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Chapter 19
Joab Reproves David
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Then it was reported to Joab,… “The king is weeping and mourning over Absalom.”
𐤅𐤉𐤂𐤃 𐤋𐤉𐤅𐤀𐤁 𐤄𐤍𐤄 𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤁𐤊𐤄 𐤅𐤉𐤕𐤀𐤁𐤋 𐤏𐤋 𐤀𐤁𐤔𐤋𐤌
וַיֻּגַּ֖ד לְיוֹאָ֑ב הִנֵּ֨ה הַמֶּ֧לֶךְ בֹּכֶ֛ה וַיִּתְאַבֵּ֖ל עַל־ אַבְשָׁלֹֽם׃ way·yug·gaḏ lə·yō·w·’āḇ hin·nêh ham·me·leḵ bō·ḵeh way·yiṯ·’ab·bêl ‘al- ’aḇ·šā·lōm — WLC · 1
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And that day’s victory was turned into mourning for all the people, because on that… day [they] were told, “The king is grieving over his son.”
𐤄𐤄𐤅𐤀 𐤁𐤉𐤅𐤌 𐤄𐤕𐤔𐤏𐤄 𐤅𐤕𐤄𐤉 𐤋𐤀𐤁𐤋 𐤋𐤊𐤋 𐤄𐤏𐤌 𐤊𐤉 𐤄𐤄𐤅𐤀 𐤋𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤁𐤉𐤅𐤌 𐤄𐤏𐤌 𐤔𐤌𐤏 𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤍𐤏𐤑𐤁 𐤏𐤋 𐤁𐤍𐤅
הַה֛וּא בַּיּ֥וֹם הַתְּשֻׁעָ֜ה וַתְּהִ֨י לְאֵ֖בֶל לְכָל־ הָעָ֑ם כִּֽי־ הַהוּא֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר בַּיּ֤וֹם הָעָ֗ם שָׁמַ֣ע הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ נֶעֱצַ֥ב עַל־ בְּנֽוֹ׃ ha·hū bay·yō·wm hat·tə·šu·‘āh wat·tə·hî lə·’ê·ḇel lə·ḵāl hā·‘ām kî- ha·hū lê·mōr bay·yō·wm hā·‘ām šā·ma‘ ham·me·leḵ ne·‘ĕ·ṣaḇ ‘al- bə·nōw — WLC · 2
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So they returned to the city quietly that day, as people steal away in humiliation after fleeing a battle.
𐤄𐤏𐤌 𐤋𐤁𐤅𐤀 𐤄𐤏𐤉𐤓 𐤅𐤉𐤕𐤂𐤍𐤁 𐤄𐤄𐤅𐤀 𐤁𐤉𐤅𐤌 𐤊𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤄𐤏𐤌 𐤉𐤕𐤂𐤍𐤁 𐤄𐤍𐤊𐤋𐤌𐤉𐤌 𐤁𐤍𐤅𐤎𐤌 𐤁𐤌𐤋𐤇𐤌𐤄
הָעָ֛ם לָב֣וֹא הָעִ֑יר וַיִּתְגַּנֵּ֥ב הַה֖וּא בַּיּ֥וֹם כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר הָעָם֙ יִתְגַּנֵּ֗ב הַנִּכְלָמִ֔ים בְּנוּסָ֖ם בַּמִּלְחָמָֽה׃ hā·‘ām lā·ḇō·w hā·‘îr way·yiṯ·gan·nêḇ ha·hū bay·yō·wm ka·’ă·šer hā·‘ām yiṯ·gan·nêḇ han·niḵ·lā·mîm bə·nū·sām bam·mil·ḥā·māh — WLC · 3
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But the king covered his face and cried out… at the top of his voice, “O my son Absalom! O Absalom, my son, my son!”
𐤅𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤋𐤀𐤈 𐤀𐤕 𐤐𐤍𐤉𐤅 𐤅𐤉𐤆𐤏𐤒 𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤂𐤃𐤅𐤋 𐤒𐤅𐤋 𐤁𐤍𐤉 𐤀𐤁𐤔𐤋𐤅𐤌 𐤀𐤁𐤔𐤋𐤅𐤌 𐤁𐤍𐤉 𐤁𐤍𐤉𐤎
וְהַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ לָאַ֣ט אֶת־ פָּנָ֔יו וַיִּזְעַ֥ק הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ גָּד֑וֹל ק֣וֹל בְּנִי֙ אַבְשָׁל֔וֹם אַבְשָׁל֖וֹם בְּנִ֥י בְנִֽי׃ס wə·ham·me·leḵ lā·’aṭ ’eṯ- pā·nāw way·yiz·‘aq ham·me·leḵ gā·ḏō·wl qō·wl bə·nî ’aḇ·šā·lō·wm ’aḇ·šā·lō·wm bə·nî ḇə·nî — WLC · 4
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Then Joab went into the house and said to the king, “Today you have disgraced - all your servants who have saved your life… and the lives of your sons and daughters,… of your wives,… and of your concubines.
𐤉𐤅𐤀𐤁 𐤅𐤉𐤁𐤀 𐤀𐤋 𐤄𐤁𐤉𐤕 𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤄𐤉𐤅𐤌 𐤄𐤁𐤔𐤕 𐤀𐤕 𐤐𐤍𐤉 𐤊𐤋 𐤏𐤁𐤃𐤉𐤊 𐤄𐤌𐤌𐤋𐤈𐤉𐤌 𐤀𐤕 𐤍𐤐𐤔𐤊 𐤄𐤉𐤅𐤌 𐤅𐤀𐤕 𐤍𐤐𐤔 𐤁𐤍𐤉𐤊 𐤅𐤁𐤍𐤕𐤉𐤊 𐤅𐤍𐤐𐤔 𐤍𐤔𐤉𐤊 𐤅𐤍𐤐𐤔 𐤐𐤋𐤂𐤔𐤉𐤊
יוֹאָ֛ב וַיָּבֹ֥א אֶל־ הַבָּ֑יִת וַיֹּאמֶר֩ הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ הַיּ֜וֹם הֹבַ֨שְׁתָּ אֶת־ פְּנֵ֣י כָל־ עֲבָדֶ֗יךָ הַֽמְמַלְּטִ֤ים אֶֽת־ נַפְשְׁךָ֙ הַיּ֔וֹם וְאֵ֨ת נֶ֤פֶשׁ בָּנֶ֙יךָ֙ וּבְנֹתֶ֔יךָ וְנֶ֣פֶשׁ נָשֶׁ֔יךָ וְנֶ֖פֶשׁ פִּלַגְשֶֽׁיךָ׃ yō·w·’āḇ way·yā·ḇō ’el- hab·bā·yiṯ way·yō·mer ham·me·leḵ hay·yō·wm hō·ḇaš·tā ’eṯ- pə·nê ḵāl ‘ă·ḇā·ḏe·ḵā ham·mal·lə·ṭîm ’eṯ- nap̄·šə·ḵā hay·yō·wm wə·’êṯ ne·p̄eš bā·ne·ḵā ū·ḇə·nō·ṯe·ḵā wə·ne·p̄eš nā·še·ḵā wə·ne·p̄eš pi·laḡ·še·ḵā — WLC · 5
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You love those who hate you and hate those who love you! For you have made it clear today that the commanders and soldiers mean nothing to you. I know today… that if Absalom were alive and all… of us were dead,… it would have pleased you…!
𐤋𐤀𐤄𐤁𐤄 𐤀𐤕 𐤔𐤍𐤀𐤉𐤊 𐤅𐤋𐤔𐤍𐤀 𐤀𐤕 𐤀𐤄𐤁𐤉𐤊 𐤄𐤂𐤃𐤕 𐤄𐤉𐤅𐤌 𐤊𐤉 𐤊𐤉 𐤔𐤓𐤉𐤌 𐤅𐤏𐤁𐤃𐤉𐤌 𐤀𐤉𐤍 𐤋𐤊 𐤉𐤃𐤏𐤕𐤉 𐤄𐤉𐤅𐤌 𐤊𐤉 𐤊𐤉 𐤋𐤀 𐤀𐤁𐤔𐤋𐤅𐤌 𐤇𐤉 𐤅𐤊𐤋𐤍𐤅 𐤄𐤉𐤅𐤌 𐤌𐤕𐤉𐤌 𐤊𐤉 𐤀𐤆 𐤉𐤔𐤓 𐤁𐤏𐤉𐤍𐤉𐤊
לְאַֽהֲבָה֙ אֶת־ שֹׂ֣נְאֶ֔יךָ וְלִשְׂנֹ֖א אֶת־ אֹהֲבֶ֑יךָ הִגַּ֣דְתָּ הַיּ֗וֹם כִּ֣י׀ כִּ֣י שָׂרִ֣ים וַעֲבָדִ֔ים אֵ֤ין לְךָ֙ יָדַ֣עְתִּי הַיּ֗וֹם כִּ֠י כִּ֣י׀ לֹא אַבְשָׁל֥וֹם חַי֙ וְכֻלָּ֤נוּ הַיּוֹם֙ מֵתִ֔ים כִּי־ אָ֖ז יָשָׁ֥ר בְּעֵינֶֽיךָ׃ lə·’a·hă·ḇāh ’eṯ- śō·nə·’e·ḵā wə·liś·nō ’eṯ- ’ō·hă·ḇe·ḵā hig·gaḏ·tā hay·yō·wm kî kî śā·rîm wa·‘ă·ḇā·ḏîm ’ên lə·ḵā yā·ḏa‘·tî hay·yō·wm kî kî lō ’aḇ·šā·lō·wm ḥay wə·ḵul·lā·nū hay·yō·wm mê·ṯîm kî- ’āz yā·šār bə·‘ê·ne·ḵā — WLC · 6
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Now therefore get up! Go out and speak… comfort to your servants, for I swear by the LORD that if you do not go out, not a man will remain with you tonight. This will be worse for you than all the adversity that has befallen you from your youth until now!”
