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2 Samuel 2:8-17

8AndAbnerוְאַבְנֵ֣רve.'av.NerH74thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofNerנֵ֔רNerH5369,captainofSaul'shostH6635,tookH3947Ishbosheththesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofSaulH7586,andbroughthimovertoMahanaimמַחֲנָֽיִם׃ma.cha.Na.yimH4266;

9andmadehimkingוַיַּמְלִכֵ֙הוּ֙vai.yam.li.Khe.huH4427overGileadהַגִּלְעָ֔דha.gil.'AdH1568,andovertheAsshurites,andoverJizreel,andoverEphraimאֶפְרַ֙יִם֙'ef.Ra.yimH669,andoverBenjaminבִּנְיָמִ֔ןbin.ya.MinH1144,andoverallIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478.

10Ishbosheth Saul'ssonH1121wasH1961fortyאַרְבָּעִ֨ים'ar.ba.'ImH705yearsשָׁנָ֜הsha.NahH8141oldwhenhebegantoreignH4427overIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478,andhereignedH4427twoוּשְׁתַּ֥יִםu.she.Ta.yimH8147yearsשָׁנִ֖יםsha.NimH8141.However,thehouseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004ofJudahיְהוּדָ֔הye.hu.DahH3063followedDavidדָוִֽד׃da.VidH1732.

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

12AndAbnerאַבְנֵ֣ר'av.NerH74thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofNerנֵ֔רNerH5369,andtheservantsוְעַבְדֵ֖יve.'av.DeiH5650ofIshbosheththesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofSaulשָׁא֑וּלsha.'UlH7586,wentH3318outfromMahanaimמִֽמַּחֲנַ֖יִםmi.ma.cha.Na.yimH4266toGibeonגִּבְעֽוֹנָה׃giv.'o.nahH1391.

13AndJoabוְיוֹאָ֨בve.yo.'AvH3097thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofZeruiahצְרוּיָ֜הtze.ru.YahH6870,andtheservantsוְעַבְדֵ֤יve.'av.DeiH5650ofDavidדָוִד֙da.VidH1732,wentH3318out.AndtheymetH6298togetherיַחְדָּ֑וyach.DavH3162bythepoolבְּרֵכַ֥תbe.re.KhatH1295ofGibeonגִּבְע֖וֹןgiv.'onH1391;andtheysatH3427downוַיֵּ֨שְׁב֜וּvai.Ye.she.VuH3427,theseontheoneH2088sideofthepoolהַבְּרֵכָה֙ha.be.re.KhahH1295,andthoseontheothersideofthepoolהַבְּרֵכָ֖הha.be.re.KhahH1295.

14AndAbnerאַבְנֵר֙'av.NerH74saidH559toJoabיוֹאָ֔בyo.'AvH3097,Lettheyoungהַנְּעָרִ֔יםha.ne.'a.RimH5288menH5288nowariseיָק֤וּמוּya.Ku.muH6965andmakesportbeforeus.AndJoabיוֹאָ֖בyo.'AvH3097saidH559,Letthemariseיָקֻֽמוּ׃ya.Ku.muH6965.

15AndtheyaroseH6965andwentoverbynumberבְמִסְפָּ֑רve.mis.ParH4557,twelveforBenjaminלְבִנְיָמִ֗ןle.vin.ya.MinH1144,andforIshbosheththesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofSaulשָׁא֔וּלsha.'UlH7586,andtwelveoftheservantsמֵעַבְדֵ֥יme.'av.DeiH5650ofDavidדָוִֽד׃da.VidH1732.

16AndtheycaughteveryoneH376hisfellowbytheheadבְּרֹ֣אשׁbe.RoshH7218,and[thrust]hisswordוְחַרְבּוֹ֙ve.char.BoH2719inhisfellow'ssideבְּצַ֣דbe.TzadH6654,andtheyfellH5307downH5307togetherיַחְדָּ֑וyach.DavH3162.Andthatplaceלַמָּק֣וֹםla.ma.KomH4725wascalledוַיִּקְרָא֙vai.yik.Ra'H7121Helkath-hazzurim,whichisbyGibeonבְּגִבְעֽוֹן׃be.giv.'onH1391.

17Andthebattleהַמִּלְחָמָ֛הha.mil.cha.MahH4421thatdayבַּיּ֣וֹםbai.YomH3117wasH1961veryH3966severeקָשָׁ֥הka.ShahH7186;andAbnerאַבְנֵר֙'av.NerH74andthemenH376ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478wereH1961routedbeforetheservantsעַבְדֵ֥י'av.DeiH5650ofDavidדָוִֽד׃da.VidH1732.

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