TBESH · H9001
/וַ · v · &
Verbal vav: joined to verb with no intervening prefix (usually conversive) (futurepast)
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/וַ (v) means “&” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: v STEP transliteration; pronunciation varies by reading tradition.
/וַ · v · &
Verbal vav: joined to verb with no intervening prefix (usually conversive) (futurepast)
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Page 115 of 227. 11323 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
But David continued up the Mount of Olives, weeping as he went up. His head was covered, and he was walking barefoot. And all the people with him covered their heads and went up, weeping as they went.
Read word by wordNow someone told David: “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” So David pleaded, “O LORD, please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness!”
Read word by wordWhen David came to the summit, where he used to worship God, Hushai the Archite was there to meet him with his robe torn and dust on his head.
Read word by wordDavid said to him, “If you go on with me, you will be a burden to me.
Read word by wordBut you can thwart the counsel of Ahithophel for me if you return to the city and say to Absalom: ‘I will be your servant, my king; in the past I was your father’s servant, but now I will be your servant.’
Read word by wordWill not Zadok and Abiathar the priests be there with you? Report to them everything you hear from the king’s palace.
Read word by wordIndeed, their two sons, Ahimaaz son of Zadok and Jonathan son of Abiathar, are there with them. Send them to me with everything you hear.”
Read word by wordSo David’s friend Hushai arrived in Jerusalem just as Absalom was entering the city.
Read word by word“Why do you have these?” asked the king. Ziba replied, “The donkeys are for the king’s household to ride, the bread and summer fruit are for the young men to eat, and the wine is to refresh those who become exhausted in the wilderness.”
Read word by word“Where is your master’s grandson?” asked the king. And Ziba answered, “Indeed, he is staying in Jerusalem, for he has said, ‘Today, the house of Israel will restore to me the kingdom of my grandfather.’”
Read word by wordSo the king said to Ziba, “All that belongs to Mephibosheth is now yours!” “I humbly bow before you,” said Ziba. “May I find favor in your eyes, my lord the king!”
Read word by wordAs King David approached Bahurim, a man from the family of the house of Saul was just coming out. His name was Shimei son of Gera, and as he approached, he kept yelling out curses.
Read word by wordHe threw stones at David and at all the servants of the king, though the troops and all the mighty men were on David’s right and left.
Read word by wordThe LORD has paid you back for all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose place you have reigned, and the LORD has delivered the kingdom into the hand of your son Absalom. See, you have come to ruin because you are a man of bloodshed!”
Read word by wordThen Abishai son of Zeruiah said to the king, “Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Let me go over and cut off his head!”
Read word by wordBut the king replied, “What have I to do with you, O sons of Zeruiah? If he curses me because the LORD told him, ‘Curse David,’ who can ask, ‘Why did you do this?’”
Read word by wordThen David said to Abishai and to all his servants, “Behold, my own son, my own flesh and blood, seeks my life. How much more, then, this Benjamite! Leave him alone and let him curse me, for the LORD has told him so.
Read word by wordPerhaps the LORD will see my affliction and repay me with good for the cursing I receive today.”
Read word by wordSo David and his men proceeded along the road as Shimei went along the ridge of the hill opposite him. As Shimei went, he yelled curses, threw stones, and flung dust at David.
Read word by wordFinally, the king and all the people with him arrived, exhausted. And there he refreshed himself.
Read word by wordAnd David’s friend Hushai the Archite went to Absalom and said to him, “Long live the king! Long live the king!”
Read word by word“Is this the loyalty you show your friend?” Absalom replied. “Why did you not go with your friend?”
Read word by word“Not at all,” Hushai answered. “For the one chosen by the LORD, by this people, and by all the men of Israel—his I will be, and with him I will remain.
Read word by wordThen Absalom said to Ahithophel, “Give me counsel. What should we do?”
Read word by wordAhithophel replied, “Sleep with your father’s concubines, whom he has left to take care of the palace. When all Israel hears that you have become a stench to your father, then the hands of all who are with you will be strengthened.”
Read word by wordSo they pitched a tent for Absalom on the roof, and he slept with his father’s concubines in the sight of all Israel.
Read word by wordFurthermore, Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Let me choose twelve thousand men and set out tonight in pursuit of David.
Read word by wordI will attack him while he is weak and weary; I will throw him into a panic, and all the people with him will flee; I will strike down only the king
Read word by wordThis proposal seemed good to Absalom and all the elders of Israel.
Read word by wordThen Absalom said, “Summon Hushai the Archite as well, and let us hear what he too has to say.”
Read word by wordSo Hushai came to Absalom, who told him, “Ahithophel has spoken this proposal. Should we carry it out? If not, what do you say?”
Read word by wordHushai replied, “This time the advice of Ahithophel is not sound.”
Read word by wordHe continued, “You know your father and his men. They are mighty men, and as fierce as a wild bear robbed of her cubs. Moreover, your father is a man of war who will not spend the night with the troops.
Read word by wordSurely by now he is hiding in a cave or some other location. If some of your troops fall first, whoever hears of it will say, ‘There has been a slaughter among the troops who follow Absalom.’
Read word by wordThen we will attack David wherever we find him, and we will descend on him like dew on the ground. And of all the men with him, not even one will remain.
Read word by wordIf he retreats to a city, all Israel will bring ropes to that city, and we will drag it down to the valley until not even a pebble can be found there.”
Read word by wordThen Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The advice of Hushai the Archite is better than that of Ahithophel.” For the LORD had purposed to thwart the good counsel of Ahithophel in order to bring disaster on Absalom.
Read word by wordSo Hushai told Zadok and Abiathar, the priests, “This is what Ahithophel has advised Absalom and the elders of Israel, and this is what I have advised.
Read word by wordNow Jonathan and Ahimaaz were staying at En-rogel, where a servant girl would come and pass along information to them. They in turn would go and inform King David, for they dared not be seen entering the city.
Read word by wordBut a young man did see them and told Absalom. So the two left quickly and came to the house of a man in Bahurim. He had a well in his courtyard, and they climbed down into it.
Read word by wordThen the man’s wife took a covering, spread it over the mouth of the well, and scattered grain over it so nobody would know a thing.
Read word by wordWhen Absalom’s servants came to the woman at the house, they asked, “Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?” “They have crossed over the brook,” she replied. The men searched but did not find them, so they returned to Jerusalem.
Read word by wordAfter the men had gone, Ahimaaz and Jonathan climbed up out of the well and went to inform King David, saying, “Get up and cross over the river at once, for Ahithophel has given this advice against you.”
Read word by wordSo David and all the people with him got up and crossed the Jordan. By daybreak, there was no one left who had not crossed the Jordan.
Read word by wordWhen Ahithophel saw that his advice had not been followed, he saddled his donkey and set out for his house in his hometown. He put his affairs in order and hanged himself. So he died and was buried in his father’s tomb.
Read word by wordSo the Israelites and Absalom camped in the land of Gilead.
Read word by wordWhen David came to Mahanaim, he was met by Shobi son of Nahash from Rabbah of the Ammonites, Machir son of Ammiel from Lo-debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite from Rogelim.
Read word by wordThen David reviewed his troops and appointed over them commanders of thousands and of hundreds.
Read word by wordHe sent out the troops, a third under Joab, a third under Joab’s brother Abishai son of Zeruiah, and a third under Ittai the Gittite. And the king said to the troops, “I will surely march out with you as well.”
Read word by wordBut the people pleaded, “You must not go out! For if we have to flee, they will not care about us. Even if half of us die, they will not care. But you are worth ten thousand of us. It is better now if you support us from the city.”
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