2 Samuel 17:12 BSB — MannaFest

2 Samuel 17:12

Then we will attack David wherever we find him, and we will descend on him like dew on the ground. And of all the men with him, not even one will remain.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

So shall we come upon him in some place where he shall be found, and we will light upon him as the dew falleth on the ground; and of him and of all the men that are with him we will not leave so much as one.

KJV

So shall we come upon him in some place where he shall be found, and we will light upon him as the dew falleth on the ground: and of him and of all the men that are with him there shall not be left so much as one.

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Commentary

1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Perhaps Absalom was better pleased with the design of cutting off all the men that were with him, having a particular antipathy to some of David's friends, than with Ahithophel's project of smiting the king only.

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Original language & word study

23 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וּבָ֣אנוּ	u.Va.nu	and we will come	H935 →
אֵלָ֗יו	'e.Lav	against him	H413 →
בְּאַחַ֤ד	be.'a.chat	in one of	H259 →
הַמְּקוֹמֹת֙	ha.me.ko.Mot	the places	H4725 →
אֲשֶׁ֣ר	'a.Sher	where	H834 →
נִמְצָ֣א	nim.Tza'	he is found	H4672 →
שָׁ֔ם	Sham	there	H8033 →
וְנַ֣חְנוּ	ve.Nach.nu	and we will set	H5117 →
עָלָ֔יו	'a.Lav	on him	H5921 →
כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר	ka.'a.Sher	<just> when	H834 →
יִפֹּ֥ל	yi.Pol	it will fall	H5307 →
הַטַּ֖ל	ha.Tal	the dew	H2919 →
עַל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
הָאֲדָמָ֑ה	ha.'a.da.Mah	the ground	H127 →
וְלֹֽא־	ve.lo'-	and not	H3808 →
נ֥וֹתַר	No.tar	we will leave	H3498 →
בּ֛וֹ	bo	among him
וּבְכָל־	u.ve.Khol-	and among all	H3605 →
הָאֲנָשִׁ֥ים	ha.'a.na.Shim	the men	H582 →
אֲשֶׁר־	'a.Sher-	who	H834 →
אִתּ֖וֹ	'i.To	[are] with him	H854 →
גַּם־	gam-	also	H1571 →
אֶחָֽד׃	'e.Chad	one	H259 →

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

The walk

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.

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1 Kings 20:10
Then Ben-hadad sent another message to Ahab: “May the gods deal with me, and ever so severely, if enough dust remains of Samaria for each of my men to have a handful.”
leads to
- 1 Kings 19:2
  So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “May the gods deal with me, and ever so severely, if by this time tomorrow I do not make your life like the lives of those…
- Isaiah 10:13–14
  For he says: ‘By the strength of my hand I have done this, and by my wisdom, for I am clever. I have removed the boundaries of nations and plundered their treasures; like a…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Exodus 11:8
  And all these officials of yours will come and bow before me, saying, ‘Go, you and all the people who follow you!’ After that, I will depart.” And hot with anger, Moses left Pharaoh’s…
- 2 Samuel 17:12–13
  Then we will attack David wherever we find him, and we will descend on him like dew on the ground. And of all the men with him, not even one will remain.
- Isaiah 37:24–25
  Through your servants you have taunted the Lord, and you have said: “With my many chariots I have ascended to the heights of the mountains, to the remote peaks of Lebanon. I have cut…
Through
2 Kings 18:23
Now, therefore, make a bargain with my master, the king of Assyria. I will give you two thousand horses—if you can put riders on them!
leads to
- 1 Kings 20:10
  Then Ben-hadad sent another message to Ahab: “May the gods deal with me, and ever so severely, if enough dust remains of Samaria for each of my men to have a handful.”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
1 Samuel 23:23
Observe and find out all the places where he hides. Then come back to me with certainty, and I will go with you. If he is in the land, I will search him out…
leads to
- Mark 14:10–11
  Then Judas Iscariot, one of the Twelve, went to the chief priests to betray Jesus to them.
- Micah 5:2
  But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come forth for Me One to be ruler over Israel—One whose origins are of old, from the days…