H9001–/וַ–v

And Benaiah cometh in unto the tent of Jehovah, and saith unto him, `Thus said the king, Come out;' and he saith, `Nay, but here I die.' And Benaiah bringeth back the king word, saying, `Thus spake Joab, yea, thus he answered me.'

וַיָּבֹ֨א (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֥אמֶר׀ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֨שֶׁב (וַ) va “and”

And the king saith to him, `Do as he hath spoken, and fall upon him, and thou hast buried him, and turned aside the causeless blood which Joab shed, from off me, and from off the house of my father;

וַיֹּ֧אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וּקְבַרְתּ֑וֹ (וּ) u. “and”וַהֲסִירֹ֣תָ׀ (וַ) va. “and”

and Jehovah hath turned back his blood on his own head, who hath fallen on two men more righteous and better than he, and slayeth them with the sword, -- and my father David knew not -- Abner son of Ner, head of the host of Israel, and Amasa son of Jether, head of the host of Judah;

וְהֵשִׁיב֩ (וְ) ve. “and”וַיַּהַרְגֵ֣ם (וַ) va “and”

yea, turned back hath their blood on the head of Joab, and on the head of his seed to the age; and for David, and for his seed, and for his house, and for his throne, there is peace unto the age, from Jehovah.'

וְשָׁ֤בוּ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Benaiah son of Jehoiada goeth up and falleth upon him, and putteth him to death, and he is buried in his own house in the wilderness,

וַיַּ֗עַל (וַ) va “and”וַיִּפְגַּע־ (וַ) va “and”וַיְמִתֵ֑הוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקָּבֵ֥ר (וַ) va “and”

and the king putteth Benaiah son of Jehoiada in his stead over the host, and Zadok the priest hath the king put in the stead of Abiathar.

וַיִּתֵּ֨ן (וַ) va “and”

And the king sendeth and calleth for Shimei, and saith to him, `Build for thee a house in Jerusalem, and thou hast dwelt there, and dost not go out thence any where;

וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקְרָ֣א (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וְיָשַׁבְתָּ֖ (וְ) ve. “and”

and it hath been, in the day of thy going out, and thou hast passed over the brook Kidron, thou dost certainly know that thou dost surely die -- thy blood is on thy head.'

וְהָיָ֣ה׀ (וְ) ve. “and”וְעָֽבַרְתָּ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Shimei saith to the king, `The word `is' good; as my lord the king hath spoken so doth thy servant do;' and Shimei dwelleth in Jerusalem many days.

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

And it cometh to pass, at the end of three years, that flee do two of the servants of Shimei unto Achish son of Maachah, king of Gath, and they declare to Shimei, saying, `Lo, thy servants `are' in Gath;'

וַיְהִ֗י (וַ) va “and”וַיִּבְרְח֤וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּגִּ֤ידוּ (וַ) va “and”

and Shimei riseth, and saddleth his ass, and goeth to Gath, unto Achish, to seek his servants, and Shimei goeth and bringeth his servants from Gath.

וַיָּ֣קָם (וַ) va “and”וַֽיַּחֲבֹשׁ֙ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיֵּ֤לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֵ֥א (וַ) va “and”

And it is declared to Solomon that Shimei hath gone from Jerusalem to Gath, and doth return,

וַיֻּגַּ֖ד (וַ) va “and”וַיָּשֹֽׁב׃ (וַ) va “and”

and the king sendeth and calleth for Shimei, and saith unto him, `Have I not caused thee to swear by Jehovah -- and I testify against thee, saying, In the day of thy going out, and thou hast gone anywhere, thou dost certainly know that thou dost surely die; and thou sayest unto me, The word I have heard `is' good?

וַיִּשְׁלַ֨ח (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקְרָ֣א (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וָאָעִ֤ד (וָ) va. “and”וְהָֽלַכְתָּ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וַתֹּ֧אמֶר (וַ) va. “and”

And the king saith unto Shimei, `Thou hast known all the evil that thy heart hath known, which thou didest to David my father, and Jehovah hath turned back thine evil on thy head,

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וְהֵשִׁ֧יב (וְ) ve. “and”

And the king chargeth Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and he goeth out and falleth on him, and he dieth, and the kingdom is established in the hand of Solomon.

וַיְצַ֣ו (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּצֵ֕א (וַ) va “and”וַיִּפְגַּע־ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּמֹ֑ת (וַ) va “and”

And Solomon joineth in marriage with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and taketh the daughter of Pharaoh, and bringeth her in unto the city of David, till he completeth to build his own house, and the house of Jehovah, and the wall of Jerusalem round about.

וַיִּתְחַתֵּ֣ן (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקַּ֣ח (וַ) va “and”וַיְבִיאֶ֙הָ֙ (וַ) va “and”

And Solomon loveth Jehovah, to walk in the statutes of David his father -- only, in high places he is sacrificing and making perfume --

וַיֶּאֱהַ֤ב (וַ) va “and”

and the king goeth to Gibeon, to sacrifice there, for it `is' the great high place; a thousand burnt-offerings cause to ascend doth Solomon on that altar.

וַיֵּ֨לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”

In Gibeon hath Jehovah appeared unto Solomon, in a dream of the night, and God saith, `Ask -- what do I give to thee?'

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And Solomon saith, `Thou hast done with Thy servant David my father great kindness, as he walked before Thee in truth and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with Thee, and Thou dost keep for him this great kindness, and dost give to him a son sitting on his throne, as `at' this day.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַתִּשְׁמָר־ (וַ) va. “and”וַתִּתֶּן־ (וַ) va. “and”

and Thou hast given to Thy servant an understanding heart, to judge Thy people, to discern between good and evil; for who is able to judge this Thy great people?'

וְנָתַתָּ֨ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the thing is good in the eyes of the Lord, that Solomon hath asked this thing,

וַיִּיטַ֥ב (וַ) va “and”

and God saith unto him, `Because that thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thee many days, nor asked for thee riches, nor asked the life of thine enemies, and hast asked for thee discernment to understand judgment,

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וְשָׁאַ֧לְתָּ (וְ) ve. “and”

and if thou dost walk in My ways to keep My statutes, and My commands, as David thy father walked, then I have prolonged thy days.'

וְהַאַרַכְתִּ֖י (וְ) ve. “and”

And Solomon awaketh, and lo, a dream; and he cometh in to Jerusalem, and standeth before the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, and causeth to ascend burnt-offerings, and maketh peace-offerings. And he maketh a banquet for all his servants,

וַיִּקַ֥ץ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּב֨וֹא (וַ) va “and”וַֽיַּעֲמֹ֣ד׀ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיַּ֤עַל (וַ) va “and”וַיַּ֣עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּ֥עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”