2 Samuel 13:30 BSB — MannaFest

2 Samuel 13:30

While they were on the way, a report reached David: “Absalom has struck down all the sons of the king; not one of them is left!”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And it came to pass, while they were in the way, that the tidings came to David, saying, Absalom hath slain all the king’s sons, and there is not one of them left.

KJV

And it came to pass, while they were in the way, that tidings came to David, saying, Absalom hath slain all the king’s sons, and there is not one of them left.

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Commentary

1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Absalom hath slain all the king’s sons - Fame never lessens but always magnifies a fact. Report, contrary to the nature of all other things, gains strength by going. Virgil has given, in his best manner, a fine personification of Fame or Evil Report. - Aen. iv., 173. Extemplo Libyae magnas it Fama per urbes; Fama, malum qua non aliud velocius ullum, Mobilitate viget, viresque adquirit eundo, etc. “Now Fame, tremendous fiend! without delay, Through Libyan cities took her rapid way; Fame, the swift plague, that every moment grows, And gains new strength and vigor as she goes,” etc.

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Original language & word study

18 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַֽיְהִי֙	vay.Hi	and it was	H1961 →
הֵ֣מָּה	He.mah	they	H1992 →
בַדֶּ֔רֶךְ	va.De.rekh	[were] on the way	H1870 →
וְהַשְּׁמֻעָ֣ה	ve.ha.she.mu.'Ah	and the report	H8052 →
בָ֔אָה	Va.'ah	it came	H935 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
דָּוִ֖ד	da.Vid	David	H1732 →
לֵאמֹ֑ר	le.Mor	<to> saying	H559 →
הִכָּ֤ה	hi.Kah	he has struck down	H5221 →
אַבְשָׁלוֹם֙	'av.sha.lOm	Absalom	H53 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
בְּנֵ֣י	be.Nei	[the] sons of	H1121 →
הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ	ha.Me.lekh	the king	H4428 →
וְלֹֽא־	ve.lo'-	and not	H3808 →
נוֹתַ֥ר	no.Tar	he is left	H3498 →
מֵהֶ֖ם	me.Hem	of <the> them
אֶחָֽד׃ ס	'e.Chad	one	H259 →