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And David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten women, concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in a house of confinement and maintained them, but did not go in to them. So they were shut up unto the day of their death, living in widowhood.

לִשְׁמֹ֨ר (לִ) li “to”

And the king said to Amasa, Call me the men of Judah together within three days, and do thou attend here.

לִ֥י (לִ֥) l “to <the>”

So Amasa went to call together [supplied: the men of] Judah; but he delayed longer than the set time which he had appointed him.

לְהַזְעִ֣יק (לְ) le. “to”

And David said to Abishai, Now shall Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than did Absalom. Take thou thy lord's servants, and pursue after him, lest he get him fortified cities and escape our sight.

לָ֛נוּ (לָ֛) La. “for <the>”ל֛וֹ (ל֛) l “for <the>”

And there went out after him Joab's men, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and all the mighty men; and they went out of Jerusalem, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.

לִרְדֹּ֕ף (לִ) li “to”

When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa came before them. And Joab was girded with his coat, his dress, and upon it was the girdle of the sword which was fastened on his loins in its sheath; and as he went forth it fell out.

לִפְנֵיהֶ֑ם (לִ) li “<to>”

And Joab said to Amasa, Art thou well, my brother? And Joab took Amasa by the beard with the right hand to kiss him.

לַעֲמָשָׂ֔א (לַ) la. “to”לִנְשָׁק־ (לִ) li “to”לֽוֹ׃ (לֽ) l “<to> <the>”

And Amasa had taken no notice of the sword that was in Joab's hand: so he smote him with it in the belly and shed out his bowels to the ground, and struck him not again; and he died. And Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri.

ל֖וֹ (ל֖) l “to <the>”

And one of Joab's young men stood by [supplied: Amasa] and said, He that favours Joab, and he that is for David, let him follow Joab.

לְדָוִ֖ד (לְ) le. “[belongs] to”

When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri,

לִרְדֹּ֕ף (לִ) li “to”

And they came and besieged him in Abel-Beth-Maacah, and they cast up a bank against the city, and it was raised in the trench; and all the people that were with Joab sapped the wall, to throw it down.

לְהַפִּ֥יל (לְ) le. “to”

And he came near to her; and the woman said, Art thou Joab? And he said, I [supplied: am he]. And she said to him, Listen to the words of thy handmaid. And he said, I am listening.

ל֗וֹ (ל֗) l “to <the>”

And she spoke saying, They were wont to speak in old time saying, Just inquire in Abel; and so they ended.

לֵאמֹ֑ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”לֵאמֹ֔ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”

I am peaceable [supplied: and] faithful in Israel: thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel. Why wilt thou swallow up the inheritance of Jehovah?

לְהָמִ֨ית (לְ) le. “to”לָ֥מָּה (לָ֥) La. “<to>”

And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy.

לִ֔י (לִ֔) L “to <the>”

The matter is not so; but a man of mount Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, has lifted up his hand against the king, against David: give up him only, and I will depart from the city. And the woman said to Joab, Behold, his head shall be thrown to thee over the wall.

לְבַדּ֔וֹ (לְ) le. “to”

Then the woman went to all the people in her wisdom. And they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and cast it to Joab. And he blew a trumpet, and they dispersed from the city, every man to his tent. And Joab returned to Jerusalem to the king.

לְאֹהָלָ֑יו (לְ) le. “to”

and Ira also, the Jairite, was David's chief ruler.

לְדָוִֽד׃ (לְ) le. “of”

And the king called the Gibeonites, and spoke to them. (Now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but of the remainder of the Amorites; and the children of Israel had sworn to them; and Saul sought to smite them in his zeal for the children of Israel and Judah.)

לַגִּבְעֹנִ֖ים (לַ) la. “<to> the”לָהֶ֔ם (לָ) la. “to <the>”לְהַכֹּתָ֔ם (לְ) le. “to”לִבְנֵֽי־ (לִ) li “for”

And David said to the Gibeonites, What shall I do for you? and with what shall I make atonement, that ye may bless the inheritance of Jehovah?

לָכֶ֑ם (לָ) la. “for <the>”

And the Gibeonites said to him, As to Saul and his house, it is with us no question of receiving silver or gold, neither is it for us to have any man put to death in Israel. And he said, What ye say will I do for you.

ל֣וֹ (ל֣) l “to <the>”לָ֜נוּ (לָ֜) l “to <the>”לָ֥נוּ (לָ֥) La. “to <the>”לְהָמִ֣ית (לְ) le. “to”לָכֶֽם׃ (לָ) la. “for <the>”

And they said to the king, The man that consumed us, and that devised against us that we should be destroyed from remaining in all the borders of Israel,

לָ֑נוּ (לָ֑) La. “to <the>”

let seven men of his sons be given up to us, and we will hang them up to Jehovah in Gibeah of Saul, the chosen of Jehovah. And the king said, I will give [supplied: them].

לָ֜נוּ (לָ֜) La. “to <the>”לַֽיהוָ֔ה (לַֽ) la. “to”

And the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom she had borne to Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five sons of [supplied: the sister of] Michal the daughter of Saul, whom she had borne to Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite;

לְשָׁא֔וּל (לְ) le. “to”לְעַדְרִיאֵ֥ל (לְ) le. “to”

and he gave them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them on the hill before Jehovah. And they fell all seven together, and were put to death in the first days of the harvest, in the beginning of barley harvest.

לִפְנֵ֣י (לִ) li “<to>”