H9002–/וְ–v

And Joab and all the host that was with him came; and they told Joab, saying, Abner the son of Ner came to the king, and he has sent him away; and he is gone in peace.

וְיוֹאָ֛ב (וְ) ve. “and”וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Thou knowest Abner the son of Ner, that he came to deceive thee, to know thy going out and thy coming in, and to know all that thou doest.

וְלָדַ֜עַת (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְלָדַ֕עַת (וְ) ve. “and”

And when Joab was come out from David, he sent messengers after Abner, who brought him again from the well of Sirah; but David did not know it.

וְדָוִ֖ד (וְ) ve. “and”

And afterwards David heard [ergänzt: it], and he said, I and my kingdom are guiltless before Jehovah for ever from the blood of Abner the son of Ner:

וּמַמְלַכְתִּ֛י (וּ) u. “and”

let it fall on the head of Joab, and on all his father's house; and let there not fail from the house of Joab one that has an issue, or that is a leper, or that leans on a staff, or that falls by the sword, or that lacks bread!

וְאֶ֖ל (וְ) ve. “and”וְֽאַל־ (וְֽ) ve. “and”וּמְצֹרָ֞ע (וּ) u. “and”וּמַחֲזִ֥יק (וּ) u. “and”וְנֹפֵ֥ל (וְ) ve. “and”וַחֲסַר־ (וַ) va. “and”

So Joab and Abishai his brother killed Abner, because he had slain their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle.

וְיוֹאָב֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וַאֲבִישַׁ֣י (וַ) va. “and”

And David said to Joab, and to all the people that were with him, Rend your garments, and gird yourselves with sackcloth, and mourn before Abner. And king David followed the bier.

וְאֶל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְחִגְר֣וּ (וְ) ve. “and”וְסִפְד֖וּ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַמֶּ֣לֶךְ (וְ) ve. “and”

Thy hands were not bound, Nor thy feet put into fetters; As a man falleth before wicked men, Fellest thou! And all the people wept again over him.

וְרַגְלֶ֙יךָ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

And all the people came to cause David to eat bread while it was yet day; but David swore, saying, So do God to me, and more also, if I taste bread or aught else till the sun be down!

וְכֹ֣ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And all the people remarked it, and it pleased them; as whatever the king did pleased all the people.

וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And all the people and all Israel understood that day that it was not of the king to put Abner the son of Ner to death.

וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the king said to his servants, Know ye not that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel?

וְגָד֗וֹל (וְ) ve. “and”

And I am this day weak, though anointed king; and these men, the sons of Zeruiah, are too hard for me: Jehovah reward the doer of evil according to his wickedness!

וְאָנֹכִ֨י (וְ) ve. “and”וּמָשׁ֣וּחַ (וּ) u. “and”וְהָאֲנָשִׁ֥ים (וְ) ve. “and”

And when Saul's son heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands were enfeebled, and all Israel was troubled.

וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Saul's son had two men, captains of bands: the name of the one was Baanah, and the name of the other Rechab, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, of the children of Benjamin; for Beeroth also was reckoned to Benjamin.

וּשְׁנֵ֣י (וּ) u. “and”וְשֵׁ֧ם (וְ) ve. “and”

And Jonathan Saul's son had a son that was lame of [ergänzt: his] feet. He was five years old when the news came of Saul and Jonathan out of Jizreel; and his nurse took him up and fled. And it came to pass, as she made haste to flee, that he fell, and became lame. And his name was Mephibosheth.

וְלִיהֽוֹנָתָן֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וִיהֽוֹנָתָ֜ן (וִ) vi. “and”וּשְׁמ֥וֹ (וּ) u. “and”

And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went and came in about the heat of the day into the house of Ishbosheth, who was taking his noonday rest.

וּבַעֲנָ֔ה (וּ) u. “and”וְה֣וּא (וְ) ve. “and”

And they came thither into the midst of the house, [ergänzt: as though] they would fetch wheat; and they smote him in the belly; and Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped.

וְ֠הֵנָּה (וְ֠) Ve. “and”וְרֵכָ֛ב (וְ) ve. “and”וּבַעֲנָ֥ה (וּ) u. “and”

They came into the house, as he lay on his bed in his bedchamber, and they smote him, and slew him, and beheaded him; and they took his head, and went by the way of the plain all night.

וְהֽוּא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And they brought the head of Ishbosheth to David in Hebron, and said to the king, Behold the head of Ishbosheth the son of Saul, thine enemy who sought thy life; and Jehovah has given to my lord the king to be avenged this day of Saul and of his seed.

וּמִזַּרְעֽוֹ׃ (וּ) u. “and”

Then David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said to them, [ergänzt: As] Jehovah liveth, who has redeemed my soul out of all distress,

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

when one told me, saying, Behold, Saul is dead! and he was in his own sight a messenger of good, I took hold of him, and slew him in Ziklag -- to whom forsooth I should give a reward for his good tidings:

וְהֽוּא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

how much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house upon his bed? and should I not now demand his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth?

וְעַתָּ֗ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And David commanded his young men, and they slew them, and cut off their hands and their feet, and hanged [ergänzt: them] up over the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ishbosheth, and buried it in the sepulchre of Abner in Hebron.

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

Then came all the tribes of Israel to David to Hebron, and spoke, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.

וּֽבְשָׂרְךָ֖ (וּֽ) u. “and”