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2 Samuel 24:1-9

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.

5AndtheypassedH5674overtheJordanהַיַּרְדֵּ֑ןhai.yar.DenH3383,andencampedוַיַּחֲנ֣וּvai.ya.cha.NuH2583inAroerבַעֲרוֹעֵ֗רva.'a.ro.'ErH6177,ontherightH3225sideH3225ofthecityהָעִ֛ירha.'IrH5892thatisinthemiddleבְּתוֹךְ־be.tokh-H8432ofthevalleyofGadהַגָּ֖דha.GadH1410,anduntoJazerיַעְזֵֽר׃ya'.ZerH3270:

6thentheycameH935toGileadהַגִּלְעָ֔דָהha.gil.'A.dahH1568,andtothelandאֶ֥רֶץ'E.retzH776ofTahtim-hodshi;andtheycameH935toDan-jaan,androundH5439abouttoSidonצִידֽוֹן׃tzi.DonH6721,

7andcameH935tothestrongholdofTyreצֹ֔רTzorH6865,andtoallthecitiesעָרֵ֥י'a.ReiH5892oftheHivites,andoftheCanaanitesH3669;andtheywentH3318outtothesouthH5045ofJudahיְהוּדָ֖הye.hu.DahH3063,atBeer-sheba.

8SowhentheyhadgoneH935toandfrothroughallthelandהָאָ֑רֶץha.'A.retzH776,theycameH935toJerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ye.ru.sha.LimH3389attheendמִקְצֵ֨הmik.TzehH7097ofnineתִשְׁעָ֧הtish.'AhH8672monthsחֳדָשִׁ֛יםcho.da.ShimH2320andtwentyוְעֶשְׂרִ֥יםve.'es.RimH6242daysי֖וֹםYomH3117.

9AndJoabיוֹאָ֛בyo.'AvH3097gaveH5414upthesumofthenumberingמִסְפַּ֥רmis.ParH4557ofthepeopleהָעָ֖םha.'AmH5971untothekingהַמֶּ֑לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428:andtherewereH1961inIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֡לYis.ra.'ElH3478eightשְׁמֹנֶה֩she.mo.NehH8083hundredH3967thousandאֶ֤לֶף'E.lefH505valiantmenאִֽישׁ־'ish-H376thatdrewH8025theswordחֶ֔רֶבChe.revH2719;andthemenוְאִ֣ישׁve.'IshH376ofJudahיְהוּדָ֔הye.hu.DahH3063wereH1961fiveחֲמֵשׁ־cha.mesh-H2568hundredH3967thousandאֶ֖לֶף'E.lefH505menאִֽישׁ׃'IshH376.

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