𐤅𐤏𐤕𐤄 𐤒𐤅𐤌 𐤑𐤀 𐤅𐤃𐤁𐤓 𐤏𐤋 𐤋𐤁 𐤏𐤁𐤃𐤉𐤊 𐤊𐤉 𐤍𐤔𐤁𐤏𐤕𐤉 𐤁𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤊𐤉 𐤀𐤉𐤍𐤊 𐤉𐤅𐤑𐤀 𐤀𐤌 𐤀𐤉𐤔 𐤉𐤋𐤉𐤍 𐤀𐤕𐤊 𐤄𐤋𐤉𐤋𐤄 𐤆𐤀𐤕 𐤅𐤓𐤏𐤄 𐤋𐤊 𐤌𐤊𐤋 𐤄𐤓𐤏𐤄 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤁𐤀𐤄 𐤏𐤋𐤉𐤊 𐤌𐤍𐤏𐤓𐤉𐤊 𐤏𐤃 𐤏𐤕𐤄𐤎
וְעַתָּה֙ ק֣וּם צֵ֔א וְדַבֵּ֖ר עַל־ לֵ֣ב עֲבָדֶ֑יךָ כִּי֩ נִשְׁבַּ֜עְתִּי בַיהוָ֨ה כִּי־ אֵינְךָ֣ יוֹצֵ֗א אִם־ אִ֤ישׁ יָלִ֨ין אִתְּךָ֙ הַלַּ֔יְלָה זֹ֗את וְרָעָ֧ה לְךָ֣ מִכָּל־ הָרָעָה֙ אֲשֶׁר־ בָּ֣אָה עָלֶ֔יךָ מִנְּעֻרֶ֖יךָ עַד־ עָֽתָּה׃ס wə·‘at·tāh qūm ṣê wə·ḏab·bêr ‘al- lêḇ ‘ă·ḇā·ḏe·ḵā kî niš·ba‘·tî Yah·weh kî- ’ê·nə·ḵā yō·w·ṣê ’im- ’îš yā·lîn ’it·tə·ḵā hal·lay·lāh zōṯ wə·rā·‘āh lə·ḵā mik·kāl hā·rā·‘āh ’ă·šer- bā·’āh ‘ā·le·ḵā min·nə·‘u·re·ḵā ‘aḏ- ‘āt·tāh — WLC · 7
David Restored as King
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So the king got up and sat in the gate, and all the people were told:… “Behold, the king is sitting in the gate.” So they all came before the king. Meanwhile, the Israelites had fled, each man to his home.
𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤅𐤉𐤒𐤌 𐤅𐤉𐤔𐤁 𐤁𐤔𐤏𐤓 𐤅𐤋𐤊𐤋 𐤄𐤏𐤌 𐤄𐤂𐤉𐤃𐤅 𐤋𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤄𐤍𐤄 𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤉𐤅𐤔𐤁 𐤁𐤔𐤏𐤓 𐤄𐤏𐤌 𐤊𐤋 𐤅𐤉𐤁𐤀 𐤋𐤐𐤍𐤉 𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤅𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 𐤍𐤎 𐤀𐤉𐤔 𐤋𐤀𐤄𐤋𐤉𐤅𐤎
הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ וַיָּ֥קָם וַיֵּ֣שֶׁב בַּשָּׁ֑עַר וּֽלְכָל־ הָעָ֞ם הִגִּ֣ידוּ לֵאמֹ֗ר הִנֵּ֤ה הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ יוֹשֵׁ֣ב בַּשַּׁ֔עַר הָעָם֙ כָל־ וַיָּבֹ֤א לִפְנֵ֣י הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ וְיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל נָ֖ס אִ֥ישׁ לְאֹהָלָֽיו׃ס ham·me·leḵ way·yā·qām way·yê·šeḇ baš·šā·‘ar ū·lə·ḵāl- hā·‘ām hig·gî·ḏū lê·mōr hin·nêh ham·me·leḵ yō·wō·šêḇ baš·ša·‘ar hā·‘ām ḵāl way·yā·ḇō lip̄·nê ham·me·leḵ wə·yiś·rā·’êl nās ’îš lə·’ō·hā·lāw — WLC · 8
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And all the people throughout the tribes of Israel vvv were arguing, “The king rescued us from the hand of our enemies and delivered us from the hand of the Philistines, but now he has fled… the land because of Absalom.
𐤅𐤉𐤄𐤉 𐤊𐤋 𐤄𐤏𐤌 𐤁𐤊𐤋 𐤔𐤁𐤈𐤉 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 𐤋𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤍𐤃𐤅𐤍 𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤄𐤑𐤉𐤋𐤍𐤅 𐤌𐤊𐤐 𐤀𐤉𐤁𐤉𐤍𐤅 𐤅𐤄𐤅𐤀 𐤌𐤋𐤈𐤍𐤅 𐤌𐤊𐤐 𐤐𐤋𐤔𐤕𐤉𐤌 𐤅𐤏𐤕𐤄 𐤁𐤓𐤇 𐤌𐤍 𐤄𐤀𐤓𐤑 𐤌𐤏𐤋 𐤀𐤁𐤔𐤋𐤅𐤌
וַיְהִ֤י כָל־ הָעָם֙ בְּכָל־ שִׁבְטֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לֵאמֹ֑ר נָד֔וֹן הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ הִצִּילָ֣נוּ׀ מִכַּ֣ף אֹיְבֵ֗ינוּ וְה֤וּא מִלְּטָ֙נוּ֙ מִכַּ֣ף פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים וְעַתָּ֛ה בָּרַ֥ח מִן־ הָאָ֖רֶץ מֵעַ֥ל אַבְשָׁלֽוֹם׃ way·hî ḵāl hā·‘ām bə·ḵāl šiḇ·ṭê yiś·rā·’êl lê·mōr nā·ḏō·wn ham·me·leḵ hiṣ·ṣî·lā·nū mik·kap̄ ’ō·yə·ḇê·nū wə·hū mil·lə·ṭā·nū mik·kap̄ pə·liš·tîm wə·‘at·tāh bā·raḥ min- hā·’ā·reṣ mê·‘al ’aḇ·šā·lō·wm — WLC · 9
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But Absalom, the man we anointed over us, has died in battle. So why do you say nothing about restoring the king?”
𐤅𐤀𐤁𐤔𐤋𐤅𐤌 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤌𐤔𐤇𐤍𐤅 𐤏𐤋𐤉𐤍𐤅 𐤌𐤕 𐤁𐤌𐤋𐤇𐤌𐤄 𐤅𐤏𐤕𐤄 𐤋𐤌𐤄 𐤀𐤕𐤌 𐤌𐤇𐤓𐤔𐤉𐤌 𐤋𐤄𐤔𐤉𐤁 𐤀𐤕 𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊𐤎
וְאַבְשָׁלוֹם֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר מָשַׁ֣חְנוּ עָלֵ֔ינוּ מֵ֖ת בַּמִּלְחָמָ֑ה וְעַתָּ֗ה לָמָ֥ה אַתֶּ֛ם מַחֲרִשִׁ֖ים לְהָשִׁ֥יב אֶת־ הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ס wə·’aḇ·šā·lō·wm ’ă·šer mā·šaḥ·nū ‘ā·lê·nū mêṯ bam·mil·ḥā·māh wə·‘at·tāh lā·māh ’at·tem ma·ḥă·ri·šîm lə·hā·šîḇ ’eṯ- ham·me·leḵ — WLC · 10
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Then King David sent this message to Zadok and Abiathar, the priests…: “Say to the elders of Judah,… ‘Why should you be the last to restore the king to his palace, since the talk of all Israel has reached the king… at his quarters?
