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Go and speak unto David, saying, Thus saith Jehovah, I offer thee three things: choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee.

לֵאמֹ֗ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”לְךָ֛ (לְ) le. “for”לָּֽךְ׃ (לָּֽ) La “to”

So Gad came to David, and said unto him, Thus saith Jehovah, Take which thou wilt:

ל֛וֹ (ל֛) l “to”לָֽךְ׃ (לָֽ) La “for”

either three years of famine; or three months to be consumed before thy foes, while the sword of thine enemies overtaketh thee; or else three days the sword of Jehovah, even pestilence in the land, and the angel of Jehovah destroying throughout all the borders of Israel. Now therefore consider what answer I shall return to him that sent me.

לְמַשֶּׂגֶת֒ (לְ) le. “to”

And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let me fall, I pray, into the hand of Jehovah; for very great are his mercies: and let me not fall into the hand of man.

לִ֣י (לִ֣) l “to”

And God sent an angel unto Jerusalem to destroy it: and as he was about to destroy, Jehovah beheld, and he repented him of the evil, and said to the destroying angel, It is enough; now stay thy hand. And the angel of Jehovah was standing by the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

לִֽירוּשָׁלִַם֮ (לִֽ) li. “to”לְהַשְׁחִיתָהּ֒ (לְ) le. “to”לַמַּלְאָ֤ךְ (לַ) la. “to the”

And David said unto God, Is it not I that commanded the people to be numbered? even I it is that have sinned and done very wickedly; but these sheep, what have they done? let thy hand, I pray thee, O Jehovah my God, be against me, and against my father's house; but not against thy people, that they should be plagued.

לִמְנ֣וֹת (לִ) li “to”לְמַגֵּפָֽה׃ (לְ) le. “to”

Then the angel of Jehovah commanded Gad to say to David, that David should go up, and rear an altar unto Jehovah in the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

לֵאמֹ֣ר (לֵ) le. “to”לְדָוִ֑יד (לְ) le. “to”לְהָקִ֤ים (לְ) le. “to”לַיהוָ֔ה (לַ) la. “to”

And as David came to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw David, and went out of the threshing-floor, and bowed himself to David with his face to the ground.

לְדָוִ֛יד (לְ) le. “to”

Then David said to Ornan, Give me the place of this threshing-floor, that I may build thereon an altar unto Jehovah: for the full price shalt thou give it me, that the plague may be stayed from the people.

לִּי֙ (לִּ) l “to”לַיהוָ֑ה (לַ) la. “to”לִ֔י (לִ֔) L “to”

And Ornan said unto David, Take it to thee, and let my lord the king do that which is good in his eyes: lo, I give [supplied: thee] the oxen for burnt-offerings, and the threshing instruments for wood, and the wheat for the meal-offering; I give it all.

לָ֔ךְ (לָ֔) La “for”לָֽעֹל֗וֹת (לָֽ) la. “for the”לָעֵצִ֛ים (לָ) la. “for the”לַמִּנְחָ֖ה (לַ) la. “for the”

And king David said to Ornan, Nay; but I will verily buy it for the full price: for I will not take that which is thine for Jehovah, nor offer a burnt-offering without cost.

לְאָרְנָ֔ן (לְ) le. “to”לְךָ֙ (לְ) le. “[belongs] to”לַיהוָ֔ה (לַ) la. “for”

So David gave to Ornan for the place six hundred shekels of gold by weight.

לְאָרְנָ֖ן (לְ) le. “to”

And David built there an altar unto Jehovah, and offered burnt-offerings and peace-offerings, and called upon Jehovah; and he answered him from heaven by fire upon the altar of burnt-offering.

לַיהוָ֔ה (לַ) la. “to”

And Jehovah commanded the angel; and he put up his sword again into the sheath thereof.

לַמַּלְאָ֔ךְ (לַ) la. “to the”

But David could not go before it to inquire of God; for he was afraid because of the sword of the angel of Jehovah.

לָלֶ֥כֶת (לָ) la. “to”לְפָנָ֖יו (לְ) le. “<to>”לִדְרֹ֣שׁ (לִ) li “to”

Then David said, This is the house of Jehovah God, and this is the altar of burnt-offering for Israel.

לְעֹלָ֖ה (לְ) le. “for”לְיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ (לְ) le. “for”

And David commanded to gather together the sojourners that were in the land of Israel; and he set masons to hew wrought stones to build the house of God.

לִכְנוֹס֙ (לִ) li “to”לַחְצוֹב֙ (לַ) la “to”לִבְנ֖וֹת (לִ) li “to”

And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the couplings; and brass in abundance without weight;

לָ֠רֹב (לָ֠) la. “to”לַֽמִּסְמְרִ֞ים (לַֽ) la. “for the”לְדַלְת֧וֹת (לְ) le. “for”וְלַֽמְחַבְּר֖וֹת (לַֽ) la “for the”לָרֹ֖ב (לָ) la. “to”

and cedar-trees without number: for the Sidonians and they of Tyre brought cedar-trees in abundance to David.

לְאֵ֣ין (לְ) le. “to”לָרֹ֖ב (לָ) la. “to”לְדָוִֽיד׃ (לְ) le. “to”

And David said, Solomon my son is young and tender, and the house that is to be builded for Jehovah must be exceeding magnificent, of fame and of glory throughout all countries: I will therefore make preparation for it. So David prepared abundantly before his death.

לִבְנ֣וֹת (לִ) li “to”לַיהוָ֗ה (לַ) la. “for”לְהַגְדִּ֨יל׀ (לְ) le. “[is] to”לְמַ֜עְלָה (לְ) le. “<to>”לְשֵׁ֤ם (לְ) le. “for”וּלְתִפְאֶ֙רֶת֙ (לְ) le. “for”לְכָל־ (לְ) le. “to”ל֑וֹ (ל֑) l “for”לָרֹ֖ב (לָ) la. “to”לִפְנֵ֥י (לִ) li “<to>”

Then he called for Solomon his son, and charged him to build a house for Jehovah, the God of Israel.

לִשְׁלֹמֹ֣ה (לִ) li “<to>”לִבְנ֣וֹת (לִ) li “to”לַיהוָ֖ה (לַ) la. “for”

And David said to Solomon his son, As for me, it was in my heart to build a house unto the name of Jehovah my God.

לִשְׁלֹמֹ֑ה (לִ) li “to”לִבְנ֣וֹת (לִ) li “to”לְשֵׁ֖ם (לְ) le. “for”

But the word of Jehovah came to me, saying, Thou hast shed blood abundantly, and hast made great wars: thou shalt not build a house unto my name, because thou hast shed much blood upon the earth in my sight.

לֵאמֹ֔ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”לָרֹב֙ (לָ) la. “to”לִשְׁמִ֔י (לִ) li “for”לְפָנָֽי׃ (לְ) le. “<to>”

Behold, a son shall be born to thee, who shall be a man of rest; and I will give him rest from all his enemies round about; for his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quietness unto Israel in his days:

לָ֗ךְ (לָ֗) La “to”ל֛וֹ (ל֛) l “to”

he shall build a house for my name; and he shall be my son, and I will be his father; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel for ever.

לִשְׁמִ֔י (לִ) li “for”לִּ֣י (לִּ֣) l “of”לְבֵ֔ן (לְ) le. “<into>”ל֖וֹ (ל֖) l “of”לְאָ֑ב (לְ) le. “<into>”