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And king David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, saying: 'Speak unto the elders of Judah, saying: Why are ye the last to bring the king back to his house? --For the speech of all Israel was come to the king, to bring him to his house.--

לֵאמֹר֒ (לֵ) le. “<to>”לֵאמֹ֔ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”לָ֤מָּה (לָ֤) La. “<to>”לְהָשִׁ֥יב (לְ) le. “to”

Ye are my brethren, ye are my bone and my flesh; wherefore then should ye be the last to bring back the king?

וְלָ֧מָּה (לָ֧) La. “<to>”לְהָשִׁ֥יב (לְ) le. “to”

And say ye to Amasa: Art thou not my bone and my flesh? God do so to me, and more also, if thou be not captain of the host before me continually in the room of Joab.'

וְלַֽעֲמָשָׂא֙ (לַֽ) la. “to”לִּ֤י (לִּ֤) l “to <the>”לְפָנַ֛י (לְ) le. “<to>”

So the king returned, and came to the Jordan. And Judah came to Gilgal, to go to meet the king, to bring the king over the Jordan.

לָלֶ֙כֶת֙ (לָ) la. “to”לִקְרַ֣את (לִ) li “to”לְהַעֲבִ֥יר (לְ) le. “to”

And Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite, who was of Bahurim, made haste and came down with the men of Judah to meet king David.

לִקְרַ֖את (לִ) li “to”

And there were a thousand men of Benjamin with him, and Ziba the servant of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons and his twenty servants with him. And they rushed into the Jordan before the king.

לִפְנֵ֥י (לִ) li “<to>”

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.

לַֽעֲבִיר֙ (לַֽ) la. “to”וְלַעֲשׂ֥וֹת (לַ) la. “to”לִפְנֵ֣י (לִ) li “<to>”

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.

לִ֣י (לִ֣) l “to <the>”לָשׂ֥וּם (לָ) la. “to”

For thy servant doth know that I have sinned; therefore, behold, I am come this day the first of all the house of Joseph to go down to meet my lord the king.'

לְכָל־ (לְ) le. “of”לָרֶ֕דֶת (לָ) la. “to”לִקְרַ֖את (לִ) li “to”

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?'

לִּ֤י (לִּ֤) l “[is] to”וְלָכֶם֙ (לָ) la. “to <the>”לִ֥י (לִ֥) l “to <the>”לְשָׂטָ֑ן (לְ) le. “<into>”

And the king said unto Shimei: 'Thou shalt not die.' And the king swore unto him.

ל֖וֹ (ל֖) l “to <the>”

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.

לִקְרַ֣את (לִ) li “to”לְמִן־ (לְ) le. “<to>”

And it came to pass, when he was come to Jerusalem to meet the king, that the king said unto him: 'Wherefore wentest not thou with me, Mephibosheth?'

לִקְרַ֣את (לִ) li “to”לוֹ֙ (ל) l “to <the>”לָ֛מָּה (לָ֛) La. “<to>”

And he answered: 'My lord, O king, my servant deceived me; for thy servant said: I will saddle me an ass, that I may ride thereon, and go with the king; because thy servant is lame.

לִּי֩ (לִּ) l “for <the>”

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?'

לַאדֹנִ֣י (לַ) la. “to”לִ֥י (לִ֥) l “for <the>”וְלִזְעֹ֥ק (לִ) li “to”

And the king said unto him: 'Why speakest thou any more of thy matters? I say: Thou and Ziba divide the land.'

לוֹ֙ (ל) l “to <the>”לָ֛מָּה (לָ֛) La. “<to>”

And Barzillai the Gileadite came down from Rogelim; and he passed on to Jordan with the king, to bring him on the way over the Jordan.

לְשַׁלְּח֖וֹ (לְ) le. “to”

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

לְרָ֗ע (לְ) le. “and”וְלָמָּה֩ (לָ) la. “<to>”לְמַשָּׂ֔א (לְ) le. “<into>”

Thy servant would but just go over the Jordan with the king; and why should the king recompense it me with such a reward?

וְלָ֙מָּה֙ (לָ֙) La. “<to>”

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.'

ל֕וֹ (ל֕) l “for <the>”

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.'

לּ֔וֹ (לּ֔) l “for <the>”לָּֽךְ׃ (לָּֽ) La “for <the>”

And all the people went over the Jordan, and the king went over; and the king kissed Barzillai, and blessed him; and he returned unto his own place.

לְבַרְזִלַּי֙ (לְ) le. “<to>”לִמְקֹמֽוֹ׃ (לִ) li “to”

And all the men of Judah answered the men of Israel: 'Because the king is near of kin to us; wherefore then are ye angry for this matter? have we eaten at all of the king's cost? or hath any gift been given us?'

וְלָ֤מָּה (לָ֤) La. “<to>”לְךָ֔ (לְ) le. “to <the>”לָֽנוּ׃ (לָֽ) La. “by <the>”

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

לִ֣י (לִ֣) l “[belong] to <the>”לִ֖י (לִ֖) l “of”לְהָשִׁ֣יב (לְ) le. “to”

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.'

לָ֨נוּ (לָ֨) La. “[belongs] to <the>”לָ֙נוּ֙ (לָ֙) la. “[belongs] to <the>”לְאֹהָלָ֖יו (לְ) le. “to”