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Chapter 14
Absalom’s Return to Jerusalem
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Now Joab son of Zeruiah perceived that the king’s heart longed for Absalom.
𐤉𐤅𐤀𐤁 𐤁𐤍 𐤑𐤓𐤉𐤄 𐤅𐤉𐤃𐤏 𐤊𐤉 𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤋𐤁 𐤏𐤋 𐤀𐤁𐤔𐤋𐤅𐤌
יוֹאָ֣ב בֶּן־ צְרֻיָ֑ה וַיֵּ֖דַע כִּֽי־ הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ לֵ֥ב עַל־ אַבְשָׁלֽוֹם׃ yō·w·’āḇ ben- ṣə·ru·yāh way·yê·ḏa‘ kî- ham·me·leḵ lêḇ ‘al- ’aḇ·šā·lō·wm — WLC · 1
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So Joab sent to Tekoa to bring a wise woman from there. He told her,… “Please pretend to be a mourner; put on… clothes for mourning and do not anoint yourself with oil. Act like a woman… who has mourned for the dead a long time.
𐤉𐤅𐤀𐤁 𐤅𐤉𐤔𐤋𐤇 𐤕𐤒𐤅𐤏𐤄 𐤅𐤉𐤒𐤇 𐤇𐤊𐤌𐤄 𐤀𐤔𐤄 𐤌𐤔𐤌 𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤀𐤋𐤉𐤄 𐤍𐤀 𐤄𐤕𐤀𐤁𐤋𐤉 𐤅𐤋𐤁𐤔𐤉 𐤍𐤀 𐤁𐤂𐤃𐤉 𐤀𐤁𐤋 𐤅𐤀𐤋 𐤕𐤎𐤅𐤊𐤉 𐤔𐤌𐤍 𐤅𐤄𐤉𐤉𐤕 𐤊𐤀𐤔𐤄 𐤆𐤄 𐤌𐤕𐤀𐤁𐤋𐤕 𐤏𐤋 𐤌𐤕 𐤓𐤁𐤉𐤌 𐤉𐤌𐤉𐤌
יוֹאָב֙ וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח תְּק֔וֹעָה וַיִּקַּ֥ח חֲכָמָ֑ה אִשָּׁ֣ה מִשָּׁ֖ם וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵ֠לֶיהָ נָ֞א הִֽתְאַבְּלִי־ וְלִבְשִׁי־ נָ֣א בִגְדֵי־ אֵ֗בֶל וְאַל־ תָּס֙וּכִי֙ שֶׁ֔מֶן וְהָיִ֕ית כְּאִשָּׁ֗ה זֶ֚ה מִתְאַבֶּ֖לֶת עַל־ מֵֽת׃ רַבִּ֔ים יָמִ֣ים yō·w·’āḇ way·yiš·laḥ tə·qō·w·‘āh way·yiq·qaḥ ḥă·ḵā·māh ’iš·šāh miš·šām way·yō·mer ’ê·le·hā nā hiṯ·’ab·bə·lî- wə·liḇ·šî- nā ḇiḡ·ḏê- ’ê·ḇel wə·’al- tā·sū·ḵî še·men wə·hā·yîṯ kə·’iš·šāh zeh miṯ·’ab·be·leṯ ‘al- mêṯ rab·bîm yā·mîm — WLC · 2
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Then go to the king and speak these words to him.” And Joab put the words in her mouth.
𐤅𐤁𐤀𐤕 𐤀𐤋 𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤅𐤃𐤁𐤓𐤕 𐤄𐤆𐤄 𐤊𐤃𐤁𐤓 𐤀𐤋𐤉𐤅 𐤉𐤅𐤀𐤁 𐤀𐤕 𐤅𐤉𐤔𐤌 𐤄𐤃𐤁𐤓𐤉𐤌 𐤁𐤐𐤉𐤄
וּבָאת֙ אֶל־ הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ וְדִבַּ֥רְתְּ הַזֶּ֑ה כַּדָּבָ֣ר אֵלָ֖יו יוֹאָ֛ב אֶת־ וַיָּ֧שֶׂם הַדְּבָרִ֖ים בְּפִֽיהָ׃ ū·ḇāṯ ’el- ham·me·leḵ wə·ḏib·bart haz·zeh kad·dā·ḇār ’ê·lāw yō·w·’āḇ ’eṯ- way·yā·śem had·də·ḇā·rîm bə·p̄î·hā — WLC · 3
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When the woman from Tekoa [went] to the king, she fell vvv facedown… in homage and said, “Help me, O king!”
𐤅𐤕𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤄𐤀𐤔𐤄 𐤄𐤕𐤒𐤏𐤉𐤕 𐤀𐤋 𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤅𐤕𐤐𐤋 𐤏𐤋 𐤀𐤐𐤉𐤄 𐤀𐤓𐤑𐤄 𐤅𐤕𐤔𐤕𐤇𐤅 𐤅𐤕𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤄𐤅𐤔𐤏𐤄 𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊𐤎
וַ֠תֹּאמֶר הָאִשָּׁ֤ה הַתְּקֹעִית֙ אֶל־ הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ וַתִּפֹּ֧ל עַל־ אַפֶּ֛יהָ אַ֖רְצָה וַתִּשְׁתָּ֑חוּ וַתֹּ֖אמֶר הוֹשִׁ֥עָה הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ס wat·tō·mer hā·’iš·šāh hat·tə·qō·‘îṯ ’el- ham·me·leḵ wat·tip·pōl ‘al- ’ap·pe·hā ’ar·ṣāh wat·tiš·tā·ḥū wat·tō·mer hō·wō·ši·‘āh ham·me·leḵ — WLC · 4
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“What troubles you?” the king asked her. “Indeed,” she said, “I [am] vvv a widow, for my husband is dead.
𐤌𐤄 𐤋𐤊 𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤋𐤄 𐤀𐤁𐤋 𐤅𐤕𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤀𐤍𐤉 𐤀𐤔𐤄 𐤀𐤋𐤌𐤍𐤄 𐤀𐤉𐤔𐤉 𐤅𐤉𐤌𐤕
מַה־ לָּ֑ךְ הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ וַיֹּֽאמֶר־ לָ֥הּ אֲבָ֛ל וַתֹּ֗אמֶר אָ֖נִי אִשָּֽׁה־ אַלְמָנָ֥ה אִישִֽׁי׃ וַיָּ֥מָת mah- lāḵ ham·me·leḵ way·yō·mer- lāh ’ă·ḇāl wat·tō·mer ’ā·nî ’iš·šāh- ’al·mā·nāh ’î·šî way·yā·māṯ — WLC · 5
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And your maidservant had two sons [who] were fighting in the field with no one to separate them, and one struck the other and killed him.
