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 116 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.
“I will do whatever seems best to you,” the king replied. So he stood beside the gate, while all the troops marched out by hundreds and by thousands.
Read word by wordNow the king had commanded Joab, Abishai, and Ittai, “Treat the young man Absalom gently for my sake.” And all the people heard the king’s orders to each of the commanders regarding Absalom.
Read word by wordSo David’s army marched into the field to engage Israel, and the battle took place in the forest of Ephraim.
Read word by wordThere the people of Israel were defeated by David’s servants, and the slaughter was great that day—twenty thousand men.
Read word by wordThe battle spread over the whole countryside, and that day the forest devoured more people than the sword.
Read word by wordNow Absalom was riding on his mule when he met the servants of David, and as the mule went under the thick branches of a large oak, Absalom’s head was caught fast in the tree. The mule under him kept going, so that he was suspended in midair.
Read word by wordWhen one of the men saw this, he told Joab, “I just saw Absalom hanging in an oak tree!”
Read word by word“You just saw him!” Joab exclaimed. “Why did you not strike him to the ground right there? I would have given you ten shekels of silver and a warrior’s belt!”
Read word by wordThe man replied, “Even if a thousand shekels of silver were weighed out into my hands, I would not raise my hand against the son of the king. For we heard the king command you and Abishai and Ittai, ‘Protect the young man Absalom for my sake.’
Read word by wordBut Joab declared, “I am not going to wait like this with you!” And he took three spears in his hand and thrust them through the heart of Absalom while he was still alive in the oak tree.
Read word by wordAnd ten young men who carried Joab’s armor surrounded Absalom, struck him, and killed him.
Read word by wordThen Joab blew the ram’s horn, and the troops broke off their pursuit of Israel because Joab had restrained them.
Read word by wordThey took Absalom, cast him into a large pit in the forest, and piled a huge mound of stones over him. Meanwhile, all the Israelites fled, each to his home.
Read word by wordDuring his lifetime, Absalom had set up for himself a pillar in the King’s Valley, for he had said, “I have no son to preserve the memory of my name.” So he gave the pillar his name, and to this day it is called Absalom’s Monument.
Read word by wordBut Joab replied, “You are not the man to take good news today. You may do it another day, but you must not do so today, because the king’s son is dead.”
Read word by wordSo Joab said to a Cushite, “Go, tell the king what you have seen.” The Cushite bowed to Joab and took off running.
Read word by wordAhimaaz son of Zadok, however, persisted and said to Joab, “No matter what, please let me also run behind the Cushite!” “My son,” Joab replied, “why do you want to run, since you will not receive a reward?”
Read word by word“No matter what, I want to run!” he replied. “Then run!” Joab told him. So Ahimaaz ran by way of the plain and outran the Cushite.
Read word by wordNow David was sitting between the two gates when the watchman went up to the roof of the gateway by the wall, looked out, and saw a man running alone.
Read word by wordSo he called out and told the king. “If he is alone,” the king replied, “he bears good news.” As the first runner drew near,
Read word by wordthe watchman saw another man running, and he called out to the gatekeeper, “Look! Another man is running alone!” “This one also brings good news,” said the king.
Read word by wordThe watchman said, “The first man appears to me to be running like Ahimaaz son of Zadok.” “This is a good man,” said the king. “He comes with good news.”
Read word by wordThen Ahimaaz called out to the king, “All is well!” And he bowed facedown before the king. He continued, “Blessed be the LORD your God! He has delivered up the men who raised their hands against my lord the king.”
Read word by wordThe king asked, “Is the young man Absalom all right?” And Ahimaaz replied, “When Joab sent the king’s servant and your servant, I saw a great tumult, but I do not know what it was.”
Read word by word“Move aside,” said the king, “and stand here.” So he stepped aside.
Read word by wordJust then the Cushite came and said, “May my lord the king hear the good news: Today the LORD has avenged you of all who rose up against you!”
Read word by wordThe king asked the Cushite, “Is the young man Absalom all right?” And the Cushite replied, “May the enemies of my lord the king and all who rise up against you to harm you be like that young man.”
Read word by wordThe king was shaken and went up to the chamber over the gate and wept. And as he walked, he cried out, “O my son Absalom! My son, my son Absalom! If only I had died instead of you, O Absalom, my son, my son!”
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 19.1
Then it was reported to Joab, “The king is weeping and mourning over Absalom.”
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 19.2
And that day’s victory was turned into mourning for all the people, because on that day they were told, “The king is grieving over his son.”
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 19.3
So they returned to the city quietly that day, as people steal away in humiliation after fleeing a battle.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 19.4
But the king covered his face and cried out at the top of his voice, “O my son Absalom! O Absalom, my son, my son!”
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 19.5
Then Joab went into the house and said to the king, “Today you have disgraced all your servants who have saved your life and the lives of your sons and daughters, of your wives, and of your concubines.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 19.6
Now therefore get up! Go out and speak comfort to your servants, for I swear by the LORD that if you do not go out, not a man will remain with you tonight. This will be worse for you than all the adversity that has befallen you from your youth until now!”
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 19.8
So the king got up and sat in the gate, and all the people were told: “Behold, the king is sitting in the gate.” So they all came before the king. Meanwhile, the Israelites had fled, each man to his home.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 19.9
And all the people throughout the tribes of Israel were arguing, “The king rescued us from the hand of our enemies and delivered us from the hand of the Philistines, but now he has fled the land because of Absalom.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 19.10
So he swayed the hearts of all the men of Judah as though they were one man, and they sent word to the king: “Return, you and all your servants.”
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 19.15
So the king returned, and when he arrived at the Jordan, the men of Judah came to Gilgal to meet him and escort him across the Jordan.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 19.16
Then Shimei son of Gera, a Benjamite from Bahurim, hurried down with the men of Judah to meet King David,
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 19.17
along with a thousand men of Benjamin, as well as Ziba the steward of the house of Saul and his fifteen sons and twenty servants. They rushed down to the Jordan before the king
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 19.18
and crossed at the ford to carry over the king’s household and to do what was good in his sight. When Shimei son of Gera crossed the Jordan, he fell down before the king
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 19.19
and said, “My lord, do not hold me guilty, and do not remember your servant’s wrongdoing on the day my lord the king left Jerusalem. May the king not take it to heart.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 19.20
But Abishai son of Zeruiah said, “Shouldn’t Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed the LORD’s anointed?”
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 19.22
And David replied, “Sons of Zeruiah, what have I to do with you, that you should be my adversaries today? Should any man be put to death in Israel today? Am I not indeed aware that today I am king over Israel?”
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 19.23
So the king said to Shimei, “You shall not die.” And the king swore an oath to him.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 19.24
And he came from Jerusalem to meet the king, who asked him, “Mephibosheth, why did you not go with me?”
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 19.26
“My lord the king,” he replied, “because I am lame, I said, ‘I will have my donkey saddled so that I may ride on it and go with the king.’ But my servant Ziba deceived me,
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 19.27
and he has slandered your servant to my lord the king. Yet my lord the king is like the angel of God, so do what is good in your eyes.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 19.28
For all the house of my grandfather deserves death from my lord the king, yet you have set your servant among those who eat at your table. What further right, then, do I have to keep appealing to the king?”
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 19.29
The king replied, “Why say any more? I hereby declare that you and Ziba are to divide the land.”
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 19.30
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