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Go and speak to David, saying, Thus says Yahweh, I offer you three things: choose you one of them, that I may do it to you.

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

So Gad came to David, and said to him, Thus says Yahweh, Take which you will:

ל֛וֹ (ל֛) l “to”לָֽךְ׃ (לָֽ) La “for”

either three years of famine; or three months to be consumed before your foes, while the sword of your enemies overtakes you; or else three days the sword of Yahweh, even pestilence in the land, and the angel of Yahweh destroying throughout all the borders of Israel. Now therefore consider what answer I shall return to him who sent me.

לְמַשֶּׂגֶת֒ (לְ) le. “to”

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

לִ֣י (לִ֣) l “to”

God sent an angel to Jerusalem to destroy it: and as he was about to destroy, Yahweh saw, and he repented him of the evil, and said to the destroying angel, It is enough; now stay your hand. The angel of Yahweh was standing by the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

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

David said to God, Isn't it I who commanded the people to be numbered? It is even I who have sinned and done very wickedly; but these sheep, what have they done? Please let your hand, O Yahweh my God, be against me, and against my father's house; but not against your people, that they should be plagued.

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

Then the angel of Yahweh commanded Gad to tell David, that David should go up, and raise an altar to Yahweh in the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

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

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 to Yahweh: for the full price shall you give it me, that the plague may be stayed from the people.

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

Ornan said to David, Take it to you, and let my lord the king do that which is good in his eyes: behold, I give [supplied: you] 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”

King David said to Ornan, No; but I will most assuredly buy it for the full price: for I will not take that which is your for Yahweh, 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”

David built there an altar to Yahweh, and offered burnt offerings and peace-offerings, and called on Yahweh; and he answered him from the sky by fire on the altar of burnt offering.

לַיהוָ֔ה (לַ) la. “to”

Yahweh commanded the angel; and he put up his sword again into the sheath of it.

לַמַּלְאָ֔ךְ (לַ) la. “to the”

But David couldn't go before it to inquire of God; for he was afraid because of the sword of the angel of Yahweh.

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

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

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

David commanded to gather together the foreigners who were in the land of Israel; and he set masons to hew worked stones to build the house of God.

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

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”

David said, Solomon my son is young and tender, and the house that is to be built for Yahweh must be exceedingly 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 Yahweh, the God of Israel.

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

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

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

But the word of Yahweh came to me, saying, You have shed blood abundantly, and have made great wars: you shall not build a house to my name, because you have shed much blood on 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 you, 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 to 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>”