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DAVID LINES UP FOR WAR
And David musters the people with him and sets governors of thousands and governors of hundreds over them: 2 and David sends a third of the people under the hand of Yah Ab and a third under the hand of Abi Shai the son of Seruyah the brother of Yah Ab and a third under the hand of Ittay the Gittiy. And the sovereign says to the people, In going, I - I also go with you. 3 And the people say, You go not: for in fleeing, if we flee, neither set they their heart on us; nor if half of us die, set they their heart on us: but now you are as ten thousand of us: and now it is better that you help us from the city. 4 And the sovereign says to them, Whatever well-pleases your eyes, I work. And the sovereign stands by the portal handle and all the people go by hundreds and by thousands. 5 And the sovereign misvahs Yah Ab and Abi Shai and Ittay, saying, For my sake, be gentle to the lad Abi Shalom. And all the people hear the sovereign misvah the word to all the governors concerning Abi Shalom: 6 and the people go to the field to meet Yisra El: and the war is in the forest of Ephrayim; 7 where the people of Yisra El are smitten at the face of the servants of David; and that day there is a great plague of twenty thousand: 8 for the war scatters over the face of all the land: and that day the forest abounds and consumes more people than the sword consumes. 9
THE DEATH OF ABI SHALOM
And Abi Shalom faces the servants of David: and Abi Shalom rides on a mule; and the mule goes under the thicket of a great oak; and the oak holds his head given between the heavens and between the earth; and the mule under him passes on. 10 And one man sees it and tells Yah Ab and says, Behold, I see Abi Shalom hang in an oak. 11 And Yah Ab says to the man that tells him, Behold, you see! Why smote you not him there to the earth? - and I had given you ten silver and one girdle. 12 And the man says to Yah Ab, If I weigh a thousand silver on my palm I send not my hand against the son of the sovereign: for in our ears the sovereign misvahed you and Abi Shai and Ittay saying, Guard against the lad - against Abi Shalom: 13 or I had worked falsehood against my own soul: for no word is concealed from the sovereign - and you yourself had set yourself against me. 14 Then Yah Ab says, Not so: I await at your face. And he takes three scions in his palm and stakes them through the heart of Abi Shalom while he is yet alive in the heart of the oak: 15 and ten lads bearing the instruments of Yah Ab surround Abi Shalom and smite and deathify him: 16 and Yah Ab blasts the shophar and the people return from pursuing Yisra El: for Yah Ab restrains the people. 17 And they take Abi Shalom and cast him into a great pit in the forest and station a mighty great heap of stones on him: and all Yisra El flees every man to his tent. 18 And in his lifetime Abi Shalom takes and stations a monolith for himself in the Valley of the Sovereign: for he says, I have no son to memorialize my name: and he calls the monolith after his own name: and it is called to this day, The Hand of Abi Shalom. 19 Then Achiy Maas the son of Sadoq says, Run me to bear the evangelism to the sovereign; for Yah Veh judged him by the hand of his enemies. 20 And Yah Ab says to him, You are not a man to evangelize this day; but to evangelize another day: but this day you evangelize not because the son of the sovereign died. 21 Then Yah Ab says to Kushiy, Go tell the sovereign what you saw. And Kushiy prostrates himself to Yah Ab and runs: 22 and Achiy Maas the son of Sadoq adds to say to Yah Ab, And whatever it be, have me, I pray you, also run after Kushiy. And Yah Ab says, Why is this - that you run, my son, seeing you have no evangelism to present? 23 And whatever it be, let me run. And he says to him, Run. And Achiy Maas runs by the way of the environs and passes Kushiy: 24 and David settles between the two portals: and the watcher goes up to the roof over the portal to the wall and lifts his eyes and sees; and behold, a man running alone: 25 and the watcher calls out and tells the sovereign. And the sovereign says, If he is alone, there is evangelism in his mouth: and in walking, he walks and approaches. 26 And the watcher sees another man running: and the watcher calls to the porter and says, Behold, a man running alone. And the sovereign says, He also evangelizes. 27 And the watcher says, I see the racing of the first as the racing of Achiy Maas the son of Sadoq. And the sovereign says, He is a good man and comes with good evangelism. 28 And Achiy Maas calls to the sovereign and says, Shalom. And he prostrates to the earth on his nostrils at the face of the sovereign and says, Blessed - Yah Veh your Elohim who shut up the men who lifted their hand against my adoni the sovereign. 29 And the sovereign says, Is the lad Abi Shalom at shalom? And Achiy Maas says, When Yah Ab sent the servant of the sovereign and your servant, I saw a great multitude, but I knew not what it is. 30 And the sovereign says, Turn around and stand. - and he turns around and stands. 31 And behold, Kushiy comes; and Kushiy says, Evangelism, my adoni the sovereign: for Yah Veh judges you this day from the hand of all who rise against you. 32 And the sovereign says to Kushiy, Is the lad Abi Shalom at shalom? And Kushiy says, may the enemies of my adoni the sovereign and all who rise against you to vilify you become as that lad. 33 And the sovereign quivers and ascends to the upper room over the portal and weeps: and as he goes, he says thus, O my son Abi Shalom! My son - my son Abi Shalom! O that I had died in your stead! O Abi Shalom! My son - my son!
