H9002–/וְ–v

Then said the princes of the Philistines, What [ergänzt: do] these Hebrews [ergänzt: here]? Achish said to the princes of the Philistines, Isn't this David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, who has been with me these days, or [ergänzt: rather] these years, and I have found no fault in him since he fell away [ergänzt: to me] to this day?

וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

But the princes of the Philistines were angry with him; and the princes of the Philistines said to him, Make the man return, that he may go back to his place where you have appointed him, and let him not go down with us to battle, lest in the battle he become an adversary to us: for with what should this [ergänzt: fellow] reconcile himself to his lord? should it not be with the heads of these men?

וְיָשֹׁב֙ (וְ) ve. “so”וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹא־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּבַמֶּ֗ה (וּ) u. “and”

Is not this David, of whom they sang one to another in dances, saying, Saul has slain his thousands, David his ten thousands?

וְדָוִ֖ד (וְ) ve. “and”

Then Achish called David, and said to him, As Yahweh lives, you have been upright, and your going out and your coming in with me in the host is good in my sight; for I have not found evil in you since the day of your coming to me to this day: nevertheless the lords don't favor you.

וְט֣וֹב (וְ) ve. “and”וּבֹאֲךָ֤ (וּ) u. “and”וּבְעֵינֵ֥י (וּ) u. “and”

Therefore now return, and go in peace, that you not displease the lords of the Philistines.

וְעַתָּ֥ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֵ֣ךְ (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

David said to Achish, But what have I done? and what have you found in your servant so long as I have been before you to this day, that I may not go and fight against the enemies of my lord the king?

וּמַה־ (וּ) u. “and”

Therefore now rise up early in the morning with the servants of your lord who have come with you; and as soon as you are up early in the morning, and have light, depart.

וְעַתָּה֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְעַבְדֵ֥י (וְ) ve. “and”וָלֵֽכוּ׃ (וָ) va. “and”

So David rose up early, he and his men, to depart in the morning, to return into the land of the Philistines. The Philistines went up to Jezreel.

וַֽאֲנָשָׁיו֙ (וַֽ) va. “and”וּפְלִשְׁתִּ֖ים (וּ) u. “and”

It happened, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had made a raid on the South, and on Ziklag, and had struck Ziklag, and burned it with fire,

וַאֲנָשָׁ֛יו (וַ) va. “and”וַעֲמָלֵקִ֣י (וַ) va. “and”וְאֶל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

and had taken captive the women [ergänzt: and all] who were therein, both small and great: they didn't kill any, but carried them off, and went their way.

וְעַד־ (וְ) ve. “and”

When David and his men came to the city, behold, it was burned with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, were taken captive.

וַֽאֲנָשָׁיו֙ (וַֽ) va. “and”וְהִנֵּ֥ה (וְ) ve. “and”וּנְשֵׁיהֶ֛ם (וּ) u. “and”וּבְנֵיהֶ֥ם (וּ) u. “and”וּבְנֹתֵיהֶ֖ם (וּ) u. “and”

Then David and the people who were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep.

וְהָעָ֧ם (וְ) ve. “and”

David's two wives were taken captive, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.

וּשְׁתֵּ֥י (וּ) u. “and”וַאֲבִיגַ֕יִל (וַ) va. “and”

David was greatly distressed; for the people spoke of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David strengthened himself in Yahweh his God.

וְעַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

David inquired of Yahweh, saying, If I pursue after this troop, shall I overtake them? He answered him, Pursue; for you shall surely overtake [ergänzt: them], and shall without fail recover [ergänzt: all].

וְהַצֵּ֥ל (וְ) ve. “and”

So David went, he and the six hundred men who were with him, and came to the brook Besor, where those who were left behind stayed.

וְשֵׁשׁ־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַנּֽוֹתָרִ֖ים (וְ) ve. “and”

But David pursued, he and four hundred men; for two hundred stayed behind, who were so faint that they couldn't go over the brook Besor.

וְאַרְבַּע־ (וְ) ve. “and”

They gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two clusters of raisins: and when he had eaten, his spirit came again to him; for he had eaten no bread, nor drunk any water, three days and three nights.

וּשְׁנֵ֤י (וּ) u. “and”וְלֹא־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּשְׁלֹשָׁ֥ה (וּ) u. “and”

David said to him, To whom belong you? and whence are you? He said, I am a young man of Egypt, servant to an Amalekite; and my master left me, because three days ago I fell sick.

וְאֵ֥י (וְ) ve. “and”

We made a raid on the South of the Cherethites, and on that which belongs to Judah, and on the South of Caleb; and we burned Ziklag with fire.

וְעַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְעַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

David said to him, Will you bring me down to this troop? He said, Swear to me by God, that you will neither kill me, nor deliver me up into the hands of my master, and I will bring you down to this troop.

וְאִם־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאוֹרִֽדְךָ֖ (וְ) ve. “and”

When he had brought him down, behold, they were spread abroad over all the ground, eating and drinking, and dancing, because of all the great spoil that they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah.

וְהִנֵּ֥ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְשֹׁתִים֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְחֹ֣גְגִ֔ים (וְ) ve. “and”וּמֵאֶ֥רֶץ (וּ) u. “and”

David struck them from the twilight even to the evening of the next day: and there not a man of them escaped, except four hundred young men, who rode on camels and fled.

וְעַד־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken; and David rescued his two wives.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

There was nothing lacking to them, neither small nor great, neither sons nor daughters, neither spoil, nor anything that they had taken to them: David brought back all.

וְלֹ֣א (וְ) ve. “and”וְעַד־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְעַד־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּבָנוֹת֙ (וּ) u. “and”וּמִשָּׁלָ֔ל (וּ) u. “and”וְעַ֛ד (וְ) ve. “and”