𐤅𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤃𐤅𐤃 𐤔𐤋𐤇 𐤀𐤋 𐤑𐤃𐤅𐤒 𐤅𐤀𐤋 𐤀𐤁𐤉𐤕𐤓 𐤄𐤊𐤄𐤍𐤉𐤌 𐤋𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤃𐤁𐤓𐤅 𐤀𐤋 𐤆𐤒𐤍𐤉 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤃𐤄 𐤋𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤋𐤌𐤄 𐤕𐤄𐤉𐤅 𐤀𐤇𐤓𐤍𐤉𐤌 𐤋𐤄𐤔𐤉𐤁 𐤀𐤕 𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤀𐤋 𐤁𐤉𐤕𐤅 𐤅𐤃𐤁𐤓 𐤊𐤋 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 𐤁𐤀 𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤀𐤋 𐤀𐤋 𐤁𐤉𐤕𐤅
וְהַמֶּ֣לֶךְ דָּוִ֗ד שָׁ֠לַח אֶל־ צָד֨וֹק וְאֶל־ אֶבְיָתָ֥ר הַכֹּהֲנִים֮ לֵאמֹר֒ דַּבְּר֞וּ אֶל־ זִקְנֵ֤י יְהוּדָה֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר לָ֤מָּה תִֽהְיוּ֙ אַֽחֲרֹנִ֔ים לְהָשִׁ֥יב אֶת־ הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ אֶל־ בֵּית֑וֹ וּדְבַר֙ כָּל־ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל בָּ֥א הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ אֶל־ אֶל־ בֵּיתֽוֹ׃ wə·ham·me·leḵ dā·wiḏ šā·laḥ ’el- ṣā·ḏō·wq wə·’el- ’eḇ·yā·ṯār hak·kō·hă·nîm lê·mōr dab·bə·rū ’el- ziq·nê yə·hū·ḏāh lê·mōr lām·māh ṯih·yū ’a·ḥă·rō·nîm lə·hā·šîḇ ’eṯ- ham·me·leḵ ’el- bê·ṯōw ū·ḏə·ḇar kāl- yiś·rā·’êl bā ham·me·leḵ ’el- ’el- bê·ṯōw — WLC · 11
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You are my brothers, my own flesh and blood. So why should you be the last to restore the king?’
𐤀𐤕𐤌 𐤀𐤇𐤉 𐤅𐤁𐤔𐤓𐤉 𐤏𐤑𐤌𐤉 𐤅𐤋𐤌𐤄 𐤀𐤕𐤌 𐤕𐤄𐤉𐤅 𐤀𐤇𐤓𐤍𐤉𐤌 𐤋𐤄𐤔𐤉𐤁 𐤀𐤕 𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊
אַתֶּ֔ם אַחַ֣י וּבְשָׂרִ֖י עַצְמִ֥י וְלָ֧מָּה אַתֶּ֑ם תִהְי֛וּ אַחֲרֹנִ֖ים לְהָשִׁ֥יב אֶת־ הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ ’at·tem ’a·ḥay ū·ḇə·śā·rî ‘aṣ·mî wə·lām·māh ’at·tem ṯih·yū ’a·ḥă·rō·nîm lə·hā·šîḇ ’eṯ- ham·me·leḵ — WLC · 12
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And say to Amasa, ‘Aren’t you my flesh and blood? May God punish… me, and ever so severely, if from now on… you are not the commander of my army in place of Joab!’”
𐤕𐤌𐤓𐤅 𐤅𐤋𐤏𐤌𐤔𐤀 𐤄𐤋𐤅𐤀 𐤀𐤕𐤄 𐤅𐤁𐤔𐤓𐤉 𐤏𐤑𐤌𐤉 𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉𐤌 𐤊𐤄 𐤉𐤏𐤔𐤄 𐤋𐤉 𐤅𐤊𐤄 𐤉𐤅𐤎𐤉𐤐 𐤀𐤌 𐤊𐤋 𐤄𐤉𐤌𐤉𐤌 𐤕𐤄𐤉𐤄 𐤋𐤀 𐤔𐤓 𐤋𐤐𐤍𐤉 𐤑𐤁𐤀 𐤕𐤇𐤕 𐤉𐤅𐤀𐤁
תֹּֽמְר֔וּ וְלַֽעֲמָשָׂא֙ הֲל֛וֹא אָ֑תָּה וּבְשָׂרִ֖י עַצְמִ֥י אֱלֹהִים֙ כֹּ֣ה יַֽעֲשֶׂה־ לִּ֤י וְכֹ֣ה יוֹסִ֔יף אִם־ כָּל־ הַיָּמִ֖ים תִּהְיֶ֧ה לֹ֠א שַׂר־ לְפָנַ֛י צָבָ֞א תַּ֥חַת יוֹאָֽב׃ tō·mə·rū wə·la·‘ă·mā·śā hă·lō·w ’āt·tāh ū·ḇə·śā·rî ‘aṣ·mî ’ĕ·lō·hîm kōh ya·‘ă·śeh- lî wə·ḵōh yō·w·sîp̄ ’im- kāl- hay·yā·mîm tih·yeh lō śar- lə·p̄ā·nay ṣā·ḇā ta·ḥaṯ yō·w·’āḇ — WLC · 13
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So he swayed the hearts of all the men of Judah as though they were one man, and they sent word to the king: “Return, you and all your servants.”
𐤅𐤉𐤈 𐤀𐤕 𐤋𐤁𐤁 𐤊𐤋 𐤀𐤉𐤔 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤃𐤄 𐤀𐤇𐤃 𐤊𐤀𐤉𐤔 𐤅𐤉𐤔𐤋𐤇𐤅 𐤀𐤋 𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤔𐤅𐤁 𐤀𐤕𐤄 𐤅𐤊𐤋 𐤏𐤁𐤃𐤉𐤊
וַיַּ֛ט אֶת־ לְבַ֥ב כָּל־ אִישׁ־ יְהוּדָ֖ה אֶחָ֑ד כְּאִ֣ישׁ וַֽיִּשְׁלְחוּ֙ אֶל־ הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ שׁ֥וּב אַתָּ֖ה וְכָל־ עֲבָדֶֽיךָ׃ way·yaṭ ’eṯ- lə·ḇaḇ kāl- ’îš- yə·hū·ḏāh ’e·ḥāḏ kə·’îš way·yiš·lə·ḥū ’el- ham·me·leḵ šūḇ ’at·tāh wə·ḵāl ‘ă·ḇā·ḏe·ḵā — WLC · 14
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So the king returned, and when he arrived at the Jordan, [the men of] Judah came to Gilgal to meet [him] and escort him across the Jordan.
𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤅𐤉𐤔𐤁 𐤅𐤉𐤁𐤀 𐤏𐤃 𐤄𐤉𐤓𐤃𐤍 𐤅𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤃𐤄 𐤁𐤀 𐤄𐤂𐤋𐤂𐤋𐤄 𐤋𐤋𐤊𐤕 𐤋𐤒𐤓𐤀𐤕 𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤀𐤕 𐤋𐤄𐤏𐤁𐤉𐤓 𐤀𐤕 𐤄𐤉𐤓𐤃𐤍
הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ וַיָּ֣שָׁב וַיָּבֹ֖א עַד־ הַיַּרְדֵּ֑ן וִיהוּדָ֞ה בָּ֣א הַגִּלְגָּ֗לָה לָלֶ֙כֶת֙ לִקְרַ֣את הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ אֶת־ לְהַעֲבִ֥יר אֶת־ הַיַּרְדֵּֽן׃ ham·me·leḵ way·yā·šāḇ way·yā·ḇō ‘aḏ- hay·yar·dên wî·hū·ḏāh bā hag·gil·gā·lāh lā·le·ḵeṯ liq·raṯ ham·me·leḵ ham·me·leḵ ’eṯ- lə·ha·‘ă·ḇîr ’eṯ- hay·yar·dên — WLC · 15
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Then Shimei son of Gera, vvv a Benjamite from Bahurim,… hurried down with the men of Judah to meet King David,
𐤔𐤌𐤏𐤉 𐤁𐤍 𐤂𐤓𐤀 𐤁𐤍 𐤄𐤉𐤌𐤉𐤍𐤉 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤌𐤁𐤇𐤅𐤓𐤉𐤌 𐤅𐤉𐤓𐤃 𐤅𐤉𐤌𐤄𐤓 𐤏𐤌 𐤀𐤉𐤔 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤃𐤄 𐤋𐤒𐤓𐤀𐤕 𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤃𐤅𐤃
שִׁמְעִ֤י בֶן־ גֵּרָא֙ בֶּן־ הַיְמִינִ֔י אֲשֶׁ֖ר מִבַּֽחוּרִ֑ים וַיֵּ֙רֶד֙ וַיְמַהֵ֗ר עִם־ אִ֣ישׁ יְהוּדָ֔ה לִקְרַ֖את הַמֶּ֥לֶךְ דָּוִֽד׃ šim·‘î ḇen- gê·rā ben- hay·mî·nî ’ă·šer mib·ba·ḥū·rîm way·yê·reḏ way·ma·hêr ‘im- ’îš yə·hū·ḏāh liq·raṯ ham·me·leḵ dā·wiḏ — WLC · 16
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along with a thousand men of Benjamin, as well as Ziba the steward of the house of Saul and his fifteen… sons and twenty servants -. They rushed down to the Jordan before the king
𐤅𐤀𐤋𐤐 𐤀𐤉𐤔 𐤌𐤁𐤍𐤉𐤌𐤍 𐤏𐤌𐤅 𐤅𐤑𐤉𐤁𐤀 𐤍𐤏𐤓 𐤁𐤉𐤕 𐤔𐤀𐤅𐤋 𐤅𐤇𐤌𐤔𐤕 𐤏𐤔𐤓 𐤁𐤍𐤉𐤅 𐤅𐤏𐤔𐤓𐤉𐤌 𐤏𐤁𐤃𐤉𐤅 𐤀𐤕𐤅 𐤅𐤑𐤋𐤇𐤅 𐤄𐤉𐤓𐤃𐤍 𐤋𐤐𐤍𐤉 𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊
וְאֶ֨לֶף אִ֣ישׁ מִבִּנְיָמִן֒ עִמּוֹ֮ וְצִיבָ֗א נַ֚עַר בֵּ֣ית שָׁא֔וּל וַחֲמֵ֨שֶׁת עָשָׂ֥ר בָּנָ֛יו וְעֶשְׂרִ֥ים עֲבָדָ֖יו אִתּ֑וֹ וְצָלְח֥וּ הַיַּרְדֵּ֖ן לִפְנֵ֥י הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ wə·’e·lep̄ ’îš mib·bin·yā·min ‘im·mōw wə·ṣî·ḇā na·‘ar bêṯ šā·’ūl wa·ḥă·mê·šeṯ ‘ā·śār bā·nāw wə·‘eś·rîm ‘ă·ḇā·ḏāw ’it·tōw wə·ṣā·lə·ḥū hay·yar·dên lip̄·nê ham·me·leḵ — WLC · 17
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and crossed at the ford to carry over the king’s household and to do what was good in his sight. When Shimei son of Gera crossed the Jordan, he fell down before the king
𐤅𐤏𐤁𐤓𐤄 𐤄𐤏𐤁𐤓𐤄 𐤋𐤏𐤁𐤉𐤓 𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤁𐤉𐤕 𐤀𐤕 𐤅𐤋𐤏𐤔𐤅𐤕 𐤄𐤈𐤅𐤁 𐤁𐤏𐤉𐤍𐤅 𐤅𐤔𐤌𐤏𐤉 𐤁𐤍 𐤂𐤓𐤀 𐤁𐤏𐤁𐤓𐤅 𐤁𐤉𐤓𐤃𐤍 𐤍𐤐𐤋 𐤋𐤐𐤍𐤉 𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊
וְעָבְרָ֣ה הָעֲבָרָ֗ה לַֽעֲבִיר֙ הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ בֵּ֣ית אֶת־ וְלַעֲשׂ֥וֹת הַטּ֖וֹב בְּעֵינוֹ וְשִׁמְעִ֣י בֶן־ גֵּרָ֗א בְּעָבְר֖וֹ בַּיַּרְדֵּֽן׃ נָפַל֙ לִפְנֵ֣י הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ wə·‘ā·ḇə·rāh hā·‘ă·ḇā·rāh la·‘ă·ḇîr ham·me·leḵ bêṯ ’eṯ- wə·la·‘ă·śō·wṯ haṭ·ṭō·wḇ bə·ʿē·nō wə·šim·‘î ḇen- gê·rā bə·‘ā·ḇə·rōw bay·yar·dên nā·p̄al lip̄·nê ham·me·leḵ — WLC · 18
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and said -, “My lord, do not hold me guilty, and do not remember - your servant’s wrongdoing on the day my lord the king left Jerusalem. May the king not take it to heart.
𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤀𐤋 𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤀𐤃𐤍𐤉 𐤀𐤋 𐤉𐤇𐤔𐤁 𐤋𐤉 𐤏𐤅𐤍 𐤅𐤀𐤋 𐤕𐤆𐤊𐤓 𐤀𐤕 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤏𐤁𐤃𐤊 𐤄𐤏𐤅𐤄 𐤁𐤉𐤅𐤌 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤀𐤃𐤍𐤉 𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤉𐤑𐤀 𐤌𐤉𐤓𐤅𐤔𐤋𐤌 𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤋𐤔𐤅𐤌 𐤀𐤋 𐤋𐤁𐤅
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֶל־ הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ אֲדֹנִי֮ אַל־ יַחֲשָׁב־ לִ֣י עָוֺן֒ וְאַל־ תִּזְכֹּ֗ר אֵ֚ת אֲשֶׁ֣ר עַבְדְּךָ֔ הֶעֱוָ֣ה בַּיּ֕וֹם אֲשֶׁר־ אֲדֹנִֽי־ הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ יָׄצָ֥ׄאׄ מִירֽוּשָׁלִָ֑ם הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ לָשׂ֥וּם אֶל־ לִבּֽוֹ׃ way·yō·mer ’el- ham·me·leḵ ’ă·ḏō·nî ’al- ya·ḥă·šāḇ- lî ‘ā·wōn wə·’al- tiz·kōr ’êṯ ’ă·šer ‘aḇ·də·ḵā he·‘ĕ·wāh bay·yō·wm ’ă·šer- ’ă·ḏō·nî- ham·me·leḵ yå̄·ṣå̄ mî·rū·šā·lim ham·me·leḵ lā·śūm ’el- lib·bōw — WLC · 19
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For your servant knows that I have sinned, so here I am… today as the first of all the house of Joseph to come down to meet my lord the king.”
𐤊𐤉 𐤏𐤁𐤃𐤊 𐤉𐤃𐤏 𐤊𐤉 𐤀𐤍𐤉 𐤇𐤈𐤀𐤕𐤉 𐤅𐤄𐤍𐤄 𐤁𐤀𐤕𐤉 𐤄𐤉𐤅𐤌 𐤓𐤀𐤔𐤅𐤍 𐤋𐤊𐤋 𐤁𐤉𐤕 𐤉𐤅𐤎𐤐 𐤋𐤓𐤃𐤕 𐤋𐤒𐤓𐤀𐤕 𐤀𐤃𐤍𐤉 𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊𐤎
כִּ֚י עַבְדְּךָ֔ יָדַ֣ע כִּ֖י אֲנִ֣י חָטָ֑אתִי וְהִנֵּֽה־ בָ֣אתִי הַיּ֗וֹם רִאשׁוֹן֙ לְכָל־ בֵּ֣ית יוֹסֵ֔ף לָרֶ֕דֶת לִקְרַ֖את אֲדֹנִ֥י הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ס kî ‘aḇ·də·ḵā yā·ḏa‘ kî ’ă·nî ḥā·ṭā·ṯî wə·hin·nêh- ḇā·ṯî hay·yō·wm ri·šō·wn lə·ḵāl bêṯ yō·w·sêp̄ lā·re·ḏeṯ liq·raṯ ’ă·ḏō·nî ham·me·leḵ — WLC · 20
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But Abishai son of Zeruiah… said, “Shouldn’t Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed the LORD’s anointed?”
𐤀𐤁𐤉𐤔𐤉 𐤁𐤍 𐤑𐤓𐤅𐤉𐤄 𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤅𐤉𐤏𐤍 𐤋𐤀 𐤔𐤌𐤏𐤉 𐤉𐤅𐤌𐤕 𐤄𐤕𐤇𐤕 𐤆𐤀𐤕 𐤊𐤉 𐤒𐤋𐤋 𐤀𐤕 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄𐤎 𐤌𐤔𐤉𐤇
אֲבִישַׁ֤י בֶּן־ צְרוּיָה֙ וַיֹּ֔אמֶר וַיַּ֨עַן לֹ֥א שִׁמְעִ֑י יוּמַ֖ת הֲתַ֣חַת זֹ֔את כִּ֥י קִלֵּ֖ל אֶת־ יְהוָֽה׃ס מְשִׁ֥יחַ ’ă·ḇî·šay ben- ṣə·rū·yāh way·yō·mer way·ya·‘an lō šim·‘î yū·maṯ hă·ṯa·ḥaṯ zōṯ kî qil·lêl ’eṯ- Yah·weh mə·šî·aḥ — WLC · 21
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And David replied, “Sons of Zeruiah, what have I to do with you, that you should be my adversaries today? Should any man be put to death in Israel today? Am I not indeed aware that today I am king over Israel?”
