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1 Kings 14:28

And it was so, when the king went into the house of the LORD, that the guard bare them, and brought them back into the guard chamber.

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וַיְהִ֛יvayhiand beהָיָהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and be”, the next action in the storyH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.מִדֵּיmidefrom enoughדַּיpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “from enough”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1767enough (as noun or adverb), used chiefly with preposition in phrasesable, according to, after (ability), among, as (oft as), (more than) enough, from, in, since, (much as is) sufficient(-ly), too much, very, when.בֹ֥אvoto comeבּוֹאverb, qal, infinitive construct — “to come”, the to-form of the verbH935to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)abide, apply, attain, [idiom] be, befall, [phrase] besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, [idiom] certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, [idiom] doubtless again, [phrase] eat,…הַמֶּ֖לֶךְhamelekhthe kingמֶלֶךְdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the king”, the ordinary formH4428a kingking, royal.בֵּ֣יתbeytfamilyבַּיִתnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “family”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)court, daughter, door, [phrase] dungeon, family, [phrase] forth of, [idiom] great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter) house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, [phrase] prison, [phrase] steward, [phrase] tablet, temple, web,…יְהוָ֑הyehvahJehovahיְהֹוָהnoun, proper name — “Jehovah”H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodJehovah, the Lord. Compare H3050 (יָהּ), H3069 (יְהֹוִה).יִשָּׂאוּם֙yisaumlift upנָשָׂאverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “lift up”, an unfinished actionH5375to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relativeaccept, advance, arise, (able to, (armor), suffer to) bear(-er, up), bring (forth), burn, carry (away), cast, contain, desire, ease, exact, exalt (self), extol, fetch, forgive, furnish, further, give, go on, help, high, hold up, honorable…הָֽרָצִ֔יםharatsimthe runרוּץdefinite article, verb, qal, participle, absolute — “the run”, a verb used as a describing wordH7323to run (for whatever reason, especially to rush)break down, divide speedily, footman, guard, bring hastily, (make) run (away, through), post.וֶהֱשִׁיב֖וּםveheshivumand againשׁוּבconjunction, verb, hiphil, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and again”, a completed actionH7725to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again((break, build, circumcise, dig, do anything, do evil, feed, lay down, lie down, lodge, make, rejoice, send, take, weep)) [idiom] again, (cause to) answer ([phrase] again), [idiom] in any case (wise), [idiom] at all, averse, bring (again,…אֶלelamongאֵלpreposition — “among”H413near, with or among; often in general, toabout, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).תָּ֥אtachamberתָּאnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “chamber”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8372a room (as circumscribed)(little) chamber.הָרָצִֽיםharatsimthe runרוּץdefinite article, verb, qal, participle, absolute — “the run”, a verb used as a describing wordH7323to run (for whatever reason, especially to rush)break down, divide speedily, footman, guard, bring hastily, (make) run (away, through), post.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And it was so, that as oft as the king went into the house of the LORD, the guard bore them, and brought them back into the guard-chamber.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And it was so, that, as oft as the king went into the house of Jehovah, the guard bare them, and brought them back into the guard-chamber.

Young’s Literal Translation

and it cometh to pass, from the going in of the king to the house of Jehovah, the runners bear them, and have brought them back unto the chamber of the runners.

World English Bible

It was so, that as often as the king went into Yahweh’s house, the guard bore them, and brought them back into the guard room.

Darby Translation

And it was so, that as often as the king entered into the house of Jehovah, the couriers bore them, and brought them again into the chamber of the couriers.

Douay-Rheims

And when the king went into the house of the Lord, they whose office it was to go before him, carried them: and afterwards they brought them back to the armoury of the shieldbearers.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And it was so, that as oft as the king went into the house of the LORD, the guard bore them, and brought them back into the guard-chamber.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And it came to pass when the king went into the house of the Lord, that the body guard took them up, and fixed them in the chamber of the body guard.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἐγένετο ὅτε εἰσεπορεύετο ὁ βασιλεὺς εἰς οἶκον Κυρίου, καὶ ᾖρον αὐτὰ οἱ παρατρέχοντες καὶ ἀπηρείδοντο αὐτὰ εἰς τὸ θεὲ τῶν παρατρεχόντων.