2 Samuel 14:23 BSB — MannaFest

2 Samuel 14:23

So Joab got up, went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.

BSB

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ASV

So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.

KJV

So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.

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Commentary

2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

So Joab arose and went to Geshur,.... Where Absalom was with his grandfather, the king of the place; see 2Sa 13:37, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem; from thence, which, according to Bunting (t), was the distance of eighty eight miles from it. (t) Travels, &c. p 146, 148.

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

I see not how David can be justified in suspending the execution of the ancient law ( Gen. ix. 6 ), Whoso sheds man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed, in which a righteous magistrate ought not to acknowledge even his brethren, or know his own children.

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Original language & word study

8 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיָּ֥קָם	vai.Ya.kom	and he arose	H6965 →
יוֹאָ֖ב	yo.'Av	Joab	H3097 →
וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ	vai.Ye.lekh	and he went	H1980 →
גְּשׁ֑וּרָה	ge.Shu.rah	Geshur towards	H1650 →
וַיָּבֵ֥א	vai.ya.Ve'	and he brought	H935 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
אַבְשָׁל֖וֹם	'av.sha.Lom	Absalom	H53 →
יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ פ	ye.ru.sha.Lim	Jerusalem	H3389 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

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2 Samuel 3:3
his second was Chileab, by Abigail the widow of Nabal of Carmel; his third was Absalom, the son of Maacah daughter of King Talmai of Geshur;
leads to
- 1 Samuel 27:8
  Now David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites. (From ancient times these people had inhabited the land extending to Shur and Egypt.)
- 1 Chronicles 3:1
  These were the sons of David who were born to him in Hebron: The firstborn was Amnon by Ahinoam of Jezreel; the second was Daniel by Abigail of Carmel;
- 1 Samuel 25:42
  So Abigail hurried and got on a donkey, and attended by five of her maidens, she followed David’s messengers and became his wife.
- Deuteronomy 3:14
  Jair, a descendant of Manasseh, took the whole region of Argob as far as the border of the Geshurites and Maacathites. He renamed Bashan after himself, Havvoth-jair, by which it is called to this…
- 1 Samuel 25:3
  His name was Nabal, and his wife’s name was Abigail. She was an intelligent and beautiful woman, but her husband, a Calebite, was harsh and evil in his dealings.

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David Mourns the Death of Absalom — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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