2 Samuel 3 - The Scriptures 1998

¹ And the fighting between the house of Sha’ul and the house of Dawiḏ

² And sons were born to Dawiḏ

³ and his second, Kil’aḇ

⁴ and the fourth, Aḏ

⁵ and the sixth, Yithreʽ

⁶ And it came to be, while there was fighting between the house of Sha’ul and the house of Dawiḏ

⁷ And Sha’ul had a concubine, whose name was Ritspah, daughter of Ayah. And Ishbosheth said to Aḇ

⁸ And Aḇ

⁹ “Elohim does so to Aḇ

¹⁰ to cause the reign to pass over from the house of Sha’ul, and to raise up the throne of Dawiḏ

¹¹ And he was unable to answer Aḇ

¹² And Aḇ

¹³ And Dawiḏ

¹⁴ Dawiḏ

¹⁵ And Ishbosheth sent and took her from her husband, from Palti’ĕ

¹⁶ But her husband went with her to Baḥ

¹⁷ And Aḇ

¹⁸ “And now, do it! For יהוה  has spoken of Dawiḏ

¹⁹ And Aḇ

²⁰ And Aḇ

²¹ And Aḇ

²² And see, the servants of Dawiḏ

²³ And Yo’aḇ

²⁴ And Yo’aḇ

²⁵ “You know that Aḇ

²⁶ Yo’aḇ

²⁷ Thus Aḇ

²⁸ And when Dawiḏ

²⁹ “Let it rest on the head of Yo’aḇ

³⁰ So Yo’aḇ

³¹ And Dawiḏ

³² And they buried Aḇ

³³ And the sovereign sang a lament over Aḇ

³⁴ “Your hands were not bound nor your feet put into shackles. As one falls before sons of evil, so you fell.” And all the people wept over him again.

³⁵ And all the people came to cause Dawiḏ

³⁶ And all the people took note of it, and it was good in their eyes, since whatever the sovereign did was good in the eyes of all the people.

³⁷ And all the people and all Yisra’ĕ

³⁸ The sovereign also said to his servants, “Do you not know that a prince and a great one has fallen in Yisra’ĕ

³⁹ “And I am weak today, though anointed sovereign. And these men, the sons of Tseruyah, are too harsh for me. Let יהוה  repay the evil-doer according to his evil.”