H9002–/וְ–v

And the king said, What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah? Let him go on cursing, for the Lord has said, Put a curse on David, and who then may say, Why have you done so?

וְלָכֶ֖ם (וְ) ve. “and”וּמִ֣י (וּ) u. “and”

And David said to Abishai and to all his servants, You see how my son, the offspring of my body, has made designs against my life: how much more then may this Benjamite do so? Let him be, and let him go on cursing; for the Lord has given him orders.

וְאֶל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאַ֨ף (וְ) ve. “and”וִֽיקַלֵּ֔ל (וִֽ) vi. “so”

So David and his men went on their way: and Shimei went by the hillside parallel with them, cursing and sending stones and dust at him.

וַאֲנָשָׁ֖יו (וַ) va. “and”וְשִׁמְעִ֡י (וְ) ve. “and”

And the king and his people came tired to Jordan, and took their rest there.

וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Absalom and the men of Israel came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel was with him.

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

And Hushai said to Absalom, Not so; I am for that man whom the Lord and this people and all the men of Israel have taken as king, and I will take my place with him.

וְהָעָ֥ם (וְ) ve. “and”וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאִתּ֥וֹ (וְ) ve. “and”

And more than this! where is my place as a servant? is it not before his son? as I have been your father's servant, so will I be yours.

וְהַשֵּׁנִ֗ית (וְ) ve. “and”

In those days the opinions of Ahithophel were valued as highly as if through him a man might get direction from God; so were they valued by David as much as by Absalom.

וַעֲצַ֣ת (וַ) va. “and”

Then Ahithophel said to Absalom, Let me take out twelve thousand men and this very night I will go after David:

וְאָק֛וּמָה (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶרְדְּפָ֥ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And I will come up with him when he is tired and feeble, and make him full of fear: and all the people with him will go in flight; and I will make an attack on the king only:

וְאָב֣וֹא (וְ) ve. “so”וְה֤וּא (וְ) ve. “and”וּרְפֵ֣ה (וּ) u. “and”

And I will make all the people come back to you as a bride comes back to her husband: it is the life of only one man you are going after; so all the people will be at peace.

וְאָשִׁ֥יבָה (וְ) ve. “and”

And the saying was pleasing to Absalom and to the responsible men of Israel.

וּבְעֵינֵ֖י (וּ) u. “and”

Then Absalom said, Now send for Hushai the Archite, and let us give ear to what he has to say.

וְנִשְׁמְעָ֥ה (וְ) ve. “so”

Hushai said further, You have knowledge of your father and his men, that they are men of war, and that their feelings are bitter, like those of a bear in the field whose young ones have been taken from her: and your father is a man of war, and will not t

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּמָרֵ֥י (וּ) u. “and”וְאָבִ֙יךָ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

Then even the strongest, whose heart is like the heart of a lion, will become like water; for all Israel is conscious that your father is a man of war, and those who are with him are strong and without fear.

וְה֣וּא (וְ) ve. “and”וּבְנֵי־ (וּ) u. “and”

But my suggestion is that all Israel, from Dan as far as Beer-sheba, comes together to you, a great army like the sands of the sea in number; and that you yourself go out among them.

וְעַד־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּפָנֶ֥יךָ (וּ) u. “and”

Then we will come on him in some place, wherever he may be, falling on him as the dew comes on the earth: and of him and all the men who are with him not one will get away with his life.

וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּבְכָל־ (וּ) u. “and”

And if he has gone into some town, then let all Israel take strong cords to that town, and we will have it pulled into the valley, till not one small stone is to be seen there.

וְאִם־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then Absalom and all the men of Israel said, Hushai's suggestion is better than that of Ahithophel. For it was the purpose of the Lord to make the wise designs of Ahithophel without effect, so that the Lord might send evil on Absalom.

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

Then Hushai said to Zadok and Abiathar, the priests, This is the suggestion made by Ahithophel to Absalom and the responsible men of Israel, and this is what I said to them.

וְאֶל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְכָזֹ֗את (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֵ֖ת (וְ) ve. “and”וְכָזֹ֥את (וְ) ve. “and”וְכָזֹ֖את (וְ) ve. “and”

So now send the news quickly to David, and say, Do not take your night's rest by the way across the river to the waste land, but be certain to go over; or the king and all the people with him will come to destruction.

וְעַתָּ֡ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַגִּ֨ידוּ (וְ) ve. “and”וְגַ֖ם (וְ) ve. “and”וּלְכָל־ (וּ) u. “and”

Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz were waiting by En-rogel; and a servant-girl went from time to time and gave them news and they went with the news to King David, for it was not wise for them to let themselves be seen coming into the town.

וִיהוֹנָתָ֨ן (וִ) vi. “and”וַאֲחִימַ֜עַץ (וַ) va. “and”וְהֵם֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

But a boy saw them, and gave word of it to Absalom: so the two of them went away quickly, and came to the house of a man in Bahurim who had a water-hole in his garden, and they went down into it.

וְל֥וֹ (וְ) ve. “and”

And a woman put a cover over the hole, and put crushed grain on top of it, and no one had any knowledge of it.

וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

And Absalom's servants came to the woman at the house and said, Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman said to them, They have gone from here to the stream. And after searching for them, and seeing nothing of them, they went back to Jerusalem.

וִיה֣וֹנָתָ֔ן (וִ) vi. “and”וְלֹ֣א (וְ) ve. “and”