2 Samuel 18
1 and to reckon: list David [obj] [the] people: soldiers which with him and to set: appoint upon them ruler thousand and ruler hundred
And David numbered the people that were with him, and set captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds over them.
2 and to send: depart David [obj] [the] people: soldiers [the] third in/on/with hand: power Joab and [the] third in/on/with hand: power Abishai son: child Zeruiah brother: male-sibling Joab and [the] third in/on/with hand: power Ittai [the] Gittite and to say [the] king to(wards) [the] people: soldiers to come out: come to come out: come also I with you
And David sent forth a third part of the people under the hand of Joab, and a third part under the hand of Abishai the son of Zeruiah, Joab's brother, and a third part under the hand of Ittai the Gittite. And the king said unto the people, I will surely go forth with you myself also.
3 and to say [the] people: soldiers not to come out: come for if to flee to flee not to set: consider to(wards) us heart and if to die half our not to set: consider to(wards) us heart for now like us ten thousand and now pleasant for to be to/for us from city (to/for to help *Q(K)*)
But the people answered, You shall not go forth: for if we flee away, they will not care for us; neither if half of us die, will they care for us: but now you are worth ten thousand of us: therefore now it is better that you help us out of the city.
4 and to say to(wards) them [the] king which be good in/on/with eye: appearance your to make: do and to stand: stand [the] king to(wards) hand: to [the] gate and all [the] people: soldiers to come out: come to/for hundred and to/for thousand
And the king said unto them, What seems you best I will do. And the king stood by the gate side, and all the people came out by hundreds and by thousands.
5 and to command [the] king [obj] Joab and [obj] Abishai and [obj] Ittai to/for to say to/for softly to/for me to/for youth to/for Absalom and all [the] people to hear: hear in/on/with to command [the] king [obj] all [the] ruler upon word: thing Absalom
And the king commanded Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Deal gently for my sake with the young man, even with Absalom. And all the people heard when the king gave all the captains charge concerning Absalom.
6 and to come out: come [the] people: soldiers [the] land: country to/for to encounter: toward Israel and to be [the] battle in/on/with (Ephraim) Forest (Forest of) Ephraim
So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the battle was in the wood of Ephraim;
7 and to strike there people: soldiers Israel to/for face: before servant/slave David and to be there [the] plague great: large in/on/with day [the] he/she/it twenty thousand
Where the people of Israel were slain before the servants of David, and there was there a great slaughter that day of twenty thousand men.
8 and to be there [the] battle (to scatter *Q(K)*) upon face: surface all [the] land: country/planet and to multiply [the] wood to/for to eat in/on/with people from whence to eat [the] sword in/on/with day [the] he/she/it
For the battle was there scattered over the face of all the country: and the wood devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.
9 and to encounter: meet Absalom to/for face: before servant/slave David and Absalom to ride upon [the] mule and to come (in): come [the] mule underneath: under thicket [the] oak [the] great: large and to strengthen: hold head his in/on/with oak and to give: put between [the] heaven and between [the] land: country/planet and [the] mule which underneath: under him to pass
And Absalom met the servants of David. And Absalom rode upon a mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between the heaven and the earth; and the mule that was under him went away.
10 and to see: see man one and to tell to/for Joab and to say behold to see: see [obj] Absalom to hang in/on/with oak
And a certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said, Behold, I saw Absalom hanged in an oak.
11 and to say Joab to/for man [the] to tell to/for him and behold to see: see and why? not to smite him there land: soil [to] and upon me to/for to give: give to/for you ten silver: money and belt one
And Joab said unto the man that told him, And, behold, you saw him, and why did you not strike him there to the ground? and I would have given you ten shekels of silver, and a girdle.
12 and to say [the] man to(wards) Joab (and if *Q(k)*) I to weigh upon palm my thousand silver: money not to send: reach hand my to(wards) son: child [the] king for in/on/with ear: hearing our to command [the] king [obj] you and [obj] Abishai and [obj] Ittai to/for to say to keep: guard who? in/on/with youth in/on/with Absalom
And the man said unto Joab, Though I should receive a thousand shekels of silver in mine hand, yet would I not put forth mine hand against the king's son: for in our hearing the king charged you and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Beware that none touch the young man Absalom.
13 or to make: do (in/on/with soul: life my *Q(K)*) deception and all word: thing not to hide from [the] king and you(m. s.) to stand from before
Otherwise I should have wrought falsehood against mine own life: for there is no matter hid from the king, and you yourself would have set yourself against me.
14 and to say Joab not so to wait: wait to/for face of your and to take: take three tribe: javelin in/on/with palm his and to blow them in/on/with heart Absalom still he alive in/on/with heart [the] oak
Then said Joab, I may not tarry thus with you. And he took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom, while he was yet alive in the midst of the oak.
15 and to turn: surround ten youth to lift: bearing(armour) article/utensil Joab and to smite [obj] Absalom and to die him
And ten young men that bare Joab's armour compassed about and stroke Absalom, and slew him.
16 and to blow Joab in/on/with trumpet and to return: return [the] people: soldiers from to pursue after Israel for to withhold Joab [obj] [the] people: soldiers
And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel: for Joab held back the people.
17 and to take: take [obj] Absalom and to throw [obj] him in/on/with wood to(wards) [the] pit [the] great: large and to stand upon him heap stone great: large much and all Israel to flee man: anyone (to/for tent: home his *Q(K)*)
And they took Absalom, and cast him into a great pit in the wood, and laid a very great heap of stones upon him: and all Israel fled every one to his tent.
