Revised Version 1895

2 Samuel 5:17-25

17And when thePhilistinesפְלִשְׁתִּ֗יםfe.lish.TimH6430heardוַיִּשְׁמְע֣וּvai.yish.me.'UH8085that they hadanointedמָשְׁח֨וּma.she.ChuH4886Davidדָּוִ֤דda.VidH1732kingלְמֶ֙לֶךְ֙le.Me.lekhH4428overIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478,allכָל־khol-H3605thePhilistinesפְּלִשְׁתִּ֖יםpe.lish.TimH6430wentH5927upH5927toseekלְבַקֵּ֣שׁle.va.KeshH1245Davidדָּוִ֑דda.VidH1732; andDavidדָּוִ֔דda.VidH1732heardוַיִּשְׁמַ֣עvai.yish.Ma'H8085of it, andwentH5927downוַיֵּ֖רֶדvai.Ye.redH3381to the hold.

18NowH935thePhilistinesוּפְלִשְׁתִּ֖יםu.fe.lish.TimH6430hadcomeH935andspreadוַיִּנָּטְשׁ֖וּvai.yi.na.te.ShuH5203themselves in thevalleyבְּעֵ֥מֶקbe.'E.mekH6010ofRephaimרְפָאִֽים׃re.fa.'ImH7497.

19AndDavidדָּוִ֤דda.VidH1732inquiredוַיִּשְׁאַ֨לvai.yish.'AlH7592of theLORDבַּֽיהוָה֙ba.Yah.wehH3068,sayingלֵאמֹ֔רle.MorH559, Shall Igoהַאֶֽעֱלֶה֙ha.'e.'e.LehH5927upH5927againstH413thePhilistinesפְּלִשְׁתִּ֔יםpe.lish.TimH6430? wilt thoudeliverH5414themintoH413minehandבְּיָדִ֑יbe.ya.DiH3027? And theLORDיְהוָ֤הYah.wehH3068saidוַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559untoDavidדָּוִד֙da.VidH1732,Goעֲלֵ֔ה'a.LehH5927upH5927: for I willcertainlyכִּֽי־ki-H3588deliverH5414thePhilistinesהַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֖יםha.pe.lish.TimH6430intoH413thinehandבְּיָדֶֽךָ׃be.ya.De.khaH3027.

20AndDavidדָוִ֥דda.VidH1732cameוַיָּבֹ֨אvai.ya.Vo'H935toBaal-perazimH1188, andDavidדָּוִד֒da.VidH1732smoteוַיַּכֵּ֣םvai.ya.KemH5221them there; and hesaidוַיֹּ֕אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559, TheLORDיְהוָ֧הYah.wehH3068hathbrokenפָּרַ֨ץpa.RatzH6555mineenemiesאֹיְבַ֛י'o.ye.VaiH341beforeH6440meH6440, like thebreachכְּפֶ֣רֶץke.Fe.retzH6556ofwatersמָ֑יִםMa.yimH4325. Therefore hecalledקָרָ֛אka.Ra'H7121thenameשֵֽׁם־shem-H8034of thatplaceהַמָּק֥וֹםha.ma.KomH4725Baal-perazimH1188.

21And theyleftוַיַּעַזְבוּ־vai.ya.'az.vu-H5800theirimagesעֲצַבֵּיהֶ֑ם'a.tza.bei.HemH6091there, andDavidדָּוִ֖דda.VidH1732and hismenH376tookH5375themawayH5375.

22And thePhilistinesפְּלִשְׁתִּ֖יםpe.lish.TimH6430cameH5927upH5927yetagainע֛וֹדodH5750, andspreadוַיִּנָּֽטְשׁ֖וּvai.yi.na.te.ShuH5203themselves in thevalleyבְּעֵ֥מֶקbe.'E.mekH6010ofRephaimרְפָאִֽים׃re.fa.'ImH7497.

23And whenDavidדָּוִד֙da.VidH1732inquiredוַיִּשְׁאַ֤לvai.yish.'AlH7592of theLORDבַּֽיהוָ֔הba.Yah.wehH3068, hesaidוַיֹּ֖אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559, Thou shaltnotלֹ֣אlo'H3808goוּבָ֥אתָu.Va.taH935upתַעֲלֶ֑הta.'a.LehH5927:makeH5437acircuitH5437behindאַ֣חֲרֵיהֶ֔ם'a.cha.rei.HemH310them, andcomeH935uponH935them overagainstאֶל־'el-H413the mulberrytreesבְּכָאִֽים׃be.kha.'ImH1057.

24And it shall be, when thou hearest thesoundק֧וֹלKolH6963of marching in thetopsבְּרָאשֵׁ֥יbe.ra.SheiH7218of the mulberrytreesהַבְּכָאִ֖יםha.be.kha.'ImH1057, that then thou shalt bestir thyself: for then is theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068goneH3318outH3318beforeלְפָנֶ֔יךָle.fa.Nei.khaH6440thee tosmiteלְהַכּ֖וֹתle.ha.KotH5221thehostבְּמַחֲנֵ֥הbe.ma.cha.NehH4264of thePhilistinesפְלִשְׁתִּֽים׃fe.lish.TimH6430.

25AndDavidדָּוִד֙da.VidH1732didוַיַּ֤עַשׂvai.Ya.'asH6213soכֵּ֔ןKenH3651, as theLORDיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068commandedצִוָּ֖הוּtzi.Va.huH6680him; andsmoteוַיַּךְ֙vai.yaKhH5221thePhilistinesפְּלִשְׁתִּ֔יםpe.lish.TimH6430fromGebaמִגֶּ֖בַעmi.Ge.va'H1387untilעַד־'ad-H5704thoucomeבֹּאֲךָ֥bo.'a.KhaH935toGezerגָֽזֶר׃ פGa.zerH1507.

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