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2 Samuel 4:1-8

1AndwhenSaul'ssonבֶּן־ben-H1121heardH8085thatAbnerאַבְנֵר֙'av.NerH74wasdeadH4191inHebronבְּחֶבְר֔וֹןbe.chev.RonH2275,hishandsיָדָ֑יוya.DavH3027wereenfeebled,andallIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478wastroubled.

2AndSaul'ssonH1121hadtwoוּשְׁנֵ֣יu.she.NeiH8147menH376,captainsofbandsגְדוּדִ֣יםge.du.DimH1416:thenameשֵׁם֩shemH8034oftheoneהָאֶחָ֨דha.'e.ChadH259wasBaanahבַּֽעֲנָ֜הba.'a.NahH1196,andthenameוְשֵׁ֧םve.ShemH8034oftheotherRechabרֵכָ֗בre.KhavH7394,thesonsH1121ofRimmonרִמּ֥וֹןri.MonH7417theBeerothiteהַבְּאֶֽרֹתִ֖יha.be.'e.ro.TiH886,ofthechildrenofBenjaminבִנְיָמִ֑ןvin.ya.MinH1144;forBeerothבְּאֵר֔וֹתbe.'e.RotH881alsoגַּם־gam-H1571wasreckonedתֵּחָשֵׁ֖בte.cha.ShevH2803toBenjaminבִּנְיָמִֽן׃bin.ya.MinH1144.

3AndtheBeerothiteshadfledH1272toGittaimגִּתָּ֑יְמָהgi.Ta.ye.mahH1664,andwereH1961sojournersthereuntilthisdayהַיּ֥וֹםhai.YomH3117.

4AndJonathanוְלִיהֽוֹנָתָן֙ve.li.ho.na.TanH3083Saul'ssonH1121hadasonH1121thatwaslameof[his]feetH7272.Hewasfiveחָמֵ֣שׁcha.MeshH2568yearsשָׁנִ֣יםsha.NimH8141oldwhenthenewsH8052cameH935ofSaulH7586andJonathanוִיהֽוֹנָתָ֜ןvi.ho.na.TanH3083outofJizreel;andhisnurseאֹֽמַנְתּוֹ֙'o.man.ToH539tookH5375himupandfledH5127.AnditcameH935topass,asshemadehastetofleeH5127,thathefellH5307,andbecameH1961lame.Andhisnameוּשְׁמ֥וֹu.she.MoH8034wasMephiboshethמְפִיבֹֽשֶׁת׃me.fi.Vo.shetH4648.

5Andthesonsבְּנֵֽי־be.nei-H1121ofRimmonרִמּ֤וֹןri.MonH7417theBeerothiteהַבְּאֵֽרֹתִי֙ha.be.'e.ro.TiH886,Rechabרֵכָ֣בre.KhavH7394andBaanahוּבַעֲנָ֔הu.va.'a.NahH1196,wentH935andcameH935inabouttheheatכְּחֹ֣םke.ChomH2527ofthedayהַיּ֔וֹםhai.YomH3117intothehouseבֵּ֖יתbeitH1004ofIshbosheth,whowastakinghisnoondayrestH7901.

6AndtheycameH935thitherintothemidstH8432ofthehouseהַבַּ֙יִת֙ha.Ba.yitH1004, [asthough]theywould fetchwheatחִטִּ֔יםchi.TimH2406;andtheysmotehiminthebellyהַחֹ֑מֶשׁha.Cho.meshH2570;andRechabוְרֵכָ֛בve.re.KhavH7394andBaanahוּבַעֲנָ֥הu.va.'a.NahH1196hisbrotherאָחִ֖יו'a.ChivH251escapedH4422.

7TheycameH935intothehouseהַבַּ֗יִתha.Ba.yitH1004,ashelayH7901onhisbedH4904inhisbedchamber,andtheysmotehim,andslewhim,andbeheadedhim;andtheytookH3947hisheadH7218,andwentH935bythewayדֶּ֥רֶךְDe.rekhH1870oftheplainH6160allnightהַלָּֽיְלָה׃ha.La.ye.lahH3915.

8AndtheybroughtH935theheadרֹ֨אשׁroshH7218ofIshboshethtoDavidדָּוִד֮da.VidH1732inHebronחֶבְרוֹן֒chev.rOnH2275,andsaidH559tothekingהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428,Beholdtheheadרֹ֣אשׁroshH7218ofIshbosheththesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofSaulשָׁאוּל֙sha.'UlH7586, thineenemyאֹֽיִבְךָ֔'o.yiv.KhaH341whosoughtH1245thylifeנַפְשֶׁ֑ךָnaf.She.khaH5315;andJehovahhasgivenH5414tomylordthekingהַמֶּ֤לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428tobeavengedthisdayהַיּ֣וֹםhai.YomH3117ofSaulמִשָּׁא֖וּלmi.sha.'UlH7586andofhisseedH2233.

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