Strong's Hebrew English Morphology 6680 [e] וַיְצַ֣ו way-ṣaw And had commanded Conj-w | V-Piel-ConsecImperf-3ms 4428 [e] הַמֶּ֡לֶךְ ham-me-leḵ the king Art | N-ms 853 [e] אֶת־ ’eṯ- - DirObjM 3097 [e] י֠וֹאָב yō-w-’āḇ Joab N-proper-ms 853 [e] וְאֶת־ wə-’eṯ- and Conj-w | DirObjM 52 [e] אֲבִישַׁ֤י ’ă-ḇî-šay Abishai N-proper-ms 853 [e] וְאֶת־ wə-’eṯ- and Conj-w | DirObjM 863 [e] אִתַּי֙ ’it-tay Ittai N-proper-ms 559 [e] לֵאמֹ֔ר lê-mōr, saying Prep-l | V-Qal-Inf 328 [e] לְאַט־ lə-’aṭ- [Deal] gently Prep-l | Adv   לִ֖י lî for my sake Prep | 1cs 5288 [e] לַנַּ֣עַר lan-na-‘ar with the young man Prep-l, Art | N-ms 53 [e] לְאַבְשָׁל֑וֹם lə-’aḇ-šā-lō-wm; Absalom Prep-l | N-proper-ms 3605 [e] וְכָל־ wə-ḵāl And all Conj-w | N-msc 5971 [e] הָעָ֣ם hā-‘ām the people Art | N-ms 8085 [e] שָׁמְע֗וּ šā-mə-‘ū, heard V-Qal-Perf-3cp 6680 [e] בְּצַוֺּ֥ת bə-ṣaw-wōṯ when gave orders Prep-b | V-Piel-Inf 4428 [e] הַמֶּ֛לֶךְ ham-me-leḵ the king Art | N-ms 853 [e] אֶת־ ’eṯ- - DirObjM 3605 [e] כָּל־ kāl- all N-msc 8269 [e] הַשָּׂרִ֖ים haś-śā-rîm the captains Art | N-mp 5921 [e] עַל־ ‘al- concerning Prep 1697 [e] דְּבַ֥ר də-ḇar - N-msc 53 [e] אַבְשָׁלֽוֹם׃ ’aḇ-šā-lō-wm. Absalom N-proper-ms

New American Standard Bible
The king charged Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, "Deal gently for my sake with the young man Absalom." And all the people heard when the king charged all the commanders concerning Absalom.

King James Bible
And the king commanded Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Deal gently for my sake with the young man, even with Absalom. And all the people heard when the king gave all the captains charge concerning Absalom.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The king commanded Joab, Abishai, and Ittai, "Treat the young man Absalom gently for my sake." All the people heard the king's orders to all the commanders about Absalom.

Deal gently

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all the people

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