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And Mephibosheth said unto the king: 'Yea, let him take all, forasmuch as my lord the king is come in peace unto his own house.'

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And Barzillai the Gileadite came down from Rogelim; and he passed on to Jordan with the king, to bring him on the way over the Jordan.

וַיַּעֲבֹ֤ר (וַ) va “and”

And the king said unto Barzillai: 'Come thou over with me, and I will sustain thee with me in Jerusalem.'

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וְכִלְכַּלְתִּ֥י (וְ) ve. “and”

And Barzillai said unto the king: 'How many are the days of the years of my life, that I should go up with the king unto Jerusalem?

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And the king answered: 'Chimham shall go over with me, and I will do to him that which shall seem good unto thee; and whatsoever thou shalt require of me, that will I do for thee.'

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And all the people went over the Jordan, and the king went over; and the king kissed Barzillai, and blessed him; and he returned unto his own place.

וַיַּעֲבֹ֧ר (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשַּׁ֨ק (וַ) va “and”וַיְבָ֣רֲכֵ֔הוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֖שָׁב (וַ) va “and”

So the king went over to Gilgal, and Chimham went over with him; and all the people of Judah brought the king over, and also half the people of Israel.

וַיַּעֲבֹ֤ר (וַ) va “and”

And, behold, all the men of Israel came to the king, and said unto the king: 'Why have our brethren the men of Judah stolen thee away, and brought the king, and his household, over the Jordan, and all David's men with him?'

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

And all the men of Judah answered the men of Israel: 'Because the king is near of kin to us; wherefore then are ye angry for this matter? have we eaten at all of the king's cost? or hath any gift been given us?'

וַיַּעַן֩ (וַ) va “and”

And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said: 'We have ten parts in the king, and we have also more right in David than ye; why then did ye despise us, that our advice should not be first had in bringing back our king?' And the words

וַיַּ֣עַן (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֗אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיִּ֙קֶשׁ֙ (וַ) va “and”

Now there happened to be there a base fellow, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite; and he blew the horn, and said: 'We have no portion in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse; every man to his tents, O Israel.'

וַיִּתְקַ֣ע (וַ) va “and”וַ֠יֹּאמֶר (וַ֠) Va “and”

So all the men of Israel went up from following David, and followed Sheba the son of Bichri; but the men of Judah did cleave unto their king, from the Jordan even to Jerusalem.

וַיַּ֜עַל (וַ) va “and”

And 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 ward, and provided them with sustenance, but went not in unto them. So they were shut up unto the day of their d

וַיָּבֹ֨א (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקַּ֣ח (וַ) va “and”וַֽיִּתְּנֵ֤ם (וַֽ) va “and”וַֽיְכַלְכְּלֵ֔ם (וַֽ) va “and”וַתִּהְיֶ֧ינָה (וַ) va. “and”

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

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

So Amasa went to call the men of Judah together; but he tarried longer than the set time which he had appointed him.

וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”וַיּ֕וֹחֶר (וַ) va “and”

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

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וְהִצִּ֥יל (וְ) ve. “and”

And 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.

וַיֵּצְא֤וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּֽצְאוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”

When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa came to meet them. And Joab was girded with his apparel of war that he had put on, and thereon was a girdle with a sword fastened upon his loins in the sheath thereof; and as he went forth it fe

וַתִּפֹּֽל׃ (וַ) va. “and”

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

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַתֹּ֜חֶז (וַ) va. “and”

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

וַיַּכֵּהוּ֩ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁפֹּ֨ךְ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּמֹ֑ת (וַ) va “and”

And there stood by him one of Joab's young men, and said: 'He that favoureth Joab, and he that is for David let him follow Joab.'

וַיֹּ֗אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And Amasa lay wallowing in his blood in the midst of the highway. And when the man saw that all the people stood still, he carried Amasa out of the highway into the field, and cast a garment over him, when he saw that every one that came by him stood sti

וַיַּ֨רְא (וַ) va “and”וַיַּסֵּב֩ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּשְׁלֵ֤ךְ (וַ) va “and”וְעָמָֽד׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

And he went through all the tribes of Israel unto Abel, and to Beth-maacah, and all the Berites; and they were gathered together, and went in also after him.

וַֽיַּעֲבֹ֞ר (וַֽ) va “and”וַיִּקָּ֣הֲל֔וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ (וַ) va “and”

And they came and besieged him in Abel of Beth-maacah, and they cast up a mound against the city, and it stood in the moat; and all the people that were with Joab battered the wall, to throw it down.

וַיָּבֹ֜אוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּצֻ֣רוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁפְּכ֤וּ (וַ) va “and”וַֽתַּעֲמֹ֖ד (וַֽ) va. “and”

Then cried a wise woman out of the city: 'Hear, hear; say, I pray you, unto Joab: Come near hither, that I may speak with thee.'

וַתִּקְרָ֛א (וַ) va. “and”