Revised Version 1895

2 Samuel 3:24-27

24ThenJoabיוֹאָב֙yo.'AvH3097cameוַיָּבֹ֤אvai.ya.Vo'H935to thekingהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428, andsaidוַיֹּ֖אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559,Whatמֶ֣הmehH4100hast thoudoneעָשִׂ֑יתָה'a.Si.tahH6213?beholdהִנֵּה־hi.neh-H2009,Abnerאַבְנֵר֙'av.NerH74cameבָ֤אva'H935unto thee;whyלָמָּה־la.mah-H4100is it that thou hastsentשִׁלַּחְתּ֖וֹshi.lach.ToH7971himawayH7971, and he is quitegoneH1980?

25Thou knowestAbnerאַבְנֵ֣ר'av.NerH74thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofNerנֵ֔רNerH5369, that hecameH935to deceive thee, and toknowיָדַ֙עְתָּ֙ya.Da'.taH3045thygoingH935outוְלָדַ֜עַתve.la.Da.'atH3045and thycomingH935in, and toknowוְלָדַ֕עַתve.la.Da.'atH3045allכָּל־kol-H3605that thou doest.

26And whenJoabיוֹאָב֙yo.'AvH3097wascomeH3318outH3318fromDavidדָּוִ֔דda.VidH1732, hesentוַיִּשְׁלַ֤חvai.yish.LachH7971messengersמַלְאָכִים֙mal.'a.KhimH4397afterאַחֲרֵ֣י'a.cha.ReiH310Abnerאַבְנֵ֔ר'av.NerH74, and theybroughtH3318himbackוַיָּשִׁ֥בוּvai.ya.Shi.vuH7725from thewellH3045ofSirahהַסִּרָ֑הha.si.RahH5626: butDavidוְדָוִ֖דve.da.VidH1732knewH3045itnotלֹ֥אlo'H3808.

27And whenAbnerאַבְנֵר֙'av.NerH74wasreturnedוַיָּ֤שָׁבvai.Ya.shovH7725toHebronחֶבְר֔וֹןchev.RonH2275,Joabיוֹאָב֙yo.'AvH3097tookH5186himasideוַיַּטֵּ֤הוּvai.ya.Te.huH5186intoאֶל־'el-H413themidstתּ֣וֹךְTokhH8432of thegateהַשַּׁ֔עַרha.Sha.'arH8179tospeakלְדַבֵּ֥רle.da.BerH1696with him quietly, andsmoteוַיַּכֵּ֤הוּvai.ya.Ke.huH5221him there in thebellyהַחֹ֔מֶשׁha.Cho.meshH2570, that hediedוַיָּ֕מָתvai.Ya.motH4191, for thebloodבְּדַ֖םbe.DamH1818ofAsahelH6214hisbrotherאָחִֽיו׃'a.ChivH251.

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