2 Samuel 20:6

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And David said to Abishai, Now shall Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than did Absalom: take thou thy lord’s servants, and pursue after him, lest he get him fenced cities, and escape us.And David said to Abishai, “Now Sheba the son of Bichri will do us more harm than Absalom. Take your lord’s servants and pursue him, or he will find fortified cities and elude us.”

In other translations

And David said to Abishai, Now shall Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than did Absalom: take thou thy lord’s servants, and pursue after him, lest he get him fenced cities, and escape us.And David said to Abishai, “Now Sheba the son of Bichri will do us more harm than Absalom. Take your lord’s servants and pursue him, or he will find fortified cities and elude us.”

Hebrew words

וַיֹּאמֶרvaiyomerand he saidH559דָּוִדdavidDavidH1732אֶל־'el-toH413אֲבִישַׁי'avishaiAbishaiH52עַתָּה'atahnowH6258יֵרַעyera'he will be badH7489לָנוּlanufor <the> usשֶׁבַעsheva'ShebaH7652בֶּן־ben-[the] son ofH1121בִּכְרִיbikhriBicriH1075מִן־min-more thanH4480אַבְשָׁלוֹם'avshalomAbsalomH53אַתָּה'atahyouH859קַחkachtakeH3947אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853עַבְדֵי'avdei[the] servants ofH5650אֲדֹנֶיךָ'adoneikhamaster<s> yourH113וּרְדֹףuredofand pursueH7291אַחֲרָיו'acharavafter himH310פֶּן־pen-lestH6435מָצָאmatza'he has foundH4672לוֹlofor <the> himselfעָרִים'arimcitiesH5892בְּצֻרוֹתbetzurotfortifiedH1219וְהִצִּילvehitziland he will tear outH5337עֵינֵנוּ׃'einenueye ourH5869

Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.

Cross-references from OpenBible.info, most-voted first.

People and places

People: Abishai, Absalom, Bichri, David, Sheba (son of Bichri)

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