H9005–/ל–l

And David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten women his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in custody, and fed them, but went not in to them. So they were shut up to the day of their death, living in widowhood.

לִשְׁמֹ֨ר (לִ) li “to”

Then said the king to Amasa, Assemble to me the men of Judah within three days, and be thou here present.

לִ֥י (לִ֥) l “to <the>”

So Amasa went to assemble the men of Judah: but he tarried longer than the set time which he had appointed him.

לְהַזְעִ֣יק (לְ) le. “to”

And David said to Abishai, Now shall Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than did Absalom: take thou thy lord's servants, and pursue him, lest he get for himself fortified cities, and escape us.

לָ֛נוּ (לָ֛) La. “for <the>”ל֛וֹ (ל֛) l “for <the>”

And there went out after him Joab's men, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and all the mighty men: and they went out of Jerusalem, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.

לִרְדֹּ֕ף (לִ) li “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.

לִפְנֵיהֶ֑ם (לִ) li “<to>”

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.

לַעֲמָשָׂ֔א (לַ) la. “to”לִנְשָׁק־ (לִ) li “to”לֽוֹ׃ (לֽ) l “<to> <the>”

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.

ל֖וֹ (ל֖) l “to <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.

לְדָוִ֖ד (לְ) le. “[belongs] to”

When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.

לִרְדֹּ֕ף (לִ) li “to”

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.

לְהַפִּ֥יל (לְ) le. “to”

And when he was come near to her, the woman said, Art thou Joab? And he answered, I am he. Then she said to him, Hear the words of thy handmaid. And he answered, I do hear.

ל֗וֹ (ל֗) l “to <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.

לֵאמֹ֑ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”לֵאמֹ֔ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”

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?

לְהָמִ֨ית (לְ) le. “to”לָ֥מָּה (לָ֥) La. “<to>”

And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy.

לִ֔י (לִ֔) L “to <the>”

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.

לְבַדּ֔וֹ (לְ) le. “to”

Then the woman went to all the people in her wisdom. And they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and cast it out to Joab. And he blew a trumpet, and they retired from the city, every man to his tent. And Joab returned to Jerusalem to the king.

לְאֹהָלָ֑יו (לְ) le. “to”

And Ira also the Jairite was a chief ruler about David.

לְדָוִֽד׃ (לְ) le. “of”

And the king called the Gibeonites, and said to them; (now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites; and the children of Israel had sworn to them: and Saul sought to slay them, in his zeal to the children of Israel and Judah.)

לַגִּבְעֹנִ֖ים (לַ) la. “<to> the”לָהֶ֔ם (לָ) la. “to <the>”לְהַכֹּתָ֔ם (לְ) le. “to”לִבְנֵֽי־ (לִ) li “for”

Wherefore David said to the Gibeonites, What shall I do for you? and with what shall I make the atonement, that ye may bless the inheritance of the LORD?

לָכֶ֑ם (לָ) la. “for <the>”

And the Gibeonites said to him, We will have no silver nor gold of Saul, nor of his house; neither for us shalt thou kill any man in Israel. And he said, What ye shall say, that will I do for you.

ל֣וֹ (ל֣) l “to <the>”לָ֜נוּ (לָ֜) l “to <the>”לָ֥נוּ (לָ֥) La. “to <the>”לְהָמִ֣ית (לְ) le. “to”לָכֶֽם׃ (לָ) la. “for <the>”

And they answered the king, The man that consumed us, and that devised against us that we should be destroyed from remaining within the borders of Israel,

לָ֑נוּ (לָ֑) La. “to <the>”

Let seven men of his sons be delivered to us, and we will hang them up to the LORD in Gibeah of Saul, whom the LORD chose. And the king said, I will give them.

לָ֜נוּ (לָ֜) La. “to <the>”לַֽיהוָ֔ה (לַֽ) la. “to”

But the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom she bore to Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five sons of Michal the daughter of Saul, whom she brought up for Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite:

לְשָׁא֔וּל (לְ) le. “to”לְעַדְרִיאֵ֥ל (לְ) le. “to”

And he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them on the hill before the LORD: and they fell all seven together, and were put to death in the days of harvest, in the first days, in the beginning of barley harvest.

לִפְנֵ֣י (לִ) li “<to>”