New American Standard Bible 1995

2 Samuel 3:24-27

24Then Joabיוֹאָב֙yo.'AvH3097cameוַיָּבֹ֤אvai.ya.Vo'H935to the kingהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428and saidוַיֹּ֖אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559, “Whatמֶ֣הmehH4100have you doneעָשִׂ֑יתָה'a.Si.tahH6213?Beholdהִנֵּה־hi.neh-H2009,Abnerאַבְנֵר֙'av.NerH74cameבָ֤אva'H935to you; whyלָמָּה־la.mah-H4100thenזֶּ֥הzehH2088have you sentשִׁלַּחְתּ֖וֹshi.lach.ToH7971him awayH7971and he is alreadyוַיֵּ֥לֶךְvai.Ye.lekhH1980goneהָלֽוֹךְ׃ha.LokhH1980?

25You knowיָדַ֙עְתָּ֙ya.Da'.taH3045Abnerאַבְנֵ֣ר'av.NerH74the sonבֶּן־ben-H1121of Nerנֵ֔רNerH5369,that he cameבָּ֑אBa'H935to deceiveלְפַתֹּתְךָ֖le.fa.to.te.KhaH6601you and to learnוְלָדַ֜עַתve.la.Da.'atH3045ofyour goingמוֹצָֽאֲךָ֙mo.tza.'a.KhaH4161out and comingמ֣וֹבָאֶ֔ךָmi.vo.'e.khaH4126in and to findוְלָדַ֕עַתve.la.Da.'atH3045out allכָּל־kol-H3605that you are doingעֹשֶֽׂה׃'o.SehH6213.”

26When Joabיוֹאָב֙yo.'AvH3097cameוַיֵּצֵ֤אvai.ye.Tze'H3318out from Davidדָּוִ֔דda.VidH1732,he sentוַיִּשְׁלַ֤חvai.yish.LachH7971messengersמַלְאָכִים֙mal.'a.KhimH4397afterאַחֲרֵ֣י'a.cha.ReiH310Abnerאַבְנֵ֔ר'av.NerH74,and they broughtH7725him backוַיָּשִׁ֥בוּvai.ya.Shi.vuH7725from the wellמִבּ֣וֹרmi.BorH953of Sirahהַסִּרָ֑הha.si.RahH5626;but Davidוְדָוִ֖דve.da.VidH1732did not knowיָדָֽע׃ya.Da'H3045it.

27So when Abnerאַבְנֵר֙'av.NerH74returnedוַיָּ֤שָׁבvai.Ya.shovH7725to Hebronחֶבְר֔וֹןchev.RonH2275,Joabיוֹאָב֙yo.'AvH3097tookH5186him asideוַיַּטֵּ֤הוּvai.ya.Te.huH5186into the middleתּ֣וֹךְTokhH8432of the gateהַשַּׁ֔עַרha.Sha.'arH8179to speakלְדַבֵּ֥רle.da.BerH1696with him privatelyבַּשֶּׁ֑לִיba.She.liH7987,and thereשָׁם֙shamH8033he struckוַיַּכֵּ֤הוּvai.ya.Ke.huH5221him in the bellyהַחֹ֔מֶשׁha.Cho.meshH2570so that he diedוַיָּ֕מָתvai.Ya.motH4191on account of the bloodבְּדַ֖םbe.DamH1818of AsahelH6214his brotherאָחִֽיו׃'a.ChivH251.

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