H9001–/וַ–v

And all the people have discerned `it', and it is good in their eyes, as all that the king hath done is good in the eyes of all the people;

וַיִּיטַ֖ב (וַ) va “and”

and all the people know, even all Israel, in that day, that it hath not been from the king -- to put to death Abner son of Ner.

וַיֵּדְע֧וּ (וַ) va “and”

And the king saith unto his servants, `Do ye not know that a prince and a great one hath fallen this day in Israel?

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And the son of Saul heareth that Abner `is' dead in Hebron, and his hands are feeble, and all Israel have been troubled.

וַיִּשְׁמַ֣ע (וַ) va “and”וַיִּרְפּ֖וּ (וַ) va “and”

and the Beerothites flee to Gittaim, and are there sojourners unto this day.

וַיִּבְרְח֥וּ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיִּהְיוּ־ (וַֽ) va “and”

And to Jonathan son of Saul `is' a son -- lame; he was a son of five years at the coming in of the rumour of `the death of' Saul and Jonathan, out of Jezreel, and his nurse lifteth him up, and fleeth, and it cometh to pass in her hasting to flee, that he falleth, and becometh lame, and his name `is' Mephibosheth.

וַתִּשָּׂאֵ֤הוּ (וַ) va. “and”וַתָּנֹ֔ס (וַ) va. “and”וַיְהִ֞י (וַ) va “and”וַיִּפֹּ֥ל (וַ) va “and”וַיִּפָּסֵ֖חַ (וַ) va “and”

And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, go, and come in at the heat of the day unto the house of Ish-Bosheth, and he is lying down -- the lying down of noon;

וַיֵּ֨לְכ֜וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”

and thither they have come, unto the midst of the house, taking wheat, and they smite him unto the fifth `rib', and Rechab and Baanah his brother have escaped;

וַיַּכֻּ֖הוּ (וַ) va “and”

yea, they come in to the house, and he is lying on his bed, in the inner part of his bed-chamber, and they smite him, and put him to death, and turn aside his head, and they take his head, and go the way of the plain all the night,

וַיָּבֹ֣אוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּכֻּ֙הוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיְמִתֻ֔הוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּסִ֖ירוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקְחוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּֽלְכ֛וּ (וַ) va “and”

and bring in the head of Ish-Bosheth unto David in Hebron, and say unto the king, `Lo, the head of Ish-Bosheth, son of Saul, thine enemy, who sought thy life; and Jehovah doth give to my lord the king vengeance this day, of Saul and of his seed.'

וַ֠יָּבִאוּ (וַ֠) Va “and”וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּתֵּ֣ן (וַ) va “and”

And David answereth Rechab and Baanah his brother, sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and saith to them, `Jehovah liveth, who hath redeemed my soul out of all adversity,

וַיַּ֨עַן (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

when one is declaring to me, saying, Lo, Saul is dead, and he was as a bearer of tidings in his own eyes, then I take hold on him, and slay him in Ziklag, instead of my giving to him `for' the tidings.

וָאֹחֲזָ֣ה (וָ) va. “and”וָאֶהְרְגֵ֖הוּ (וָ) va. “and”

Also -- when wicked men have slain the righteous man in his own house, on his bed; and now, do not I require his blood of your hand, and have taken you away from the earth?'

וּבִעַרְתִּ֥י (וּ) u. “and”

And David commandeth the young men, and they slay them, and cut off their hands and their feet, and hang `them' over the pool in Hebron, and the head of Ish-Bosheth they have taken, and bury `it' in the burying-place of Abner in Hebron.

וַיְצַו֩ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּהַרְג֗וּם (וַ) va “and”וַֽיְקַצְּצ֤וּ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיִּתְל֥וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקְבְּר֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

And all the tribes of Israel come unto David, to Hebron, and speak, saying, `Lo, we `are' thy bone and thy flesh;

וַיָּבֹ֜אוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ (וַ) va “and”

also heretofore, in Saul's being king over us, thou hast been he who is bringing out and bringing in Israel, and Jehovah saith to thee, Thou dost feed My people Israel, and thou art for leader over Israel.'

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And all the elders of Israel come unto the king, to Hebron, and king David maketh with them a covenant in Hebron before Jehovah, and they anoint David for king over Israel.

וַ֠יָּבֹאוּ (וַ֠) Va “and”וַיִּכְרֹ֣ת (וַ) va “and”וַיִּמְשְׁח֧וּ (וַ) va “and”

And the king goeth, and his men, to Jerusalem, unto the Jebusite, the inhabitant of the land, and they speak to David, saying, `Thou dost not come in hither, except thou turn aside the blind and the lame;' saying, `David doth not come in hither.'

וַיֵּ֨לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And David captureth the fortress of Zion, it `is' the city of David.

וַיִּלְכֹּ֣ד (וַ) va “and”

And David saith on that day, `Any one smiting the Jebusite, (let him go up by the watercourse), and the lame and the blind -- the hated of David's soul,' -- because the blind and lame say, `He doth not come into the house.'

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And David dwelleth in the fortress, and calleth it -- City of David, and David buildeth round about, from Millo and inward,

וַיֵּ֤שֶׁב (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקְרָא־ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּ֤בֶן (וַ) va “and”

and David goeth, going on and becoming great, and Jehovah, God of Hosts, `is' with him.

וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”

And Hiram king of Tyre sendeth messengers unto David, and cedar-trees, and artificers of wood, and artificers of stone, for walls, and they build a house for David,

וַ֠יִּשְׁלַח (וַ֠) Va “and”וַיִּבְנֽוּ־ (וַ) va “and”

and David knoweth that Jehovah hath established him for king over Israel, and that He hath lifted up his kingdom, because of His people Israel.

וַיֵּ֣דַע (וַ) va “and”

And David taketh again concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after his coming from Hebron, and there are born again to David sons and daughters.

וַיִּקַּח֩ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּוָּ֥לְדּוּ (וַ) va “and”