𐤅𐤋𐤔𐤐𐤇𐤕𐤊 𐤔𐤍𐤉 𐤁𐤍𐤉𐤌 𐤔𐤍𐤉𐤄𐤌 𐤅𐤉𐤍𐤑𐤅 𐤁𐤔𐤃𐤄 𐤅𐤀𐤉𐤍 𐤌𐤑𐤉𐤋 𐤁𐤉𐤍𐤉𐤄𐤌 𐤄𐤀𐤇𐤃 𐤀𐤕 𐤅𐤉𐤊𐤅 𐤄𐤀𐤇𐤃 𐤅𐤉𐤌𐤕 𐤀𐤕𐤅
וּלְשִׁפְחָֽתְךָ֙ שְׁנֵ֣י בָנִ֔ים שְׁנֵיהֶם֙ וַיִּנָּצ֤וּ בַּשָּׂדֶ֔ה וְאֵ֥ין מַצִּ֖יל בֵּֽינֵיהֶ֑ם הָאֶחָ֛ד אֶת־ וַיַּכּ֧וֹ הָאֶחָ֖ד וַיָּ֥מֶת אֹתֽוֹ׃ ū·lə·šip̄·ḥā·ṯə·ḵā šə·nê ḇā·nîm šə·nê·hem way·yin·nā·ṣū baś·śā·ḏeh wə·’ên maṣ·ṣîl bê·nê·hem hā·’e·ḥāḏ ’eṯ- way·yak·kōw hā·’e·ḥāḏ way·yā·meṯ ’ō·ṯōw — WLC · 6
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Now the whole clan has risen up against your maidservant and said, ‘Hand over the one who struck down his brother, that we may put him to death for the life of the brother whom he killed. Then we will cut off the heir as well!’ So they would extinguish my one remaining ember by not preserving my husband’s name or posterity on… the earth.”
𐤅𐤄𐤍𐤄 𐤊𐤋 𐤄𐤌𐤔𐤐𐤇𐤄 𐤒𐤌𐤄 𐤏𐤋 𐤔𐤐𐤇𐤕𐤊 𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓𐤅 𐤕𐤍𐤉 𐤀𐤕 𐤌𐤊𐤄 𐤀𐤇𐤉𐤅 𐤅𐤍𐤌𐤕𐤄𐤅 𐤁𐤍𐤐𐤔 𐤀𐤇𐤉𐤅 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤄𐤓𐤂 𐤅𐤍𐤔𐤌𐤉𐤃𐤄 𐤀𐤕 𐤄𐤉𐤅𐤓𐤔 𐤂𐤌 𐤅𐤊𐤁𐤅 𐤀𐤕 𐤍𐤔𐤀𐤓𐤄 𐤂𐤇𐤋𐤕𐤉 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤋𐤁𐤋𐤕𐤉 𐤔𐤅𐤌 𐤋𐤀𐤉𐤔𐤉 𐤔𐤌 𐤅𐤔𐤀𐤓𐤉𐤕 𐤏𐤋 𐤐𐤍𐤉 𐤄𐤀𐤃𐤌𐤄𐤐
וְהִנֵּה֩ כָֽל־ הַמִּשְׁפָּחָ֜ה קָ֨מָה עַל־ שִׁפְחָתֶ֗ךָ וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ תְּנִ֣י׀ אֶת־ מַכֵּ֣ה אָחִ֗יו וּנְמִתֵ֙הוּ֙ בְּנֶ֤פֶשׁ אָחִיו֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר הָרָ֔ג וְנַשְׁמִ֖ידָה אֶת־ הַיּוֹרֵ֑שׁ גַּ֣ם וְכִבּ֗וּ אֶת־ נִשְׁאָ֔רָה גַּֽחַלְתִּי֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר לְבִלְתִּ֧י שׂוּם לְאִישִׁ֛י שֵׁ֥ם וּשְׁאֵרִ֖ית עַל־ פְּנֵ֥י הָאֲדָמָֽה׃פ wə·hin·nêh ḵāl ham·miš·pā·ḥāh qā·māh ‘al- šip̄·ḥā·ṯe·ḵā way·yō·mə·rū tə·nî ’eṯ- mak·kêh ’ā·ḥîw ū·nə·mi·ṯê·hū bə·ne·p̄eš ’ā·ḥîw ’ă·šer hā·rāḡ wə·naš·mî·ḏāh ’eṯ- hay·yō·w·rêš gam wə·ḵib·bū ’eṯ- niš·’ā·rāh ga·ḥal·tî ’ă·šer lə·ḇil·tî śūm lə·’î·šî šêm ū·šə·’ê·rîṯ ‘al- pə·nê hā·’ă·ḏā·māh — WLC · 7
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“Go home,” the king said to the woman, “and I will give orders on your behalf.”
𐤋𐤊𐤉 𐤋𐤁𐤉𐤕𐤊 𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤀𐤋 𐤄𐤀𐤔𐤄 𐤅𐤀𐤍𐤉 𐤀𐤑𐤅𐤄 𐤏𐤋𐤉𐤊
לְכִ֣י לְבֵיתֵ֑ךְ הַמֶּ֛לֶךְ וַיֹּ֧אמֶר אֶל־ הָאִשָּׁ֖ה וַאֲנִ֖י אֲצַוֶּ֥ה עָלָֽיִךְ׃ lə·ḵî lə·ḇê·ṯêḵ ham·me·leḵ way·yō·mer ’el- hā·’iš·šāh wa·’ă·nî ’ă·ṣaw·weh ‘ā·lā·yiḵ — WLC · 8
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But the woman of Tekoa said to the king, “My lord the king, may any blame be on me and on my father’s house, and may the king and his throne [be] guiltless.”
𐤄𐤀𐤔𐤄 𐤄𐤕𐤒𐤅𐤏𐤉𐤕 𐤅𐤕𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤀𐤋 𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤀𐤃𐤍𐤉 𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤄𐤏𐤅𐤍 𐤏𐤋𐤉 𐤅𐤏𐤋 𐤀𐤁𐤉 𐤁𐤉𐤕 𐤅𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤅𐤊𐤎𐤀𐤅 𐤍𐤒𐤉𐤎
הָאִשָּׁ֤ה הַתְּקוֹעִית֙ וַתֹּ֜אמֶר אֶל־ הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ אֲדֹנִ֥י הַמֶּ֛לֶךְ הֶעָוֺ֖ן עָלַ֞י וְעַל־ אָבִ֑י בֵּ֣ית וְהַמֶּ֥לֶךְ וְכִסְא֖וֹ נָקִֽי׃ס hā·’iš·šāh hat·tə·qō·w·‘îṯ wat·tō·mer ’el- ham·me·leḵ ’ă·ḏō·nî ham·me·leḵ he·‘ā·wōn ‘ā·lay wə·‘al- ’ā·ḇî bêṯ wə·ham·me·leḵ wə·ḵis·’ōw nā·qî — WLC · 9
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“If anyone speaks to you,” said the king, “bring him to me, and he will not trouble you again…!”