𐤃𐤅𐤃 𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤁𐤍𐤉 𐤑𐤓𐤅𐤉𐤄 𐤌𐤄 𐤋𐤉 𐤅𐤋𐤊𐤌 𐤊𐤉 𐤕𐤄𐤉𐤅 𐤋𐤉 𐤋𐤔𐤈𐤍 𐤄𐤉𐤅𐤌 𐤀𐤉𐤔 𐤉𐤅𐤌𐤕 𐤁𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 𐤄𐤉𐤅𐤌 𐤄𐤋𐤅𐤀 𐤊𐤉 𐤉𐤃𐤏𐤕𐤉 𐤊𐤉 𐤄𐤉𐤅𐤌 𐤀𐤍𐤉 𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤏𐤋 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋
דָּוִ֗ד וַיֹּ֣אמֶר בְּנֵ֣י צְרוּיָ֔ה מַה־ לִּ֤י וְלָכֶם֙ כִּי־ תִֽהְיוּ־ לִ֥י לְשָׂטָ֑ן הַיּ֖וֹם אִישׁ֙ י֤וּמַת בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל הַיּ֗וֹם הֲל֣וֹא כִּ֚י יָדַ֔עְתִּי כִּ֥י הַיּ֖וֹם אֲנִי־ מֶ֥לֶךְ עַל־ יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ dā·wiḏ way·yō·mer bə·nê ṣə·rū·yāh mah- lî wə·lā·ḵem kî- ṯih·yū- lî lə·śā·ṭān hay·yō·wm ’îš yū·maṯ bə·yiś·rā·’êl hay·yō·wm hă·lō·w kî yā·ḏa‘·tî kî hay·yō·wm ’ă·nî- me·leḵ ‘al- yiś·rā·’êl — WLC · 22
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So the king said to Shimei, “You shall not die.” And the king swore an oath to him.
𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤀𐤋 𐤔𐤌𐤏𐤉 𐤋𐤀 𐤕𐤌𐤅𐤕 𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊𐤎 𐤅𐤉𐤔𐤁𐤏 𐤋𐤅
הַמֶּ֛לֶךְ וַיֹּ֧אמֶר אֶל־ שִׁמְעִ֖י לֹ֣א תָמ֑וּת הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ס וַיִּשָּׁ֥בַֽע ל֖וֹ ham·me·leḵ way·yō·mer ’el- šim·‘î lō ṯā·mūṯ ham·me·leḵ way·yiš·šā·ḇa‘ lōw — WLC · 23
Mephibosheth Excused
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Then Mephibosheth, Saul’s grandson, went down to meet the king. He had not cared for his feet [or] trimmed his mustache [or] washed his clothes… from the day the king had left until the day he returned safely.
𐤅𐤌𐤐𐤁𐤔𐤕 𐤔𐤀𐤅𐤋 𐤁𐤍 𐤉𐤓𐤃 𐤋𐤒𐤓𐤀𐤕 𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤅𐤋𐤀 𐤏𐤔𐤄 𐤓𐤂𐤋𐤉𐤅 𐤅𐤋𐤀 𐤏𐤔𐤄 𐤔𐤐𐤌𐤅 𐤅𐤀𐤕 𐤊𐤁𐤎 𐤁𐤂𐤃𐤉𐤅 𐤋𐤀 𐤋𐤌𐤍 𐤄𐤉𐤅𐤌 𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤋𐤊𐤕 𐤏𐤃 𐤄𐤉𐤅𐤌 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤁𐤀 𐤁𐤔𐤋𐤅𐤌
וּמְפִבֹ֙שֶׁת֙ שָׁא֔וּל בֶּן־ יָרַ֖ד לִקְרַ֣את הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ וְלֹא־ עָשָׂ֨ה רַגְלָ֜יו וְלֹא־ עָשָׂ֣ה שְׂפָמ֗וֹ וְאֶת־ כִבֵּ֔ס בְּגָדָיו֙ לֹ֣א לְמִן־ הַיּוֹם֙ הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ לֶ֣כֶת עַד־ הַיּ֖וֹם אֲשֶׁר־ בָּ֥א בְשָׁלֽוֹם׃ ū·mə·p̄i·ḇō·šeṯ šā·’ūl ben- yā·raḏ liq·raṯ ham·me·leḵ wə·lō- ‘ā·śāh raḡ·lāw wə·lō- ‘ā·śāh śə·p̄ā·mōw wə·’eṯ- ḵib·bês bə·ḡā·ḏāw lō lə·min- hay·yō·wm ham·me·leḵ le·ḵeṯ ‘aḏ- hay·yō·wm ’ă·šer- bā ḇə·šā·lō·wm — WLC · 24
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And he came from Jerusalem to meet the king, [who] asked him, “Mephibosheth, why did you not go with me?”
𐤅𐤉𐤄𐤉 𐤊𐤉 𐤁𐤀 𐤉𐤓𐤅𐤔𐤋𐤌 𐤋𐤒𐤓𐤀𐤕 𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤋𐤅 𐤌𐤐𐤉𐤁𐤔𐤕 𐤋𐤌𐤄 𐤋𐤀 𐤄𐤋𐤊𐤕 𐤏𐤌𐤉
וַיְהִ֛י כִּי־ בָ֥א יְרוּשָׁלִַ֖ם לִקְרַ֣את הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ וַיֹּ֤אמֶר לוֹ֙ מְפִיבֹֽשֶׁת׃ לָ֛מָּה לֹא־ הָלַ֥כְתָּ עִמִּ֖י way·hî kî- ḇā yə·rū·šā·lim liq·raṯ ham·me·leḵ ham·me·leḵ way·yō·mer lōw mə·p̄î·ḇō·šeṯ lām·māh lō- hā·laḵ·tā ‘im·mî — WLC · 25
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“My lord the king,” he replied, “because [I] am lame, [I] said, ‘I will have my donkey… saddled so that I may ride on it and go with the king.’ But my servant [Ziba] deceived me, -
𐤀𐤃𐤍𐤉 𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤊𐤉 𐤏𐤁𐤃𐤊 𐤐𐤎𐤇 𐤏𐤁𐤃𐤊 𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤄𐤇𐤌𐤅𐤓 𐤋𐤉 𐤀𐤇𐤁𐤔𐤄 𐤅𐤀𐤓𐤊𐤁 𐤏𐤋𐤉𐤄 𐤅𐤀𐤋𐤊 𐤀𐤕 𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤏𐤁𐤃𐤉 𐤓𐤌𐤍𐤉 𐤊𐤉
אֲדֹנִ֥י הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ וַיֹּאמַ֕ר כִּ֥י עַבְדֶּֽךָ׃ פִסֵּ֖חַ עַבְדְּךָ֜ אָמַ֨ר הַחֲמ֨וֹר לִּי֩ אֶחְבְּשָׁה־ וְאֶרְכַּ֤ב עָלֶ֙יהָ֙ וְאֵלֵ֣ךְ אֶת־ הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ עַבְדִּ֣י רִמָּ֑נִי כִּֽי־ ’ă·ḏō·nî ham·me·leḵ way·yō·mar kî ‘aḇ·de·ḵā p̄is·sê·aḥ ‘aḇ·də·ḵā ’ā·mar ha·ḥă·mō·wr lî ’eḥ·bə·šāh- wə·’er·kaḇ ‘ā·le·hā wə·’ê·lêḵ ’eṯ- ham·me·leḵ ‘aḇ·dî rim·mā·nî kî- — WLC · 26
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and he has slandered your servant to my lord the king. Yet my lord the king [is] like the angel of God, so do [what is] good in your eyes.
𐤅𐤉𐤓𐤂𐤋 𐤁𐤏𐤁𐤃𐤊 𐤀𐤋 𐤀𐤃𐤍𐤉 𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤅𐤀𐤃𐤍𐤉 𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤊𐤌𐤋𐤀𐤊 𐤄𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉𐤌 𐤅𐤏𐤔𐤄 𐤄𐤈𐤅𐤁 𐤁𐤏𐤉𐤍𐤉𐤊
וַיְרַגֵּ֣ל בְּעַבְדְּךָ֔ אֶל־ אֲדֹנִ֖י הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ וַאדֹנִ֤י הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ כְּמַלְאַ֣ךְ הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים וַעֲשֵׂ֥ה הַטּ֖וֹב בְּעֵינֶֽיךָ׃ way·rag·gêl bə·‘aḇ·də·ḵā ’el- ’ă·ḏō·nî ham·me·leḵ wa·ḏō·nî ham·me·leḵ kə·mal·’aḵ hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm wa·‘ă·śêh haṭ·ṭō·wḇ bə·‘ê·ne·ḵā — WLC · 27
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For… all the house of my grandfather… deserves death from my lord the king, yet you have set your servant among those who eat at your table. What further right, then, do I have… to keep appealing to the king?”
