H9002–/וְ–v

And the watchman called, and told the king. And the king said, If he is alone there is tidings in his mouth. And he came apace, and drew near.

וְקָרֵֽב׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the watchman said, I think the running of the foremost is like the running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok. And the king said, He is a good man, and cometh with good news.

וְאֶל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the king said, Is the young man Absalom safe? And Ahimaaz answered, When Joab sent the king's servant, and me thy servant, I saw a great tumult, but I knew not what it was.

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

And behold, Cushi came; and Cushi said, Tidings, my lord the king: for the LORD hath avenged thee this day of all them that rose up against thee.

וְהִנֵּ֥ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And the king said to Cushi, Is the young man Absalom safe? And Cushi answered, May the enemies of my lord the king, and all that rise against thee to do thee hurt, be as that young man is.

וְכֹ֛ל (וְ) ve. “and”

And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! O that I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son!

וְכֹ֣ה׀ (וְ) ve. “and”

But the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, 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, thou hast shamed this day the faces of all thy servants, who this day have saved thy life, and the lives of thy sons and of thy daughters, and the lives of thy wives, and the lives of thy concubines;

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

In that thou lovest thy enemies, and hatest thy friends. For thou hast declared this day, that thou regardest neither princes nor servants: for this day I perceive, that if Absalom had lived, and all we had died this day, then it had pleased thee well.

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

Now therefore arise, go forth, and speak comfortably to thy servants: for I swear by the LORD, if thou shalt not go forth, there will not tarry one with thee this night: and that will be worse to thee than all the evil that hath befallen thee from thy youth until now.

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

Then the king rose, and sat in the gate. And they told to all the people, saying, Behold, the king doth sit in the gate. And all the people came before the king: for Israel had fled every man to his tent.

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

And all the people were at strife throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, The king saved us from the hand of our enemies, and he delivered us from the hand of the Philistines; and now he hath fled out of the land for Absalom.

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

And Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle. Now therefore why speak ye not a word of bringing the king back?

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

And king David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, saying, Speak to the elders of Judah, saying, Why are ye the last to bring the king back to his house? seeing the speech of all Israel is come to the king, even to his house.

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

Ye are my brethren, ye are my bones and my flesh: why then are ye the last to bring back the king?

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

And say ye to Amasa, Art thou not of my bone, and of my flesh? God do so to me, and more also, if thou be not captain of the host before me continually in the room of Joab.

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

And he bowed the heart of all the men of Judah, even as the heart of one man; so that they sent this word to the king, Return thou, and all thy servants.

וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

So the king returned, and came to Jordan. And Judah came to Gilgal, to go to meet the king, to conduct the king over Jordan.

וִיהוּדָ֞ה (וִ) vi. “and”

And there were a thousand men of Benjamin with him, and Ziba the servant of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons and his twenty servants with him; and they went over Jordan before the king.

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

And there went over a ferry-boat to carry over the king's household, and to do what he thought good. And Shimei the son of Gera fell down before the king, as he came over Jordan;

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

And said to the king, Let not my lord impute iniquity to me, neither do thou remember that which thy servant did perversely the day that my lord the king went out of Jerusalem, that the king should take it to his heart.

וְאַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

For thy servant doth know that I have sinned: therefore behold, I have come the first this day of all the house of Joseph to go down to meet my lord the king.

וְהִנֵּֽה־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And David said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah, that ye should this day be adversaries to me? shall there any man be put to death this day in Israel? for do not I know that I am this day king over Israel?

וְלָכֶם֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king, and had neither dressed his feet, nor trimmed his beard, nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came again in peace.

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

And he answered, My lord, O king, my servant deceived me: for thy servant said, I will saddle me an ass, that I may ride on it, and go to the king; because thy servant is lame.

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