H9002–/וְ–v

And the watchman calleth, and declareth to the king, and the king saith, `If by himself, tidings `are' in his mouth;' and he cometh, coming on and drawing near.

וְקָרֵֽב׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the watchman saith, `I see the running of the first as the running of Ahimaaz son of Zadok.' And the king saith, `This `is' a good man, and with good tidings he cometh.'

וְאֶל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the king saith, `Peace to the youth -- to Absalom?' And Ahimaaz saith, `I saw the great multitude, at the sending away of the servant of the king, even thy servant `by' Joab, and I have not known what `it is'.'

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

And lo, the Cushite hath come, and the Cushite saith, `Let tidings be proclaimed, my lord, O king; for Jehovah hath delivered thee to-day out of the hand of all those rising up against thee.'

וְהִנֵּ֥ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And the king saith unto the Cushite, `Peace to the youth -- to Absalom?' And the Cushite saith, `Let them be -- as the youth -- the enemies of my lord the king, and all who have risen up against thee for evil.'

וְכֹ֛ל (וְ) ve. “and”

And the king trembleth, and goeth up on the upper chamber of the gate, and weepeth, and thus he hath said in his going, `My son! Absalom my son; my son Absalom; oh that I had died for thee, Absalom, my son, my son.'

וְכֹ֣ה׀ (וְ) ve. “and”

and the king hath covered his face, yea, the king crieth -- a loud voice -- `My son Absalom, Absalom, my son, my son.'

וְהַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Joab cometh in unto the king to the house, and saith, `Thou hast put to shame to-day the faces of all thy servants, those delivering thy life to-day, and the life of thy sons, and of thy daughters, and the life of thy wives, and the life of thy concubines,

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

to love thine enemies, and to hate those loving thee, for thou hast declared to-day that thou hast no princes and servants, for I have known to-day that if Absalom `were' alive, and all of us to-day dead, that then it were right in thine eyes.

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

`And now, rise, go out and speak unto the heart of thy servants, for by Jehovah I have sworn, that -- thou art not going out -- there doth not lodge a man with thee to-night; and this `is' worse for thee than all the evil that hath come upon thee from thy youth till now.'

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

And the king riseth, and sitteth in the gate, and to all the people they have declared, saying, `Lo, the king is sitting in the gate;' and all the people come in before the king, and Israel hath fled, each to his tents.

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

And it cometh to pass, all the people are contending through all the tribes of Israel, saying, `The king delivered us out of the hand of our enemies, yea, he himself delivered us out of the hand of the Philistines, and now he hath fled out of the land because of Absalom,

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

and Absalom whom we anointed over us `is' dead in battle, and now, why are ye silent -- to bring back the king?'

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

And king David sent unto Zadok and unto Abiathar the priests, saying, `Speak ye unto the elders of Judah, saying, Why are ye last to bring back the king unto his house? (and the word of all Israel hath come unto the king, unto his house;)

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

my brethren ye `are', my bone and my flesh ye `are', and why are ye last to bring back the king?

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

And to Amasa say ye, Art not thou my bone and my flesh? Thus doth God do to me, and thus He doth add, if thou art not head of the host before me all the days instead of Joab.'

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

And he inclineth the heart of all the men of Judah as one man, and they send unto the king, `Turn back, thou, and all thy servants.'

וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the king turneth back, and cometh in unto the Jordan, and Judah hath come to Gilgal, to go to meet the king, to bring the king over the Jordan,

וִיהוּדָ֞ה (וִ) vi. “and”

and a thousand men `are' with him from Benjamin, and Ziba servant of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons and his twenty servants with him, and they have gone prosperously over the Jordan before the king.

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

And passed over hath the ferry-boat to carry over the household of the king, and to do that which `is' good in his eyes, and Shimei son of Gera hath fallen before the king in his passing over into Jordan,

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

and saith unto the king, `Let not my lord impute to me iniquity; neither do thou remember that which thy servant did perversely in the day that my lord the king went out from Jerusalem, -- for the king to set `it' unto his heart;

וְאַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

for thy servant hath known that I have sinned; and lo, I have come to-day, first of all the house of Joseph, to go down to meet my lord the king.'

וְהִנֵּֽה־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And David saith, `What -- to me and to you, O sons of Zeruiah, that ye are to me to-day for an adversary? to-day is any man put to death in Israel? for have I not known that to-day I `am' king over Israel?'

וְלָכֶם֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Mephibosheth son of Saul hath come down to meet the king -- and he prepared not his feet, nor did he prepare his upper lip, yea, his garments he washed not, even from the day of the going away of the king, till the day that he came in peace --

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

And he saith, `My lord, O king, my servant deceived me, for thy servant said, I saddle for me the ass, and ride on it, and go with the king, for thy servant `is' lame;

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