2 Samuel 15:17 BSB — MannaFest

2 Samuel 15:17

So the king set out with all the people following him. He stopped at the last house,

BSB

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ASV

And the king went forth, and all the people after him; and they tarried in Beth-merhak.

KJV

And the king went forth, and all the people after him, and tarried in a place that was far off.

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Commentary

1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Those whose hearts were with Absalom, to Absalom let them go, and so shall their doom be: they will soon have enough of him. Christ enlists none but volunteers.

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Original language & word study

8 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֵּצֵ֥א	vai.ye.Tze'	and he went out	H3318 →
הַמֶּ֛לֶךְ	ha.Me.lekh	the king	H4428 →
וְכָל־	ve.khol	and all	H3605 →
הָעָ֖ם	ha.'Am	the people	H5971 →
בְּרַגְלָ֑יו	be.rag.Lav	at feet his	H7272 →
וַיַּעַמְד֖וּ	vai.ya.'am.Du	and they stood	H5975 →
בֵּ֥ית	beit	[the] house of	H1004 →
הַמֶּרְחָֽק׃	ha.mer.Chak	the distance	H4801 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

H7272beraglavat feet his247×

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The walk8

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.

Through
Psalms 66:12
You let men ride over our heads; we went through fire and water, but You brought us into abundance.
leads to
- Isaiah 43:1–2
  Now this is what the LORD says— He who created you, O Jacob, and He who formed you, O Israel: “Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your…
- Isaiah 51:23
  I will place it in the hands of your tormentors, who told you: ‘Lie down, so we can walk over you,’ so that you made your back like the ground, like a street to…
- James 5:11
  See how blessed we consider those who have persevered. You have heard of Job’s perseverance and have seen the outcome from the Lord. The Lord is full of compassion and mercy.
- Psalms 40:2–3
  He lifted me up from the pit of despair, out of the miry clay; He set my feet upon a rock, and made my footsteps firm.
- Acts 14:22
  strengthening the souls of the disciples and encouraging them to continue in the faith. “We must endure many hardships to enter the kingdom of God,” they said.
Through
Ecclesiastes 10:7
I have seen slaves on horseback, while princes go on foot like slaves.
leads to
- Proverbs 19:10
  Luxury is unseemly for a fool—how much worse for a slave to rule over princes!
- Esther 6:8
  have them bring a royal robe that the king himself has worn and a horse on which the king himself has ridden—one with a royal crest placed on its head.
- Proverbs 30:22
  a servant who becomes king, a fool who is filled with food,

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02Original language & word study

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06About 2 Samuel

Where the connections lead

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About 2 Samuel