H9002–/וְ–v

And let your name be made great for ever, and let men say, The Lord of armies is God over Israel: and let the family of David your servant be made strong before you!

וְיִגְדַּ֨ל (וְ) ve. “and”וּבֵית֙ (וּ) u. “and”

And now, O Lord God, you are God and your words are true and you have said you will give your servant this good thing;

וְעַתָּ֣ה׀ (וְ) ve. “and”וּדְבָרֶ֖יךָ (וּ) u. “and”

So may it be your pleasure to give your blessing to the family of your servant, so that it may go on for ever before you: (for you, O Lord God, have said it,) and may your blessing be on your servant's family line for ever!

וְעַתָּ֗ה (וְ) ve. “and”וּבָרֵךְ֙ (וּ) u. “and”וּמִבִּרְכָ֣תְךָ֔ (וּ) u. “and”

And he overcame the Moabites, and he had them measured with a line when they were stretched out on the earth; marking out two lines for death and one full line for life. So the Moabites became servants to David and gave him offerings.

וּמְלֹ֥א (וּ) u. “and”

And David took from him one thousand, seven hundred horsemen and twenty thousand footmen: and David had the leg-muscles of the horses cut, only keeping enough of them for a hundred war-carriages.

וּשְׁבַע־ (וּ) u. “and”וְעֶשְׂרִ֥ים (וְ) ve. “and”

And when the Aramaeans of Damascus came to the help of Hadadezer, king of Zobah, David put to the sword twenty-two thousand of the Aramaeans.

וּשְׁנַ֥יִם (וּ) u. “and”

And from Tebah and Berothai, towns of Hadadezer, King David took a great store of brass.

וּמִבֶּ֥טַח (וּ) u. “and”וּמִבֵּֽרֹתַ֖י (וּ) u. “and”

He sent his son Hadoram to David, with words of peace and blessing, because he had overcome Hadadezer in the fight, for Hadadezer had wars with Tou; and Hadoram took with him vessels of silver and gold and brass:

וּֽלְבָרֲכ֗וֹ (וּֽ) u. “and”וּבְיָד֗וֹ (וּ) u. “and”וּכְלֵֽי־ (וּ) u. “and”וּכְלֵ֥י (וּ) u. “and”

These King David made holy to the Lord, together with the silver and gold which he had taken from the nations he had overcome--

וְהַזָּהָב֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

The nations of Edom and Moab, and the children of Ammon and the Philistines and the Amalekites and the goods he had taken from Hadadezer, the son of Rehob, king of Zobah.

וּמִמּוֹאָב֙ (וּ) u. “and”וּמִבְּנֵ֣י (וּ) u. “and”וּמִפְּלִשְׁתִּ֖ים (וּ) u. “and”וּמֵֽעֲמָלֵ֑ק (וּ) u. “and”וּמִשְּׁלַ֛ל (וּ) u. “and”

And David was king over all Israel, judging and giving right decisions for all his people.

וּצְדָקָ֖ה (וּ) u. “and”

And Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief of the army; and Jehoshaphat, the son of Ahilud, was keeper of the records;

וְיוֹאָ֥ב (וְ) ve. “and”וִיהוֹשָׁפָ֥ט (וִ) vi. “and”

And Zadok and Abiathar, the son of Ahimelech, the son of Ahitub, were priests; and Seraiah was the scribe;

וְצָד֧וֹק (וְ) ve. “and”וַאֲחִימֶ֥לֶךְ (וַ) va. “and”וּשְׂרָיָ֖ה (וּ) u. “and”

And Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David's sons were priests.

וּבְנָיָ֙הוּ֙ (וּ) u. “and”וְהַכְּרֵתִ֖י (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַפְּלֵתִ֑י (וְ) ve. “and”וּבְנֵ֥י (וּ) u. “and”

And David said, Is there still anyone of Saul's family living, so that I may be a friend to him, because of Jonathan?

וְאֶעֱשֶׂ֤ה (וְ) ve. “so”

Now there was of Saul's people a servant named Ziba, and they sent him to David; and the king said to him, Are you Ziba? And he said, I am.

וּלְבֵ֨ית (וּ) u. “and”וּשְׁמ֣וֹ (וּ) u. “and”

And the king said, Is there anyone of Saul's family still living, to whom I may be a friend in God's name? And Ziba said, There is a son of Jonathan, whose feet are damaged.

וְאֶעֱשֶׂ֥ה (וְ) ve. “so”

And David said to him, Have no fear: for truly I will be good to you, because of your father Jonathan, and I will give back to you all the land which was Saul's; and you will have a place at my table at all times.

וְאַתָּ֗ה (וְ) ve. “and”

Then the king sent for Ziba, Saul's servant, and said to him, All the property of Saul and of his family I have given to your master's son.

וּלְכָל־ (וּ) u. “and”

And you and your sons and your servants are to take care of the land for him, and get in the fruit of it, so that your master's son may have food: but Mephibosheth, your master's son, will have a place at my table at all times. Now Ziba had fifteen sons

וּבָנֶ֨יךָ (וּ) u. “and”וַעֲבָדֶ֜יךָ (וַ) va. “and”וּמְפִיבֹ֙שֶׁת֙ (וּ) u. “and”וּלְצִיבָ֗א (וּ) u. “and”וְעֶשְׂרִ֥ים (וְ) ve. “and”

Then Ziba said to the king, Every order which you have given to your servant will be done. As for Mephibosheth, he had a place at David's table, like one of the king's sons.

וּמְפִיבֹ֗שֶׁת (וּ) u. “and”

And Mephibosheth had a young son named Mica. And all the people living in the house of Ziba were servants to Mephibosheth.

וְלִמְפִיבֹ֥שֶׁת (וְ) ve. “and”וּשְׁמ֣וֹ (וּ) u. “and”וְכֹל֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

So Mephibosheth went on living in Jerusalem; for he took all his meals at the king's table; and he had not the use of his feet.

וּמְפִיבֹ֗שֶׁת (וּ) u. “and”וְה֥וּא (וְ) ve. “and”

But the chiefs of the children of Ammon said to Hanun their lord, Does it seem to you that David is honouring your father by sending comforters to you? has he not sent his servants to go through the town and make secret observation of it, and overcome it

וּלְרַגְּלָ֣הּ (וּ) u. “and”וּלְהָפְכָ֔הּ (וּ) u. “and”

And when the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves hated by David, they sent to the Aramaeans of Beth-rehob and Zobah, and got for payment twenty thousand footmen, and they got from the king of Maacah a thousand men, and from Tob twelve tho

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