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Davidוְדָוִדcameבָּאto Mahanaim,מַחֲנָיְמָהand Absalomוְאַבְשָׁלֹםcrossedעָבַרthe Jordan,הַיַּרְדֵּןheהוּאand allוְכָלthe menאִישׁof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלwith him.עִמּוֹ
2 Samuel 17:24
Study it in the app“David came to Mahanaim, and Absalom crossed the Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Samuel 17:24, word by word
- Davidדָוִדdavid
David
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appears- cameבָּאba
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “ba” appears- to Mahanaimמַחֲנָיְמָmachanayma
Mahanaim
Mahanaim: "two camps". A place east of the Jordan.
Where else “machanayma” appears- and Absalomאַבְשָׁלֹםavshalom
Absalom
Absalom: third son of David, born of Maacah; he rebelled against his father (2 Samuel 13–18). The name, also written in a longer form (Abishalom), means "father of peace"; it is borne also by the father of Maacah, Rehoboam's wife.
Where else “avshalom” appears- crossedעָבַרavar
pass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “avar” appears- the Jordanיַּרְדֵּןyarden
Jordan
See it on the mapWhere else “yarden” appears- the menאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears
Places in this verse
Jordan
Today: Jordan River: Israel, West Bank, Jordan, Dead Sea
Israel's main river; it flows from Mount Hermon in the north, through the Sea of Galilee, to the Dead Sea.
Israel crossed it on dry ground to enter the promised land (Josh 3:17). Naaman was healed in it (2 Kgs 5:14), and Jesus was immersed in it (Matt 3:13).
The context
23When Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled the donkey and got up and went to his house, to his city. He gave orders to his house and hanged himself and died, and he was buried in the tomb of his father.
24 · This verse (above)
25Absalom had set Amasa over the army in place of Joab. Amasa was the son of a man whose name was Ithra the Israelite, who had gone in to Abigail daughter of Nahash, sister of Zeruiah, the mother of Joab.