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Now when Joab saw that their forces were in position against him in front and at his back, he took all the best men of Israel, and put them in line against the Aramaeans;

בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל (בְּ) be. “in”

And the rest of the people he put in position against the children of Ammon with Abishai, his brother, at their head.

בְּיַ֖ד (בְּ) be. “in”

Take heart, and let us be strong for our people and for the towns of our God; and may the Lord do what seems good to him.

בְּעֵינָ֖יו (בְּ) be. “in”

Now in the spring, at the time when kings go out to war, Joab went out at the head of the armed forces and made waste all the land of the Ammonites and put his men in position before Rabbah, shutting it in. But David was still at Jerusalem. And Joab took

בִּירֽוּשָׁלִָ֑ם (בִּ) bi. “in”

And David took the crown of Milcom from off his head; its weight was a talent of gold and it had stones of great price in it; and it was put on David's head, and he took a great store of goods from the town.

וּבָהּ֙ (בָ) Va “[was] in”

And he took the people out of the town and put them to work with wood-cutting instruments, and iron grain-crushers, and axes. And this he did to all the towns of the children of Ammon. Then David and all the people went back to Jerusalem.

בָּ֜הּ (בָּ֜) ba “[was] in”בַּמְּגֵרָ֜ה (בַּ) ba. “with <the>”וּבַחֲרִיצֵ֤י (בַ) va. “with”וּבַמְּגֵר֔וֹת (בַ) va. “with <the>”

Now after this there was war with the Philistines at Gezer; then Sibbecai the Hushathite put to death Sippai, one of the offspring of the Rephaim; and they were overcome.

בְּגֶ֖זֶר (בְּ) be. “at”

And again there was war at Gath, where there was a very tall man, who had twenty-four fingers and toes, six fingers on his hands and six toes on his feet; he was one of the offspring of the Rephaim.

בְּגַ֑ת (בְּ) be. “at”

These were of the offspring of the Rephaim in Gath; they came to their death by the hands of David and his servants.

בְּגַ֑ת (בְּ) be. “in”בְיַד־ (בְ) ve. “by”וּבְיַד־ (בְ) ve. “by”

But the king's word was stronger than Joab's. So Joab went out and went through all Israel and came to Jerusalem.

בְּכָל־ (בְּ) be. “in”

But Levi and Benjamin were not numbered among them, for Joab was disgusted with the king's order.

בְּתוֹכָ֑ם (בְּ) be. “in”

And God was not pleased with this thing; so he sent punishment on Israel.

בְּעֵינֵ֣י (בְּ) be. “in”

Three years when there will not be enough food; or three months of war, when you will go in flight before your haters, being in great danger of the sword; or three days of the sword of the Lord, disease in the land, and the angel of the Lord taking destr

בָּאָ֔רֶץ (בָּ) ba. “in the”בְּכָל־ (בְּ) be. “in”

And David said to Gad, This is a hard decision for me to make: let me come into the hands of the Lord, for great are his mercies: let me not come into the hands of men.

בְיַד־ (בְ) ve. “in”וּבְיַד־ (בְ) ve. “in”

So the Lord sent disease on Israel, causing the death of seventy thousand men.

בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל (בְּ) be. “on”

And David, lifting up his eyes, saw the angel of the Lord there between earth and heaven, with an uncovered sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the responsible men, clothed in haircloth, went down on their faces.

בְּיָד֔וֹ (בְּ) be. “in”בַּשַּׂקִּ֖ים (בַּ) ba. “in <the>”

And David said to God, Was it not I who gave the order for the people to be numbered? It is I who have done the sin and the great wrong; but these are only sheep; what have they done? let your hand, O Lord God, be lifted up against me and against my fami

בָּעָ֗ם (בָּ) ba. “<in> the”בִּ֚י (בִּ֚) b “on”וּבְבֵ֣ית (בְ) ve. “on”וּֽבְעַמְּךָ֖ (בְ) ve. “on”

Then the angel of the Lord gave orders to Gad to say to David that he was to go and put up an altar to the Lord on the grain-floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

בְּגֹ֖רֶן (בְּ) be. “on”

And David went up, as Gad had said in the name of the Lord.

בִּדְבַר־ (בִּ) bi “by”בְּשֵׁ֥ם (בְּ) be. “in”

Then David said to Ornan, Give me the place where this grain-floor is, so that I may put up an altar here to the Lord: let me have it for its full price; so that this disease may be stopped among the people.

בּ֥וֹ (בּ֥) b “on”בְּכֶ֤סֶף (בְּ) be. “for”

And Ornan said to David, Take it, and let my lord the king do what seems right to him. See, I give you the oxen for burned offerings and the grain-cleaning instruments for fire-wood, and the grain for the meal offering; I give it all.

בְּעֵינָ֑יו (בְּ) be. “in”

And King David said to Ornan, No; I will certainly give you the full price for it, because I will not take for the Lord what is yours, or give a burned offering without payment.

בְּכֶ֣סֶף (בְּ) be. “for”

So David gave Ornan six hundred shekels of gold by weight for the place.

בַּמָּק֑וֹם (בַּ) ba. “for the”

And David put up an altar there to the Lord, offering burned offerings and peace-offerings with prayers to the Lord; and he gave him an answer from heaven, sending fire on the altar of burned offering.

בָאֵשׁ֙ (בָ) va. “by <the>”

At that time, when David saw that the Lord had given him an answer on the grain-floor of Ornan the Jebusite, he made an offering there.

בָּעֵ֣ת (בָּ) ba. “at the”בִּרְא֤וֹת (בִּ) bi “when”בְּגֹ֖רֶן (בְּ) be. “on”