DAVID LINES UP FOR WAR
And David musters the people with him and sets governors of thousands and governors of hundreds over them: 2 and David sends a third of the people under the hand of Yah Ab and a third under the hand of Abi Shai the son of Seruyah the brother of Yah Ab and a third under the hand of Ittay the Gittiy. And the sovereign says to the people, In going, I - I also go with you. 3 And the people say, You go not: for in fleeing, if we flee, neither set they their heart on us; nor if half of us die, set they their heart on us: but now you are as ten thousand of us: and now it is better that you help us from the city. 4 And the sovereign says to them, Whatever well-pleases your eyes, I work. And the sovereign stands by the portal handle and all the people go by hundreds and by thousands. 5 And the sovereign misvahs Yah Ab and Abi Shai and Ittay, saying, For my sake, be gentle to the lad Abi Shalom. And all the people hear the sovereign misvah the word to all the governors concerning Abi Shalom: 6 and the people go to the field to meet Yisra El: and the war is in the forest of Ephrayim; 7 where the people of Yisra El are smitten at the face of the servants of David; and that day there is a great plague of twenty thousand: 8 for the war scatters over the face of all the land: and that day the forest abounds and consumes more people than the sword consumes. 9
THE DEATH OF ABI SHALOM
And Abi Shalom faces the servants of David: and Abi Shalom rides on a mule; and the mule goes under the thicket of a great oak; and the oak holds his head given between the heavens and between the earth; and the mule under him passes on. 10 And one man sees it and tells Yah Ab and says, Behold, I see Abi Shalom hang in an oak. 11 And Yah Ab says to the man that tells him, Behold, you see! Why smote you not him there to the earth? - and I had given you ten silver and one girdle. 12 And the man says to Yah Ab, If I weigh a thousand silver on my palm I send not my hand against the son of the sovereign: for in our ears the sovereign misvahed you and Abi Shai and Ittay saying, Guard against the lad - against Abi Shalom: 13 or I had worked falsehood against my own soul: for no word is concealed from the sovereign - and you yourself had set yourself against me. 14 Then Yah Ab says, Not so: I await at your face. And he takes three scions in his palm and stakes them through the heart of Abi Shalom while he is yet alive in the heart of the oak: 15 and ten lads bearing the instruments of Yah Ab surround Abi Shalom and smite and deathify him: 16 and Yah Ab blasts the shophar and the people return from pursuing Yisra El: for Yah Ab restrains the people. 17 And they take Abi Shalom and cast him into a great pit in the forest and station a mighty great heap of stones on him: and all Yisra El flees every man to his tent. 18 And in his lifetime Abi Shalom takes and stations a monolith for himself in the Valley of the Sovereign: for he says, I have no son to memorialize my name: and he calls the monolith after his own name: and it is called to this day, The Hand of Abi Shalom. 19 Then Achiy Maas the son of Sadoq says, Run me to bear the evangelism to the sovereign; for Yah Veh judged him by the hand of his enemies. 20 And Yah Ab says to him, You are not a man to evangelize this day; but to evangelize another day: but this day you evangelize not because the son of the sovereign died. 21 Then Yah Ab says to Kushiy, Go tell the sovereign what you saw. And Kushiy prostrates himself to Yah Ab and runs: 22 and Achiy Maas the son of Sadoq adds to say to Yah Ab, And whatever it be, have me, I pray you, also run after Kushiy. And Yah Ab says, Why is this - that you run, my son, seeing you have no evangelism to present? 23 And whatever it be, let me run. And he says to him, Run. And Achiy Maas runs by the way of the environs and passes Kushiy: 24 and David settles between the two portals: and the watcher goes up to the roof over the portal to the wall and lifts his eyes and sees; and behold, a man running alone: 25 and the watcher calls out and tells the sovereign. And the sovereign says, If he is alone, there is evangelism in his mouth: and in walking, he walks and approaches. 26 And the watcher sees another man running: and the watcher calls to the porter and says, Behold, a man running alone. And the sovereign says, He also evangelizes. 27 And the watcher says, I see the racing of the first as the racing of Achiy Maas the son of Sadoq. And the sovereign says, He is a good man and comes with good evangelism. 28 And Achiy Maas calls to the sovereign and says, Shalom. And he prostrates to the earth on his nostrils at the face of the sovereign and says, Blessed - Yah Veh your Elohim who shut up the men who lifted their hand against my adoni the sovereign. 29 And the sovereign says, Is the lad Abi Shalom at shalom? And Achiy Maas says, When Yah Ab sent the servant of the sovereign and your servant, I saw a great multitude, but I knew not what it is. 30 And the sovereign says, Turn around and stand. - and he turns around and stands. 31 And behold, Kushiy comes; and Kushiy says, Evangelism, my adoni the sovereign: for Yah Veh judges you this day from the hand of all who rise against you. 32 And the sovereign says to Kushiy, Is the lad Abi Shalom at shalom? And Kushiy says, may the enemies of my adoni the sovereign and all who rise against you to vilify you become as that lad. 33 And the sovereign quivers and ascends to the upper room over the portal and weeps: and as he goes, he says thus, O my son Abi Shalom! My son - my son Abi Shalom! O that I had died in your stead! O Abi Shalom! My son - my son!