H9002–/וְ–v

And the watchman gave news of it to the king. And the king said, If he is coming by himself, then he has news. And the man was travelling quickly, and came near.

וְקָרֵֽב׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the watchman said, It seems to me that the running of the first is like the running of Ahimaaz, the son of Zadok. And the king said, He is a good man, and his news will be good.

וְאֶל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the king said, Is it well with the young man Absalom? And Ahimaaz said in answer, When Joab sent me, your servant, I saw a great outcry going on, but I had no knowledge of what it was.

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

And then the Cushite came and said, I have news for my lord the king: today the Lord has done right in your cause against all those who took up arms against you.

וְהִנֵּ֥ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And the king said to the Cushite, Is the young man Absalom safe? And the Cushite said in answer, May all the king's haters and those who do evil against the king, be as that young man is!

וְכֹ֛ל (וְ) ve. “and”

Then the king was much moved, and went up into the room over the door, weeping, and saying, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! if only my life might have been given for yours, O Absalom, my son, my son!

וְכֹ֣ה׀ (וְ) ve. “and”

But the king, covering his face, gave a great cry, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!

וְהַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Joab came into the house to the king and said, Today you have put to shame the faces of all your servants who even now have kept you and your sons and your daughters and your wives and all your women safe from death;

וְאֵ֨ת (וְ) ve. “and”וּבְנֹתֶ֔יךָ (וּ) u. “and”וְנֶ֣פֶשׁ (וְ) ve. “and”וְנֶ֖פֶשׁ (וְ) ve. “and”

For your haters, it seems, are dear to you, and your friends are hated. For you have made it clear that captains and servants are nothing to you: and now I see that if Absalom was living and we had all been dead today, it would have been right in your ey

וְלִשְׂנֹ֖א (וְ) ve. “and”וַעֲבָדִ֔ים (וַ) va. “and”וְכֻלָּ֤נוּ (וְ) ve. “and”

So get up now, and go out and say some kind words to your servants; for, by the Lord, I give you my oath, that if you do not go out, not one of them will keep with you tonight; and that will be worse for you than all the evil which has overtaken you from

וְעַתָּה֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְדַבֵּ֖ר (וְ) ve. “and”

Then the king got up and took his seat near the town-door. And word was given to all the people that the king was in the public place: and all the people came before the king. Now all the men of Israel had gone back in flight to their tents.

וּֽלְכָל־ (וּֽ) u. “and”וְיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל (וְ) ve. “and”

And through all the tribes of Israel the people were having arguments, saying, The king made us safe from the hands of those who were against us and made us free from the hands of the Philistines; and now he has gone in flight from the land, because of A

וְה֤וּא (וְ) ve. “and”וְעַתָּ֛ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And Absalom, whom we made a ruler over us, is dead in the fight. So now why do you say nothing about getting the king back? And word of what all Israel was saying came to the king.

וְאַבְשָׁלוֹם֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְעַתָּ֗ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And King David sent word to Zadok and Abiathar, the priests, Say to the responsible men of Judah, Why are you the last to take steps to get the king back to his house?

וְהַמֶּ֣לֶךְ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּדְבַר֙ (וּ) u. “and”

You are my brothers, my bone and my flesh; why are you the last to get the king back again?

וּבְשָׂרִ֖י (וּ) u. “and”וְלָ֧מָּה (וְ) ve. “and”

And say to Amasa, Are you not my bone and my flesh? May God's punishment be on me, if I do not make you chief of the army before me at all times in place of Joab!

וְלַֽעֲמָשָׂא֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וּבְשָׂרִ֖י (וּ) u. “and”וְכֹ֣ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And the hearts of the men of Judah were moved like one man; so that they sent to the king, saying, Come back, with all your servants.

וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

So the king came back, and came as far as Jordan. And Judah came to Gilgal, meeting the king there, to take him back with them over Jordan.

וִיהוּדָ֞ה (וִ) vi. “and”

And with him a thousand men of Benjamin, and Ziba, the servant of Saul, with his fifteen sons and twenty servants, came rushing to Jordan before the king,

וְאֶ֨לֶף (וְ) ve. “and”וְצִיבָ֗א (וְ) ve. “and”וַחֲמֵ֨שֶׁת (וַ) va. “and”וְעֶשְׂרִ֥ים (וְ) ve. “and”

And kept going across the river to take the people of the king's house over, and to do whatever was desired by the king. And Shimei, the son of Gera, went down on his face in the dust before the king, when he was about to go over Jordan,

וְלַעֲשׂ֥וֹת (וְ) ve. “and”וְשִׁמְעִ֣י (וְ) ve. “and”

And said to him, Let me not be judged as a sinner in your eyes, O my lord, and do not keep in mind the wrong I did on the day when my lord the king went out of Jerusalem, or take it to heart.

וְאַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

For your servant is conscious of his sin: and so, as you see, I have come today, the first of all the sons of Joseph, for the purpose of meeting my lord the king.

וְהִנֵּֽה־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And David said, What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah, that you put yourselves against me today? is it right for any man in Israel to be put to death today? for I am certain today that I am king in Israel.

וְלָכֶם֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Mephibosheth, the son of Saul's son, came down for the purpose of meeting the king; his feet had not been cared for or his hair cut or his clothing washed from the day when the king went away till the day when he came back in peace.

וּמְפִבֹ֙שֶׁת֙ (וּ) u. “and”וְלֹא־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹא־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And he said in answer, Because of the deceit of my servant, my lord king: for I, your servant, said to him, You are to make ready an ass and on it I will go with the king, for your servant has not the use of his feet.

וְאֶרְכַּ֤ב (וְ) ve. “so”וְאֵלֵ֣ךְ (וְ) ve. “so”