𐤄𐤌𐤃𐤁𐤓 𐤀𐤋𐤉𐤊 𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤅𐤄𐤁𐤀𐤕𐤅 𐤀𐤋𐤉 𐤅𐤋𐤀 𐤋𐤂𐤏𐤕 𐤁𐤊 𐤉𐤎𐤉𐤐 𐤏𐤅𐤃
הַֽמְדַבֵּ֤ר אֵלַ֙יִךְ֙ וַיֹּ֖אמֶר הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ וַֽהֲבֵאת֣וֹ אֵלַ֔י וְלֹֽא־ לָגַ֥עַת בָּֽךְ׃ יֹסִ֥יף ע֖וֹד ham·ḏab·bêr ’ê·la·yiḵ way·yō·mer ham·me·leḵ wa·hă·ḇê·ṯōw ’ê·lay wə·lō- lā·ḡa·‘aṯ bāḵ yō·sîp̄ ‘ō·wḏ — WLC · 10
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“Please,” she replied, “may the king invoke the LORD your God to prevent the avenger of blood from increasing the devastation, so that my son may not be destroyed!” “As surely as the LORD lives,” he vowed, “not a hair of your son’s head will fall to the ground.”
𐤍𐤀 𐤅𐤕𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤀𐤕 𐤉𐤆𐤊𐤓 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉𐤊 𐤂𐤀𐤋 𐤄𐤃𐤌 𐤌𐤄𐤓𐤁𐤉𐤕 𐤋𐤔𐤇𐤕 𐤀𐤕 𐤁𐤍𐤉 𐤅𐤋𐤀 𐤉𐤔𐤌𐤉𐤃𐤅 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤇𐤉 𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤀𐤌 𐤌𐤔𐤏𐤓𐤕 𐤁𐤍𐤊 𐤉𐤐𐤋 𐤀𐤓𐤑𐤄
נָ֨א וַתֹּאמֶר֩ הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ אֶת־ יִזְכָּר־ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֗יךָ גֹּאֵ֤ל הַדָּם֙ מֵהַרְבִּית לְשַׁחֵ֔ת אֶת־ בְּנִ֑י וְלֹ֥א יַשְׁמִ֖ידוּ יְהוָ֔ה חַי־ וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ אִם־ מִשַּׂעֲרַ֥ת בְּנֵ֖ךְ יִפֹּ֛ל אָֽרְצָה׃ nā wat·tō·mer ham·me·leḵ ’eṯ- yiz·kār- Yah·weh ’ĕ·lō·he·ḵā gō·’êl had·dām mē·har·bīṯ lə·ša·ḥêṯ ’eṯ- bə·nî wə·lō yaš·mî·ḏū Yah·weh ḥay- way·yō·mer ’im- miś·śa·‘ă·raṯ bə·nêḵ yip·pōl ’ā·rə·ṣāh — WLC · 11
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Then the woman said, “Please, may your servant speak a word to my lord the king?” “Speak,” he replied.
𐤄𐤀𐤔𐤄 𐤅𐤕𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤍𐤀 𐤔𐤐𐤇𐤕𐤊 𐤕𐤃𐤁𐤓 𐤃𐤁𐤓 𐤀𐤋 𐤀𐤃𐤍𐤉 𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤃𐤁𐤓𐤉𐤎 𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓
הָֽאִשָּׁ֔ה וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙ נָ֧א שִׁפְחָתְךָ֛ תְּדַבֶּר־ דָּבָ֑ר אֶל־ אֲדֹנִ֥י הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ דַּבֵּֽרִי׃ס וַיֹּ֖אמֶר hā·’iš·šāh wat·tō·mer nā šip̄·ḥā·ṯə·ḵā tə·ḏab·ber- dā·ḇār ’el- ’ă·ḏō·nî ham·me·leḵ dab·bê·rî way·yō·mer — WLC · 12
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The woman asked, “Why have you devised a thing like this against the people of God? When the king says this…, does he not convict himself, since [he] has not brought back his own banished [son]?
𐤄𐤀𐤔𐤄 𐤅𐤕𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤅𐤋𐤌𐤄 𐤇𐤔𐤁𐤕𐤄 𐤊𐤆𐤀𐤕 𐤏𐤋 𐤏𐤌 𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉𐤌 𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤅𐤌𐤃𐤁𐤓 𐤄𐤆𐤄 𐤄𐤃𐤁𐤓 𐤊𐤀𐤔𐤌 𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤀𐤕 𐤋𐤁𐤋𐤕𐤉 𐤄𐤔𐤉𐤁 𐤍𐤃𐤇𐤅
הָֽאִשָּׁ֔ה וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙ וְלָ֧מָּה חָשַׁ֛בְתָּה כָּזֹ֖את עַל־ עַ֣ם אֱלֹהִ֑ים הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ וּמִדַּבֵּ֨ר הַזֶּה֙ הַדָּבָ֤ר כְּאָשֵׁ֔ם הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ אֶֽת־ לְבִלְתִּ֛י הָשִׁ֥יב נִדְּחֽוֹ׃ hā·’iš·šāh wat·tō·mer wə·lām·māh ḥā·šaḇ·tāh kā·zōṯ ‘al- ‘am ’ĕ·lō·hîm ham·me·leḵ ū·mid·dab·bêr haz·zeh had·dā·ḇār kə·’ā·šêm ham·me·leḵ ’eṯ- lə·ḇil·tî hā·šîḇ nid·də·ḥōw — WLC · 13
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For we will surely die… and be like water poured out on the ground, which cannot be recovered. Yet God does not take away a life, but He devises ways that the banished one may not be cast out from Him.
𐤊𐤉 𐤌𐤅𐤕 𐤍𐤌𐤅𐤕 𐤅𐤊𐤌𐤉𐤌 𐤄𐤍𐤂𐤓𐤉𐤌 𐤀𐤓𐤑𐤄 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤋𐤀 𐤉𐤀𐤎𐤐𐤅 𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉𐤌 𐤅𐤋𐤀 𐤉𐤔𐤀 𐤍𐤐𐤔 𐤅𐤇𐤔𐤁 𐤌𐤇𐤔𐤁𐤅𐤕 𐤉𐤃𐤇 𐤋𐤁𐤋𐤕𐤉 𐤍𐤃𐤇 𐤌𐤌𐤍𐤅
כִּי־ מ֣וֹת נָמ֔וּת וְכַמַּ֙יִם֙ הַנִּגָּרִ֣ים אַ֔רְצָה אֲשֶׁ֖ר לֹ֣א יֵאָסֵ֑פוּ אֱלֹהִים֙ וְלֹֽא־ יִשָּׂ֤א נֶ֔פֶשׁ וְחָשַׁב֙ מַֽחֲשָׁב֔וֹת יִדַּ֥ח לְבִלְתִּ֛י נִדָּֽח׃ מִמֶּ֖נּוּ kî- mō·wṯ nā·mūṯ wə·ḵam·ma·yim han·nig·gā·rîm ’ar·ṣāh ’ă·šer lō yê·’ā·sê·p̄ū ’ĕ·lō·hîm wə·lō- yiś·śā ne·p̄eš wə·ḥā·šaḇ ma·ḥă·šā·ḇō·wṯ yid·daḥ lə·ḇil·tî nid·dāḥ mim·men·nū — WLC · 14
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Now therefore, I have come to present this matter to my lord the king because the people have made me afraid. Your servant thought, ‘I will speak… to the king. Perhaps [he] will grant the request of his maidservant.
