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And if I do not take away the kingdom from the family of Saul and make David ruler over Israel and Judah from Dan as far as Beer-sheba!

הַמַּמְלָכָ֖ה (הַ) ha. “the”

And Abner said to David, Now I will go, and make all Israel come to my lord the king, so that they may make an agreement with you, and your kingdom may be as wide as your heart's desire. Then David sent Abner away and he went in peace.

הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ (הַ) ha. “the”

Now the servants of David and Joab had been out attacking a band of armed men, and they came back with a great store of goods taken in the fight: but Abner was no longer in Hebron with David, for he had sent him away and he had gone in peace.

מֵֽהַגְּד֔וּד (הַ) ha. “the”

When Joab and his men came, news was given them that Abner, the son of Ner, had come to the king, who had let him go away again in peace.

הַצָּבָ֥א (הַ) ha. “the”הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ (הַ) ha. “the”

Then Joab came to the king, and said, What have you done? when Abner came to you why did you send him away and let him go?

הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ (הַ) ha. “the”

And when Joab had come out from David, he sent men after Abner, and they overtook him at the water-spring of Sirah, and made him come back with them: but David had no knowledge of it.

הַסִּרָ֑ה (הַ) ha. “<the>”

And when Abner was back in Hebron, Joab took him on one side by the doorway of the town to have a word with him quietly, and there he gave him a wound in the stomach, causing his death in payment for the death of his brother Asahel.

הַשַּׁ֔עַר (הַ) ha. “the”הַחֹ֔מֶשׁ (הַ) ha. “the”

And David said to Joab and all the people who were with him, Go in grief and put haircloth about you, in sorrow for Abner. And King David went after the dead body.

הָעָ֣ם (הָ) ha. “the”וְהַמֶּ֣לֶךְ (הַ) ha. “the”הַמִּטָּֽה׃ (הַ) ha. “the”

And they put Abner's body to rest in Hebron; and the king and all the people were weeping loudly by the resting-place of Abner's body.

הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ (הַ) ha. “the”הָעָֽם׃ (הָ) ha. “the”

And the king made a song of grief for Abner and said, Was the death of Abner to be like the death of a foolish man?

הַמֶּ֛לֶךְ (הַ) ha. “the”

Your hands were free, your feet were not chained: like the downfall of a man before evil men, so was your fall. And the weeping of the people over him went on again.

הָעָ֖ם (הָ) ha. “the”

And the people came to make David take food, while it was still day, but David with an oath said, May God's punishment be on me if I take a taste of bread or any other thing till the sun has gone down!

הָעָ֗ם (הָ) ha. “the”הַיּ֑וֹם (הַ) hai. “<the>”הַשֶּׁ֛מֶשׁ (הַ) ha. “the”

And all the people took note of it and were pleased: like everything the king did, it was pleasing to the people.

הָעָ֣ם (הָ) ha. “the”הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ (הַ) ha. “the”הָעָ֖ם (הָ) ha. “the”

So it was clear to Israel and to all the people on that day that the king was not responsible for the death of Abner, the son of Ner.

הָעָ֛ם (הָ) ha. “the”הַה֑וּא (הַ) ha. “<the>”מֵֽהַמֶּ֔לֶךְ (הַ) ha. “the”

And the king said to his servants, Do you not see that a chief and a great man has come to his end today in Israel?

הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ (הַ) ha. “the”הַיּ֥וֹם (הַ) hai. “the”הַזֶּ֖ה (הַ) ha. “<the>”

While I, though I am crowned king, have little strength, and these men, the sons of Zeruiah, are out of my control: may the Lord give to the evil-doer the reward of his evil-doing!

הַיּ֥וֹם (הַ) hai. “this”וְהָאֲנָשִׁ֥ים (הָ) ha. “the”הָאֵ֛לֶּה (הָ) ha. “<the>”הָרָעָ֖ה (הָ) ha. “the”

And Saul's son had two men, captains of bands, one named Baanah and the other Rechab, sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, of the tribe of Benjamin; (for Beeroth was at one time taken to be part of Benjamin:

הָאֶחָ֨ד (הָ) ha. “the”הַשֵּׁנִ֣י (הַ) ha. “the”הַבְּאֶֽרֹתִ֖י (הַ) ha. “the”

But the people of Beeroth had gone in flight to Gittaim, where they have been living to this day.)

הַבְּאֵרֹתִ֖ים (הַ) ha. “the”הַיּ֥וֹם (הַ) hai. “the”הַזֶּֽה׃ (הַ) ha. “<the>”

And Rechab and Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, went out and came to the house of Ish-bosheth in the heat of the day, when he was resting in the middle of the day. Now the woman who kept the door was cleaning grain, and sleep overcame her.

הַבְּאֵֽרֹתִי֙ (הַ) ha. “the”הַיּ֔וֹם (הַ) hai. “the”הַֽצָּהֳרָֽיִם׃ (הַֽ) Ha. “<the>”

And Rechab and his brother Baanah got in without being seen.

הַבַּ֙יִת֙ (הַ) ha. “the”הַחֹ֑מֶשׁ (הַ) ha. “the”

And when they came into the house, Ish-bosheth was stretched on his bed in his bedroom; and they made an attack on him and put him to death, and, cutting off his head, they took it with them and went by the road through the Arabah all night.

הַבַּ֗יִת (הַ) ha. “the”הָעֲרָבָ֖ה (הָ) ha. “the”הַלָּֽיְלָה׃ (הַ) ha. “the”

And they took the head of Ish-bosheth to David in Hebron, and said to the king, Here is the head of Ish-bosheth, the son of Saul your hater, who would have taken your life; the Lord has taken payment for the wrongs of my lord the king from Saul and his s

הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ (הַ) ha. “the”הַמֶּ֤לֶךְ (הַ) ha. “the”הַיּ֣וֹם (הַ) hai. “the”הַזֶּ֔ה (הַ) ha. “<the>”

And David made answer to Rechab and his brother Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said to them, By the living Lord, who has kept me safe from all my trouble,

הַבְּאֵֽרֹתִ֖י (הַ) ha. “the”

When one came to me with the news of Saul's death, in the belief that it would be good news, I took him and put him to death in Ziklag, which was the reward I gave him for his news:

הַמַּגִּיד֩ (הַ) ha. “the”

How much more, when evil men have put an upright person to death, in his house, sleeping on his bed, will I take payment from you for his blood, and have you cut off from the earth?

הָאָֽרֶץ׃ (הָ) ha. “the”