H9023–הוּ–hu

And David took all his men with him, every man with his family: and they were living in the towns round Hebron.

וַאֲנָשָׁ֧יו (ו) v “his”וּבֵית֑וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

And made him king over Gilead and the Asherites and over Jezreel and Ephraim and Benjamin, that is, over all Israel.

כֻּלֹּֽה׃ (ה) h “it”

And every one got the other by the head, driving his sword into the other's side, so they all went down together: and that place was named the Field of Sides, and it is in Gibeon.

רֵעֵ֗הוּ (הוּ) hu “his”וְחַרְבּוֹ֙ (וֹ֙) o “his”רֵעֵ֔הוּ (הוּ) hu “his”

There were three sons of Zeruiah there, Joab and Abishai and Asahel: and Asahel was as quick-footed as a roe of the fields.

בְּרַגְלָ֔יו (ו) v “his”

And Abner said, Then go to the right or to the left and put your hands on one of the fighting-men and take his arms. But Asahel would not be turned away from going after Abner.

חֲלִצָת֑וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

And Joab said, By the living God, if you had not given the word, the people would have gone on attacking their countrymen till the morning.

אָחִֽיו׃ (ו) v “his”

And all that night Abner and his men went through the Arabah; they went over Jordan and through all Bithron and came to Mahanaim.

וַֽאֲנָשָׁ֗יו (ו) v “his”

And they took Asahel's body and put it in the last resting-place of his father in Beth-lehem. And Joab and his men, travelling all night, came to Hebron at dawn.

אָבִ֔יו (ו) v “his”וַֽאֲנָשָׁ֔יו (ו) v “his”

While David was in Hebron he became the father of sons: the oldest was Amnon, son of Ahinoam of Jezreel;

בְכוֹרוֹ֙ (וֹ֙) o “his”

And the second, Chileab, whose mother was Abigail, the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom, son of Maacah, the daughter of Talmai, king of Geshur;

וּמִשְׁנֵ֣הוּ (הוּ) hu “his”

And Abner was very angry at the words of Ish-bosheth, and he said, Am I a dog's head of Judah? I am this day doing all in my power for the cause of your father Saul and for his brothers and his friends, and have not given you up into the hands of David,

אֶחָיו֙ (ו֙) v “his”מֵ֣רֵעֵ֔הוּ (הוּ) hu “his”

And when Abner was back in Hebron, Joab took him on one side by the doorway of the town to have a word with him quietly, and there he gave him a wound in the stomach, causing his death in payment for the death of his brother Asahel.

אָחִֽיו׃ (ו) v “his”

May it come on the head of Joab and all his father's family: among the men of Joab's family may there ever be some who are diseased or lepers, or who do the work of women, or are put to the sword, or are wasted from need of food!

אָבִ֑יו (ו) v “his”

So Joab and Abishai his brother put Abner to death, because he had put to death their brother Asahel in the fight at Gibeon.

אָחִ֔יו (ו) v “his”

And they put Abner's body to rest in Hebron; and the king and all the people were weeping loudly by the resting-place of Abner's body.

קוֹל֗וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

And the king said to his servants, Do you not see that a chief and a great man has come to his end today in Israel?

עֲבָדָ֑יו (ו) v “his”

While I, though I am crowned king, have little strength, and these men, the sons of Zeruiah, are out of my control: may the Lord give to the evil-doer the reward of his evil-doing!

כְּרָעָתֽוֹ׃ (וֹ) o “his”

And when Saul's son Ish-bosheth had news that Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands became feeble, and all the Israelites were troubled.

יָדָ֑יו (ו) v “his”

Now Jonathan, Saul's son, had a son whose feet were damaged. He was five years old when news of the death of Saul and Jonathan came from Jezreel, and the woman who took care of him took him up and went in flight: and while she was getting him away as qui

וּשְׁמ֥וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

And Rechab and his brother Baanah got in without being seen.

אָחִ֖יו (ו) v “his”

And when they came into the house, Ish-bosheth was stretched on his bed in his bedroom; and they made an attack on him and put him to death, and, cutting off his head, they took it with them and went by the road through the Arabah all night.

מִטָּתוֹ֙ (וֹ֙) o “his”מִשְׁכָּב֔וֹ (וֹ) o “his”רֹאשׁ֑וֹ (וֹ) o “his”רֹאשׁ֔וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

And they took the head of Ish-bosheth to David in Hebron, and said to the king, Here is the head of Ish-bosheth, the son of Saul your hater, who would have taken your life; the Lord has taken payment for the wrongs of my lord the king from Saul and his s

וּמִזַּרְעֽוֹ׃ (וֹ) O “his”

And David made answer to Rechab and his brother Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said to them, By the living Lord, who has kept me safe from all my trouble,

אָחִ֗יו (ו) v “his”

When one came to me with the news of Saul's death, in the belief that it would be good news, I took him and put him to death in Ziklag, which was the reward I gave him for his news:

בְּעֵינָ֔יו (ו) v “his”

How much more, when evil men have put an upright person to death, in his house, sleeping on his bed, will I take payment from you for his blood, and have you cut off from the earth?

בְּבֵית֖וֹ (וֹ) o “his”מִשְׁכָּב֑וֹ (וֹ) o “his”דָּמוֹ֙ (וֹ֙) o “his”