H9002–/וְ–v

When Joab and all the host that was with him were come, they told Joab, saying: 'Abner the son of Ner came to the king, and he hath 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, and 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, and they brought him back from Bor-sirah; but David knew it not.

וְדָוִ֖ד (וְ) ve. “and”

And afterward when David heard it, he said: 'I and my kingdom are guiltless before the LORD for ever from the blood of Abner the son of Ner;

וּמַמְלַכְתִּ֛י (וּ) u. “and”

let it fall upon the head of Joab, and upon all his father's house; and let there not fail from the house of Joab one that hath an issue, or that is a leper, or that leaneth on a staff, or that falleth by the sword, or that lacketh 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 slew Abner, because he had killed 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 clothes, and gird you with sackcloth, and wail 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 the children of iniquity, so didst thou fall. 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: 'God do so 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 took notice of it, and it pleased them; whatsoever the king did, pleased all the people.

וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

So all the people and all Israel understood that day that it was not of the king to slay Abner the son of Ner.

וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the king said unto 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, and just anointed king; and these men the sons of Zeruiah are too hard for me; the LORD reward the evildoer 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 became feeble, and all the Israelites were affrighted.

וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Saul's son had two men that were 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 is reckoned to Benjamin;

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

Now Jonathan, Saul's son, had a son that was lame of his feet. He was five years old when the tidings came of Saul and Jonathan out of Jezreel, and his nurse took him up, and fled; and it came to pass, as she made haste to flee, that he fell, and became

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 about the heat of the day to the house of Ish-bosheth, as he took his rest at noon.

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

And they came thither into the midst of the house, as though they would have fetched wheat; and they smote him in the groin; and Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped.

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

Now when they came into the house, as he lay on his bed in his bed-chamber, they smote him, and slew him, and beheaded him, and took his head, and went by the way of the Arabah all night.

וְהֽוּא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And they brought the head of Ish-bosheth unto David to Hebron, and said to the king: 'Behold the head of Ish-bosheth the son of Saul thine enemy, who sought thy life; and the LORD hath avenged my lord the king this day of Saul, and of his seed.'

וּמִזַּרְעֽוֹ׃ (וּ) u. “and”

And David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said unto them: 'As the LORD liveth, who hath redeemed my soul out of all adversity,

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

when one told me, saying: Behold, Saul is dead, and he was in his own eyes as though he brought good tidings, I took hold of him, and slew him in Ziklag, instead of giving a reward for his tidings.

וְהֽוּא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house upon his bed, shall I not now require 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 them up beside the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ish-bosheth, and buried it in the grave of Abner in Hebron.

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

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

וּֽבְשָׂרְךָ֖ (וּֽ) u. “and”