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2 Samuel 2:26-28

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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