𐤅𐤏𐤕𐤄 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤁𐤀𐤕𐤉 𐤋𐤃𐤁𐤓 𐤄𐤆𐤄 𐤄𐤃𐤁𐤓 𐤀𐤋 𐤀𐤃𐤍𐤉 𐤀𐤕 𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤊𐤉 𐤄𐤏𐤌 𐤉𐤓𐤀𐤍𐤉 𐤔𐤐𐤇𐤕𐤊 𐤅𐤕𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤀𐤃𐤁𐤓𐤄 𐤍𐤀 𐤀𐤋 𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤀𐤅𐤋𐤉 𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤀𐤕 𐤉𐤏𐤔𐤄 𐤃𐤁𐤓 𐤀𐤌𐤕𐤅
וְ֠עַתָּה אֲשֶׁר־ בָּ֜אתִי לְדַבֵּ֨ר הַזֶּ֔ה הַדָּבָ֣ר אֶל־ אֲדֹנִי֙ אֶת־ הַמֶּ֤לֶךְ כִּ֥י הָעָ֑ם יֵֽרְאֻ֖נִי שִׁפְחָֽתְךָ֙ וַתֹּ֤אמֶר אֲדַבְּרָה־ נָּ֣א אֶל־ הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ אוּלַ֛י הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ אֶת־ יַעֲשֶׂ֥ה דְּבַ֥ר אֲמָתֽוֹ׃ wə·‘at·tāh ’ă·šer- bā·ṯî lə·ḏab·bêr haz·zeh had·dā·ḇār ’el- ’ă·ḏō·nî ’eṯ- ham·me·leḵ kî hā·‘ām yê·rə·’u·nî šip̄·ḥā·ṯə·ḵā wat·tō·mer ’ă·ḏab·bə·rāh- nā ’el- ham·me·leḵ ’ū·lay ham·me·leḵ ’eṯ- ya·‘ă·śeh də·ḇar ’ă·mā·ṯōw — WLC · 15
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For the king will hear and deliver his maidservant from the hand of the man [who would] cut off both me and my son from God’s inheritance.’
𐤊𐤉 𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤉𐤔𐤌𐤏 𐤋𐤄𐤑𐤉𐤋 𐤀𐤕 𐤀𐤌𐤕𐤅 𐤌𐤊𐤐 𐤄𐤀𐤉𐤔 𐤋𐤄𐤔𐤌𐤉𐤃 𐤉𐤇𐤃 𐤀𐤕𐤉 𐤅𐤀𐤕 𐤁𐤍𐤉 𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉𐤌 𐤌𐤍𐤇𐤋𐤕
כִּ֚י הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ יִשְׁמַ֣ע לְהַצִּ֥יל אֶת־ אֲמָת֖וֹ מִכַּ֣ף הָאִ֑ישׁ לְהַשְׁמִ֨יד יַ֔חַד אֹתִ֤י וְאֶת־ בְּנִי֙ אֱלֹהִֽים׃ מִֽנַּחֲלַ֖ת kî ham·me·leḵ yiš·ma‘ lə·haṣ·ṣîl ’eṯ- ’ă·mā·ṯōw mik·kap̄ hā·’îš lə·haš·mîḏ ya·ḥaḏ ’ō·ṯî wə·’eṯ- bə·nî ’ĕ·lō·hîm min·na·ḥă·laṯ — WLC · 16
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And now your servant… says, ‘May the word of my lord the king bring me rest, for my lord the king is able to discern good and evil, just like the angel of God… May the LORD your God be with you.’”
𐤔𐤐𐤇𐤕𐤊 𐤍𐤀 𐤅𐤕𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤉𐤄𐤉𐤄 𐤃𐤁𐤓 𐤀𐤃𐤍𐤉 𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤋𐤌𐤍𐤅𐤇𐤄 𐤊𐤉 𐤀𐤃𐤍𐤉 𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤋𐤔𐤌𐤏 𐤄𐤈𐤅𐤁 𐤅𐤄𐤓𐤏 𐤊𐤌𐤋𐤀𐤊 𐤄𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉𐤌 𐤊𐤍 𐤅𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉𐤊 𐤉𐤄𐤉 𐤏𐤌𐤊𐤐
שִׁפְחָ֣תְךָ֔ נָּ֛א וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙ יִֽהְיֶה־ דְּבַר־ אֲדֹנִ֥י הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ לִמְנוּחָ֑ה כִּ֣י׀ אֲדֹנִ֤י הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ לִשְׁמֹ֙עַ֙ הַטּ֣וֹב וְהָרָ֔ע כְּמַלְאַ֣ךְ הָאֱלֹהִ֗ים כֵּ֣ן וַֽיהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ יְהִ֥י עִמָּֽךְ׃פ šip̄·ḥā·ṯə·ḵā nā wat·tō·mer yih·yeh- də·ḇar- ’ă·ḏō·nî ham·me·leḵ lim·nū·ḥāh kî ’ă·ḏō·nî ham·me·leḵ liš·mō·a‘ haṭ·ṭō·wḇ wə·hā·rā‘ kə·mal·’aḵ hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm kên Yah·weh ’ĕ·lō·he·ḵā yə·hî ‘im·māḵ — WLC · 17
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Then the king said to the woman, “I am going to ask you something; do not… conceal it from me!” “Let my lord the king speak,”… she replied.
𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤅𐤉𐤏𐤍 𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤀𐤋 𐤄𐤀𐤔𐤄 𐤀𐤍𐤊𐤉 𐤔𐤀𐤋 𐤀𐤕𐤊 𐤃𐤁𐤓 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤀𐤋 𐤍𐤀 𐤕𐤊𐤇𐤃𐤉 𐤌𐤌𐤍𐤉 𐤀𐤃𐤍𐤉 𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤉𐤃𐤁𐤓 𐤍𐤀 𐤄𐤀𐤔𐤄 𐤅𐤕𐤀𐤌𐤓
הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ וַיַּ֣עַן וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ אֶל־ הָ֣אִשָּׁ֔ה אָנֹכִ֖י שֹׁאֵ֣ל אֹתָ֑ךְ דָּבָ֔ר אֲשֶׁ֥ר אַל־ נָ֨א תְכַחֲדִ֤י מִמֶּ֙נִּי֙ אֲדֹנִ֥י הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ יְדַבֶּר־ נָ֖א הָֽאִשָּׁ֔ה וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙ ham·me·leḵ way·ya·‘an way·yō·mer ’el- hā·’iš·šāh ’ā·nō·ḵî šō·’êl ’ō·ṯāḵ dā·ḇār ’ă·šer ’al- nā ṯə·ḵa·ḥă·ḏî mim·men·nî ’ă·ḏō·nî ham·me·leḵ yə·ḏab·ber- nā hā·’iš·šāh wat·tō·mer — WLC · 18
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So the king asked, “Is the hand of Joab behind all this?” The woman… answered, “As surely as you live, my lord the king, no one can turn to the right or to the left from anything that my lord the king says. Yes, your servant Joab is the one who gave me orders; he told… your maidservant - exactly what to say…
𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤄𐤉𐤃 𐤉𐤅𐤀𐤁 𐤀𐤕𐤊 𐤁𐤊𐤋 𐤆𐤀𐤕 𐤄𐤀𐤔𐤄 𐤅𐤕𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤅𐤕𐤏𐤍 𐤍𐤐𐤔𐤊 𐤇𐤉 𐤀𐤃𐤍𐤉 𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤀𐤌 𐤀𐤔 𐤋𐤄𐤌𐤉𐤍 𐤅𐤋𐤄𐤔𐤌𐤉𐤋 𐤌𐤊𐤋 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤀𐤃𐤍𐤉 𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤃𐤁𐤓 𐤊𐤉 𐤏𐤁𐤃𐤊 𐤉𐤅𐤀𐤁 𐤄𐤅𐤀 𐤑𐤅𐤍𐤉 𐤅𐤄𐤅𐤀 𐤔𐤌 𐤁𐤐𐤉 𐤔𐤐𐤇𐤕𐤊 𐤀𐤕 𐤊𐤋 𐤄𐤃𐤁𐤓𐤉𐤌 𐤄𐤀𐤋𐤄
הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ וַיֹּ֣אמֶר הֲיַ֥ד יוֹאָ֛ב אִתָּ֖ךְ בְּכָל־ זֹ֑את הָאִשָּׁ֣ה וַתֹּ֡אמֶר וַתַּ֣עַן נַפְשְׁךָ֩ חֵֽי־ אֲדֹנִ֨י הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ אִם־ אִ֣שׁ׀ לְהֵמִ֣ין וּלְהַשְׂמִ֗יל מִכֹּ֤ל אֲשֶׁר־ אֲדֹנִ֣י הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ דִּבֶּר֙ כִּֽי־ עַבְדְּךָ֤ יוֹאָב֙ ה֣וּא צִוָּ֔נִי וְה֗וּא שָׂ֚ם בְּפִ֣י שִׁפְחָֽתְךָ֔ אֵ֥ת כָּל־ הַדְּבָרִ֖ים הָאֵֽלֶּה׃ ham·me·leḵ way·yō·mer hă·yaḏ yō·w·’āḇ ’it·tāḵ bə·ḵāl zōṯ hā·’iš·šāh wat·tō·mer wat·ta·‘an nap̄·šə·ḵā ḥê- ’ă·ḏō·nî ham·me·leḵ ’im- ’iš lə·hê·mîn ū·lə·haś·mîl mik·kōl ’ă·šer- ’ă·ḏō·nî ham·me·leḵ dib·ber kî- ‘aḇ·də·ḵā yō·w·’āḇ hū ṣiw·wā·nî wə·hū śām bə·p̄î šip̄·ḥā·ṯə·ḵā ’êṯ kāl- had·də·ḇā·rîm hā·’êl·leh — WLC · 19
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Joab - your servant has done this to bring about this change of affairs, but my lord has wisdom like the wisdom of the angel of God, to know everything that [happens] in the land.”
𐤉𐤅𐤀𐤁 𐤀𐤕 𐤄𐤃𐤁𐤓 𐤏𐤁𐤃𐤊 𐤏𐤔𐤄 𐤄𐤆𐤄 𐤋𐤁𐤏𐤁𐤅𐤓 𐤎𐤁𐤁 𐤀𐤕 𐤐𐤍𐤉 𐤄𐤃𐤁𐤓 𐤅𐤀𐤃𐤍𐤉 𐤇𐤊𐤌 𐤊𐤇𐤊𐤌𐤕 𐤌𐤋𐤀𐤊 𐤄𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉𐤌 𐤋𐤃𐤏𐤕 𐤀𐤕 𐤊𐤋 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤁𐤀𐤓𐤑𐤎
יוֹאָ֖ב אֶת־ הַדָּבָ֣ר עַבְדְּךָ֥ עָשָׂ֛ה הַזֶּ֑ה לְבַעֲב֤וּר סַבֵּב֙ אֶת־ פְּנֵ֣י הַדָּבָ֔ר וַאדֹנִ֣י חָכָ֗ם כְּחָכְמַת֙ מַלְאַ֣ךְ הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים לָדַ֖עַת אֶֽת־ כָּל־ אֲשֶׁ֥ר בָּאָֽרֶץ׃ס yō·w·’āḇ ’eṯ- had·dā·ḇār ‘aḇ·də·ḵā ‘ā·śāh haz·zeh lə·ḇa·‘ă·ḇūr sab·bêḇ ’eṯ- pə·nê had·dā·ḇār wa·ḏō·nî ḥā·ḵām kə·ḥā·ḵə·maṯ mal·’aḵ hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm lā·ḏa·‘aṯ ’eṯ- kāl- ’ă·šer bā·’ā·reṣ — WLC · 20
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Then the king said to Joab,… “I hereby grant this request. Go, bring back the young man Absalom.”
𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤀𐤋 𐤉𐤅𐤀𐤁 𐤄𐤍𐤄 𐤍𐤀 𐤏𐤔𐤉𐤕𐤉 𐤀𐤕 𐤄𐤆𐤄 𐤄𐤃𐤁𐤓 𐤅𐤋𐤊 𐤄𐤔𐤁 𐤀𐤕 𐤄𐤍𐤏𐤓 𐤀𐤕 𐤀𐤁𐤔𐤋𐤅𐤌
הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֶל־ יוֹאָ֔ב הִנֵּה־ נָ֥א עָשִׂ֖יתִי אֶת־ הַזֶּ֑ה הַדָּבָ֣ר וְלֵ֛ךְ הָשֵׁ֥ב אֶת־ הַנַּ֖עַר אֶת־ אַבְשָׁלֽוֹם׃ ham·me·leḵ way·yō·mer ’el- yō·w·’āḇ hin·nêh- nā ‘ā·śî·ṯî ’eṯ- haz·zeh had·dā·ḇār wə·lêḵ hā·šêḇ ’eṯ- han·na·‘ar ’eṯ- ’aḇ·šā·lō·wm — WLC · 21
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Joab fell vvv facedown… in homage and blessed the king. “Today,” said Joab, “your servant knows that he has found favor in your eyes, my lord the king, because the king has granted [his] request.”
