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2 Samuel 17:9

Surely by now he is hiding in a cave or some other location. If some of your troops fall first, whoever hears of it will say, ‘There has been a slaughter among the troops who follow Absalom.’

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ASV

Behold, he is hid now in some pit, or in some other place: and it will come to pass, when some of them are fallen at the first, that whosoever heareth it will say, There is a slaughter among the people that follow Absalom.

KJV

Behold, he is hid now in some pit, or in some other place: and it will come to pass, when some of them be overthrown at the first, that whosoever heareth it will say, There is a slaughter among the people that follow Absalom.

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Original language & word study

22 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
הִנֵּ֨הhi.Nehthere!H2009 →
עַתָּ֤ה'a.TahnowH6258 →
הֽוּא־hu'-heH1931 →
נֶחְבָּא֙nech.Ba'[has] hidden himselfH2244 →
בְּאַחַ֣תbe.'a.Chatin one ofH259 →
הַפְּחָתִ֔יםha.pe.cha.Timthe ravinesH6354 →
א֖וֹ'oorH176 →
בְּאַחַ֣דbe.'a.Chadin one ofH259 →
הַמְּקוֹמֹ֑תha.me.ko.Motthe placesH4725 →
וְהָיָ֗הve.ha.Yahand it will beH1961 →
כִּנְפֹ֤לkin.Folwhen fallsH5307 →
בָּהֶם֙ba.Hemamong <the> them
בַּתְּחִלָּ֔הba.te.chi.Lahat the firstH8462 →
וְשָׁמַ֤עve.sha.Ma'and he will hearH8085 →
הַשֹּׁמֵ֙עַ֙ha.sho.Me.a'the [one who] hearsH8085 →
וְאָמַ֔רve.'a.Marand he will sayH559 →
הָֽיְתָה֙ha.ye.Tahit has beenH1961 →
מַגֵּפָ֔הma.ge.Faha slaughterH4046 →
בָּעָ֕םba.'Amamong the peopleH5971 →
אֲשֶׁ֖ר'a.SherwhichH834 →
אַחֲרֵ֥י'a.cha.Rei[is] afterH310 →
אַבְשָׁלֹֽם׃'av.sha.LomAbsalomH53 →

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Jeremiah 41:9Now the cistern into which Ishmael had thrown all the bodies of the men he had struck down along with Gedaliah was a large one that King Asa had made for fear of Baasha king of Israel. Ishmael son of Nethaniah filled it with the slain.1 Samuel 14:14–15In that first assault, Jonathan and his armor-bearer struck down about twenty men over half an acre of land.Judges 20:32–33“We are defeating them as before,” said the Benjamites. But the Israelites said, “Let us retreat and draw them away from the city onto the roads.”1 Samuel 24:3Soon Saul came to the sheepfolds along the road, where there was a cave, and he went in to relieve himself. And David and his men were hiding in the recesses of the cave.1 Samuel 22:1So David left Gath and took refuge in the cave of Adullam. When his brothers and the rest of his father’s household heard about it, they went down to him there.Joshua 8:6They will pursue us until we have drawn them away from the city, for they will say, ‘The Israelites are running away from us as they did before.’ So as we flee from them,Joshua 7:5And the men of Ai struck down about thirty-six of them, chasing them from the gate as far as the quarries and striking them down on the slopes. So the hearts of the people melted and became like water.

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