H9002–/וְ–v

Then the king said to Ittai the Gittite, Why are you coming with us? go back and keep with the king: for you are a man of another country, you are far from the land of your birth.

וְשֵׁ֤ב (וְ) ve. “and”וְגַם־ (וְ) ve. “and”

It was only yesterday you came to us; why then am I to make you go up and down with us? for I have to go where I may; go back then, and take your countrymen with you, and may the Lord's mercy and good faith be with you.

וְהַיּ֞וֹם (וְ) ve. “and”וַאֲנִ֣י (וַ) va. “and”וְהָשֵׁ֧ב (וְ) ve. “and”וֶאֱמֶֽת׃ (וֶ) ve. “and”

And Ittai the Gittite in answer said, By the living Lord, and by the life of my lord the king, in whatever place my lord the king may be, for life or death, there will your servant be.

וְחֵי֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

And David said to Ittai, Go forward, then. And Ittai the Gittite went on, with all his men and all the little ones he had with him.

וַעֲבֹ֑ר (וַ) va. “and”וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And there was great weeping in all the country when all the people went through; and the king himself was waiting in the Kidron valley and all the people went by him in the direction of the olive-tree on the edge of the waste land.

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

Then Zadok came, and Abiathar, and with them the ark of God's agreement: and they put down the ark of God, till all the people from the town had gone by.

וְהִנֵּ֨ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְכָֽל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the king said to Zadok, Take the ark of God back into the town: if I have grace in the eyes of the Lord, he will let me come back and see it and his House again:

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

But if he says, I have no delight in you: then, here I am; let him do to me what seems good to him.

וְאִם֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

The king said further to Zadok the priest, See, you and Abiathar are to go back to the town in peace, with your two sons, Ahimaaz, your son, and Jonathan, the son of Abiathar.

וַאֲחִימַ֨עַץ (וַ) va. “and”וִיהוֹנָתָ֧ן (וִ) vi. “and”

So Zadok and Abiathar took the ark of God back to Jerusalem, and did not go away from there.

וְאֶבְיָתָ֛ר (וְ) ve. “and”

And David went up the slopes of the Mount of Olives weeping all the way, with his head covered and no shoes on his feet: and all the people who were with him, covering their heads, went up weeping.

וְדָוִ֡ד (וְ) ve. “and”וּבוֹכֶ֗ה (וּ) u. “and”וְרֹ֥אשׁ (וְ) ve. “and”וְה֖וּא (וְ) ve. “and”וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּבָכֹֽה׃ (וּ) u. “and”

And word came to David, saying, Ahithophel is among those who are joined to Absalom. And David said, O Lord, let the wisdom of Ahithophel be made foolish.

וְדָוִד֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

Now when David had come to the top of the slope, where they gave worship to God, Hushai the Archite came to him in great grief with dust on his head:

וְהִנֵּ֤ה (וְ) ve. “and”וַאֲדָמָ֖ה (וַ) va. “and”

But if you go back to the town and say to Absalom, I will be your servant, O king; as in the past I have been your father's servant, so now I will be yours: then you will be able to keep Ahithophel's designs against me from being put into effect.

וְאִם־ (וְ) ve. “and”וַֽאֲנִי֙ (וַֽ) va. “<and>”וְעַתָּ֖ה (וְ) ve. “and”וַאֲנִ֣י (וַ) va. “<and>”

And have you not there Zadok and Abiathar the priests? so whatever comes to your ears from the king's house, give word of it to Zadok and Abiathar the priests.

וַהֲל֤וֹא (וַ) va. “and”וְאֶבְיָתָ֖ר (וְ) ve. “and”וּלְאֶבְיָתָ֖ר (וּ) u. “and”

See, they have with them their two sons, Ahimaaz, Zadok's son, and Jonathan, the son of Abiathar; by them you may send word to me of everything which comes to your ears.

וִיהוֹנָתָ֖ן (וִ) vi. “and”

So Hushai, David's friend, went into the town, and Absalom came to Jerusalem.

וְאַבְשָׁלֹ֔ם (וְ) ve. “and”

And when David had gone a little way past the top of the slope, Ziba, the servant of Mephibosheth, came to him, with two asses on which were two hundred cakes of bread and a hundred stems of dry grapes and a hundred summer fruits and a skin of wine.

וְדָוִ֗ד (וְ) ve. “and”וְהִנֵּ֥ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְצֶ֨מֶד (וְ) ve. “and”וַעֲלֵיהֶם֩ (וַ) va. “and”וּמֵאָ֧ה (וּ) u. “and”וּמֵ֥אָה (וּ) u. “and”וְנֵ֥בֶל (וְ) ve. “and”

And David said to Ziba, What is your reason for this? And Ziba said, The asses are for the use of the king's people, and the bread and the fruit are food for the young men; and the wine is for drink for those who are overcome by weariness in the waste la

וְהַלֶּ֤חֶם (וְ) u. “and”וְהַקַּ֙יִץ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַיַּ֕יִן (וְ) ve. “and”

And the king said, And where is your master's son? And Ziba said, He is still at Jerusalem: for he said, Today Israel will give back to me the kingdom of my father.

וְאַיֵּ֖ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And when King David came to Bahurim, a man of Saul's family named Shimei, the son of Gera, came out from there, calling curses after him.

וְהִנֵּ֣ה (וְ) ve. “and”וּשְׁמוֹ֙ (וּ) u. “and”וּמְקַלֵּֽל׃ (וּ) u. “and”

And he sent stones at David and at all the king's servants and at all the people and at all the men of war by his side, on the right hand and on the left.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּמִשְּׂמֹאלֽוֹ׃ (וּ) u. “and”

And Shimei said, with curses, Be gone, be gone, you man of blood, you good-for-nothing:

וְכֹֽה־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאִ֥ישׁ (וְ) ve. “and”

The Lord has sent punishment on you for all the blood of the family of Saul, whose kingdom you have taken; and the Lord has given the kingdom to Absalom, your son: now you yourself are taken in your evil, because you are a man of blood.

וְהִנְּךָ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then Abishai, the son of Zeruiah, said to the king, Is this dead dog to go on cursing my lord the king? let me go over and take off his head.

וְאָסִ֥ירָה (וְ) ve. “and”