𐤉𐤅𐤀𐤁 𐤅𐤉𐤐𐤋 𐤀𐤋 𐤐𐤍𐤉𐤅 𐤀𐤓𐤑𐤄 𐤅𐤉𐤔𐤕𐤇𐤅 𐤅𐤉𐤁𐤓𐤊 𐤀𐤕 𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤄𐤉𐤅𐤌 𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤉𐤅𐤀𐤁 𐤏𐤁𐤃𐤊 𐤉𐤃𐤏 𐤊𐤉 𐤌𐤑𐤀𐤕𐤉 𐤇𐤍 𐤁𐤏𐤉𐤍𐤉𐤊 𐤀𐤃𐤍𐤉 𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤀𐤕 𐤏𐤔𐤄 𐤏𐤁𐤃𐤅 𐤃𐤁𐤓
יוֹאָ֨ב וַיִּפֹּל֩ אֶל־ פָּנָ֥יו אַ֛רְצָה וַיִּשְׁתַּ֖חוּ וַיְבָ֣רֶךְ אֶת־ הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ הַיּוֹם֩ וַיֹּ֣אמֶר יוֹאָ֡ב עַבְדְּךָ֜ יָדַ֨ע כִּי־ מָצָ֨אתִי חֵ֤ן בְּעֵינֶ֙יךָ֙ אֲדֹנִ֣י הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ אֲשֶׁר־ הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ אֶת־ עָשָׂ֥ה עַבְדּוֹ׃ דְּבַ֥ר yō·w·’āḇ way·yip·pōl ’el- pā·nāw ’ar·ṣāh way·yiš·ta·ḥū way·ḇā·reḵ ’eṯ- ham·me·leḵ hay·yō·wm way·yō·mer yō·w·’āḇ ‘aḇ·də·ḵā yā·ḏa‘ kî- mā·ṣā·ṯî ḥên bə·‘ê·ne·ḵā ’ă·ḏō·nî ham·me·leḵ ’ă·šer- ham·me·leḵ ’eṯ- ‘ā·śāh ʿaḇ·dō də·ḇar — WLC · 22
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So Joab got up, went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.
𐤉𐤅𐤀𐤁 𐤅𐤉𐤒𐤌 𐤅𐤉𐤋𐤊 𐤂𐤔𐤅𐤓𐤄 𐤅𐤉𐤁𐤀 𐤀𐤕 𐤀𐤁𐤔𐤋𐤅𐤌 𐤉𐤓𐤅𐤔𐤋𐤌𐤐
יוֹאָ֖ב וַיָּ֥קָם וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ גְּשׁ֑וּרָה וַיָּבֵ֥א אֶת־ אַבְשָׁל֖וֹם יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃פ yō·w·’āḇ way·yā·qām way·yê·leḵ gə·šū·rāh way·yā·ḇê ’eṯ- ’aḇ·šā·lō·wm yə·rū·šā·lim — WLC · 23
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But the king added, “He may return to his house, but he must not see my face.” So Absalom returned to his own house, but he did not see the face of the king.
𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤉𐤎𐤁 𐤀𐤋 𐤁𐤉𐤕𐤅 𐤋𐤀 𐤉𐤓𐤀𐤄 𐤅𐤐𐤍𐤉 𐤀𐤁𐤔𐤋𐤅𐤌 𐤅𐤉𐤎𐤁 𐤀𐤋 𐤁𐤉𐤕𐤅 𐤋𐤀 𐤓𐤀𐤄𐤎 𐤅𐤐𐤍𐤉 𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊
הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יִסֹּ֣ב אֶל־ בֵּית֔וֹ לֹ֣א יִרְאֶ֑ה וּפָנַ֖י אַבְשָׁלוֹם֙ וַיִּסֹּ֤ב אֶל־ בֵּית֔וֹ לֹ֥א רָאָֽה׃ס וּפְנֵ֥י הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ ham·me·leḵ way·yō·mer yis·sōḇ ’el- bê·ṯōw lō yir·’eh ū·p̄ā·nay ’aḇ·šā·lō·wm way·yis·sōḇ ’el- bê·ṯōw lō rā·’āh ū·p̄ə·nê ham·me·leḵ — WLC · 24
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Now there was not a man in all Israel as handsome and highly praised as Absalom. From the sole of his foot to the top of his head, he did not have a single flaw.
𐤄𐤉𐤄 𐤋𐤀 𐤀𐤉𐤔 𐤁𐤊𐤋 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 𐤉𐤐𐤄 𐤌𐤀𐤃 𐤋𐤄𐤋𐤋 𐤅𐤊𐤀𐤁𐤔𐤋𐤅𐤌 𐤌𐤊𐤐 𐤓𐤂𐤋𐤅 𐤅𐤏𐤃 𐤒𐤃𐤒𐤃𐤅 𐤋𐤀 𐤄𐤉𐤄 𐤁𐤅 𐤌𐤅𐤌
הָיָ֧ה לֹא־ אִישׁ־ בְּכָל־ יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל יָפֶ֛ה מְאֹ֑ד לְהַלֵּ֣ל וּכְאַבְשָׁל֗וֹם מִכַּ֤ף רַגְלוֹ֙ וְעַ֣ד קָדְקֳד֔וֹ לֹא־ הָ֥יָה ב֖וֹ מֽוּם׃ hā·yāh lō- ’îš- bə·ḵāl yiś·rā·’êl yā·p̄eh mə·’ōḏ lə·hal·lêl ū·ḵə·’aḇ·šā·lō·wm mik·kap̄ raḡ·lōw wə·‘aḏ qā·ḏə·qo·ḏōw lō- hā·yāh ḇōw mūm — WLC · 25
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And when he cut the hair of his head—… he shaved it every year… because his hair got so heavy…— he would weigh [it out]… [to be] two hundred shekels, according to the royal standard.
