אֲשֶׁ֤ר אָֽמְר֨וּ ׀ לִלְשֹׁנֵ֣נוּ נַ֭גְבִּיר שְׂפָתֵ֣ינוּ אִתָּ֑נוּ מִ֖י אָד֣וֹן לָֽנוּ׃

נִכְסְפָ֬ה וְגַם־ כָּלְתָ֨ה ׀ נַפְשִׁי֮ לְחַצְר֢וֹת יְה֫וָ֥ה לִבִּ֥י וּבְשָׂרִ֑י יְ֝רַנְּנ֗וּ אֶ֣ל אֵֽל־ חָֽי׃

וַתִּשְׁמַ֣ע עֲתַלְיָ֔ה אֶת־ ק֥וֹל הָֽרָצִ֖ין הָעָ֑ם וַתָּבֹ֥א אֶל־ הָעָ֖ם בֵּ֥ית יְהוָֽה׃

וַיִּֽהְיוּ֙ פְּקֻ֣דֵיהֶ֔ם לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֖ם לְבֵ֣ית אֲבֹתָ֑ם אַלְפַּ֕יִם וְשֵׁ֥שׁ מֵא֖וֹת וּשְׁלֹשִֽׁים׃

ע֥וֹד הַיּ֖וֹם בְּנֹ֣ב לַֽעֲמֹ֑ד יְנֹפֵ֤ף יָדוֹ֙ הַ֣ר בית־ בַּת־ צִיּ֔וֹן גִּבְעַ֖ת יְרוּשָׁלָֽ͏ִם׃

And David called one of the young men, and said, Go near, and fall upon him. And he smote him that he died.

He that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved.

And he said, Wherefore doth my lord thus pursue after his servant? for what have I done? or what evil is in mine hand?

Then contended I with the rulers, and said, Why is the house of God forsaken? And I gathered them together, and set them in their place.

For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even unto death.

य इदं परमं गुह्यं मद्भक्तेष्वभिधास्यति । भक्तिं मयि परां कृत्वा मामेवैष्यत्यसंशयम्

And not only this; but when Rebecca also had conceived by one, even by our father Isaac;

And when he shewed them the entrance into the city, they smote the city with the edge of the sword; but they let go the man and all his family.

وَيَزِيدُ اللَّهُ الَّذِينَ اهْتَدَوْا هُدًى وَالْبَاقِيَاتُ الصَّالِحَاتُ خَيْرٌ عِنْدَ رَبِّكَ ثَوَابًا وَخَيْرٌ مَرَدًّا