18 and Absalom to take: take and to stand to/for him (in/on/with life his *Q(K)*) [obj] pillar which in/on/with Valley (of Kings) [the] King's for to say nothing to/for me son: child in/on/with for the sake of to remember name my and to call: call by to/for pillar upon name his and to call: call by to/for her hand: themselves Absalom till [the] day: today [the] this
Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself a pillar, which is in the king's dale: for he said, I have no son to keep my name in remembrance: and he called the pillar after his own name: and it is called unto this day, Absalom's place.
19 and Ahimaaz son: child Zadok to say to run: run please and to bear tidings [obj] [the] king for to judge him LORD from hand: power enemy his
Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok, Let me now run, and bear the king tidings, how that the LORD has avenged him of his enemies.
20 and to say to/for him Joab not man good news you(m. s.) [the] day [the] this and to bear tidings in/on/with day another and [the] day [the] this not to bear tidings for as that: since (as as *Q(K)*) son: child [the] king to die
And Joab said unto him, You shall not bear tidings this day, but you shall bear tidings another day: but this day you shall bear no tidings, because the king's son is dead.
21 and to say Joab to/for Ethiopian to go: went to tell to/for king which to see: see and to bow Ethiopian to/for Joab and to run: run
Then said Joab to Cushi, Go tell the king what you have seen. And Cushi bowed himself unto Joab, and ran.
22 and to add: again still Ahimaaz son: child Zadok and to say to(wards) Joab and to be what? to run: run please also I after [the] Ethiopian and to say Joab to/for what? this you(m. s.) to run: run son: child my and to/for you nothing good news to find
Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok yet again to Joab, But howsoever, let me, I pray you, also run after Cushi. And Joab said, Wherefore will you run, my son, seeing that you have no tidings ready?
23 and to be what? to run: run and to say to/for him to run: run and to run: run Ahimaaz way: road [the] talent and to pass [obj] [the] Ethiopian
But howsoever, said he, let me run. And he said unto him, Run. Then Ahimaaz ran by the way of the plain, and outran Cushi.
24 and David to dwell between two [the] gate and to go: walk [the] to watch to(wards) roof [the] gate to(wards) [the] wall and to lift: look [obj] eye his and to see: see and behold man to run: run to/for alone him
And David sat between the two gates: and the watchman went up to the roof over the gate unto the wall, and lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold a man running alone.
25 and to call: call out [the] to watch and to tell to/for king and to say [the] king if to/for alone him good news in/on/with lip his and to go: come to go: come and approaching
And the watchman cried, and told the king. And the king said, If he be alone, there is tidings in his mouth. And he came swiftly, and drew near.
26 and to see: see [the] to watch man another to run: run and to call: call to [the] to watch to(wards) [the] gatekeeper and to say behold man to run: run to/for alone him and to say [the] king also this to bear tidings
And the watchman saw another man running: and the watchman called unto the gate keeper, and said, Behold another man running alone. And the king said, He also brings tidings.
27 and to say [the] to watch I to see: examine [obj] running [the] first like/as running Ahimaaz son: child Zadok and to say [the] king man pleasant this and to(wards) good news pleasant to come (in): come
And the watchman said, It seems to me that the running of the foremost is like the running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok. And the king said, He is a good man, and comes with good tidings.
28 and to call: call out Ahimaaz and to say to(wards) [the] king peace: well-being and to bow to/for king to/for face his land: soil [to] and to say to bless LORD God your which to shut [obj] [the] human which to lift: kindness [obj] hand their in/on/with lord my [the] king
And Ahimaaz called, and said unto the king, All is well. And he fell down to the earth upon his face before the king, and said, Blessed be the LORD your God, which has delivered up the men that lifted up their hand against my lord the king.
29 and to say [the] king peace: well-being to/for youth to/for Absalom and to say Ahimaaz to see: see [the] crowd [the] great: large to/for to send: depart [obj] servant/slave [the] king Joab and [obj] servant/slave your and not to know what?
And the king said, Is the young man Absalom safe? And Ahimaaz answered, When Joab sent the king's servant, and me your servant, I saw a great tumult, but I knew not what it was.
30 and to say [the] king to turn: turn to stand thus and to turn: turn and to stand: stand
And the king said unto him, Turn aside, and stand here. And he turned aside, and stood still.
31 and behold [the] Ethiopian to come (in): come and to say [the] Ethiopian to bear tidings lord my [the] king for to judge you LORD [the] day from hand: power all [the] to arise: attack upon you
And, behold, Cushi came; and Cushi said, Tidings, my lord the king: for the LORD has avenged you this day of all them that rose up against you.
32 and to say [the] king to(wards) [the] Ethiopian peace: well-being to/for youth to/for Absalom and to say [the] Ethiopian to be like/as youth enemy lord my [the] king and all which to arise: attack upon you to/for distress: evil
And the king said unto Cushi, Is the young man Absalom safe? And Cushi answered, The enemies of my lord the king, and all that rise against you to do you hurt, be as that young man is.
33 and to tremble [the] king and to ascend: rise upon upper room [the] gate and to weep and thus to say in/on/with to go: went he son: child my Absalom son: child my son: child my Absalom who? to give: if only! to die I I underneath: instead you Absalom son: child my son: child my
And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would God I had died for you, O Absalom, my son, my son!
