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2 Samuel 19:1-8

1And it wastoldH559JoabH559, Behold, thekingH4428weepeth and mourneth forAbsalomH53.

2And the victory that day was turnedintoH5921mourningוַיִּתְאַבֵּ֖לvai.yit.'a.BelH56untoallהִנֵּ֨הhi.NehH2009the people: for the peopleheardוַיֻּגַּ֖דvai.yu.GadH5046say that day, ThekingH4428grieveth for his son.

3And thepeopleH5971gat them by stealth thatdayH3117intoעַל־'al-H5921thecityH1931, aspeopleH5971that are ashamed stealawayלְכָל־le.kholH3605when they flee inbattleH3117.

4And the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!

5And Joab came into the house to thekingH4428, and said, Thou hast shamed this day thefacesH6440ofallגָּד֑וֹלga.DolH1419thy servants, which this day have saved thy life, and the lives of thysonsH1121and of thy daughters, and the lives of thy wives, and the lives of thy concubines;

6in that thou lovest them that hate thee, and hatest them that love thee. For thou hastdeclaredוַיֹּאמֶר֩vai.yo.MerH559thisdayH3117, that princes andservantsH5650are nought unto thee: for thisdayH3117I perceive, thatifבָּנֶ֙יךָ֙ba.Nei.khaH1121Absalom hadlivedH5315, andallH3605weH3117had died thisdayH3117, then it had pleased thee well.

7NowH3117therefore arise, goforthH3045and speak comfortably unto thyservantsH5650: for IswearH3588by the LORD,ifH3588thou gonotאֵ֤ין'einH369forthH3045, there willnotאֵינְךָ֣'ei.ne.KhaH369tarry amanמֵתִ֔יםme.TimH4191with thee this night: and that will be worse unto theethanוְכֻלָּ֤נוּve.khu.La.nuH3605allמִכָּל־mi.kolH3605the evil that hath befallen thee from thy youth untilnowH3117.

8Then thekingH5921aroseH6965, and sat in the gate. And theytoldH1696untoallוּֽלְכָל־u.le.khol-H3605thepeopleH376,sayingH1696, Behold, thekingH5921dothsitוַיָּבֹ֤אvai.ya.Vo'H935in the gate: andallכָל־khol-H3605thepeopleH376cameבָּ֣אָהBa.'ahH935beforeעַד־'ad-H5704thekingH5921.NowH6258Israel had fledeveryמִכָּל־mi.kolH3605manH376to his tent.

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