Revised Version 1895

2 Samuel 2:26-31

26ThenAbnerאַבְנֵ֜ר'av.NerH74calledוַיִּקְרָ֨אvai.yik.Ra'H7121toJoabיוֹאָ֗בyo.'AvH3097, andsaidH559, Shall theswordחֶ֔רֶבChe.revH2719devourתֹּ֣אכַלTo.khalH398foreverH7725? knowest thounotH3808that it will bebitternessמָרָ֥הma.RahH4751in thelatterבָּאַחֲרוֹנָ֑הba.'a.cha.ro.NahH314endהֲלָנֶ֙צַח֙ha.la.Ne.tzachH5331?howמָתַי֙ma.TaiH4970longוְעַד־ve.'ad-H5704shall it be then, ere thou bid thepeopleלָעָ֔םla.'AmH5971returnH7725fromfollowingמֵאַחֲרֵ֥יme.'a.cha.ReiH310theirbrethrenאֲחֵיהֶֽם׃'a.chei.HemH251?

27AndJoabיוֹאָ֔בyo.'AvH3097saidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559, AsGodהָֽאֱלֹהִ֔יםha.'E.lo.HimH430liveth,ifH3588thou hadstnotH3588spokenדִּבַּ֑רְתָּdi.Bar.taH1696,surelyH3588then in themorningמֵֽהַבֹּ֙קֶר֙me.ha.Bo.kerH1242thepeopleהָעָ֔םha.'AmH5971hadgoneנַעֲלָ֣הna.'a.LahH5927awayH310, norfollowedH310everyאִ֖ישׁ'ishH376one hisbrotherאָחִֽיו׃'a.ChivH251.

28SoH3808Joabיוֹאָב֙yo.'AvH3097blewוַיִּתְקַ֤עvai.yit.Ka'H8628thetrumpetבַּשּׁוֹפָ֔רba.sho.FarH7782, andallH3605thepeopleהָעָ֔םha.'AmH5971stoodוַיַּֽעַמְדוּ֙vai.ya.'am.DuH5975stillH5750, andpursuedיִרְדְּפ֥וּyir.de.FuH7291afterאַחֲרֵ֣י'a.cha.ReiH310Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478noH3808moreH5750,neitherH3808foughtלְהִלָּחֵֽם׃le.hi.la.ChemH3898theyanyH3605moreH5750.

29AndAbnerוְאַבְנֵ֣רve.'av.NerH74and hismenH376wentהָֽלְכוּ֙ha.le.KhuH1980allכֹּ֖לkolH3605thatnightהַלַּ֣יְלָהha.Lay.lahH3915throughH5674theArabahבָּֽעֲרָבָ֔הba.'a.ra.VahH6160; and theypassedH5674overJordanהַיַּרְדֵּ֗ןhai.yar.DenH3383, andwentוַיֵּֽלְכוּ֙vai.ye.le.KhuH1980throughH5674allכָּל־kol-H3605Bithron, andcameוַיָּבֹ֖אוּvai.ya.Vo.'uH935toMahanaimמַחֲנָֽיִם׃ma.cha.Na.yimH4266.

30AndJoabוְיוֹאָ֗בve.yo.'AvH3097returnedשָׁ֚בShavH7725fromfollowingמֵאַחֲרֵ֣יme.'a.cha.ReiH310Abnerאַבְנֵ֔ר'av.NerH74: and when he hadgatheredוַיִּקְבֹּ֖ץvai.yik.BotzH6908allכָּל־kol-H3605thepeopleהָעָ֑םha.'AmH5971togetherH6908, there lacked ofDavid’sדָוִ֛דda.VidH1732servantsמֵעַבְדֵ֥יme.'av.DeiH5650nineteenעָשָׂ֥ר'a.SarH6240menאִ֖ישׁ'ishH376andAsahelH6214.

31But theservantsוְעַבְדֵ֣יve.'av.DeiH5650ofDavidדָוִ֗דda.VidH1732hadsmittenהִכּוּ֙hi.KuH5221ofBenjaminמִבִּנְיָמִ֔ןmi.bin.ya.MinH1144, and ofAbner’sאַבְנֵ֑ר'av.NerH74menאִ֖ישׁ'ishH376,soH4191thatthreeשְׁלֹשׁ־she.losh-H7969hundredמֵא֧וֹתme.'otH3967and threescoremenH376diedH4191.

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