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There went over a ferry-boat to bring over the king's household, and to do what he thought good. Shimei the son of Gera fell down before the king, when he was come over the Jordan.

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

He said to the king, Don't let my lord impute iniquity to me, neither do you remember that which your 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”

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

בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל (בְּ) be. “in”

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”

He has slandered your servant to my lord the king; but my lord the king is as an angel of God: do therefore what is good in your eyes.

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

For all my father's house were but dead men before my lord the king; yet you set your servant among those who ate at your own table. What right therefore have I yet that I should cry any more to the king?

בְּאֹכְלֵ֖י (בְּ) be. “among”

Mephibosheth said to the king, yes, let him take all, because my lord the king is come 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”

The king said to Barzillai, Come you over with me, and I will sustain you with me in Jerusalem.

בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ (בִּ) bi. “in”

I am this day eighty years old: can I discern between good and bad? can your 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 your servant be yet a burden to my lord the king?

בְּק֖וֹל (בְּ) be. “<in>”

Please let your servant turn back again, that I may die in my own city, by the grave of my father and my mother. But behold, your servant Chimham; let him go over with my lord the king; and do to him what shall seem good to you.

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

The king answered, Chimham shall go over with me, and I will do to him that which shall seem good to you: and whatever you shall require of me, that will I do for you.

בְּעֵינֶ֑יךָ (בְּ) be. “in”

The men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, We have ten parts in the king, and we have also more [ergänzt: right] in David than you: why then did you despise us, that our advice should not be first had in bringing back our king? 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”

There happened to be there a base fellow, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew the 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”

So all the men of Israel went up from following David, and followed Sheba the son of Bichri; but the men of Judah joined with 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. Joab was girded with his apparel of war that he had put on, and thereon was a sash with a sword fastened on his loins in the sheath of it; and as he went forth it fell out.

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

Joab said to Amasa, Is it well with you, my brother? 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 struck him therewith in the body, and shed out his bowels to the ground, and didn't strike him again; and he died. 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>”

There stood by him one of Joab's young men, and said, He who favors Joab, and he who is for David, let him follow Joab.

בְּיוֹאָ֛ב (בְּ) be. “in”

Amasa lay wallowing in his blood in the midst of the highway. 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 everyone who came by him stood still.

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

He went through all the tribes of Israel to Abel, and to Beth Maacah, and all the Berites: and they were gathered together, and went also after him.

בְּכָל־ (בְּ) be. “in”

They came and besieged him in Abel of Beth Maacah, and they cast up a mound against the city, and it stood against the rampart; and all the people who 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 [ergänzt: counsel] at Abel: and so they ended [ergänzt: the matter].

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

I am of those who are peaceable and faithful in Israel: you seek to destroy a city and a mother in Israel: why will you swallow up the inheritance of Yahweh?

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, has lifted up his hand against the king, even against David; deliver him only, and I will depart from the city. The woman said to Joab, Behold, his head shall be thrown to you over the wall.

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