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And there went over a ferry-boat 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 came over Jordan;

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

And 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 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 to 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 had neither dressed his feet, nor trimmed his beard, nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came again in peace.

בְשָׁלֽוֹם׃ (בְ) ve. “in”

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.

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

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?

בְּאֹכְלֵ֖י (בְּ) be. “among”

And Mephibosheth said to the king, Yes, let him take all, forasmuch as my lord the king hath come again in peace to his own house.

בְּשָׁל֖וֹם (בְּ) be. “in”

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.

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

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

בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ (בִּ) bi. “in”

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?

בְּק֖וֹל (בְּ) be. “<in>”

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.

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 to thee: and whatever 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 of the men of Judah were fiercer 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 part 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 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.

בְמַלְכָּ֔ם (בְ) ve. “to”

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.

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

And Joab said to Amasa, Art thou in health, my brother? And Joab took Amasa by the beard with the 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 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.

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

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.

בְּיוֹאָ֛ב (בְּ) be. “in”

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.

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

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.

בְּכָל־ (בְּ) be. “in”

And they came and besieged him in Abel of Beth-maachah, and they cast up a bank against the city, and it stood in the trench: 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 will surely ask counsel at Abel: and so they ended the matter.

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

I am one of them that are peaceable and faithful in Israel: thou seekest 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 mount 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 to Joab, Behold, his head shall be thrown to thee over the wall.

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