2 Samuel 17:11 BSB — MannaFest

2 Samuel 17:11

Instead, I advise that all Israel from Dan to Beersheba—a multitude like the sand on the seashore—be gathered to you, and that you yourself lead them into battle.

BSB

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ASV

But I counsel that all Israel be gathered together unto thee, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, as the sand that is by the sea for multitude; and that thou go to battle in thine own person.

KJV

Therefore I counsel that all Israel be generally gathered unto thee, from Dan even to Beer–sheba, as the sand that is by the sea for multitude; and that thou go to battle in thine own person.

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Commentary

2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

Therefore I counsel,.... My advice is as follows: that all Israel be generally gathered unto thee, from Dan even to Beersheba, as the sand that is by the sea for multitude: not all the inhabitants of the land, but such as are fit to bear arms, or that were soldiers, employed in military affairs, in keeping garrisons, guarding the coasts, &c. even the militia of the nation, from the extreme boundary of it on the north to the extreme boundary of it on the south; in such a direction lay Dan and Beersheba.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

But his dexterity was chiefly displayed in that part of his counsel which recommended a general levy throughout the country; and that Absalom should take command of it in person--thereby flattering at once the pride and ambition of the usurper. The bait was caught by the vainglorious and wicked prince.

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Original language & word study

19 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
כִּ֣י	ki	for	H3588 →
יָעַ֗צְתִּי	ya.'Atz.ti	I counsel	H3289 →
הֵ֠אָסֹף	He.'a.sof	certainly <to be gathered>	H622 →
יֵאָסֵ֨ף	ye.'a.Sef	let it be gathered	H622 →
עָלֶ֤יךָ	'a.Lei.kha	to you	H5921 →
כָל־	khol-	all	H3605 →
יִשְׂרָאֵל֙	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →
מִדָּן֙	mi.Dan	from Dan	H1835 →
וְעַד־	ve.'ad-	and to	H5704 →
בְּאֵ֣ר	be.'Er	Beer	H884 →
שֶׁ֔בַע	She.va'	Sheba	H884 →
כַּח֥וֹל	ka.Chol	like the sand	H2344 →
אֲשֶׁר־	'a.Sher-	which	H834 →
עַל־	'al-	[is] at	H5921 →
הַיָּ֖ם	hai.Yam	the sea	H3220 →
לָרֹ֑ב	la.Ro	for multitude	H7230 →
וּפָנֶ֥יךָ	u.fa.Nei.kha	and face your	H6440 →
הֹלְכִ֖ים	ho.le.Khim	[will be] going	H1980 →
בַּקְרָֽב׃	bak.Rav	in the battle	H7128 →

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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.

Through
Genesis 22:17
I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies.
leads to
- Genesis 15:5
  And the LORD took him outside and said, “Now look to the heavens and count the stars, if you are able.” Then He told him, “So shall your offspring be.”
- Jeremiah 33:22
  As the hosts of heaven cannot be counted and as the sand on the seashore cannot be measured, so too will I multiply the descendants of My servant David and the Levites who minister…
- Genesis 24:60
  And they blessed Rebekah and said to her, “Our sister, may you become the mother of thousands upon thousands. May your offspring possess the gates of their enemies.”
- Genesis 26:4
  I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give them all these lands, and through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed,
- Psalms 72:8–9
  May he rule from sea to sea, and from the Euphrates to the ends of the earth.
Through
2 Samuel 24:2
So the king said to Joab the commander of his army, who was with him, “Go now throughout the tribes of Israel from Dan to Beersheba and register the troops, so that I may…
leads to
- 2 Samuel 3:10
  to transfer the kingdom from the house of Saul and to establish the throne of David over Israel and Judah, from Dan to Beersheba.”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Psalms 9:16
The LORD is known by the justice He brings; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands. Higgaion Selah
leads to
- Exodus 7:5
  And the Egyptians will know that I am the LORD, when I stretch out My hand against Egypt and bring the Israelites out from among them.”
Through
Judges 20:1
Then all the Israelites from Dan to Beersheba and from the land of Gilead came out, and the congregation assembled as one man before the LORD at Mizpah.
leads to
- Judges 11:11
  So Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him their leader and commander. And Jephthah repeated all his terms in the presence of the LORD at Mizpah.

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

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06About 2 Samuel

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