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And David lifteth up -- and the people who `are' with him -- their voice and weep, till that they have no power to weep.

וְהָעָ֧ם (הָ) ha. “the”

And the two wives of David have been taken captive, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail wife of Nabal the Carmelite;

הַיִּזְרְעֵלִ֔ית (הַ) hai. “the”הַֽכַּרְמְלִֽי׃ (הַֽ) Ha. “the”

and David hath great distress, for the people have said to stone him, for the soul of all the people hath been bitter, each for his sons and for his daughters; and David doth strengthen himself in Jehovah his God.

הָעָם֙ (הָ) ha. “the”הָעָ֔ם (הָ) ha. “the”

And David saith unto Abiathar the priest, son of Ahimelech, `Bring nigh, I pray thee, to me the ephod;' and Abiathar bringeth nigh the ephod unto David,

הַכֹּהֵן֙ (הַ) ha. “the”הָאֵפֹ֑ד (הָ) ha. “the”הָאֵפֹ֖ד (הָ) ha. “the”

and David asketh at Jehovah, saying, `I pursue after this troop -- do I overtake it?' And He saith to him, `Pursue, for thou dost certainly overtake, and dost certainly deliver.'

הַגְּדוּד־ (הַ) ha. “the”הַזֶּ֖ה (הַ) ha. “<the>”

And David goeth on, he and six hundred men who `are' with him, and they come in unto the brook of Besor, and those left have stood still,

הַבְּשׂ֑וֹר (הַ) ha. “<the>”וְהַנּֽוֹתָרִ֖ים (הַ) ha. “those”

and David pursueth, he and four hundred men, (and two hundred men stand still who have been too faint to pass over the brook of Besor),

הַבְּשֽׂוֹר׃ (הַ) ha. “<the>”

And David saith to him, `Whose `art' thou? and whence `art' thou?' And he saith, `An Egyptian youth I `am', servant to a man, an Amalekite, and my lord forsaketh me, for I have been sick three days,

הַיּ֥וֹם (הַ) hai. “the”

we pushed `to' the south of the Cherethite, and against that which `is' to Judah, and against the south of Caleb, and Ziklag we burned with fire.'

הַכְּרֵתִ֛י (הַ) ha. “the”

And David saith unto him, `Dost thou bring me down unto this troop?' and he saith, `Swear to me by God -- thou dost not put me to death, nor dost thou shut me up into the hand of my lord -- and I bring thee down unto this troop.'

הַגְּד֣וּד (הַ) ha. “the”הַזֶּ֑ה (הַ) ha. “<the>”הַגְּד֥וּד (הַ) ha. “the”הַזֶּֽה׃ (הַ) ha. “<the>”

And he bringeth him down, and lo, they are spread out over the face of all the earth, eating, and drinking, and feasting, with all the great spoil which they have taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah.

הָאָ֑רֶץ (הָ) ha. “the”הַשָּׁלָ֣ל (הַ) ha. “the”הַגָּד֔וֹל (הַ) ha. “<the>”

And David smiteth them from the twilight even unto the evening of the morrow, and there hath not escaped of them a man, except four hundred young men who have ridden on the camels, and are fled.

מֵהַנֶּ֥שֶׁף (הַ) ha. “the”הָעֶ֖רֶב (הָ) ha. “the”הַגְּמַלִּ֖ים (הַ) ha. “the”

And there hath not lacked to them `anything', from small unto great, and unto sons and daughters, and from the spoil, even unto all that they had taken to themselves, the whole hath David brought back,

הַקָּטֹ֨ן (הַ) ha. “the”הַגָּד֜וֹל (הַ) ha. “the”הַכֹּ֖ל (הַ) ha. “<the>”

and David taketh the whole of the flock, and of the herd, they have led on before these cattle, and they say, `This `is' David's spoil.'

הַצֹּ֖אן (הַ) ha. “the”וְהַבָּקָ֑ר (הַ) ha. “the”הַמִּקְנֶ֣ה (הַ) ha. “the”הַה֔וּא (הַ) ha. “<the>”

And David cometh in unto the two hundred men who were too faint to go after David, and whom they cause to abide at the brook of Besor, and they go out to meet David, and to meet the people who `are' with him, and David approacheth the people, and asketh of them of welfare.

הָאֲנָשִׁ֜ים (הָ) ha. “the”הַבְּשׂ֔וֹר (הַ) ha. “<the>”הָעָ֣ם (הָ) ha. “the”הָעָ֔ם (הָ) ha. “the”

And every bad and worthless man, of the men who have gone with David, answereth, yea, they say, `Because that they have not gone with us we do not give to them of the spoil which we have delivered, except each his wife and his children, and they lead away and go.

מֵֽהָאֲנָשִׁים֮ (הָ) ha. “the”מֵהַשָּׁלָ֖ל (הַ) ha. “the”

And David saith, `Ye do not do so, my brethren, with that which Jehovah hath given to us, and He doth preserve us, and doth give the troop which cometh against us into our hand;

הַגְּד֛וּד (הַ) ha. “the”הַבָּ֥א (הַ) ha. “which”

and who doth hearken to you in this thing? for as the portion of him who was brought down into battle, so also `is' the portion of him who is abiding by the vessels -- alike they share.'

הַזֶּ֑ה (הַ) ha. “<the>”הַיֹּרֵ֣ד (הַ) hai. “the”הַיֹּשֵׁ֥ב (הַ) hai. “the”הַכֵּלִ֖ים (הַ) ha. “the”

And it cometh to pass from that day and forward, that he appointeth it for a statute and for an ordinance for Israel unto this day.

מֵֽהַיּ֥וֹם (הַ) hai. “the”הַה֖וּא (הַ) ha. “<the>”הַיּ֥וֹם (הַ) hai. “the”הַזֶּֽה׃ (הַ) ha. “<the>”

And David cometh in unto Ziklag, and sendeth of the spoil to the elders of Judah, to his friends, (saying, `Lo, for you a blessing, of the spoil of the enemies of Jehovah),'

מֵֽהַשָּׁלָ֛ל (הַ) ha. “the”

and to those in Rachal, and to those in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to those in the cities of the Kenites,

הַיְּרַחְמְאֵלִ֔י (הַ) hai. “the”הַקֵּינִֽי׃ (הַ) ha. “the”

and to those in Hebron, and to all the places where David had gone up and down, he and his men.

הַמְּקֹמ֛וֹת (הַ) ha. “the”

And the Philistines are fighting against Israel, and the men of Israel flee from the face of the Philistines, and fall wounded in mount Gilboa,

הַגִּלְבֹּֽעַ׃ (הַ) ha. “<the>”

And the battle is hard against Saul, and the archers find him -- men with bow -- and he is pained greatly by the archers;

הַמִּלְחָמָה֙ (הַ) ha. “the”הַמּוֹרִ֖ים (הַ) ha. “the”מֵהַמּוֹרִֽים׃ (הַ) ha. “the”

and Saul saith to the bearer of his weapons, `Draw thy sword, and pierce me with it, lest they come -- these uncircumcised -- and have pierced me, and rolled themselves on me;' and the bearer of his weapons hath not been willing, for he is greatly afraid, and Saul taketh the sword, and falleth upon it.

הָעֲרֵלִ֨ים (הָ) ha. “the”הָאֵ֤לֶּה (הָ) ha. “<the>”הַחֶ֔רֶב (הַ) ha. “the”