2 Samuel 17:27

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

• וַיְהִ֕יand it was

  vayhiH1961 →3559 times

• כְּב֥וֹאwhen came

  kevo'H935 →2568 times

• דָוִ֖דDavid

  davidH1732 →999 times

• מַחֲנָ֑יְמָהMahanaim towards

  machanayemahH4266 →13 times

• וְשֹׁבִ֨יand Shobi

  veshoviH7629 →

• בֶן־[the] son of

  ven-H1121 →4930 times

• נָחָ֜שׁNahash

  nachashH5176 →10 times

• מֵרַבַּ֣תfrom Rabbah of

  merabatH7237 →15 times

• בְּנֵֽי־[the] people of

  benei-H1121 →4930 times

• עַמּ֗וֹןAmmon

  amonH5983 →106 times

• וּמָכִ֤ירand Makir

  umakhirH4353 →22 times

• בֶּן־[the] son of

  ben-H1121 →4930 times

• עַמִּיאֵל֙Ammiel

  ʾamielH5988 →6 times

• מִלֹּ֣אfrom Lo

  milo'H3810 →8 times

• דְבָ֔רDebar

  devarH3810 →8 times

• וּבַרְזִלַּ֥יand Barzillai

  uvarzilaiH1271 →12 times

• הַגִּלְעָדִ֖יthe Gileadite

  hagiladiH1569 →

• מֵרֹגְלִֽים׃from Rogelim

  merogelimH7274 →

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

• Through

  1 Kings 2:7

  But show loving devotion to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be among those who eat at your table, because they stood by me when I fled from your brother Absalom.

  it leads to

  • 2 Samuel 17:27–29

    When David came to Mahanaim, he was met by Shobi son of Nahash from Rabbah of the Ammonites, Machir son of Ammiel from Lo-debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite from Rogelim.

    Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

  • 2 Samuel 9:7

    “Do not be afraid,” said David, “for surely I will show you kindness for the sake of your father Jonathan. I will restore to you all the land of your grandfather Saul, and you…

  • 2 Samuel 9:10

    You and your sons and servants are to work the ground for him and bring in the harvest, so that your master’s grandson may have food to eat. But Mephibosheth, your master’s grandson, is…

  • 2 Samuel 19:31–40

    Now Barzillai the Gileadite had come down from Rogelim to cross the Jordan with the king and send him on his way from there.

• Through

  1 Samuel 11:1

  Soon Nahash the Ammonite came up and laid siege to Jabesh-gilead. All the men of Jabesh said to him, “Make a treaty with us, and we will serve you.”

  it leads to

  • 1 Samuel 12:12

    But when you saw that Nahash king of the Ammonites was moving against you, you said to me, ‘No, we must have a king to rule over us’—even though the LORD your God was…

  • Ezekiel 17:13

    He took a member of the royal family and made a covenant with him, putting him under oath. Then he carried away the leading men of the land,

  • 1 Kings 20:34

    Ben-hadad said to him, “I will restore the cities my father took from your father; you may set up your own marketplaces in Damascus, as my father did in Samaria.” “By this treaty I…

  • Judges 21:8

    So they asked, “Which one of the tribes of Israel failed to come up before the LORD at Mizpah?” And, in fact, no one from Jabesh-gilead had come to the camp for the assembly.