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2 Samuel 2:24-28

24ButJoabיוֹאָ֥בyo.'AvH3097andAbishaiוַאֲבִישַׁ֖יva.'a.vi.ShaiH52pursuedH7291afterAbnerאַבְנֵ֑ר'av.NerH74:andthesunוְהַשֶּׁ֣מֶשׁve.ha.She.meshH8121wentH935downwhenH834theywerecomeH935tothehillגִּבְעַ֣תgiv.'AtH1389ofAmmah,thatliethbeforeGiahbythewayדֶּ֖רֶךְDe.rekhH1870ofthewildernessמִדְבַּ֥רmid.BarH4057ofGibeonגִּבְעֽוֹן׃giv.'onH1391.

25AndthechildrenofBenjaminבִנְיָמִן֙vin.ya.MinH1144gatheredוַיִּֽתְקַבְּצ֤וּvai.yit.ka.be.TzuH6908themselvestogetherafterAbnerאַבְנֵ֔ר'av.NerH74,andbecameH1961oneH259band,andstoodH5975onthetopרֹאשׁ־rosh-H7218ofahillגִּבְעָ֖הgiv.'AhH1389.

26ThenAbnerאַבְנֵ֜ר'av.NerH74calledוַיִּקְרָ֨אvai.yik.Ra'H7121toJoabיוֹאָ֗בyo.'AvH3097,andsaidH559,Shalltheswordחֶ֔רֶבChe.revH2719devourתֹּ֣אכַלTo.khalH398forever? knowest thounotthatitwillbeתִהְיֶ֖הtih.YehH1961bitternessH4751inthelatterH314end?howlongshallitbeH1961then, ere thou bidthepeopleלָעָ֔םla.'AmH5971returnH7725fromfollowingtheirbrethren?

27AndJoabיוֹאָ֔בyo.'AvH3097saidH559,AsGodהָֽאֱלֹהִ֔יםha.'E.lo.HimH430liveth,ifthou hadstnotspokenדִּבַּ֑רְתָּdi.Bar.taH1696,surelythenאָ֤ז'azH227inthemorningמֵֽהַבֹּ֙קֶר֙me.ha.Bo.kerH1242thepeopleהָעָ֔םha.'AmH5971hadgoneH5927away, norfollowedeveryoneH376hisbrotherאָחִֽיו׃'a.ChivH251.

28SoJoabיוֹאָב֙yo.'AvH3097blewthetrumpetבַּשּׁוֹפָ֔רba.sho.FarH7782;andallthepeopleהָעָ֔םha.'AmH5971stoodH5975stillH5750,andpursuedH7291afterIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478nomore,neitherfoughtH3898theyanymore.

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