𐤅𐤁𐤂𐤋𐤇𐤅 𐤀𐤕 𐤓𐤀𐤔𐤅 𐤅𐤄𐤉𐤄 𐤉𐤂𐤋𐤇 𐤌𐤒𐤑 𐤉𐤌𐤉𐤌 𐤋𐤉𐤌𐤉𐤌 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤊𐤉 𐤊𐤁𐤃 𐤏𐤋𐤉𐤅 𐤅𐤂𐤋𐤇𐤅 𐤅𐤔𐤒𐤋 𐤀𐤕 𐤔𐤏𐤓 𐤓𐤀𐤔𐤅 𐤌𐤀𐤕𐤉𐤌 𐤔𐤒𐤋𐤉𐤌 𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤁𐤀𐤁𐤍
וּֽבְגַלְּחוֹ֮ אֶת־ רֹאשׁוֹ֒ וְֽ֠הָיָה יְגַלֵּ֔חַ מִקֵּ֨ץ יָמִ֤ים׀ לַיָּמִים֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר כִּֽי־ כָבֵ֥ד עָלָ֖יו וְגִלְּח֑וֹ וְשָׁקַל֙ אֶת־ שְׂעַ֣ר רֹאשׁ֔וֹ מָאתַ֥יִם שְׁקָלִ֖ים הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ בְּאֶ֥בֶן ū·ḇə·ḡal·lə·ḥōw ’eṯ- rō·šōw wə·hā·yāh yə·ḡal·lê·aḥ miq·qêṣ yā·mîm lay·yā·mîm ’ă·šer kî- ḵā·ḇêḏ ‘ā·lāw wə·ḡil·lə·ḥōw wə·šā·qal ’eṯ- śə·‘ar rō·šōw mā·ṯa·yim šə·qā·lîm ham·me·leḵ bə·’e·ḇen — WLC · 26
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Three sons were born to Absalom, and a daughter named Tamar, who was a beautiful… woman.
𐤔𐤋𐤅𐤔𐤄 𐤁𐤍𐤉𐤌 𐤅𐤉𐤅𐤋𐤃𐤅 𐤋𐤀𐤁𐤔𐤋𐤅𐤌 𐤀𐤇𐤕 𐤅𐤁𐤕 𐤅𐤔𐤌𐤄 𐤕𐤌𐤓 𐤄𐤉𐤀 𐤄𐤉𐤕𐤄 𐤉𐤐𐤕 𐤌𐤓𐤀𐤄𐤐 𐤀𐤔𐤄
שְׁלוֹשָׁ֣ה בָנִ֔ים וַיִּֽוָּלְד֤וּ לְאַבְשָׁלוֹם֙ אַחַ֖ת וּבַ֥ת וּשְׁמָ֣הּ תָּמָ֑ר הִ֣יא הָיְתָ֔ה יְפַ֥ת מַרְאֶֽה׃פ אִשָּׁ֖ה šə·lō·wō·šāh ḇā·nîm way·yiw·wā·lə·ḏū lə·’aḇ·šā·lō·wm ’a·ḥaṯ ū·ḇaṯ ū·šə·māh tā·mār hî hā·yə·ṯāh yə·p̄aṯ mar·’eh ’iš·šāh — WLC · 27
Absalom Reconciled to David
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Now Absalom lived in Jerusalem two years without seeing the face of the king.
𐤀𐤁𐤔𐤋𐤅𐤌 𐤅𐤉𐤔𐤁 𐤁𐤉𐤓𐤅𐤔𐤋𐤌 𐤔𐤍𐤕𐤉𐤌 𐤉𐤌𐤉𐤌 𐤋𐤀 𐤓𐤀𐤄 𐤅𐤐𐤍𐤉 𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊
אַבְשָׁל֛וֹם וַיֵּ֧שֶׁב בִּירוּשָׁלִַ֖ם שְׁנָתַ֣יִם יָמִ֑ים לֹ֥א רָאָֽה׃ וּפְנֵ֥י הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ ’aḇ·šā·lō·wm way·yê·šeḇ bî·rū·šā·lim šə·nā·ṯa·yim yā·mîm lō rā·’āh ū·p̄ə·nê ham·me·leḵ — WLC · 28
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Then [he] sent for Joab to send him to the king, but Joab refused… to come to him. So [Absalom] sent vvv a second [time], but [Joab] still would not… come.
𐤀𐤁𐤔𐤋𐤅𐤌 𐤅𐤉𐤔𐤋𐤇 𐤀𐤋 𐤉𐤅𐤀𐤁 𐤋𐤔𐤋𐤇 𐤀𐤕𐤅 𐤀𐤋 𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤅𐤋𐤀 𐤀𐤁𐤄 𐤋𐤁𐤅𐤀 𐤀𐤋𐤉𐤅 𐤅𐤉𐤔𐤋𐤇 𐤏𐤅𐤃 𐤔𐤍𐤉𐤕 𐤅𐤋𐤀 𐤀𐤁𐤄 𐤋𐤁𐤅𐤀
אַבְשָׁל֜וֹם וַיִּשְׁלַ֨ח אֶל־ יוֹאָ֗ב לִשְׁלֹ֤חַ אֹתוֹ֙ אֶל־ הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ וְלֹ֥א אָבָ֖ה לָב֣וֹא אֵלָ֑יו וַיִּשְׁלַ֥ח עוֹד֙ שֵׁנִ֔ית וְלֹ֥א אָבָ֖ה לָבֽוֹא׃ ’aḇ·šā·lō·wm way·yiš·laḥ ’el- yō·w·’āḇ liš·lō·aḥ ’ō·ṯōw ’el- ham·me·leḵ wə·lō ’ā·ḇāh lā·ḇō·w ’ê·lāw way·yiš·laḥ ‘ō·wḏ šê·nîṯ wə·lō ’ā·ḇāh lā·ḇō·w — WLC · 29
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Then Absalom said to his servants, “Look, Joab’s field is next to mine, and he has barley there. Go and set it on fire!” And Absalom’s servants set the field on fire…
𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤀𐤋 𐤏𐤁𐤃𐤉𐤅 𐤓𐤀𐤅 𐤉𐤅𐤀𐤁 𐤇𐤋𐤒𐤕 𐤀𐤋 𐤉𐤃𐤉 𐤅𐤋𐤅 𐤔𐤏𐤓𐤉𐤌 𐤔𐤌 𐤋𐤊𐤅 𐤅𐤄𐤅𐤑𐤕𐤉𐤄 𐤁𐤀𐤔 𐤀𐤁𐤔𐤋𐤅𐤌 𐤀𐤕 𐤏𐤁𐤃𐤉 𐤄𐤇𐤋𐤒𐤄 𐤅𐤉𐤑𐤕𐤅 𐤁𐤀𐤔𐤐
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר אֶל־ עֲבָדָ֜יו רְאוּ֩ יוֹאָ֤ב חֶלְקַ֨ת אֶל־ יָדִי֙ וְלוֹ־ שְׂעֹרִ֔ים שָׁ֣ם לְכ֖וּ וְהוֹצִתִּיהָ בָאֵ֑שׁ אַבְשָׁל֛וֹם אֶת־ עַבְדֵ֧י הַחֶלְקָ֖ה וַיַּצִּ֜תוּ בָּאֵֽשׁ׃פ way·yō·mer ’el- ‘ă·ḇā·ḏāw rə·’ū yō·w·’āḇ ḥel·qaṯ ’el- yā·ḏî wə·lōw- śə·‘ō·rîm šām lə·ḵū wə·hō·ṣit·tī·hå̄ ḇā·’êš ’aḇ·šā·lō·wm ’eṯ- ‘aḇ·ḏê ha·ḥel·qāh way·yaṣ·ṣi·ṯū bā·’êš — WLC · 30
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- Then Joab came to Absalom’s house and demanded…, “Why did your servants set my field on fire?”
