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| 18 1 | David mustered the people who were with him, and appointed officers over units of a thousand and a hundred. | Defeat & death of Absalom. 2Sm.18.1-18 | וַיִּפְקֹד דָּוִד אֶת־הָעָם אֲשֶׁר אִתֹּו וַיָּשֶׂם עֲלֵיהֶם שָׂרֵי אֲלָפִים וְשָׂרֵי מֵאֹות׃ |
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| 2 | Then he divided the army in three, one division under the command of Joab, one under Joab's brother Abishai son of Zeruiah, and the third under Ittai the Gittite. The king announced to the army that he was coming out himself with them to battle. | | וַיְשַׁלַּח דָּוִד אֶת־הָעָם הַשְּׁלִשִׁית בְּיַד־יֹואָב וְהַשְּׁלִשִׁית בְּיַד אֲבִישַׁי בֶּן־צְרוּיָה אֲחִי יֹואָב וְהַשְּׁלִשִׁת בְּיַד אִתַּי הַגִּתִּי ס וַיֹּאמֶר הַמֶּלֶךְ אֶל־הָעָם יָצֹא אֵצֵא גַּם־אֲנִי עִםָּכֶם׃ |
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| 3 | But they said, 'No, you must not come out; if we turn and run, no one will take any notice, nor will they, even if half of us are killed; but you are worth ten thousand of us, and it would be better now for you to remain in the city in support.' | | וַיֹּאמֶר הָעָם לֹא תֵצֵא כִּי אִם־נֹס נָנוּס לֹא־יָשִׂימוּ אֵלֵינוּ לֵב וְאִם־יָמֻתוּ חֶצְיֵנוּ לֹא־יָשִׂימוּ אֵלֵינוּ לֵב כִּי־עַתָּה כָמֹנוּ עֲשָׂרָה אֲלָפִים וְעַתָּה טֹוב כִּי־תִהְיֶה־לָּנוּ מֵעִיר כ= לַעְזִיר ק= לַעְזֹור׃ ס |
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| 4 | 'I will do what you think best', answered the king; and he then stood beside the gate, and the army marched past in their units of a thousand and a hundred. | | וַיֹּאמֶר אֲלֵיהֶם הַמֶּלֶךְ אֲשֶׁר־יִיטַב בְּעֵינֵיכֶם אֶעֱשֶׂה וַיַּעֲמֹד הַמֶּלֶךְ אֶל־יַד הַשַּׁעַר וְכָל־הָעָם יָצְאוּ לְמֵאֹות וְלַאֲלָפִים׃ |
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| 5 | The king gave orders to Joab, Abishai, and Ittai: 'Deal gently with the young man Absalom for my sake.' The whole army heard the king giving all his officers this order to spare Absalom.
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| 6 | The army took the field against the Israelites and the battle was fought in the forest of Ephron prob. rdg, Heb Ephraim. | | וַיֵּצֵא הָעָם הַשָּׂדֶה לִקְרַאת יִשְׂרָאֵל וַתְּהִי הַמִּלְחָמָה בְּיַעַר אֶפְרָיִם׃ |
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| 7 | There the Israelites were routed before the onslaught of David's men; so great was the rout that twenty thousand men fell that day. | | וַיִּנָּגְפוּ שָׁם עַם יִשְׂרָאֵל לִפְנֵי עַבְדֵי דָוִד וַתְּהִי־שָׁם הַמַּגֵּפָה גְדֹולָה בַּיֹּום הַהוּא עֶשְׂרִים אָלֶף׃ |
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| 8 | The fighting spread over the whole country-side, and the forest took toll of more people that day than the sword.
