H9001–/וַ–v

And Mephibosheth said to the king, Yes, let him take all, forasmuch as my lord the king hath come again in peace to his own house.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And Barzillai the Gileadite came down from Rogelim, and went over Jordan with the king, to conduct him over Jordan.

וַיַּעֲבֹ֤ר (וַ) va “and”

And the king said to Barzillai, Come thou over with me, and I will feed thee with me in Jerusalem.

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

And Barzillai said to the king, How long have I to live, that I should go up with the king to 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 to thee: and whatever thou shalt require of me, that will I do for thee.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

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

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

Then the king went on to Gilgal, and Chimham went on with him: and all the people of Judah conducted the king, and also half the people of Israel.

וַיַּעֲבֹ֤ר (וַ) va “and”

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

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: why then are ye angry for this matter? have we eaten at all at the king's cost? or hath he given us any gift?

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 of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel.

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

And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjaminite: and he blew a trumpet, and said, We have no part 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 every man of Israel, withdrawing from David, followed Sheba the son of Bichri: but the men of Judah adhered to their king, from 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 custody, and fed them, but went not in to them. So they were shut up to the day of their death, living in widowhood.

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, Assemble to me the men of Judah within three days, and be thou here present.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

So Amasa went to assemble the men of Judah: 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 shall Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than did Absalom: take thou thy lord's servants, and pursue him, lest he get for himself fortified cities, and escape us.

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 went before them. And Joab's garment that he had put on was girded to him, and upon it a girdle with a sword fastened upon his loins in its sheath; and as he went forth it fell out.

וַתִּפֹּֽל׃ (וַ) va. “and”

And Joab said to Amasa, Art thou in health, my brother? And Joab took Amasa by the beard with the 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 in the fifth rib, and shed out his bowels to the ground, and struck him not again; and he died. So 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 one of Joab's men stood by him, and said, He that favoreth Joab, and he that is for David, let him go after Joab.

וַיֹּ֗אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And Amasa wallowed in blood in the midst of the highway. And when the man saw that all the people stood still, he removed Amasa out of the highway into the field, and cast a cloth upon him, when he saw that every one that came by him stood still.

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 to Abel, and to Beth-maachah, and all the Berites: and they were assembled, and went 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-maachah, and they cast up a bank against the city, and it stood in the trench: 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, to Joab, Come near hither, that I may speak with thee.

וַתִּקְרָ֛א (וַ) va. “and”