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And the ferryboat passed to and fro to bring over the king's household, and to do what he thought good. And Shimei the son of Gera fell down before the king, when he would go over the Jordan.

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

And he said unto the king: 'Let not my lord impute iniquity unto me, neither do thou remember that which thy servant did iniquitously the day that my lord the king went out of Jerusalem, that the king should take it to his 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 unto me? shall 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; and he had neither dressed his feet, nor trimmed his beard, nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came home in peace.

בְשָׁלֽוֹם׃ (בְ) ve. “in”

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.

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

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?'

בְּאֹכְלֵ֖י (בְּ) be. “among”

And Mephibosheth said unto the king: 'Yea, let him take all, forasmuch as my lord the king is come in peace unto his own house.'

בְּשָׁל֖וֹם (בְּ) be. “in”

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.

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

And the king said unto Barzillai: 'Come thou over with me, and I will sustain thee with me in Jerusalem.'

בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ (בִּ) bi. “in”

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

בְּק֖וֹל (בְּ) be. “<in>”

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.'

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

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.'

בְּעֵינֶ֑יךָ (בְּ) be. “in”

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

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

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.'

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

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.

בְמַלְכָּ֔ם (בְ) ve. “to”

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

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

And Joab said to Amasa: 'Is it well with thee, my brother?' And Joab took Amasa by the beard with his right hand to kiss him.

בִּזְקַ֥ן (בִּ) bi “on”

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.

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

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.'

בְּיוֹאָ֛ב (בְּ) be. “in”

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

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

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.

בְּכָל־ (בְּ) be. “in”

And they came and besieged him in Abel of Beth-maacah, and they cast up a mound against the city, and it stood in the moat; and all the people that were with Joab battered the wall, to throw it down.

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

Then she spoke, saying: 'They were wont to speak in old time, saying: They shall surely ask counsel at Abel; and so they ended the matter.

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

We are of them that are peaceable and faithful in Israel; seekest thou to destroy a city and a mother in Israel? why wilt thou swallow up the inheritance of the LORD?'

בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל (בְּ) be. “in”

The matter is not so; but a man of the hill-country of Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, hath lifted up his hand against the king, even against David; deliver him only, and I will depart from the city.' And the woman said unto Joab: 'Behold, his

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