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| 9 | Now some of David's men caught sight of Absalom. He was riding a mule and, as it passed beneath a great oak Or terebinth, his head was caught in its boughs; he found himself in mid air and the mule went on from under him. | | וַיִּקָּרֵא אַבְשָׁלֹום לִפְנֵי עַבְדֵי דָוִד וְאַבְשָׁלֹום רֹכֵב עַל־הַפֶּרֶד וַיָּבֹא הַפֶּרֶד תַּחַת שֹׂובֶךְ הָאֵלָה הַגְּדֹולָה וַיֶּחֱזַק רֹאשֹׁו בָאֵלָה וַיֻּתַּן בֵּין הַשָּׁמַיִם וּבֵין הָאָרֶץ וְהַפֶּרֶד אֲשֶׁר־תַּחְתָּיו עָבָר׃ |
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| 10 | One of the men who saw it went and told Joab, 'I saw Absalom hanging from an oak.' | | וַיַּרְא אִישׁ אֶחָד וַיַּגֵּד לְיֹואָב וַיֹּאמֶר הִנֵּה רָאִיתִי אֶת־אַבְשָׁלֹם תָּלוּי בָּאֵלָה׃ |
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| 11 | While the man was telling him, Joab broke in, 'You saw him? Why did you not strike him to the ground then and there? I would have given you ten pieces of silver and a belt.' | | וַיֹּאמֶר יֹואָב לָאִישׁ הַמַּגִּיד לֹו וְהִנֵּה רָאִיתָ וּמַדּוּעַ לֹא־הִכִּיתֹו שָׁם אָרְצָה וְעָלַי לָתֶת לְךָ עֲשָׂרָה כֶסֶף וַחֲגֹרָה אֶחָת׃ |
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| 12 | The man answered, 'If you were to put in my hands a thousand pieces of silver, I would not lift a finger against the king's son; for we all heard the king giving orders to you and Abishai and Ittai that whoever finds himself near the young man Absalom must take great care of him. | | וַיֹּאמֶר הָאִישׁ אֶל־יֹואָב כ= וְלֹא ק= וְלוּא אָנֹכִי שֹׁקֵל עַל־כַּפַּי אֶלֶף כֶּסֶף לֹא־אֶשְׁלַח יָדִי אֶל־בֶּן־הַמֶּלֶךְ כִּי בְאָזְנֵינוּ צִוָּה הַמֶּלֶךְ אֹתְךָ וְאֶת־אֲבִישַׁי וְאֶת־אִתַּי לֵאמֹר שִׁמְרוּ־מִי בַּנַּעַר בְּאַבְשָׁלֹום׃ |
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| 13 | If I had dealt him a treacherous blow, the king would soon have known, and you would have kept well out of it.' | | אֹו־עָשִׂיתִי כ= בְנַפְשֹׁו ק= בְנַפְשִׁי שֶׁקֶר וְכָל־דָּבָר לֹא־יִכָּחֵד מִן־הַמֶּלֶךְ וְאַתָּה תִּתְיַצֵּב מִנֶּגֶד׃ |
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| 14 | 'That is a lie!' said Joab. 'I will make a start and show you I will ... show you: or I can waste no more time on you like this.' So he picked up three stout sticks and drove them against Absalom's chest while he was held fast in the tree and still alive. | | וַיֹּאמֶר יֹואָב לֹא־כֵן אֹחִילָה לְפָנֶיךָ וַיִּקַּח שְׁלֹשָׁה שְׁבָטִים בְּכַפֹּו וַיִּתְקָעֵם בְּלֵב אַבְשָׁלֹום עֹודֶנּוּ חַי בְּלֵב הָאֵלָה׃ |
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| 15 | Then ten young men who were Joab's armour-bearers closed in on Absalom, struck at him and killed him. | | וַיָּסֹבּוּ עֲשָׂרָה נְעָרִים נֹשְׂאֵי כְּלֵי יֹואָב וַיַּכּוּ אֶת־אַבְשָׁלֹום וַיְמִיתֻהוּ׃ |
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| 16 | Joab sounded the trumpet, and the army came back from the pursuit of Israel because he had called it off. | | וַיִּתְקַע יֹואָב בַּשֹּׁפָר וַיָּשָׁב הָעָם מִרְדֹף אַחֲרֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל כִּי־חָשַׂךְ יֹואָב אֶת־הָעָם׃ |
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| 17 | They took Absalom's body and flung it into a great pit in the forest, and raised over it a huge pile of stones. The Israelites all fled to their homes.
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| 18 | The pillar in the King's Vale had been set up by Absalom in his lifetime, for he said, 'I have no son to carry on my name.' He had named the pillar after himself; and to this day it is called Absalom's Monument.
| | וְאַבְשָׁלֹם לָקַח וַיַּצֶּב־לֹו כ= בְחַיָו ק= בְחַיָּיוק אֶת־מַצֶּבֶת אֲשֶׁר בְּעֵמֶק־הַמֶּלֶךְ כִּי אָמַר אֵין־לִי בֵן בַּעֲבוּר הַזְכִּיר שְׁמִי וַיִּקְרָא לַמַּצֶּבֶת עַל־שְׁמֹו וַיִּקָּרֵא לָהּ יַד אַבְשָׁלֹם עַד הַיֹּום הַזֶּה׃ ס |
