H9002–/וְ–v

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

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

For all of my father's house were but dead men before my lord the king: yet didst thou set thy servant among them that ate at thy own table. What right therefore have I yet to cry any more to the king?

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

And the king said to him, Why speakest thou any more of thy matters? I have said, Thou and Ziba divide the land.

וְצִיבָ֔א (וְ) ve. “and”

And Barzillai the Gileadite came down from Rogelim, and went over Jordan with the king, to conduct him over Jordan.

וּבַרְזִלַּי֙ (וּ) u. “and”

Now Barzillai was a very aged man, even eighty 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 eighty years old: and can I discern between good and evil? can thy servant taste what I eat or what I drink? can I hear any more the voice of singing-men and singing-women? why then should thy servant be yet a burden to my lord the king?

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

Thy servant will go a little way over Jordan with the king: and why should the king recompense me with such a reward?

וְלָ֙מָּה֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

Let thy servant, I pray thee, return again, that I may die in my own city, and be buried by the grave of my father and of my mother. But behold thy servant Chimham; let him go over with my lord the king; and do to him what shall seem good to 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 to thee: and whatever 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 Jordan. And when the king had come over, the king kissed Barzillai, and blessed him; and he returned to his own place.

וְהַמֶּ֣לֶךְ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then the king went on to Gilgal, and Chimham went on with him: and all the people of Judah conducted the king, 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 to him, Why have our brethren the men of Judah stolen thee away, and have brought the king, and his household, and all David's men with him, over Jordan?

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: why then are ye angry for this matter? have we eaten at all at the king's cost? or hath he given us any gift?

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 of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel.

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

And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjaminite: and he blew a trumpet, and said, We have no part 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 every man of Israel, withdrawing from David, followed Sheba the son of Bichri: but the men of Judah adhered to their king, from 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 custody, and fed them, but went not in to them. So they were shut up to the day of their death, living in widowhood.

וַאֲלֵיהֶ֖ם (וַ) va. “and”

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

וְאַתָּ֖ה (וְ) ve. “and”

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

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 went before them. And Joab's garment that he had put on was girded to him, and upon it a girdle with a sword fastened upon his loins in its sheath; and as he went forth it fell out.

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 in the fifth rib, and shed out his bowels to the ground, and struck him not again; and he died. So 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 one of Joab's men stood by him, and said, He that favoreth Joab, and he that is for David, let him go after Joab.

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

And Amasa wallowed in blood in the midst of the highway. And when the man saw that all the people stood still, he removed Amasa out of the highway into the field, and cast a cloth upon him, when he saw that every one that came by him stood still.

וַעֲמָשָׂ֛א (וַ) va. “and”

And he went through all the tribes of Israel to Abel, and to Beth-maachah, and all the Berites: and they were assembled, and went also after him.

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