Verse 30
2 Samuel 18:30
Young's Literal Translation
30
And the king saith, 'Turn round, station thyself here;' and he turneth round and standeth still.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר הַ/מֶּ֔לֶךְ סֹ֖ב הִתְיַצֵּ֣ב כֹּ֑ה וַ/יִּסֹּ֖ב וַֽ/יַּעֲמֹֽד
English Translation
And the king said, "Turn around and stand here," and he turned and stood.
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Chapter 18 Context
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And David inspecteth the people who [are] with him, and setteth over them heads of thousands and hea...
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and David sendeth the third of the people by the hand of Joab, and the third by the hand of Abishai,...
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And the people say, 'Thou dost not go out, for if we utterly flee, they do not set [their] heart upo...
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And the king saith unto them, 'That which is good in your eyes I do;' and the king standeth at the s...
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and the king chargeth Joab, and Abishai, and Ittai, saying, 'Gently -- for me, for the youth, for Ab...
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And the people goeth out into the field to meet Israel, and the battle is in a forest of Ephraim;
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and smitten there are the people of Israel before the servants of David, and the smiting there is gr...
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and the battle is there scattered over the face of all the land, and the forest multiplieth to devou...
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And Absalom meeteth before the servants of David, and Absalom is riding on the mule, and the mule co...
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And one man seeth, and declareth to Joab, and saith, 'Lo, I saw Absalom hanged in an oak.'
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And Joab saith to the man who is declaring [it] to him, 'And lo, thou hast seen -- and wherefore did...
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And the man saith unto Joab, 'Yea, though I am weighing on my hand a thousand silverlings, I do not...
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or I had done against my soul a vain thing, and no matter is hid from the king, and thou -- thou dos...
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And Joab saith, 'Not right -- I tarry before thee;' and he taketh three darts in his hand, and strik...
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And they go round -- ten youths bearing weapons of Joab -- and smite Absalom, and put him to death.
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And Joab bloweth with a trumpet, and the people turneth back from pursuing after Israel, for Joab ha...
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and they take Absalom and cast him in the forest unto the great pit, and set up over him a very grea...
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And Absalom hath taken, and setteth up for himself in his life, the standing-pillar that [is] in the...
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And Ahimaaz son of Zadok said, 'Let me run, I pray thee, and I bear the king tidings, for Jehovah ha...
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and Joab saith to him, 'Thou art not a man of tidings this day, but thou hast borne tidings on anoth...
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And Joab saith to Cushi, 'Go, declare to the king that which thou hast seen;' and Cushi boweth himse...
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And Ahimaaz son of Zadok addeth again, and saith unto Joab, 'And whatever it be, let me run, I pray...
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'And, whatever it be, [said he,] let me run.' And he saith to him, 'Run;' and Ahimaaz runneth the wa...
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And David is sitting between the two gates, and the watchman goeth unto the roof of the gate, unto t...
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And the watchman calleth, and declareth to the king, and the king saith, 'If by himself, tidings [ar...
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And the watchman seeth another man running, and the watchman calleth unto the gatekeeper, and saith,...
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And the watchman saith, 'I see the running of the first as the running of Ahimaaz son of Zadok.' And...
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And Ahimaaz calleth and saith unto the king, 'Peace;' and he boweth himself to the king, on his face...
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And the king saith, 'Peace to the youth -- to Absalom?' And Ahimaaz saith, 'I saw the great multitud...
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And the king saith, 'Turn round, station thyself here;' and he turneth round and standeth still.
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And lo, the Cushite hath come, and the Cushite saith, 'Let tidings be proclaimed, my lord, O king; f...
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And the king saith unto the Cushite, 'Peace to the youth -- to Absalom?' And the Cushite saith, 'Let...
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And the king trembleth, and goeth up on the upper chamber of the gate, and weepeth, and thus he hath...
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