2 Samuel 16

1 Now, David, had passed on but a little from the summit, when lo! Ziba, servant of Mephibosheth, met him, —with a couple of asses saddled, and, upon them, two hundred cakes of bread, and one hundred cakes of raisins, and one hundred summer fruits, and a skin of wine.

and David to pass little from [the] head: top and behold Ziba youth Mephibosheth Mephibosheth to/for to encounter: meet him and pair donkey to saddle/tie and upon them hundred food: bread and hundred cluster and hundred summer and bag wine

2 And the king said unto Ziba, What meanest thou, by these? And Ziba said—The asses, are for the king’s household, to ride on, and, the bread and the summer fruits, are for the young men to eat, and, the wine, is for drink to such as are faint in the wilderness.

and to say [the] king to(wards) Ziba what? these to/for you and to say Ziba [the] donkey to/for house: household [the] king to/for to ride (and [the] food: bread *Q(K)*) and [the] summer to/for to eat [the] youth and [the] wine to/for to drink [the] weary in/on/with wilderness

3 Then said the king, And where is thy lord’s son? And Ziba said unto the king—Lo! abiding in Jerusalem, for he said, To-day, will the house of Israel, restore unto me, the kingdom of my father.

and to say [the] king and where? son: descendant/people lord your and to say Ziba to(wards) [the] king behold to dwell in/on/with Jerusalem for to say [the] day to return: return to/for me house: household Israel [obj] kingdom father my

4 Then said the king unto Ziba, Lo! thine, is all that pertained to Mephibosheth. And Ziba said—I have done homage, that I might find favour in thine eyes, my lord O king.

and to say [the] king to/for Ziba behold to/for you all which to/for Mephibosheth Mephibosheth and to say Ziba to bow to find favor in/on/with eye: seeing your lord my [the] king

5 And, when King David had come as far as Bahurim, lo! from thence a man coming out, of the family of the house of Saul, whose name, was Shimei son of Gera, coming out and cursing as he came.

and to come (in): come [the] king David till Bahurim and behold from there man to come out: come from family house: household Saul and name his Shimei son: child Gera to come out: come to come out: come and to lighten

6 And he pelted, with stones, David and all the servants of King David, —all the people, and all the mighty men, being on his right hand and on his left.

and to stone in/on/with stone [obj] David and [obj] all servant/slave [the] king David and all [the] people and all [the] mighty man from right his and from left his

7 And, thus, said Shimei, when he cursed, —Out! Out! thou man of bloodshed, and man of the Abandoned One!

and thus to say Shimei in/on/with to lighten he to come out: come to come out: come man [the] blood and man [the] Belial

8 Yahweh, hath brought back upon thee, all the shed-blood of the house of Saul, in whose stead thou hast reigned, and Yahweh hath delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absolom thy son, —and, here thou art, in thy ruin, for that, a man of bloodshed, thou art.

to return: pay upon you LORD all blood house: household Saul which to reign (underneath: instead him *Q(K)*) and to give: give LORD [obj] [the] kingship in/on/with hand: power Absalom son: child your and look! you in/on/with distress: evil your for man blood you(m. s.)

9 Then said Abishai, son of Zeruiah, unto the king—Wherefore should this dead dog curse my lord the king? I pray thee, let me cross over and take off his head.

and to say Abishai son: child Zeruiah to(wards) [the] king to/for what? to lighten [the] dog [the] to die [the] this [obj] lord my [the] king to pass please and to turn aside: remove [obj] head his

10 But the king said, What have I in common with you, ye sons of Zeruiah? thus, he curseth, because, Yahweh, hath said unto him—Curse David. Who then can say, Why hast thou done thus?

and to say [the] king what? to/for me and to/for you son: child Zeruiah (thus *Q(K)*) to lighten (for *Q(K)*) LORD to say to/for him to lighten [obj] David and who? to say why? to make: do so

