TBESH · H9003
/ב · b · in/on/with
Prefix beth: in, among, with,
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/ב (b) means “in/on/with” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: b STEP transliteration; pronunciation varies by reading tradition.
/ב · b · in/on/with
Prefix beth: in, among, with,
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and sent word through Nathan the prophet to name him Jedidiah because the LORD loved him.
Read word by wordMeanwhile, Joab fought against Rabbah of the Ammonites and captured the royal fortress.
Read word by wordThen Joab sent messengers to David to say, “I have fought against Rabbah and have captured the water supply of the city.
Read word by wordSo David assembled all the troops and went to Rabbah; and he fought against it and captured it.
Read word by wordDavid brought out the people who were there and put them to work with saws, iron picks, and axes, and he made them work at the brick kilns. He did the same to all the Ammonite cities. Then David and all his troops returned to Jerusalem.
Read word by wordAmnon was sick with frustration over his sister Tamar, for she was a virgin, and it seemed implausible for him to do anything to her.
Read word by wordand he asked Amnon, “Why are you, the son of the king, so depressed morning after morning? Won’t you tell me?” Amnon replied, “I am in love with Tamar, my brother Absalom’s sister.”
Read word by wordAnd when she had brought them to him to eat, he took hold of her and said, “Come lie with me, my sister!”
Read word by word“No, my brother!” she cried. “Do not violate me, for such a thing should never be done in Israel. Do not do this disgraceful thing!
Read word by wordWhere could I ever take my shame? And you would be like one of the fools in Israel! Please speak to the king, for he will not withhold me from you.”
Read word by wordBut Amnon refused to listen to her, and being stronger, he violated her and lay with her.
Read word by wordTwo years later, when Absalom’s sheepshearers were at Baal-hazor near Ephraim, he invited all the sons of the king.
Read word by word“No, my son,” the king replied, “we should not all go, or we would be a burden to you.” Although Absalom urged him, he was not willing to go, but gave him his blessing.
Read word by wordBut Absalom urged him, so the king sent Amnon and the rest of his sons.
Read word by wordNow Absalom had ordered his young men, “Watch Amnon until his heart is merry with wine, and when I order you to strike Amnon down, you are to kill him. Do not be afraid. Have I not commanded you? Be courageous and valiant!”
Read word by wordWhile they were on the way, a report reached David: “Absalom has struck down all the sons of the king; not one of them is left!”
Read word by wordThen go to the king and speak these words to him.” And Joab put the words in her mouth.
Read word by wordAnd your maidservant had two sons who were fighting in the field with no one to separate them, and one struck the other and killed him.
Read word by wordNow the whole clan has risen up against your maidservant and said, ‘Hand over the one who struck down his brother, that we may put him to death for the life of the brother whom he killed. Then we will cut off the heir as well!’ So they would extinguish my one remaining ember by not preserving my husband’s name or posterity on the earth.”
Read word by word“If anyone speaks to you,” said the king, “bring him to me, and he will not trouble you again!”
Read word by wordSo the king asked, “Is the hand of Joab behind all this?” The woman answered, “As surely as you live, my lord the king, no one can turn to the right or to the left from anything that my lord the king says. Yes, your servant Joab is the one who gave me orders; he told your maidservant exactly what to say.
Read word by wordJoab your servant has done this to bring about this change of affairs, but my lord has wisdom like the wisdom of the angel of God, to know everything that happens in the land.”
Read word by wordJoab fell facedown in homage and blessed the king. “Today,” said Joab, “your servant knows that he has found favor in your eyes, my lord the king, because the king has granted his request.”
Read word by wordNow there was not a man in all Israel as handsome and highly praised as Absalom. From the sole of his foot to the top of his head, he did not have a single flaw.
Read word by wordAnd when he cut the hair of his head—he shaved it every year because his hair got so heavy—he would weigh it out to be two hundred shekels, according to the royal standard.
Read word by wordNow Absalom lived in Jerusalem two years without seeing the face of the king.
Read word by wordThen Absalom said to his servants, “Look, Joab’s field is next to mine, and he has barley there. Go and set it on fire!” And Absalom’s servants set the field on fire.
Read word by wordThen Joab came to Absalom’s house and demanded, “Why did your servants set my field on fire?”
Read word by word“Look,” said Absalom, “I sent for you and said, ‘Come here. I want to send you to the king to ask: Why have I come back from Geshur? It would be better for me if I were still there.’ So now, let me see the king’s face, and if there is iniquity in me, let him kill me.”
Read word by wordAnd he would add, “If only someone would appoint me judge in the land, then everyone with a grievance or dispute could come to me, and I would give him justice.”
Read word by wordAlso, when anyone approached to bow down to him, Absalom would reach out his hand, take hold of him, and kiss him.
Read word by wordAfter four years had passed, Absalom said to the king, “Please let me go to Hebron to fulfill a vow I have made to the LORD.
Read word by wordFor your servant made a vow while dwelling in Geshur of Aram, saying: ‘If indeed the LORD brings me back to Jerusalem, I will worship the LORD in Hebron.’”
Read word by word“Go in peace,” said the king. So Absalom got up and went to Hebron.
Read word by wordThen Absalom sent spies throughout the tribes of Israel with this message: “When you hear the sound of the horn, you are to say, ‘Absalom reigns in Hebron!’”
Read word by wordWhile Absalom was offering the sacrifices, he sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David’s counselor, to come from his hometown of Giloh. So the conspiracy gained strength, and Absalom’s following kept increasing.
Read word by wordAnd David said to all the servants with him in Jerusalem, “Arise and let us flee, or we will not escape from Absalom! We must leave quickly, or he will soon overtake us, heap disaster on us, and put the city to the sword.”
Read word by wordThen the king set out, and his entire household followed him. But he left behind ten concubines to take care of the palace.
Read word by wordSo the king set out with all the people following him. He stopped at the last house,
Read word by wordand all his servants marched past him—all the Cherethites and Pelethites, and six hundred Gittites who had followed him from Gath.
Read word by wordBut Ittai answered the king, “As surely as the LORD lives, and as my lord the king lives, wherever my lord the king may be, whether it means life or death, there will your servant be!”
Read word by wordEveryone in the countryside was weeping loudly as all the people passed by. And as the king crossed the Kidron Valley, all the people also passed toward the way of the wilderness.
Read word by wordThen the king said to Zadok, “Return the ark of God to the city. If I find favor in the eyes of the LORD, He will bring me back and let me see both it and His dwelling place again.
Read word by wordBut if He should say, ‘I do not delight in you,’ then here I am; let Him do to me whatever seems good to Him.”
Read word by wordThe king also said to Zadok the priest, “Are you not a seer? Return to the city in peace—you with your son Ahimaaz, and Abiathar with his son Jonathan.
Read word by wordSee, I will wait at the fords of the wilderness until word comes from you to inform me.”
Read word by wordBut 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 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 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.”
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