H9002–/וְ–v

And the king said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah? so let him curse, for Jehovah has said to him, Curse David! Who shall then say, Why dost thou so?

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

And David said to Abishai, and to all his servants, Behold, my son, who came forth of my bowels, seeks my life: how much more now a Benjaminite? let him alone and let him curse; for Jehovah has bidden him.

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

And David and his men went by the way; and Shimei went along on the hill's side over against him, and cursed as he went, and threw stones at him, and cast dust.

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

And the king, and all the people that were with him, came weary, and refreshed themselves there.

וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Now Absalom, and all the people, the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him.

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

And Hushai said to Absalom, No; but whom Jehovah, and this people, and all the men of Israel choose, his will I be, and with him will I abide.

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

And again, whom should I serve? should it not be in the presence of his son? as I have served in thy father's presence, so will I be in thy presence.

וְהַשֵּׁנִ֗ית (וְ) ve. “and”

And the counsel of Ahithophel, which he counselled in those days, was as if a man had inquired of the word of God: so was all the counsel of Ahithophel both with David and with Absalom.

וַעֲצַ֣ת (וַ) va. “and”

And Ahithophel said to Absalom, Let me, I pray, choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David to-night;

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

and I will come upon him while he is weary and weak-handed, and will make him afraid; and all the people that are with him shall flee; and I will smite the king only;

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

and I will bring back all the people to thee. The man whom thou seekest is as if all returned: all the people shall be in peace.

וְאָשִׁ֥יבָה (וְ) ve. “and”

And the saying was right in the eyes of Absalom, and in the eyes of all the elders of Israel.

וּבְעֵינֵ֖י (וּ) u. “and”

And Absalom said, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and we will hear also what he says.

וְנִשְׁמְעָ֥ה (וְ) ve. “so”

And Hushai said, Thou knowest thy father and his men, that they are mighty men, and they are of exasperated spirit, as a bear robbed of her whelps in the field; and thy father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.

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

and even the valiant man whose heart is as the heart of a lion shall utterly melt; for all Israel knows that thy father is a mighty man, and they that are with him are valiant men.

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

But I counsel that all Israel be speedily gathered to thee, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, as the sand that is by the sea for multitude; and that thou go to battle in thine own person.

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

And we shall come upon him in some place where he shall be found, and we will light upon him as the dew falls on the ground; and of him and of all the men that are with him there shall not be left so much as one.

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

And if he withdraw into a city, then shall all Israel bring ropes to that city, and we will draw it into the torrent, until there be not one small stone found there.

וְאִם־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. And Jehovah had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, in order that Jehovah might bring evil upon Absalom.

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

And Hushai said to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, Thus and thus did Ahithophel counsel Absalom and the elders of Israel; and thus and thus have I counselled.

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

And now send quickly, and tell David saying, Lodge not this night in the plains of the wilderness, but speedily pass over; lest the king be swallowed up, and all the people that are with him.

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

And Jonathan and Ahimaaz stayed by En-rogel; and the maid went and told them; and they went and told king David, for they might not be seen to come into the city.

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

But a lad saw them, and told Absalom. Then they went both of them away quickly, and came to the house of a man at Bahurim, who had a well in his court; and they went down there.

וְל֥וֹ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the woman took and spread the covering over the well's mouth, and spread ground corn on it; and the thing was not known.

וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

And Absalom's servants came to the woman to the house, and said, Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman said to them, They have gone over the brook of water. And they sought and could not find [ergänzt: them], and returned to Jerusalem.

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