיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ (בְּ) be. “in”

When [supplied: Ish-bosheth], Saul's son, heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands became feeble, and all the Israelites were troubled.

בְּחֶבְר֔וֹן (בְּ) be. “in”

Now Jonathan, Saul's son, had a son who was lame of his feet. He was five years old when the news came of Saul and Jonathan out of Jezreel; and his nurse took him up, and fled: and it happened, as she made haste to flee, that he fell, and became lame. His name was Mephibosheth.

בְּבֹ֣א (בְּ) be. “when”בְּחָפְזָ֥הּ (בְּ) be. “when”

Now when they came into the house, as he lay on his bed in his bedchamber, they struck him, and killed him, and beheaded him, and took his head, and went by the way of the Arabah all night.

בַּחֲדַ֣ר (בַּ) ba. “in”

when one told me, saying, Behold, Saul is dead, thinking to have brought good news, I took hold of him, and killed him in Ziklag, which was the reward I gave him for his news.

בְּעֵינָ֔יו (בְּ) be. “in”ב֔וֹ (ב֔) v “on <the>”בְּצִֽקְלָ֑ג (בְּ) be. “in”

How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house on his bed, shall I not now require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth?

בְּבֵית֖וֹ (בְּ) be. “in”

David commanded his young men, and they killed them, and cut off their hands and their feet, and hanged them up beside the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ish-bosheth, and buried it in the grave of Abner in Hebron.

בְּחֶבְר֑וֹן (בְּ) be. “in”בְקֶֽבֶר־ (בְ) ve. “in”בְּחֶבְרֽוֹן׃ (בְּ) be. “at”

In times past, when Saul was king over us, it was you who led out and brought in Israel: and Yahweh said to you, You shall be shepherd of my people Israel, and you shall be prince over Israel.

בִּהְי֨וֹת (בִּ) bi “when”

So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and king David made a covenant with them in Hebron before Yahweh: and they anointed David king over Israel.

בְּחֶבְר֖וֹן (בְּ) be. “at”

David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years.

בְּמָלְכ֑וֹ (בְּ) be. “when”

In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months; and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah.

בְּחֶבְרוֹן֙ (בְּ) be. “in”וּבִירוּשָׁלִַ֣ם (בִ) vi. “in”

David said on that day, Whoever strikes the Jebusites, let him get up to the watercourse, and [supplied: strike] the lame and the blind, who are hated of David's soul. Therefore they say, There are the blind and the lame; he can't come into the house.

בַּיּ֣וֹם (בַּ) ba “on the”בַּצִּנּ֔וֹר (בַּ) ba. “by the”

David lived in the stronghold, and called it the city of David. David built round about from Millo and inward.

בַּמְּצֻדָ֔ה (בַּ) ba. “in the”