New American Standard Bible 1995

2 Samuel 19:41-43

41And beholdוְהִנֵּ֛הve.hi.NehH2009,allH3605the menאִ֥ישׁ'ishH376of IsraelH3478cameבָּאִ֣יםba.'ImH935to the kingH4428and saidוַיֹּאמְר֣וּvai.yo.me.RuH559to the kingH4428, “Whyמַדּוּעַ֩ma.du.a'H4069had our brothersאַחֵ֜ינוּ'a.Chei.nuH251the menאִ֣ישׁ'ishH376of JudahH3063stolenגְּנָב֨וּךָge.na.Vu.khaH1589you awayH1589,and broughtH5674the kingH4428and his householdבֵּיתוֹ֙bei.ToH1004and allH3605David’sדָוִ֖דda.VidH1732menH376with him overH5674the Jordanהַיַּרְדֵּ֔ןhai.yar.DenH3383?”

42Then allH3605the menH376of JudahH3063answeredוַיַּעַן֩vai.ya.'AnH6030the menH376of IsraelH3478, “Becauseכִּֽי־ki-H3588the kingH4428is a closeקָר֤וֹבka.RovH7138relativeH7138tous. Whyוְלָ֤מָּהve.La.mahH4100thenare you angryחָרָ֣הcha.RahH2734aboutH5921thisH2088matterהַדָּבָ֖רha.da.VarH1697?Have we eatenהֶאָכ֤וֹלhe.'a.KholH398at allאָכַ֙לְנוּ֙'a.Khal.nuH398at the king’sH4428expense,orאִם־'im-H518hasanythingH5375been takenH5375for us?”

43But the menH376of IsraelH3478answeredH6030the menH376of JudahH3063and saidוַיֹּ֗אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559, “We have tenעֶֽשֶׂר־'e.ser-H6235partsיָד֨וֹתya.DotH3027in the kingH4428, thereforewe alsoוְגַם־ve.gam-H1571have moreH4480claimon Davidבְּדָוִד֮be.da.VidH1732thanH4480you. Whyוּמַדּ֙וּעַ֙u.ma.Du.a'H4069then did you treatהֱקִלֹּתַ֔נִיhe.ki.lo.Ta.niH7043us with contemptH7043? Was it notour adviceH1697firstרִאשׁ֛וֹןri.ShonH7223to bringלְהָשִׁ֣יבle.ha.ShivH7725backH7725our kingH4428?”Yet the wordsH1697of the menH376of JudahH3063were harsherוַיִּ֙קֶשׁ֙vai.Yi.keshH7185thanH4480the wordsH1697of the menH376of IsraelH3478.

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