11 Then said David unto Abishai, and unto all his servants, Lo! my own son who sprang from my body, is seeking my life, —then how much more, now, a Benjamite? Let him alone, and let him curse, for, Yahweh, hath permitted him.

and to say David to(wards) Abishai and to(wards) all servant/slave his behold son: descendant/people my which to come out: produce from belly my to seek [obj] soul: life my and also for now Benjaminite [the] Benjaminite to rest to/for him and to lighten for to say to/for him LORD

12 It may be, that Yahweh will behold with his eye, —and that Yahweh will return me good, for his cursing this day.

perhaps to see: see LORD (in/on/with eye: sin my *Q(K)*) and to return: pay LORD to/for me welfare underneath: instead curse his [the] day: today [the] this

13 And, when David and his men went along in the way, Shimei, was going along on the side of the hill over against him, cursing as he went, pelting him with stones, and throwing dust.

and to go: went David and human his in/on/with way: road and Shimei to go: walk in/on/with side [the] mountain: mount to/for close him to go: went and to lighten and to stone in/on/with stone to/for close him and to throw in/on/with dust

14 And the king and all the people that were with him arrived, weary, —and they refreshed themselves there.

and to come (in): come [the] king and all [the] people which with him faint and be refreshed there

15 And, Absolom and all the men of Israel, entered Jerusalem, —and Ahithophel with him.

and Absalom and all [the] people man Israel to come (in): come Jerusalem and Ahithophel with him

16 And it came to pass, when Hushai the Archite, the friend of David, came in unto Absolom, that Hushai said unto Absolom: Long live the king! Long live the king!

and to be like/as as which to come (in): come Hushai [the] Archite friend David to(wards) Absalom and to say Hushai to(wards) Absalom to live [the] king to live [the] king

17 Then said Absolom unto Hushai, Is, this, thy lovingkindness unto thy friend? Wherefore wentest thou not with thy friend?

and to say Absalom to(wards) Hushai this kindness your with neighbor your to/for what? not to go: went with neighbor your

18 And Hushai said unto Absolom, Nay! but, whom Yahweh, and all this people, and the men of Israel have chosen, his, will I be, and, with him, will I dwell.

and to say Hushai to(wards) Absalom not for which to choose LORD and [the] people [the] this and all man Israel (to/for him *Q(K)*) to be and with him to dwell

19 And, again, whom, should, I serve? Should it not be in presence of his son? as I served in presence of thy father, so, will I continue thy presence.

and [the] second to/for who? I to serve: minister not to/for face: before son: child his like/as as which to serve: minister to/for face: before father your so to be (to/for face of your *LAB(h)*)

20 Then said Absolom unto Ahithophel, —Give ye your counsel, what we shall do.

and to say Absalom to(wards) Ahithophel to give to/for you counsel what? to make: do

21 And Ahithophel said unto Absolom, Go in unto thy father’s concubines, whom he hath left to keep the house, —so shall all Israel hear that thou hast made thyself odious unto thy father, and the hands of all that are with thee, shall be strengthened.

and to say Ahithophel to(wards) Absalom to come (in): come to(wards) concubine father your which to rest to/for to keep: guard [the] house: home and to hear: hear all Israel for to stink with father your and to strengthen: strengthen hand all which with you

22 And they stretched out for Absolom a tent, upon the house-top, —and Absolom went in unto his father’s concubines, in the sight of all Israel.

and to stretch to/for Absalom [the] tent upon [the] roof and to come (in): come Absalom to(wards) concubine father his to/for eye: seeing all Israel

23 Now, the counsel of Ahithophel which he counselled in those days, was as if a man had enquired at the oracle of God, —so, was all the counsel of Ahithophel, both to David, and also to Absolom.

and counsel Ahithophel which to advise in/on/with day [the] they(masc.) like/as as which (to ask man *Q(K)*) in/on/with word [the] God so all counsel Ahithophel also to/for David also to/for Absalom