𐤊𐤉 𐤋𐤀 𐤄𐤉𐤄 𐤊𐤋 𐤁𐤉𐤕 𐤀𐤁𐤉 𐤊𐤉 𐤀𐤌 𐤀𐤍𐤔𐤉 𐤌𐤅𐤕 𐤋𐤀𐤃𐤍𐤉 𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤅𐤕𐤔𐤕 𐤀𐤕 𐤏𐤁𐤃𐤊 𐤁𐤀𐤊𐤋𐤉 𐤔𐤋𐤇𐤍𐤊 𐤅𐤌𐤄 𐤏𐤅𐤃 𐤑𐤃𐤒𐤄 𐤉𐤔 𐤋𐤉 𐤏𐤅𐤃 𐤅𐤋𐤆𐤏𐤒 𐤀𐤋 𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊𐤐
כִּי֩ לֹ֨א הָיָ֜ה כָּל־ בֵּ֣ית אָבִ֗י כִּ֤י אִם־ אַנְשֵׁי־ מָ֙וֶת֙ לַאדֹנִ֣י הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ וַתָּ֙שֶׁת֙ אֶֽת־ עַבְדְּךָ֔ בְּאֹכְלֵ֖י שֻׁלְחָנֶ֑ךָ וּמַה־ עוֹד֙ צְדָקָ֔ה יֶּשׁ־ לִ֥י ע֖וֹד וְלִזְעֹ֥ק אֶל־ הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃פ kî lō hā·yāh kāl- bêṯ ’ā·ḇî kî ’im- ’an·šê- mā·weṯ la·ḏō·nî ham·me·leḵ wat·tā·šeṯ ’eṯ- ‘aḇ·də·ḵā bə·’ō·ḵə·lê šul·ḥā·ne·ḵā ū·mah- ‘ō·wḏ ṣə·ḏā·qāh yeš- lî ‘ō·wḏ wə·liz·‘ōq ’el- ham·me·leḵ — WLC · 28
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The king replied “Why say any more? I hereby declare that you and Ziba are to divide the land.”
𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤋𐤅 𐤋𐤌𐤄 𐤕𐤃𐤁𐤓 𐤃𐤁𐤓𐤉𐤊 𐤏𐤅𐤃 𐤀𐤌𐤓𐤕𐤉 𐤀𐤕𐤄 𐤅𐤑𐤉𐤁𐤀 𐤕𐤇𐤋𐤒𐤅 𐤀𐤕 𐤄𐤔𐤃𐤄
הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ וַיֹּ֤אמֶר לוֹ֙ לָ֛מָּה תְּדַבֵּ֥ר דְּבָרֶ֑יךָ ע֖וֹד אָמַ֕רְתִּי אַתָּ֣ה וְצִיבָ֔א תַּחְלְק֖וּ אֶת־ הַשָּׂדֶֽה׃ ham·me·leḵ way·yō·mer lōw lām·māh tə·ḏab·bêr də·ḇā·re·ḵā ‘ō·wḏ ’ā·mar·tî ’at·tāh wə·ṣî·ḇā taḥ·lə·qū ’eṯ- haś·śā·ḏeh — WLC · 29
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And Mephibosheth said to the king, “Instead, since my lord the king has safely come to his own house, let Ziba take it all!”
𐤌𐤐𐤉𐤁𐤔𐤕 𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤀𐤋 𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤂𐤌 𐤀𐤕 𐤀𐤇𐤓𐤉 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤀𐤃𐤍𐤉 𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤁𐤔𐤋𐤅𐤌 𐤁𐤀 𐤀𐤋 𐤁𐤉𐤕𐤅𐤎 𐤉𐤒𐤇 𐤄𐤊𐤋
מְפִיבֹ֙שֶׁת֙ וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֶל־ הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ גַּ֥ם אֶת־ אַ֠חֲרֵי אֲשֶׁר־ אֲדֹנִ֥י הַמֶּ֛לֶך בְּשָׁל֖וֹם בָּ֞א אֶל־ בֵּיתֽוֹ׃ס יִקָּ֑ח הַכֹּ֖ל mə·p̄î·ḇō·šeṯ way·yō·mer ’el- ham·me·leḵ gam ’eṯ- ’a·ḥă·rê ’ă·šer- ’ă·ḏō·nî ham·mɛ·lɛḵ bə·šā·lō·wm bā ’el- bê·ṯōw yiq·qāḥ hak·kōl — WLC · 30
David’s Kindness to Barzillai
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Now Barzillai the Gileadite had come down from Rogelim to cross the Jordan with the king and send him on his way [from there].
𐤅𐤁𐤓𐤆𐤋𐤉 𐤄𐤂𐤋𐤏𐤃𐤉 𐤉𐤓𐤃 𐤌𐤓𐤂𐤋𐤉𐤌 𐤅𐤉𐤏𐤁𐤓 𐤄𐤉𐤓𐤃𐤍 𐤀𐤕 𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤋𐤔𐤋𐤇𐤅 𐤀𐤕 𐤁𐤉𐤓𐤃𐤍
וּבַרְזִלַּי֙ הַגִּלְעָדִ֔י יָרַ֖ד מֵרֹגְלִ֑ים וַיַּעֲבֹ֤ר הַיַּרְדֵּ֔ן אֶת־ הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ לְשַׁלְּח֖וֹ אֶת־ בַּיַּרְדֵּן׃ ū·ḇar·zil·lay hag·gil·‘ā·ḏî yā·raḏ mê·rō·ḡə·lîm way·ya·‘ă·ḇōr hay·yar·dên ’eṯ- ham·me·leḵ lə·šal·lə·ḥōw ’eṯ- bay·yar·dēn — WLC · 31
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Barzillai was quite old, eighty years of age, and since he was a very wealthy man,… he had provided for the king while he stayed in Mahanaim.
𐤅𐤁𐤓𐤆𐤋𐤉 𐤌𐤀𐤃 𐤆𐤒𐤍 𐤔𐤌𐤍𐤉𐤌 𐤔𐤍𐤄 𐤁𐤍 𐤊𐤉 𐤌𐤀𐤃 𐤂𐤃𐤅𐤋 𐤀𐤉𐤔 𐤄𐤅𐤀 𐤅𐤄𐤅𐤀 𐤊𐤋𐤊𐤋 𐤀𐤕 𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤁𐤔𐤉𐤁𐤕𐤅 𐤁𐤌𐤇𐤍𐤉𐤌
וּבַרְזִלַּי֙ מְאֹ֔ד זָקֵ֣ן שְׁמֹנִ֖ים שָׁנָ֑ה בֶּן־ כִּֽי־ מְאֹֽד׃ גָּד֥וֹל אִ֛ישׁ ה֖וּא וְהֽוּא־ כִלְכַּ֤ל אֶת־ הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ בְּשִׁיבָת֣וֹ בְמַחֲנַ֔יִם ū·ḇar·zil·lay mə·’ōḏ zā·qên šə·mō·nîm šā·nāh ben- kî- mə·’ōḏ gā·ḏō·wl ’îš hū wə·hū- ḵil·kal ’eṯ- ham·me·leḵ ḇə·šî·ḇā·ṯōw ḇə·ma·ḥă·na·yim — WLC · 32
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The king said to Barzillai,… “Cross over with me, and I will provide for you at my side in Jerusalem.”
𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤀𐤋 𐤁𐤓𐤆𐤋𐤉 𐤀𐤕𐤄 𐤏𐤁𐤓 𐤀𐤕𐤉 𐤅𐤊𐤋𐤊𐤋𐤕𐤉 𐤀𐤕𐤊 𐤏𐤌𐤃𐤉 𐤁𐤉𐤓𐤅𐤔𐤋𐤌
הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ וַיֹּ֥אמֶר אֶל־ בַּרְזִלָּ֑י אַתָּה֙ עֲבֹ֣ר אִתִּ֔י וְכִלְכַּלְתִּ֥י אֹתְךָ֛ עִמָּדִ֖י בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ ham·me·leḵ way·yō·mer ’el- bar·zil·lāy ’at·tāh ‘ă·ḇōr ’it·tî wə·ḵil·kal·tî ’ō·ṯə·ḵā ‘im·mā·ḏî bî·rū·šā·lim — WLC · 33
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But Barzillai replied -, “How many years… of my life [remain], that I should go up to Jerusalem with the king?
