Study it in the app“The king crossed over to Gilgal, and Chimhan crossed over with him; and all the people of Judah brought across the king, and also half the people of Israel.”
The kingהַמֶּלֶךְcrossed overוַיַּעֲבֹרto Gilgal,הַגִּלְגָּלָהand Chimhanוְכִמְהָןcrossed overעָבַרwith him;עִמּוֹand allוְכָלthe peopleעַםof Judahיְהוּדָהbrought acrossהֶעֱבִירוּthe king,הַמֶּלֶךְand alsoוְגַםhalfחֲצִיthe peopleעַםof Israel.יִשְׂרָאֵל
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearspass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “yaavor” appearsGilgal
See it on the mapWhere else “gilgala” appearsChimham
Chimham, the man who crossed the Jordan with David in place of the aged Barzillai, who calls him "your servant" (2 Samuel 19:37-40); the text does not say whose son he was. The Hebrew writes the name in two ways (Chimham and Chimhan). A place near Bethlehem bore his name (Jeremiah 41:17).
Where else “chimhan” appearscrowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appearsJudah
Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later the southern kingdom; King David came from it. The name sounds like "give thanks". Borne also by other Israelites.
Where else “yehuda” appearshalf
One of two equal parts of something.
Where else “chatsi” appearsIsrael
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“Chimhan”: the same Chimham of verses 37 and 38; the Hebrew writes the name here with a different final letter.
Gilgal ?
Today: disputed; near Jericho, West Bank
A place near Jericho in the Jordan valley; the exact site is not certain.
Israel camped there after crossing the Jordan and set up twelve stones (Josh 4:19-20). Saul was confirmed as king there (1 Sam 11:15).
39All the people crossed the Jordan, and the king crossed over; and the king kissed Barzillai and blessed him, and he returned to his place.
40 · This verse (above)
41And there all the men of Israel were coming to the king, and they said to the king, “Why have our brothers, the men of Judah, stolen you and brought the king and his household across the Jordan, and all David’s men with him?”
