Revised Version 1895

2 Samuel 19:9-15

9AndallH3605thepeopleH5971were at strifethroughoutH3605allH3605the tribes ofIsraelH3478,sayingH559, ThekingH4428deliveredusH5046outH6440of the hand of ourenemiesוַיָּ֥קָםvai.Ya.komH6965, and he savedusH5046outH6440of the hand of the Philistines; andnowהִנֵּ֤הhi.NehH2009he isfledנָ֖סnasH5127outH6440of thelandH6440from Absalom.

10AndAbsalomH53, whomweוְעַתָּ֗הve.'a.TahH6258anointed overusH5921, is dead in battle.Nowוְעַתָּ֛הve.'a.TahH6258therefore whyspeakH559yenotוַיְהִ֤יvay.HiH1961awordH559of bringing thekingH4428back?

11AndkingH4428DavidsentH7725to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, saying, Speak unto the elders of Judah, saying,WhyH4100are ye the last tobringלְהָשִׁ֥יבle.ha.ShivH7725thekingH4428backלְהָשִׁ֥יבle.ha.ShivH7725to his house? seeing the speech of allIsraelבַּמִּלְחָמָ֑הba.mil.cha.MahH4421iscomeH7725to thekingH4428, tobringH7725him to his house.

12Ye are my brethren, ye are my bone and my flesh: wherefore then are ye thelastH314tobringבָּ֥אba'H935backH7725thekingH4428?

13And say ye to Amasa, Art thounotH1961myboneH6106and myfleshH1320? Goddoוְלָ֧מָּהve.La.mahH4100soH1961tomeH7725, and more also,ifH1961thou benotH1961captain of the host beforemeH7725continually in the room of Joab.

14And he bowed the heart ofallH3605themenH3605of Judah,evenH3808as the heart of onemanH3605;soיַֽעֲשֶׂה־ya.'a.seh-H6213that theysentH559unto the king,sayingתֹּֽמְר֔וּto.me.RuH559,Returnתַּ֥חַתTa.chatH8478thou, andallH3605thy servants.

15SoH7971thekingH4428returnedוַיָּ֣שָׁבvai.Ya.shovH7725, andcameH413to Jordan. AndJudahH3063cameH413to Gilgal, togoH7971to meet thekingH4428, tobringשׁ֥וּבshuvH7725thekingH4428over Jordan.

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