𐤁𐤓𐤆𐤋𐤉 𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤀𐤋 𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤊𐤌𐤄 𐤉𐤌𐤉 𐤔𐤍𐤉 𐤇𐤉𐤉 𐤊𐤉 𐤀𐤏𐤋𐤄 𐤉𐤓𐤅𐤔𐤋𐤌 𐤀𐤕 𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊
בַּרְזִלַּ֖י וַיֹּ֥אמֶר אֶל־ הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ כַּמָּ֗ה יְמֵי֙ שְׁנֵ֣י חַיַּ֔י כִּי־ אֶעֱלֶ֥ה יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ אֶת־ הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ bar·zil·lay way·yō·mer ’el- ham·me·leḵ kam·māh yə·mê šə·nê ḥay·yay kî- ’e·‘ĕ·leh yə·rū·šā·lim ’eṯ- ham·me·leḵ — WLC · 34
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I am now eighty years old… Can I discern… what is good and what is not?… Can your servant taste what he eats - or drinks?… Can I still hear the voice of singing men and women? Why should your servant be an added burden to my lord the king?
𐤀𐤍𐤊𐤉 𐤄𐤉𐤅𐤌 𐤔𐤌𐤍𐤉𐤌 𐤁𐤍 𐤔𐤍𐤄 𐤄𐤀𐤃𐤏 𐤁𐤉𐤍 𐤈𐤅𐤁 𐤋𐤓𐤏 𐤀𐤌 𐤏𐤁𐤃𐤊 𐤀𐤕 𐤉𐤈𐤏𐤌 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤀𐤊𐤋 𐤅𐤀𐤕 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤀𐤔𐤕𐤄 𐤀𐤌 𐤏𐤅𐤃 𐤀𐤔𐤌𐤏 𐤁𐤒𐤅𐤋 𐤔𐤓𐤉𐤌 𐤅𐤔𐤓𐤅𐤕 𐤅𐤋𐤌𐤄 𐤏𐤁𐤃𐤊 𐤉𐤄𐤉𐤄 𐤏𐤅𐤃 𐤋𐤌𐤔𐤀 𐤀𐤋 𐤀𐤃𐤍𐤉 𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊
אָנֹכִ֨י הַיּ֜וֹם שְׁמֹנִ֣ים בֶּן־ שָׁנָה֩ הַאֵדַ֣ע׀ בֵּין־ ט֣וֹב לְרָ֗ע אִם־ עַבְדְּךָ֙ אֶת־ יִטְעַ֤ם אֲשֶׁ֤ר אֹכַל֙ וְאֶת־ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אֶשְׁתֶּ֔ה אִם־ ע֔וֹד אֶשְׁמַ֣ע בְּק֖וֹל שָׁרִ֣ים וְשָׁר֑וֹת וְלָמָּה֩ עַבְדְּךָ֥ יִֽהְיֶ֨ה עוֹד֙ לְמַשָּׂ֔א אֶל־ אֲדֹנִ֖י הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ ’ā·nō·ḵî hay·yō·wm šə·mō·nîm ben- šā·nāh ha·’ê·ḏa‘ bên- ṭō·wḇ lə·rā‘ ’im- ‘aḇ·də·ḵā ’eṯ- yiṭ·‘am ’ă·šer ’ō·ḵal wə·’eṯ- ’ă·šer ’eš·teh ’im- ‘ō·wḏ ’eš·ma‘ bə·qō·wl šā·rîm wə·šā·rō·wṯ wə·lām·māh ‘aḇ·də·ḵā yih·yeh ‘ō·wḏ lə·maś·śā ’el- ’ă·ḏō·nî ham·me·leḵ — WLC · 35
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Your servant will go with the king only a short distance past the Jordan; why should the king repay me with such a reward?
𐤏𐤁𐤃𐤊 𐤀𐤕 𐤀𐤕 𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤊𐤌𐤏𐤈 𐤉𐤏𐤁𐤓 𐤄𐤉𐤓𐤃𐤍 𐤅𐤋𐤌𐤄 𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤉𐤂𐤌𐤋𐤍𐤉 𐤄𐤆𐤀𐤕 𐤄𐤂𐤌𐤅𐤋𐤄
עַבְדְּךָ֛ אֶת־ אֶת־ הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ כִּמְעַ֞ט יַעֲבֹ֧ר הַיַּרְדֵּ֖ן וְלָ֙מָּה֙ הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ יִגְמְלֵ֣נִי הַזֹּֽאת׃ הַגְּמוּלָ֖ה ‘aḇ·də·ḵā ’eṯ- ’eṯ- ham·me·leḵ kim·‘aṭ ya·‘ă·ḇōr hay·yar·dên wə·lām·māh ham·me·leḵ yiḡ·mə·lê·nî haz·zōṯ hag·gə·mū·lāh — WLC · 36
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Please let your servant return, that I may die in my own city near the tomb of my father and mother. But here is your servant Chimham. Let him cross over with my lord the king, and do for him what is good in your sight.”
𐤍𐤀 𐤏𐤁𐤃𐤊 𐤉𐤔𐤁 𐤅𐤀𐤌𐤕 𐤁𐤏𐤉𐤓𐤉 𐤏𐤌 𐤒𐤁𐤓 𐤀𐤁𐤉 𐤅𐤀𐤌𐤉 𐤅𐤄𐤍𐤄 𐤏𐤁𐤃𐤊 𐤊𐤌𐤄𐤌 𐤉𐤏𐤁𐤓 𐤏𐤌 𐤀𐤃𐤍𐤉 𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤅𐤏𐤔𐤄 𐤋𐤅 𐤀𐤕 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤈𐤅𐤁 𐤁𐤏𐤉𐤍𐤉𐤊𐤎
נָ֤א עַבְדְּךָ֙ יָֽשָׁב־ וְאָמֻ֣ת בְּעִירִ֔י עִ֛ם קֶ֥בֶר אָבִ֖י וְאִמִּ֑י וְהִנֵּ֣ה׀ עַבְדְּךָ֣ כִמְהָ֗ם יַֽעֲבֹר֙ עִם־ אֲדֹנִ֣י הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ וַעֲשֵׂה־ ל֕וֹ אֵ֥ת אֲשֶׁר־ ט֖וֹב בְּעֵינֶֽיךָ׃ס nā ‘aḇ·də·ḵā yā·šāḇ- wə·’ā·muṯ bə·‘î·rî ‘im qe·ḇer ’ā·ḇî wə·’im·mî wə·hin·nêh ‘aḇ·də·ḵā ḵim·hām ya·‘ă·ḇōr ‘im- ’ă·ḏō·nî ham·me·leḵ wa·‘ă·śêh- lōw ’êṯ ’ă·šer- ṭō·wḇ bə·‘ê·ne·ḵā — WLC · 37
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The king replied, “Chimham will cross over with me, and I will do for him what is good in your sight, and I will do for you whatever you desire of me.”
𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤊𐤌𐤄𐤌 𐤉𐤏𐤁𐤓 𐤀𐤕𐤉 𐤅𐤀𐤍𐤉 𐤀𐤏𐤔𐤄 𐤋𐤅 𐤀𐤕 𐤄𐤈𐤅𐤁 𐤁𐤏𐤉𐤍𐤉𐤊 𐤀𐤏𐤔𐤄 𐤋𐤊 𐤅𐤊𐤋 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤕𐤁𐤇𐤓 𐤏𐤋𐤉
הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ וַיֹּ֣אמֶר כִּמְהָ֔ם יַעֲבֹ֣ר אִתִּי֙ וַאֲנִי֙ אֶעֱשֶׂה־ לּ֔וֹ אֶת־ הַטּ֖וֹב בְּעֵינֶ֑יךָ אֶֽעֱשֶׂה־ לָּֽךְ׃ וְכֹ֛ל אֲשֶׁר־ תִּבְחַ֥ר עָלַ֖י ham·me·leḵ way·yō·mer kim·hām ya·‘ă·ḇōr ’it·tî wa·’ă·nî ’e·‘ĕ·śeh- lōw ’eṯ- haṭ·ṭō·wḇ bə·‘ê·ne·ḵā ’e·‘ĕ·śeh- lāḵ wə·ḵōl ’ă·šer- tiḇ·ḥar ‘ā·lay — WLC · 38
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So all the people crossed the Jordan, and then the king crossed over. The king kissed Barzillai and blessed him, and Barzillai returned home.
𐤊𐤋 𐤄𐤏𐤌 𐤀𐤕 𐤅𐤉𐤏𐤁𐤓 𐤄𐤉𐤓𐤃𐤍 𐤅𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤏𐤁𐤓 𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤅𐤉𐤔𐤒 𐤋𐤁𐤓𐤆𐤋𐤉 𐤅𐤉𐤁𐤓𐤊𐤄𐤅 𐤅𐤉𐤔𐤁 𐤋𐤌𐤒𐤌𐤅𐤎
כָּל־ הָעָ֛ם אֶת־ וַיַּעֲבֹ֧ר הַיַּרְדֵּ֖ן וְהַמֶּ֣לֶךְ עָבָ֑ר הַמֶּ֤לֶךְ וַיִּשַּׁ֨ק לְבַרְזִלַּי֙ וַיְבָ֣רֲכֵ֔הוּ וַיָּ֖שָׁב לִמְקֹמֽוֹ׃ס kāl- hā·‘ām ’eṯ- way·ya·‘ă·ḇōr hay·yar·dên wə·ham·me·leḵ ‘ā·ḇār ham·me·leḵ way·yiš·šaq lə·ḇar·zil·lay way·ḇā·ră·ḵê·hū way·yā·šāḇ lim·qō·mōw — WLC · 39
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Then the king crossed over to Gilgal, and Chimham crossed over with him. All the troops of Judah… and half the troops of Israel escorted the king.
𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤅𐤉𐤏𐤁𐤓 𐤄𐤂𐤋𐤂𐤋𐤄 𐤅𐤊𐤌𐤄𐤍 𐤏𐤁𐤓 𐤏𐤌𐤅 𐤅𐤊𐤋 𐤏𐤌 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤃𐤄 𐤅𐤉𐤏𐤁𐤓𐤅 𐤀𐤕 𐤅𐤂𐤌 𐤇𐤑𐤉 𐤏𐤌 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊
הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ וַיַּעֲבֹ֤ר הַגִּלְגָּ֔לָה וְכִמְהָ֖ן עָבַ֣ר עִמּ֑וֹ וְכָל־ עַ֤ם יְהוּדָה֙ וַיַּעֲבִרוּ אֶת־ וְגַ֕ם חֲצִ֖י עַ֥ם יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ ham·me·leḵ way·ya·‘ă·ḇōr hag·gil·gā·lāh wə·ḵim·hān ‘ā·ḇar ‘im·mōw wə·ḵāl ‘am yə·hū·ḏāh way·ya·ʿă·ḇi·rū ’eṯ- wə·ḡam ḥă·ṣî ‘am yiś·rā·’êl ham·me·leḵ — WLC · 40
Contention over the King
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Soon all the men of Israel came to the king and asked…, “Why did our brothers, the men of Judah, take you away secretly and bring the king and his household across the Jordan, together with all of David’s men?”
𐤅𐤄𐤍𐤄 𐤊𐤋 𐤀𐤉𐤔 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 𐤁𐤀𐤉𐤌 𐤀𐤋 𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓𐤅 𐤀𐤋 𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤌𐤃𐤅𐤏 𐤀𐤇𐤉𐤍𐤅 𐤀𐤉𐤔 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤃𐤄 𐤂𐤍𐤁𐤅𐤊 𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤅𐤀𐤕 𐤁𐤉𐤕𐤅 𐤀𐤕 𐤅𐤉𐤏𐤁𐤓𐤅 𐤀𐤕 𐤄𐤉𐤓𐤃𐤍 𐤏𐤌𐤅𐤎 𐤅𐤊𐤋 𐤃𐤅𐤃 𐤀𐤍𐤔𐤉
וְהִנֵּ֛ה כָּל־ אִ֥ישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל בָּאִ֣ים אֶל־ הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ אֶל־ הַמֶּ֡לֶךְ מַדּוּעַ֩ אַחֵ֜ינוּ אִ֣ישׁ יְהוּדָ֗ה גְּנָב֨וּךָ הַמֶּ֤לֶךְ וְאֶת־ בֵּיתוֹ֙ אֶת־ וַיַּעֲבִ֨רוּ אֶת־ הַיַּרְדֵּ֔ן עִמּֽוֹ׃ס וְכָל־ דָוִ֖ד אַנְשֵׁ֥י wə·hin·nêh kāl- ’îš yiś·rā·’êl bā·’îm ’el- ham·me·leḵ way·yō·mə·rū ’el- ham·me·leḵ mad·dū·a‘ ’a·ḥê·nū ’îš yə·hū·ḏāh gə·nā·ḇū·ḵā ham·me·leḵ wə·’eṯ- bê·ṯōw ’eṯ- way·ya·‘ă·ḇi·rū ’eṯ- hay·yar·dên ‘im·mōw wə·ḵāl ḏā·wiḏ ’an·šê — WLC · 41
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And all the men of Judah replied to the men of Israel, “[We did this] because the king is our relative. Why does this anger you?… Have we ever eaten… at the king’s [expense] or… received anything for ourselves?”
𐤊𐤋 𐤀𐤉𐤔 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤃𐤄 𐤅𐤉𐤏𐤍 𐤏𐤋 𐤀𐤉𐤔 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 𐤊𐤉 𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤀𐤋𐤉 𐤒𐤓𐤅𐤁 𐤅𐤋𐤌𐤄 𐤆𐤄 𐤇𐤓𐤄 𐤋𐤊 𐤏𐤋 𐤄𐤃𐤁𐤓 𐤄𐤆𐤄 𐤄𐤀𐤊𐤅𐤋 𐤀𐤊𐤋𐤍𐤅 𐤌𐤍 𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤀𐤌 𐤍𐤔𐤀 𐤍𐤔𐤀𐤕 𐤋𐤍𐤅𐤎
כָּל־ אִ֨ישׁ יְהוּדָ֜ה וַיַּעַן֩ עַל־ אִ֣ישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל כִּֽי־ הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ אֵלַ֔י קָר֤וֹב וְלָ֤מָּה זֶּה֙ חָרָ֣ה לְךָ֔ עַל־ הַדָּבָ֖ר הַזֶּ֑ה הֶאָכ֤וֹל אָכַ֙לְנוּ֙ מִן־ הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ אִם־ נִשָּׂ֖א נִשֵּׂ֥את לָֽנוּ׃ס kāl- ’îš yə·hū·ḏāh way·ya·‘an ‘al- ’îš yiś·rā·’êl kî- ham·me·leḵ ’ê·lay qā·rō·wḇ wə·lām·māh zeh ḥā·rāh lə·ḵā ‘al- had·dā·ḇār haz·zeh he·’ā·ḵō·wl ’ā·ḵal·nū min- ham·me·leḵ ’im- niś·śā niś·śêṯ lā·nū — WLC · 42
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“We have ten shares in the king,” answered the men of Israel - -, “so we have more claim… to David than you. Why then do you despise us? Were we not… the first to speak of restoring our king?” But the men of Judah spoke more fiercely… [than] the men of Israel.
𐤏𐤔𐤓 𐤉𐤃𐤅𐤕 𐤋𐤉 𐤁𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤀𐤕 𐤅𐤉𐤏𐤍 𐤀𐤉𐤔 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 𐤀𐤉𐤔 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤃𐤄 𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤅𐤂𐤌 𐤀𐤍𐤉 𐤁𐤃𐤅𐤃 𐤌𐤌𐤊 𐤅𐤌𐤃𐤅𐤏 𐤄𐤒𐤋𐤕𐤍𐤉 𐤅𐤋𐤀 𐤄𐤉𐤄 𐤓𐤀𐤔𐤅𐤍 𐤋𐤉 𐤃𐤁𐤓𐤉 𐤋𐤄𐤔𐤉𐤁 𐤀𐤕 𐤌𐤋𐤊𐤉 𐤀𐤉𐤔 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤃𐤄 𐤅𐤉𐤒𐤔 𐤃𐤁𐤓 𐤌𐤃𐤁𐤓 𐤀𐤉𐤔 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋𐤎
עֶֽשֶׂר־ יָד֨וֹת לִ֣י בַמֶּלֶךְ֮ אֶת־ וַיַּ֣עַן אִֽישׁ־ יִשְׂרָאֵל֩ אִ֨ישׁ יְהוּדָ֜ה וַיֹּ֗אמֶר וְגַם־ אֲנִ֣י בְּדָוִד֮ מִמְּךָ֒ וּמַדּ֙וּעַ֙ הֱקִלֹּתַ֔נִי וְלֹא־ הָיָ֨ה רִאשׁ֛וֹן לִ֖י דְבָרִ֥י לְהָשִׁ֣יב אֶת־ מַלְכִּ֑י אִ֣ישׁ יְהוּדָ֔ה וַיִּ֙קֶשׁ֙ דְּבַר־ מִדְּבַ֖ר אִ֥ישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ס ‘e·śer- yā·ḏō·wṯ lî ḇam·me·leḵ ’eṯ- way·ya·‘an ’îš- yiś·rā·’êl ’îš yə·hū·ḏāh way·yō·mer wə·ḡam- ’ă·nî bə·ḏā·wiḏ mim·mə·ḵā ū·mad·dū·a‘ hĕ·qil·lō·ṯa·nî wə·lō- hā·yāh ri·šō·wn lî ḏə·ḇā·rî lə·hā·šîḇ ’eṯ- mal·kî ’îš yə·hū·ḏāh way·yi·qeš də·ḇar- mid·də·ḇar ’îš yiś·rā·’êl — WLC · 43