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And a ferry boat passed to and fro to carry over the king's household, and to do what he thought good. And Shimei the son of Gera fell down before the king as he was [ergänzt: just] crossing over the Jordan.

בְּעֵינָ֑יו (בְּ) be. “in”בְּעָבְר֖וֹ (בְּ) be. “when”בַּיַּרְדֵּֽן׃ (בַּ) ba “in the”

And he said to the king, Let not my lord impute iniquity to me, neither do thou remember that which thy servant did perversely the day that my lord the king went out of Jerusalem, that the king should take it to heart.

בַּיּ֕וֹם (בַּ) ba “on the”

And David said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah, that ye should this day be adversaries to me? Should there any man be put to death this day in Israel? for do not I know that I am this day king over Israel?

בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל (בְּ) be. “in”

And Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king. Now he had neither washed his feet, nor trimmed his beard, nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came [ergänzt: again] in peace.

בְשָׁלֽוֹם׃ (בְ) ve. “in”

And he has 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 sight.

בְּעַבְדְּךָ֔ (בְּ) be. “<in>”בְּעֵינֶֽיךָ׃ (בְּ) be. “in”

For all my father's house were but dead men before my lord the king; and thou didst set thy servant among them that eat at thine own table. What further right therefore have I? and for what should I cry any more to the king?

בְּאֹכְלֵ֖י (בְּ) be. “among”

And Mephibosheth said to the king, Let him even take all, since my lord the king is come again in peace to his own house.

בְּשָׁל֖וֹם (בְּ) be. “in”

And Barzillai was very aged, eighty years old; and it was he that had maintained the king while he abode at Mahanaim; for he was a very great man.

בְּשִׁיבָת֣וֹ (בְּ) ve. “in”בְמַחֲנַ֔יִם (בְ) ve. “in”

And the king said to Barzillai, Pass thou over with me, and I will maintain thee with me in Jerusalem.

בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ (בִּ) bi. “in”

I am this day eighty years old: can I discern between good and bad? can thy servant taste what I eat and what I drink? can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? and why should thy servant be yet a burden to my lord the king?

בְּק֖וֹל (בְּ) be. “<in>”

Let thy servant, I pray thee, turn back again, that I may die in mine own city, 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 seems good to thee.

בְּעִירִ֔י (בְּ) be. “in”בְּעֵינֶֽיךָ׃ (בְּ) be. “in”

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

בְּעֵינֶ֑יךָ (בְּ) be. “in”

And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah and said, I have ten parts in the king and I have also more right in David than thou; and why didst thou slight me? and was not my advice the first, to bring back my king? And the words of the men of Judah were harsher than the words of the men of Israel.

בַמֶּלֶךְ֮ (בַ) va. “in the”בְּדָוִד֮ (בְּ) be. “in”

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 portion in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to his tents, Israel.

בַּשֹּׁפָ֗ר (בַּ) ba. “on the”בְּדָוִ֗ד (בְּ) be. “in”בְּבֶן־ (בְּ) be. “in”

Then all the men of Israel went up from after David, following Sheba the son of Bichri. But the men of Judah clave to their king, from the Jordan even to Jerusalem.

בְמַלְכָּ֔ם (בְ) ve. “to”

When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa came before them. And Joab was girded with his coat, his dress, and upon it was the girdle of the sword which was fastened on his loins in its sheath; and as he went forth it fell out.

בְּגִבְע֔וֹן (בְּ) be. “[is] in”בְּתַעְרָ֔הּ (בְּ) be. “in”

And Joab said to Amasa, Art thou well, my brother? And Joab took Amasa by the beard with the right hand to kiss him.

בִּזְקַ֥ן (בִּ) bi “on”

And Amasa had taken no notice of the sword that was in Joab's hand: so he smote him with it in the belly 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.

בַּחֶ֣רֶב׀ (בַּ) ba. “to the”בְּיַד־ (בְּ) be. “[was] in”בָ֨הּ (בָ֨) va “with <the>”

And one of Joab's young men stood by [ergänzt: Amasa] and said, He that favours Joab, and he that is for David, let him follow Joab.

בְּיוֹאָ֛ב (בְּ) be. “in”

Now 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 stood still.

בַּדָּ֖ם (בַּ) ba. “in <the>”בְּת֣וֹךְ (בְּ) be. “in”

who went through all the tribes of Israel to Abel, and to Beth-Maacah, and all the Berim; and they gathered together, and went also after him.

בְּכָל־ (בְּ) be. “in”

And they came and besieged him in Abel-Beth-Maacah, and they cast up a bank against the city, and it was raised in the trench; and all the people that were with Joab sapped the wall, to throw it down.

בְּאָבֵ֙לָה֙ (בְּ) be. “in”בַּחֵ֑ל (בַּ) ba. “by the”

And she spoke saying, They were wont to speak in old time saying, Just inquire in Abel; and so they ended.

בָרִֽאשֹׁנָה֙ (בָ) va. “at the”בְּאָבֵ֖ל (בְּ) be. “at”

I am peaceable [ergänzt: and] faithful in Israel: thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel. Why wilt thou swallow up the inheritance of Jehovah?

בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל (בְּ) be. “in”

The matter is not so; but a man of mount Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, has lifted up his hand against the king, against David: give up him only, and I will depart from the city. And the woman said to Joab, Behold, his head shall be thrown to thee over the wall.

בַּמֶּ֣לֶךְ (בַּ) ba. “against the”בְּדָוִ֔ד (בְּ) be. “against”