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For the Lord has said of David, By the hand of my servant David I will make my people Israel safe from the Philistines, and from all who are against them.

בְּיַ֣ד׀ (בְּ) be. “by”

And Abner said the same things to Benjamin: and he went to David in Hebron to make clear to him what seemed good to Israel and to all the people of Benjamin.

בְּאָזְנֵ֣י (בְּ) be. “in”בְּאָזְנֵ֤י (בְּ) be. “in”בְּחֶבְר֔וֹן (בְּ) be. “at”בְּעֵינֵ֣י (בְּ) be. “in”וּבְעֵינֵ֖י (בְ) ve. “in”

And Abner said to David, Now I will go, and make all Israel come to my lord the king, so that they may make an agreement with you, and your kingdom may be as wide as your heart's desire. Then David sent Abner away and he went in peace.

בְּכֹ֥ל (בְּ) be. “over”בְּשָׁלֽוֹם׃ (בְּ) be. “in”

Now the servants of David and Joab had been out attacking a band of armed men, and they came back with a great store of goods taken in the fight: but Abner was no longer in Hebron with David, for he had sent him away and he had gone in peace.

בְּחֶבְר֔וֹן (בְּ) be. “in”בְּשָׁלֽוֹם׃ (בְּ) be. “in”

When Joab and his men came, news was given them that Abner, the son of Ner, had come to the king, who had let him go away again in peace.

בְּשָׁלֽוֹם׃ (בְּ) be. “in”

And when Abner was back in Hebron, Joab took him on one side by the doorway of the town to have a word with him quietly, and there he gave him a wound in the stomach, causing his death in payment for the death of his brother Asahel.

בַּשֶּׁ֑לִי (בַּ) ba. “in <the>”בְּדַ֖ם (בְּ) be. “for”

May it come on the head of Joab and all his father's family: among the men of Joab's family may there ever be some who are diseased or lepers, or who do the work of women, or are put to the sword, or are wasted from need of food!

בַּפֶּ֛לֶךְ (בַּ) ba. “on the”בַּחֶ֖רֶב (בַּ) ba. “by the”

So Joab and Abishai his brother put Abner to death, because he had put to death their brother Asahel in the fight at Gibeon.

בְּגִבְע֖וֹן (בְּ) be. “at”בַּמִּלְחָמָֽה׃ (בַּ) ba. “in the”

And they put Abner's body to rest in Hebron; and the king and all the people were weeping loudly by the resting-place of Abner's body.

בְּחֶבְר֑וֹן (בְּ) be. “in”

And the people came to make David take food, while it was still day, but David with an oath said, May God's punishment be on me if I take a taste of bread or any other thing till the sun has gone down!

בְּע֣וֹד (בְּ) be. “while”

And all the people took note of it and were pleased: like everything the king did, it was pleasing to the people.

בְּעֵֽינֵיהֶ֑ם (בְּ) be. “in”בְּעֵינֵ֥י (בְּ) be. “in”

So it was clear to Israel and to all the people on that day that the king was not responsible for the death of Abner, the son of Ner.

בַּיּ֣וֹם (בַּ) ba “on the”

And the king said to his servants, Do you not see that a chief and a great man has come to his end today in Israel?

בְּיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ (בְּ) be. “in”

And when Saul's son Ish-bosheth had news that Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands became feeble, and all the Israelites were troubled.

בְּחֶבְר֔וֹן (בְּ) be. “in”

Now Jonathan, Saul's son, had a son whose feet were damaged. He was five years old when news of the death of Saul and Jonathan came from Jezreel, and the woman who took care of him took him up and went in flight: and while she was getting him away as qui

בְּבֹ֣א (בְּ) be. “when”בְּחָפְזָ֥הּ (בְּ) be. “when”

And when they came into the house, Ish-bosheth was stretched on his bed in his bedroom; and they made an attack on him and put him to death, and, cutting off his head, they took it with them and went by the road through the Arabah all night.

בַּחֲדַ֣ר (בַּ) ba. “in”

When one came to me with the news of Saul's death, in the belief that it would be good news, I took him and put him to death in Ziklag, which was the reward I gave him for his news:

בְּעֵינָ֔יו (בְּ) be. “in”ב֔וֹ (ב֔) v “on <the>”בְּצִֽקְלָ֑ג (בְּ) be. “in”

How much more, when evil men have put an upright person to death, in his house, sleeping on his bed, will I take payment from you for his blood, and have you cut off from the earth?

בְּבֵית֖וֹ (בְּ) be. “in”

And David gave orders to his young men and they put them to death, cutting off their hands and their feet and hanging them up by the side of the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ish-bosheth and put it in its last resting-place with Abner's body

בְּחֶבְר֑וֹן (בְּ) be. “in”בְקֶֽבֶר־ (בְ) ve. “in”בְּחֶבְרֽוֹן׃ (בְּ) be. “at”

In the past when Saul was king over us, it was you who went at the head of Israel when they went out or came in: and the Lord said to you, You are to be the keeper of my people Israel and their ruler.

בִּהְי֨וֹת (בִּ) bi “when”

So all the responsible men of Israel came to the king at Hebron; and King David made an agreement with them in Hebron before the Lord: and they put the holy oil on David and made him king over Israel.

בְּחֶבְר֖וֹן (בְּ) be. “at”

David was thirty years old when he became king, and he was king for forty years,

בְּמָלְכ֑וֹ (בְּ) be. “when”

Ruling over Judah in Hebron for seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem, over all Israel and Judah, for thirty-three years.

בְּחֶבְרוֹן֙ (בְּ) be. “in”וּבִירוּשָׁלִַ֣ם (בִ) vi. “in”

And that day David said, Whoever makes an attack on the Jebusites, let him go up by the water-pipe, and put to death all the blind and feeble-footed who are hated by David. And this is why they say, The blind and feeble-footed may not come into the house

בַּיּ֣וֹם (בַּ) ba “on the”בַּצִּנּ֔וֹר (בַּ) ba. “by the”

So David took the strong tower for his living-place, naming it the town of David. And David took in hand the building of the town all round, starting from the Millo.

בַּמְּצֻדָ֔ה (בַּ) ba. “in the”