2 Samuel 15:19 BSB — MannaFest

2 Samuel 15:19

Then the king said to Ittai the Gittite, “Why should you also go with us? Go back and stay with the new king, since you are both a foreigner and an exile from your homeland.

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ASV

Then said the king to Ittai the Gittite, Wherefore goest thou also with us? return, and abide with the king: for thou art a foreigner, and also an exile; return to thine own place.

KJV

Then said the king to Ittai the Gittite, Wherefore goest thou also with us? return to thy place, and abide with the king: for thou art a stranger, and also an exile.

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Commentary

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Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Thou art a stranger, and also an exile - Some suppose that Ittai was the son of Achish, king of Gath, who was very much attached to David, and banished from his father’s court on that account. He and his six hundred men are generally supposed to have been proselytes to the Jewish religion.

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Original language & word study

21 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙	ha.Me.lekh	the king	H4428 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
אִתַּ֣י	'i.Tai	Ittai	H863 →
הַגִּתִּ֔י	ha.gi.Ti	the Gittite	H1663 →
לָ֧מָּה	La.mah	<to> why?	H4100 →
תֵלֵ֛ךְ	te.Lekh	will you go	H1980 →
גַּם־	gam-	also	H1571 →
אַתָּ֖ה	'a.Tah	you	H859 →
אִתָּ֑נוּ	'i.Ta.nu	with us	H854 →
שׁ֣וּב	shuv	return	H7725 →
וְשֵׁ֤ב	ve.Shev	and dwell	H3427 →
עִם־	'im-	with	H5973 →
הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙	ha.Me.lekh	the king	H4428 →
כִּֽי־	ki-	for	H3588 →
נָכְרִ֣י	na.khe.Ri	[are] a foreigner	H5237 →
אַ֔תָּה	'A.tah	you	H859 →
וְגַם־	ve.gam-	and also	H1571 →
גֹּלֶ֥ה	go.Leh	[are] an exile	H1540 →
אַתָּ֖ה	'a.Tah	you	H859 →
לִמְקוֹמֶֽךָ׃	lim.ko.Me.cha	to place your	H4725 →

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2 Samuel 18:2
He sent out the troops, a third under Joab, a third under Joab’s brother Abishai son of Zeruiah, and a third under Ittai the Gittite. And the king said to the troops, “I will…
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- Judges 7:16
  And he divided the three hundred men into three companies and gave each man a ram’s horn in one hand and a large jar in the other, containing a torch.
- 2 Samuel 15:19–22
  Then the king said to Ittai the Gittite, “Why should you also go with us? Go back and stay with the new king, since you are both a foreigner and an exile from your…
- 2 Samuel 10:7–10
  On hearing this, David sent Joab and the entire army of mighty men.
- Psalms 27:1–3
  The LORD is my light and my salvation— whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life— whom shall I dread?
- Judges 7:19
  Gideon and the hundred men with him reached the outskirts of the camp at the beginning of the middle watch, just after the changing of the guard. They blew their horns and broke the…

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