H9002–/וְ–v

And he hath slandered thy servant unto my lord the king; but my lord the king is as an angel of God; do therefore what is good in thine eyes.

וַאדֹנִ֤י (וַ) va. “and”וַעֲשֵׂ֥ה (וַ) va. “and”

For all my father's house were deserving of death at the hand of my lord the king; yet didst thou set thy servant among them that did eat at thine own table. What right therefore have I yet? or why should I cry any more unto the king?'

וּמַה־ (וּ) u. “and”וְלִזְעֹ֥ק (וְ) ve. “and”

And the king said unto him: 'Why speakest thou any more of thy matters? I say: Thou and Ziba divide the land.'

וְצִיבָ֔א (וְ) ve. “and”

And Barzillai the Gileadite came down from Rogelim; and he passed on to Jordan with the king, to bring him on the way over the Jordan.

וּבַרְזִלַּי֙ (וּ) u. “and”

Now Barzillai was a very aged man, even fourscore years old; and he had provided the king with sustenance while he lay at Mahanaim; for he was a very great man.

וּבַרְזִלַּי֙ (וּ) u. “and”וְהֽוּא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

I am this day fourscore years old; can I discern between good and bad? can thy servant taste what I eat or what I drink? can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? wherefore then should thy servant be yet a burden unto my lor

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְשָׁר֑וֹת (וְ) ve. “and”וְלָמָּה֩ (וְ) ve. “and”

Thy servant would but just go over the Jordan with the king; and why should the king recompense it me with such a reward?

וְלָ֙מָּה֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

Let thy servant, I pray thee, turn back, that I may die in mine own city, by the grave of my father and my mother. But behold thy servant Chimham; let him go over with my lord the king; and do to him what shall seem good unto thee.'

וְאָמֻ֣ת (וְ) ve. “so”וְאִמִּ֑י (וְ) ve. “and”וְהִנֵּ֣ה׀ (וְ) ve. “and”וַעֲשֵׂה־ (וַ) va. “and”

And the king answered: 'Chimham shall go over with me, and I will do to him that which shall seem good unto thee; and whatsoever thou shalt require of me, that will I do for thee.'

וַאֲנִי֙ (וַ) va. “and”וְכֹ֛ל (וְ) ve. “and”

And all the people went over the Jordan, and the king went over; and the king kissed Barzillai, and blessed him; and he returned unto his own place.

וְהַמֶּ֣לֶךְ (וְ) ve. “and”

So the king went over to Gilgal, and Chimham went over with him; and all the people of Judah brought the king over, and also half the people of Israel.

וְכִמְהָ֖ן (וְ) ve. “and”וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְגַ֕ם (וְ) ve. “and”

And, behold, all the men of Israel came to the king, and said unto the king: 'Why have our brethren the men of Judah stolen thee away, and brought the king, and his household, over the Jordan, and all David's men with him?'

וְהִנֵּ֛ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And all the men of Judah answered the men of Israel: 'Because the king is near of kin to us; wherefore then are ye angry for this matter? have we eaten at all of the king's cost? or hath any gift been given us?'

וְלָ֤מָּה (וְ) ve. “and”

And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said: 'We have ten parts in the king, and we have also more right in David than ye; why then did ye despise us, that our advice should not be first had in bringing back our king?' And the words

וְגַם־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּמַדּ֙וּעַ֙ (וּ) u. “and”וְלֹא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Now there happened to be there a base fellow, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite; and he blew the horn, and said: 'We have no portion in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse; every man to his tents, O Israel.'

וְשָׁ֨ם (וְ) ve. “and”וּשְׁמ֛וֹ (וּ) u. “and”וְלֹ֤א (וְ) ve. “and”

So all the men of Israel went up from following David, and followed Sheba the son of Bichri; but the men of Judah did cleave unto their king, from the Jordan even to Jerusalem.

וְאִ֤ישׁ (וְ) ve. “and”וְעַד־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten women his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in ward, and provided them with sustenance, but went not in unto them. So they were shut up unto the day of their d

וַאֲלֵיהֶ֖ם (וַ) va. “and”

Then said the king to Amasa: 'Call me the men of Judah together within three days, and be thou here present.'

וְאַתָּ֖ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And David said to Abishai: 'Now will Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than did Absalom; take thou thy lord's servants, and pursue after him, lest he get him fortified cities, and escape out of our sight.'

וּרְדֹ֣ף (וּ) u. “and”

And there went out after him Joab's men, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites, and all the mighty men; and they went out of Jerusalem, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.

וְהַכְּרֵתִ֥י (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַפְּלֵתִ֖י (וְ) ve. “and”וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa came to meet them. And Joab was girded with his apparel of war that he had put on, and thereon was a girdle with a sword fastened upon his loins in the sheath thereof; and as he went forth it fe

וַעֲמָשָׂ֖א (וַ) va. “and”וְיוֹאָ֞ב (וְ) ve. “and”וְעָלָ֞יו (וְ) ve. “and”וְה֥וּא (וְ) ve. “and”

But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab's hand; so he smote him therewith in the groin, and shed out his bowels to the ground, and struck him not again; and he died. And Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri.

וַעֲמָשָׂ֨א (וַ) va. “and”וְלֹא־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְיוֹאָב֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וַאֲבִישַׁ֣י (וַ) va. “and”

And there stood by him one of Joab's young men, and said: 'He that favoureth Joab, and he that is for David let him follow Joab.'

וְאִישׁ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וּמִ֥י (וּ) u. “and”

And Amasa lay wallowing in his blood in the midst of the highway. And when the man saw that all the people stood still, he carried Amasa out of the highway into the field, and cast a garment over him, when he saw that every one that came by him stood sti

וַעֲמָשָׂ֛א (וַ) va. “and”

And he went through all the tribes of Israel unto Abel, and to Beth-maacah, and all the Berites; and they were gathered together, and went in also after him.

וּבֵ֥ית (וּ) u. “and”וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”