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2 Samuel 24:1-4

1Andagaintheangerאַף־'af-H639ofJehovahwaskindledagainstIsraelבְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לbe.Yis.ra.'ElH3478,andhemovedDavidדָּוִ֤דda.VidH1732againstthem,sayingלֵאמֹ֔רle.MorH559, Go,numberH4487Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478andJudahיְהוּדָֽה׃ye.hu.DahH3063.

2Andthekingהַמֶּ֜לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428saidH559toJoabיוֹאָ֣ב׀yo.'AvH3097thecaptainofthehost,whowaswithhim,GonowtoandfrothroughallthetribesH7626ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵל֙Yis.ra.'ElH3478,fromDanמִדָּן֙mi.DanH1835eventoBeer-sheba,andnumberמִסְפַּ֥רmis.ParH4557yethepeopleהָעָ֑םha.'AmH5971,thatImayknowוְיָ֣דַעְתִּ֔יve.Ya.da'.TiH3045thesumofthepeopleהָעָֽם׃ סha.'AmH5971.

3AndJoabיוֹאָ֜בyo.'AvH3097saidH559untothekingהַמֶּ֗לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428,NowJehovahthyGodאֱלֹהֶ֨יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430addוְיוֹסֵ֣ףve.yo.SefH3254untothepeopleהָעָ֜םha.'AmH5971,howH4100manysoevertheymaybe,ahundredfold;andmaytheeyesוְעֵינֵ֥יve.'ei.NeiH5869ofmylordthekingהַמֶּ֖לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428seeרֹא֑וֹתro.'otH7200it:butwhyלָ֥מָּהLa.mahH4100dothmylordthekingהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428delightחָפֵ֖ץcha.FetzH2654inthisthingבַּדָּבָ֥רba.da.VarH1697?

4Notwithstanding,theking’sהַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ha.Me.lekhH4428wordדְּבַר־de.var-H1697prevailedוַיֶּחֱזַ֤קvai.ye.che.ZakH2388againstJoabיוֹאָ֔בyo.'AvH3097,andagainstthecaptainsofthehost.AndJoabיוֹאָ֜בyo.'AvH3097andthecaptainsofthehostwentH3318outfromthepresenceH6440ofthekingהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428,tonumberthepeopleהָעָ֖םha.'AmH5971ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478.

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