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2 Samuel 2:8-11

8NowAbnerוְאַבְנֵ֣רve.'av.NerH74thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofNerנֵ֔רNerH5369,captainofSaul’shostH6635,hadtakenH3947Ish-boshethH378thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofSaulH7586,andbroughthimovertoMahanaimמַחֲנָֽיִם׃ma.cha.Na.yimH4266;

9andhemadehimkingוַיַּמְלִכֵ֙הוּ֙vai.yam.li.Khe.huH4427overGileadהַגִּלְעָ֔דha.gil.'AdH1568,andovertheAshurites,andoverJezreelיִזְרְעֶ֑אלyiz.re.'ElH3157,andoverEphraimאֶפְרַ֙יִם֙'ef.Ra.yimH669,andoverBenjaminבִּנְיָמִ֔ןbin.ya.MinH1144,andoverallIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478.

10Ish-boshethH378,Saul’ssonH1121,wasH1961fortyאַרְבָּעִ֨ים'ar.ba.'ImH705yearsשָׁנָ֜הsha.NahH8141oldwhenhebegantoreignH4427overIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478,andhereignedH4427twoוּשְׁתַּ֥יִםu.she.Ta.yimH8147yearsשָׁנִ֖יםsha.NimH8141.Butthehouseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004ofJudahיְהוּדָ֔הye.hu.DahH3063followedDavidדָוִֽד׃da.VidH1732.

11AndthetimethatDavidדָוִ֥דda.VidH1732wasH1961kingמֶ֛לֶךְMe.lekhH4428inHebronבְּחֶבְר֖וֹןbe.chev.RonH2275overthehouseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004ofJudahיְהוּדָ֑הye.hu.DahH3063wasH1961sevenשֶׁ֥בַעShe.va'H7651yearsשָׁנִ֖יםsha.NimH8141andsixוְשִׁשָּׁ֥הve.shi.ShahH8337monthsחֳדָשִֽׁים׃ סcho.da.ShimH2320.

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