2 Samuel 10:5
in 2 Samuel 10When this was reported to David, he sent messengers to meet the men, since they had been thoroughly humiliated. The king told them, “Stay in Jericho until your beards have grown back, and then return.”
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
When they told it unto David, he sent to meet them; for the men were greatly ashamed. And the king said, Tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown, and then return.
KJV
When they told it unto David, he sent to meet them, because the men were greatly ashamed: and the king said, Tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown, and then return.
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This verse in 2 Samuel 10
Commentary
4 notes on this verseTarry at Jericho - This city had not been rebuilt since the time of Joshua; but there were, no doubt, many cottages still remaining, and larger dwellings also, but the walls had not been repaired. As it must have been comparatively a private place, it was proper for these men to tarry in, as they would not be exposed to public notice.
This site's exposition
Stay in Jericho until your beards have grown back
on 2 Samuel 10:5-6
David sends messengers to meet the men and tells them, “Stay in Jericho until your beards have grown back”. The Ammonites, knowing “they had become a stench to David”, do not wait for his answer. They hire thirty-three thousand Arameans from four places, turning an insult into a coalition war.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
The Jews wore their beards long, reckoning it an honour to appear aged and grave; and therefore it was not fit that persons of their rank and figure should appear at court unlike their neighbours.
When they told it unto David,....
The words behind it
17 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיַּגִּ֤דוּ | vaiyagidu | and people told | H5046 → | 370 times |
| לְדָוִד֙ | ledavid | to David | H1732 → | 999 times |
| וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח | vaiyishlach | and he sent | H7971 → | 845 times |
| לִקְרָאתָ֔ם | likratam | to meet them | H7122 → | 139 times |
| כִּֽי־ | ki- | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| הָי֥וּ | hayu | they were | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| הָאֲנָשִׁ֖ים | haanashim | the men | H582 → | 566 times |
| נִכְלָמִ֣ים | nikhlamim | humiliated | H3637 → | |
| מְאֹ֑ד | meod | very | H3966 → | 300 times |
| וַיֹּ֤אמֶר | vaiyomer | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ | hamelekh | the king | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| שְׁב֣וּ | shevu | remain | H3427 → | 1079 times |
| בִֽירֵח֔וֹ | virecho | at Jericho | H3405 → | |
| עַד־ | ʾad- | until | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| יְצַמַּ֥ח | yetzamach | it will grow back | H6779 → | |
| זְקַנְכֶ֖ם | zekankhem | beard your | H2206 → | 19 times |
| וְשַׁבְתֶּֽם׃ | veshavtem | and you will return | H7725 → | 1056 times |
וַיַּגִּ֤דוּand people told
vaiyagiduH5046 →370 times
לְדָוִד֙to David
ledavidH1732 →999 times
וַיִּשְׁלַ֣חand he sent
vaiyishlachH7971 →845 times
לִקְרָאתָ֔םto meet them
likratamH7122 →139 times
כִּֽי־for
ki-H3588 →4482 times
הָי֥וּthey were
hayuH1961 →3559 times
הָאֲנָשִׁ֖יםthe men
haanashimH582 →566 times
נִכְלָמִ֣יםhumiliated
nikhlamimH3637 →
מְאֹ֑דvery
meodH3966 →300 times
וַיֹּ֤אמֶרand he said
vaiyomerH559 →5305 times
הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙the king
hamelekhH4428 →2525 times
שְׁב֣וּremain
shevuH3427 →1079 times
בִֽירֵח֔וֹat Jericho
virechoH3405 →
עַד־until
ʾad-H5704 →1261 times
יְצַמַּ֥חit will grow back
yetzamachH6779 →
זְקַנְכֶ֖םbeard your
zekankhemH2206 →19 times
וְשַׁבְתֶּֽם׃and you will return
veshavtemH7725 →1056 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
1 Kings 16:34In Ahab’s days, Hiel the Bethelite rebuilt Jericho. At the cost of Abiram his firstborn he laid its foundation, and at the cost of Segub his youngest he set up its gates, according to…
it leads to
- Joshua 6:26
At that time Joshua invoked this solemn oath: “Cursed before the LORD is the man who rises up and rebuilds this city, Jericho; at the cost of his firstborn he will lay its foundations;…
- Matthew 24:35
Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.
- Joshua 23:14–15
Now behold, today I am going the way of all the earth, and you know with all your heart and soul that not one of the good promises the LORD your God made to…
- Zechariah 1:5
Where are your fathers now? And the prophets, do they live forever?
- Joshua 6:26
Through
1 Chronicles 19:5When someone came and told David about his men, he sent messengers to meet them, since the men had been thoroughly humiliated. The king told them, “Stay in Jericho until your beards have grown…
it leads to
- Joshua 6:24–26
Then the Israelites burned up the city and everything in it. However, they put the silver and gold and articles of bronze and iron into the treasury of the LORD’s house.
- Matthew 18:31
When his fellow servants saw what had happened, they were greatly distressed, and they went and recounted all of this to their master.
- Judges 16:22
However, the hair of his head began to grow back after it had been shaved.
- 1 Kings 16:34
In Ahab’s days, Hiel the Bethelite rebuilt Jericho. At the cost of Abiram his firstborn he laid its foundation, and at the cost of Segub his youngest he set up its gates, according to…
- Joshua 6:24–26
Where this verse is studied
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About 2 Samuel
Who and where
2 names in this verse with a page on the site.
- PersonUnited MonarchyDavidSecond king of united Israel, shepherd-turned-monarch, ancestor of the Messiah, and traditional author of many Psalms.
- PlaceJordan valleyJerichoThe city of palms whose walls fell flat at the seventh trumpet-circuit; Rahab's city, later rebuilt under a curse, and the road do…
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.