| 2. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) 2 Samuel 20:2:1 ⧉וַיַּ֜עַלvayaaland went up or withdrew 2 Samuel 20:2:2 ⧉כָּל־אִ֤ישׁkolishevery man 2 Samuel 20:2:3 ⧉יִשְׂרָאֵל֙yisraelof Israel 2 Samuel 20:2:4 ⧉מֵאַחֲרֵ֣יmeakharefrom after 2 Samuel 20:2:5 ⧉דָוִ֔דdavidDavid 2 Samuel 20:2:6 ⧉אַחֲרֵ֖יakhareafter 2 Samuel 20:2:7 ⧉שֶׁ֣בַעshevaSheba 2 Samuel 20:2:8 ⧉בֶּן־בִּכְרִ֑יbenbikrison of Bichri 2 Samuel 20:2:9 ⧉וְאִ֤ישׁveishbut a man or and a man 2 Samuel 20:2:10 ⧉יְהוּדָה֙yehudaof Judah 2 Samuel 20:2:11 ⧉דָּבְק֣וּdavkuclung 2 Samuel 20:2:12 ⧉בְמַלְכָּ֔םvemalkamto their king 2 Samuel 20:2:13 ⧉מִן־הַיַּרְדֵּ֖ןminhayardenfrom the Jordan 2 Samuel 20:2:14 ⧉וְעַד־יְרוּשָׁלָֽ͏ִם׃veadyerushalayimand as far as Jerusalem |
| 2. Formal Translation So all the men of Israel withdrew from following David to follow Sheba son of Bichri, but the men of Judah remained loyal to their king from the Jordan to Jerusalem. |
| 2. Dynamic Translation So every Israelite man left David to follow Sheba son of Bichri, but the men of Judah stayed with their king from the Jordan to Jerusalem. |