H9005–/ל–l

David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten women his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in custody, and provided them with sustenance, but didn't go in to them. So they were shut up to the day of their death, living in widowhood.

לִשְׁמֹ֨ר (לִ) li “to”

Then said the king to Amasa, Call me the men of Judah together within three days, and be here present.

לִ֥י (לִ֥) l “to <the>”

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

לְהַזְעִ֣יק (לְ) le. “to”

David said to Abishai, Now will Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than did Absalom: take your lord's servants, and pursue after him, lest he get him fortified cities, and escape out of our sight.

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

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 to meet them. Joab was girded with his apparel of war that he had put on, and thereon was a sash with a sword fastened on his loins in the sheath of it; and as he went forth it fell out.

לִפְנֵיהֶ֑ם (לִ) li “<to>”

Joab said to Amasa, Is it well with you, my brother? Joab took Amasa by the beard with his right hand to kiss him.

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

But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab's hand: so he struck him therewith in the body, and shed out his bowels to the ground, and didn't strike him again; and he died. Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri.

ל֖וֹ (ל֖) l “to <the>”

There stood by him one of Joab's young men, and said, He who favors Joab, and he who 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”

They came and besieged him in Abel of Beth Maacah, and they cast up a mound against the city, and it stood against the rampart; and all the people who were with Joab battered the wall, to throw it down.

לְהַפִּ֥יל (לְ) le. “to”

He came near to her; and the woman said, Are you Joab? He answered, I am. Then she said to him, Hear the words of your handmaid. He answered, I do hear.

ל֗וֹ (ל֗) l “to <the>”

Then she spoke, saying, They were wont to speak in old time, saying, They shall surely ask [supplied: counsel] at Abel: and so they ended [supplied: the matter].

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

I am of those who are peaceable and faithful in Israel: you seek to destroy a city and a mother in Israel: why will you swallow up the inheritance of Yahweh?

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

Joab answered, 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 the hill-country of Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, has lifted up his hand against the king, even against David; deliver him only, and I will depart from the city. The woman said to Joab, Behold, his head shall be thrown to you over the wall.

לְבַדּ֔וֹ (לְ) le. “to”

Then the woman went to all the people in her wisdom. They cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and threw it out to Joab. He blew the trumpet, and they were dispersed from the city, every man to his tent. Joab returned to Jerusalem to the king.

לְאֹהָלָ֑יו (לְ) le. “to”

and also Ira the Jairite was chief minister to David.

לְדָוִֽד׃ (לְ) le. “of”

The king called the Gibeonites, and said to them (now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites; and the children of Israel had sworn to them: and Saul sought to kill 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 you may bless the inheritance of Yahweh?

לָכֶ֑ם (לָ) la. “for <the>”

The Gibeonites said to him, It is no matter of silver or gold between us and Saul, or his house; neither is it for us to put any man to death in Israel. He said, What you shall say, that 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>”

They said to the king, The man who consumed us, and who devised against us, [supplied: that] we should be destroyed from remaining in any of the borders of Israel,

לָ֑נוּ (לָ֑) La. “to <the>”

let seven men of his sons be delivered to us, and we will hang them up to Yahweh in Gibeah of Saul, the chosen of Yahweh. The king said, I will give them.

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

But the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom she bore to Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five sons of Michal the daughter of Saul, whom she bore to Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite:

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

He delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them in the mountain before Yahweh, and they fell [supplied: all] seven together. They were put to death in the days of harvest, in the first days, at the beginning of barley harvest.

לִפְנֵ֣י (לִ) li “<to>”