H9002–/וְ–v

And the heads of the Philistines say, `What `are' these Hebrews?' and Achish saith unto the heads of the Philistines, `Is not this David servant of Saul king of Israel, who hath been with me these days or these years, and I have not found in him anything `wrong' from the day of his falling away till this day.'

וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the heads of the Philistines are wroth against him, and the heads of the Philistines say to him, `Send back the man, and he doth turn back unto his place whither thou hast appointed him, and doth not go down with us into battle, and is not to us for an adversary in battle; and wherewith doth this one reconcile himself unto his lord -- is it not with the heads of those men?'

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

Is not this David, of whom they answer in choruses, saying, Saul hath smitten among his thousands, and David among his myriads?'

וְדָוִ֖ד (וְ) ve. “and”

And Achish calleth unto David, and saith unto him, `Jehovah liveth, surely thou `art' upright, and good in mine eyes is thy going out, and thy coming in, with me in the camp, for I have not found in thee evil from the day of thy coming in unto me till this day; and in the eyes of the princes thou art not good;

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

and now, turn back, and go in peace, and thou dost do no evil in the eyes of the princes of the Philistines.'

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

And David saith unto Achish, `But what have I done? and what hast thou found in thy servant from the day that I have been before thee till this day -- that I go not in and have fought against the enemies of my lord the king?'

וּמַה־ (וּ) u. “and”

and now, rise thou early in the morning, and the servants of thy lord who have come with thee, when ye have risen early in the morning, and have light, then go ye.'

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

And David riseth early, he and his men, to go in the morning, to turn back unto the land of the Philistines, and the Philistines have gone up to Jezreel.

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

And it cometh to pass, in the coming in of David and his men to Ziklag, on the third day, that the Amalekites have pushed unto the south, and unto Ziklag, and smite Ziklag, and burn it with fire,

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

and they take captive the women who `are' in it; from small unto great they have not put any one to death, and they lead away, and go on their way.

וְעַד־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And David cometh in -- and his men -- unto the city, and lo, burnt with fire, and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters have been taken captive!

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

And David lifteth up -- and the people who `are' with him -- their voice and weep, till that they have no power to weep.

וְהָעָ֧ם (וְ) ve. “and”

And the two wives of David have been taken captive, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail wife of Nabal the Carmelite;

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

and David hath great distress, for the people have said to stone him, for the soul of all the people hath been bitter, each for his sons and for his daughters; and David doth strengthen himself in Jehovah his God.

וְעַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

and David asketh at Jehovah, saying, `I pursue after this troop -- do I overtake it?' And He saith to him, `Pursue, for thou dost certainly overtake, and dost certainly deliver.'

וְהַצֵּ֥ל (וְ) ve. “and”

And David goeth on, he and six hundred men who `are' with him, and they come in unto the brook of Besor, and those left have stood still,

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

and David pursueth, he and four hundred men, (and two hundred men stand still who have been too faint to pass over the brook of Besor),

וְאַרְבַּע־ (וְ) ve. “and”

and give to him a piece of a bunch of dried figs, and two bunches of raisins, and he eateth, and his spirit returneth unto him, for he hath not eaten bread nor drunk water three days and three nights.

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

And David saith to him, `Whose `art' thou? and whence `art' thou?' And he saith, `An Egyptian youth I `am', servant to a man, an Amalekite, and my lord forsaketh me, for I have been sick three days,

וְאֵ֥י (וְ) ve. “and”

we pushed `to' the south of the Cherethite, and against that which `is' to Judah, and against the south of Caleb, and Ziklag we burned with fire.'

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

And David saith unto him, `Dost thou bring me down unto this troop?' and he saith, `Swear to me by God -- thou dost not put me to death, nor dost thou shut me up into the hand of my lord -- and I bring thee down unto this troop.'

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

And he bringeth him down, and lo, they are spread out over the face of all the earth, eating, and drinking, and feasting, with all the great spoil which they have 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”

And David smiteth them from the twilight even unto the evening of the morrow, and there hath not escaped of them a man, except four hundred young men who have ridden on the camels, and are fled.

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

And David delivereth all that the Amalekites have taken; also his two wives hath David delivered.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And there hath not lacked to them `anything', from small unto great, and unto sons and daughters, and from the spoil, even unto all that they had taken to themselves, the whole hath David brought back,

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