𐤅𐤉𐤒𐤌 𐤉𐤅𐤀𐤁 𐤅𐤉𐤁𐤀 𐤀𐤋 𐤀𐤁𐤔𐤋𐤅𐤌 𐤄𐤁𐤉𐤕𐤄 𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤀𐤋𐤉𐤅 𐤋𐤌𐤄 𐤏𐤁𐤃𐤊 𐤀𐤕 𐤄𐤑𐤉𐤕𐤅 𐤄𐤇𐤋𐤒𐤄 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤋𐤉 𐤁𐤀𐤔
וַיָּ֣קָם יוֹאָ֔ב וַיָּבֹ֥א אֶל־ אַבְשָׁל֖וֹם הַבָּ֑יְתָה וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלָ֔יו לָ֣מָּה עֲבָדֶ֛ךָ אֶת־ הִצִּ֧יתוּ הַחֶלְקָ֥ה אֲשֶׁר־ לִ֖י בָּאֵֽשׁ׃ way·yā·qām yō·w·’āḇ way·yā·ḇō ’el- ’aḇ·šā·lō·wm hab·bā·yə·ṯāh way·yō·mer ’ê·lāw lām·māh ‘ă·ḇā·ḏe·ḵā ’eṯ- hiṣ·ṣî·ṯū ha·ḥel·qāh ’ă·šer- lî bā·’êš — WLC · 31
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“Look,” said Absalom -, “I sent for you and said, ‘Come here. I want to send you to the king to ask: Why have I come back from Geshur? [It would be] better for me [if] I [were] still there.’ So now, let me see the king’s face, and if there is iniquity in me, let him kill me.”
𐤄𐤍𐤄 𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤀𐤁𐤔𐤋𐤅𐤌 𐤀𐤋 𐤉𐤅𐤀𐤁 𐤔𐤋𐤇𐤕𐤉 𐤀𐤋𐤉𐤊 𐤋𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤁𐤀 𐤄𐤍𐤄 𐤅𐤀𐤔𐤋𐤇𐤄 𐤀𐤕𐤊 𐤀𐤋 𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤋𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤋𐤌𐤄 𐤁𐤀𐤕𐤉 𐤌𐤂𐤔𐤅𐤓 𐤈𐤅𐤁 𐤋𐤉 𐤀𐤍𐤉 𐤏𐤃 𐤔𐤌 𐤅𐤏𐤕𐤄 𐤀𐤓𐤀𐤄 𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤐𐤍𐤉 𐤅𐤀𐤌 𐤉𐤔 𐤏𐤅𐤍 𐤁𐤉 𐤅𐤄𐤌𐤕𐤍𐤉
הִנֵּ֣ה וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אַבְשָׁל֣וֹם אֶל־ יוֹאָ֡ב שָׁלַ֣חְתִּי אֵלֶ֣יךָ׀ לֵאמֹ֡ר בֹּ֣א הֵ֠נָּה וְאֶשְׁלְחָה֩ אֹתְךָ֨ אֶל־ הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ לֵאמֹ֗ר לָ֤מָּה בָּ֙אתִי֙ מִגְּשׁ֔וּר ט֥וֹב לִ֖י אֲנִי־ עֹ֣ד שָׁ֑ם וְעַתָּ֗ה אֶרְאֶה֙ הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ פְּנֵ֣י וְאִם־ יֶשׁ־ עָוֺ֖ן בִּ֥י וֶהֱמִתָֽנִי׃ hin·nêh way·yō·mer ’aḇ·šā·lō·wm ’el- yō·w·’āḇ šā·laḥ·tî ’ê·le·ḵā lê·mōr bō hên·nāh wə·’eš·lə·ḥāh ’ō·ṯə·ḵā ’el- ham·me·leḵ lê·mōr lām·māh bā·ṯî mig·gə·šūr ṭō·wḇ lî ’ă·nî- ‘ōḏ šām wə·‘at·tāh ’er·’eh ham·me·leḵ pə·nê wə·’im- yeš- ‘ā·wōn bî we·hĕ·mi·ṯā·nî — WLC · 32
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So Joab went - and told [the king], and David summoned Absalom, who came… to [him] and bowed vvv facedown… before him… Then the king kissed Absalom.
𐤉𐤅𐤀𐤁 𐤅𐤉𐤁𐤀 𐤀𐤋 𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤅𐤉𐤂𐤃 𐤋𐤅 𐤅𐤉𐤒𐤓𐤀 𐤀𐤁𐤔𐤋𐤅𐤌 𐤅𐤉𐤁𐤀 𐤀𐤋 𐤀𐤋 𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤅𐤉𐤔𐤕𐤇𐤅 𐤋𐤅 𐤏𐤋 𐤀𐤐𐤉𐤅 𐤀𐤓𐤑𐤄 𐤋𐤐𐤍𐤉 𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤅𐤉𐤔𐤒 𐤋𐤀𐤁𐤔𐤋𐤅𐤌𐤐
יוֹאָ֣ב וַיָּבֹ֨א אֶל־ הַמֶּלֶךְ֮ וַיַּגֶּד־ לוֹ֒ וַיִּקְרָ֤א אַבְשָׁלוֹם֙ וַיָּבֹ֣א אֶל־ אֶל־ הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ וַיִּשְׁתַּ֨חוּ ל֧וֹ עַל־ אַפָּ֛יו אַ֖רְצָה לִפְנֵ֣י הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ וַיִּשַּׁ֥ק לְאַבְשָׁלֽוֹם׃פ yō·w·’āḇ way·yā·ḇō ’el- ham·me·leḵ way·yag·geḏ- lōw way·yiq·rā ’aḇ·šā·lō·wm way·yā·ḇō ’el- ’el- ham·me·leḵ way·yiš·ta·ḥū lōw ‘al- ’ap·pāw ’ar·ṣāh lip̄·nê ham·me·leḵ ham·me·leḵ way·yiš·šaq lə·’aḇ·šā·lō·wm — WLC · 33