1wayyābōʾûhazzipîmʾel-šāʾûlhaggibʿātâlēʾmōrhălôʾdāwidmistattērbǝgibʿathaḥăkîlâʿalpǝnêhayǝšîmōn2wayyāqomšāʾûlwayyēredʾel-midbar-zîpwǝʾittôšǝlōšet-ʾălāpîmʾîšbǝḥûrêyiśrāʾēllǝbaqqēšʾet-dāwidbǝmidbar-zîp3wayyiḥanšāʾûlbǝgibʿathaḥăkîlâʾăšerʿal-pǝnêhayǝšîmōnʿal-haddārekwǝdāwidyōšēbbammidbārwayyarʾkîbāʾšāʾûlʾaḥărāywhammidbārâ4wayyišlaḥdāwidmǝraggǝlîmwayyēdaʿkî-bāʾšāʾûlʾel-nākôn5wayyāqomdāwidwayyābōʾʾel-hammāqômʾăšerḥānâ-šāmšāʾûlwayyarʾdāwidʾet-hammāqômʾăšeršākab-šāmšāʾûlwǝʾabnērben-nērśar-ṣǝbāʾôwǝšāʾûlšōkēbbammaʿgālwǝhāʿāmḥōnîmsbybtwsǝbîbōtāyw׃6wayyaʿandāwidwayyōʾmerʾel-ʾăḥîmelekhaḥittîwǝʾel-ʾăbîšayben-ṣǝrûyâʾăḥîyôʾāblēʾmōrmî-yērēdʾittîʾel-šāʾûlʾel-hammaḥănêwayyōʾmerʾăbîšayʾănîʾērēdʿimmāk7wayyābōʾdāwidwaʾăbîšayʾel-hāʿāmlaylâwǝhinnêšāʾûlšōkēbyāšēnbammaʿgālwaḥănîtômǝʿûkâ-bāʾāreṣmrʾštwmǝraʾăšōtāywwǝʾabnērwǝhāʿāmšōkǝbîmsbybtwsǝbîbōtāyw׃ ס8wayyōʾmerʾăbîšayʾel-dāwidsiggarʾĕlōhîmhayyômʾet-ʾôyibkābǝyādekāwǝʿattâʾakkennûnāʾbaḥănîtûbāʾāreṣpaʿamʾaḥatwǝlōʾʾešnêlô9wayyōʾmerdāwidʾel-ʾăbîšayʾal-tašḥîtēhûkîmîšālaḥyādôbimšîaḥyhwhwǝniqqâ p
10wayyōʾmerdāwidḥay-yhwhkîʾim-yhwhyiggāpennûʾô-yômôyābôʾwāmētʾôbammilḥāmâyērēdwǝnispâ11ḥālîlâlîmê-yhwhmiššǝlōaḥyādîbimšîaḥyhwhwǝʿattâqaḥ-nāʾʾet-haḥănîtʾăšermrʾštwmǝraʾăšōtāywwǝʾet-ṣappaḥathammayimwǝnēlăkâlānû12wayyiqqaḥdāwidʾet-haḥănîtwǝʾet-ṣappaḥathammayimmēraʾăšōtêšāʾûlwayyēlǝkûlāhemwǝʾênrōʾêwǝʾênyôdēaʿwǝʾênmēqîṣkîkūllāmyǝšēnîmkîtardēmatyhwhnāpǝlâʿălêhem13wayyaʿăbōrdāwidhāʿēberwayyaʿămōdʿal-rōʾš-hāhārmērāḥōqrabhammāqômbênêhem14wayyiqrāʾdāwidʾel-hāʿāmwǝʾel-ʾabnērben-nērlēʾmōrhălôʾtaʿănêʾabnērwayyaʿanʾabnērwayyōʾmermîʾattâqārāʾtāʾel-hammelek p
15wayyōʾmerdāwidʾel-ʾabnērhălôʾ-ʾîšʾattâûmîkāmôkābǝyiśrāʾēlwǝlāmmâlōʾšāmartāʾel-ʾădōnêkāhammelekkî-bāʾʾaḥadhāʿāmlǝhašḥîtʾet-hammelekʾădōnêkā16lōʾ-ṭôbhaddābārhazzêʾăšerʿāśîtāḥay-yhwhkîbǝnê-māwetʾattemʾăšerlōʾ-šǝmartemʿal-ʾădōnêkemʿal-mǝšîaḥyhwhwǝʿattârǝʾêʾê-ḥănîthammelekwǝʾet-ṣappaḥathammayimʾăšermrʾštwmǝraʾăšōtāyw׃17wayyakkēršāʾûlʾet-qôldāwidwayyōʾmerhăqôlǝkāzêbǝnîdāwidwayyōʾmerdāwidqôlîʾădōnîhammelek18wayyōʾmerlāmmâzêʾădōnîrōdēpʾaḥărêʿabdôkîmêʿāśîtîûmah-bǝyādîrāʿâ19wǝʿattâyišǝmaʿ-nāʾʾădōnîhammelekʾētdibrêʿabdôʾim-yhwhhĕsîtǝkābîyāraḥminḥâwǝʾimbǝnêhāʾādāmʾărûrîmhēmlipnêyhwhkî-gērǝšûnîhayyômmēhistappēaḥbǝnaḥălatyhwhlēʾmōrlēkʿăbōdʾĕlōhîmʾăḥērîm20wǝʿattâʾal-yippōldāmîʾarṣâminnegedpǝnêyhwhkî-yāṣāʾmelekyiśrāʾēllǝbaqqēšʾet-parʿōšʾeḥādkaʾăšeryirdōphaqqōrēʾbehārîm21wayyōʾmeršāʾûlḥāṭāʾtîšûbbǝnî-dāwidkîlōʾ-ʾāraʿlǝkāʿôdtaḥatʾăšeryāqǝrânapšîbǝʿênêkāhayyômhazzêhinnêhiskaltîwāʾešgêharbêmǝʾōd22wayyaʿandāwidwayyōʾmerhinnêhḥnytḥănîthammelekwǝyaʿăbōrʾeḥādmēhannǝʿārîmwǝyiqqāḥehā23wa-yhwhyāšîblāʾîšʾet-ṣidqātôwǝʾet-ʾĕmūnātôʾăšernǝtānǝkācyhwhhayyômbǝyādwǝlōʾʾābîtîlišlōaḥyādîbimšîaḥyhwh24wǝhinnêkaʾăšergodlânapšǝkāhayyômhazzêbǝʿênāykēntigdalnapšîbǝʿênêyhwhwǝyaṣṣilēnîmikkol-ṣārâ p
25wayyōʾmeršāʾûlʾel-dāwidbārûkʾattâbǝnîdāwidgamʿāśōhtaʿăśêwǝgamyākōltûkālwayyēlekdāwidlǝdarkôwǝšāʾûlšāblimqômô p
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We read one or more accents in L differently than BHS. Often this notation indicates a typographical error in BHS.