Study it in the app“So all the men of Israel went up from after David and after Sheba son of Bichri; but the men of Judah clung to their king from the Jordan to Jerusalem.”
So allוַ כָּלthe menאִישׁof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלwent upיַּעַלfromמֵafterאַחֲרֵיDavidדָוִדand afterאַחֲרֵיShebaשֶׁבַעsonבֶּןof Bichri;בִּכְרִיbut the menוְאִישׁof Judahיְהוּדָהclungדָּבְקוּto their kingבְמַלְכָּםfromמִןthe JordanהַיַּרְדֵּןtoוְעַדJerusalem.יְרוּשָׁלִָם
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” 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” appearsrise
To rise: the sun, the smoke.
Where else “yaal” appearsDavid
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appearsSheba
Sheba: a town of Simeon; also a personal name.
Where else “sheva” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appearsBichri
Bichri, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, father of Sheba, who rebelled against David (2 Samuel 20). The lexicon links the name with "firstborn, youthful".
Where else “bichri” 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” appearscling
To stay close to someone, like YHWH.
Where else “davku” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “malka” appearsJordan
See it on the mapWhere else “yarden” appearsJerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yerushalaim” appears1Jordan
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).
2Jerusalem
Today: Old City of Jerusalem
A city in the hills of Judea, about 22 miles (35 km) west of the Dead Sea and 35 miles (55 km) east of the Mediterranean.
David took it and made it his city (2 Sam 5:7); Solomon built the temple there (1 Kgs 8:1). Jesus was presented there, and the apostles' witness began from it (Luke 2:22; Acts 1:8).
1There happened to be a wicked man whose name was Sheba son of Bichri, a Benjaminite; he blew the horn and said, “We have no portion in David, and no inheritance for us in the son of Jesse! Each man to his tents, Israel!”
2 · This verse (above)
3David came to his house in Jerusalem; and the king took the ten women, the concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in a house under guard; he provided for them, but to them he did not go in. So they were shut up until the day of their death, in widowhood for life.
