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And David said to him, May your blood be on your head; for your mouth has given witness against you, saying, I have put to death the man marked with the holy oil.

בְךָ֙ (בְ) ve. “against <the>”

Give no news of it in Gath, let it not be said in the streets of Ashkelon; or the daughters of the Philistines will be glad, the daughters of men without circumcision will be uplifted in joy.

בְגַ֔ת (בְ) ve. “in”בְּחוּצֹ֣ת (בְּ) be. “in”

O mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew or rain on you, you fields of death: for there the arms of the strong have been shamed, the arms of Saul, as if he had not been marked with the holy oil.

בַגִּלְבֹּ֗עַ (בַ) va. “in <the>”בַּשָּֽׁמֶן׃ (בַּ) ba. “with <the>”

Saul and Jonathan were loved and pleasing; in their lives and in their death they were not parted; they went more quickly than eagles, they were stronger than lions.

בְּחַיֵּיהֶ֔ם (בְּ) be. “in”וּבְמוֹתָ֖ם (בְ) ve. “in”

How have the great ones been made low in the fight! Jonathan is dead on your high places.

בְּת֖וֹךְ (בְּ) be. “in”

Now after this, David, questioning the Lord, said, Am I to go up into any of the towns of Judah? And the Lord said to him, Go up. And David said, Where am I to go? And he said, To Hebron.

בַּֽיהוָ֤ה׀ (בַּֽ) ba. “by”בְּאַחַת֙ (בְּ) be. “in”

And David took all his men with him, every man with his family: and they were living in the towns round Hebron.

בְּעָרֵ֥י (בְּ) be. “in”

(Saul's son Ish-bosheth was forty years old when he became king over Israel, and he was ruler for two years.) But Judah was on the side of David.

בְּמָלְכוֹ֙ (בְּ) be. “when”

And the time when David was king in Hebron over the people of Judah was seven years and six months.

בְּחֶבְר֖וֹן (בְּ) be. “in”

So they got up and went over by number: twelve for Benjamin and Ish-bosheth and twelve of the servants of David.

בְמִסְפָּ֑ר (בְ) ve. “by”

And every one got the other by the head, driving his sword into the other's side, so they all went down together: and that place was named the Field of Sides, and it is in Gibeon.

בְּרֹ֣אשׁ (בְּ) be. “on”בְּצַ֣ד (בְּ) be. “[was] in”בְּגִבְעֽוֹן׃ (בְּ) be. “[is] in”

And there was hard fighting that day; and Abner and the men of Israel gave way before the servants of David.

בַּיּ֣וֹם (בַּ) ba “on the”

There were three sons of Zeruiah there, Joab and Abishai and Asahel: and Asahel was as quick-footed as a roe of the fields.

בְּרַגְלָ֔יו (בְּ) be. “on”בַּשָּׂדֶֽה׃ (בַּ) ba. “[are] in the”

But still he did not go to one side: so Abner gave him a back blow in the stomach with his spear, so that the spear came out at his back; and he went down on the earth, wounded to death: and all those who came to the place where Asahel went down dead, ca

בְּאַחֲרֵ֨י (בְּ) be. “with”

Then crying out to Joab, Abner said, Are fighting and destruction to go on for ever? do you not see that the end will only be bitter? how long will it be before you send the people back and make them give up attacking their countrymen?

בָּאַחֲרוֹנָ֑ה (בָּ) ba. “at the”

So Joab had a horn sounded, and all the people came to a stop, and gave up going after Israel and fighting them.

בַּשּׁוֹפָ֔ר (בַּ) ba. “on the”

And all that night Abner and his men went through the Arabah; they went over Jordan and through all Bithron and came to Mahanaim.

בָּֽעֲרָבָ֔ה (בָּֽ) ba. “in the”

But David's men had put to death three hundred and sixty of the men of Benjamin and of Abner's men

וּבְאַנְשֵׁ֖י (בְ) ve. “among”

And they took Asahel's body and put it in the last resting-place of his father in Beth-lehem. And Joab and his men, travelling all night, came to Hebron at dawn.

בְּקֶ֣בֶר (בְּ) be. “in”בְּחֶבְרֽוֹן׃ (בְּ) be. “at”

While David was in Hebron he became the father of sons: the oldest was Amnon, son of Ahinoam of Jezreel;

בְּחֶבְר֑וֹן (בְּ) be. “in”

And the sixth, Ithream, whose mother was David's wife Eglah. These were the sons of David, whose birth took place in Hebron.

בְּחֶבְרֽוֹן׃ (בְּ) be. “in”

Now while there was war between Saul's people and David's people, Abner was making himself strong among the supporters of Saul.

בִּֽהְיוֹת֙ (בִּֽ) bi “when”בְּבֵ֥ית (בְּ) be. “in”

And Abner was very angry at the words of Ish-bosheth, and he said, Am I a dog's head of Judah? I am this day doing all in my power for the cause of your father Saul and for his brothers and his friends, and have not given you up into the hands of David,

בְּיַד־ (בְּ) be. “in”

And he said, It is well; I will make an agreement with you, but on one condition, which is, that when you come before me, Saul's daughter Michal is to come with you; till she comes you will not see my face.

בְּבֹאֲךָ֖ (בְּ) be. “when”

And David sent men to Saul's son Ish-bosheth, saying, Give me back Michal, my wife, whom I made mine for the price of the private parts of a hundred Philistines.

בְּמֵאָ֖ה (בְּ) be. “for”