2 Samuel 18:1 BSB — MannaFest

2 Samuel 18:1

Then David reviewed his troops and appointed over them commanders of hundreds and of thousands.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And David numbered the people that were with him, and set captains of thousands and captains of hundreds over them.

KJV

And David numbered the people that were with him, and set captains of thousands and captains of hundreds over them.

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Commentary

1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

And set captains of thousands - By this time David’s small company was greatly recruited; but what its number was we cannot tell. Josephus says it amounted to four thousand men. Others have supposed that they amounted to ten thousand; for thus they understand a clause in 2Sa 18:3, which they think should be read, We are now ten thousand strong.

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיִּפְקֹ֣ד	vai.yif.Kod	and he mustered	H6485 →
דָּוִ֔ד	da.Vid	David	H1732 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
הָעָ֖ם	ha.'Am	the people	H5971 →
אֲשֶׁ֣ר	'a.Sher	which	H834 →
אִתּ֑וֹ	'i.To	[was] with him	H854 →
וַיָּ֣שֶׂם	vai.Ya.sem	and he appointed	H7760 →
עֲלֵיהֶ֔ם	'a.lei.Hem	over them	H5921 →
שָׂרֵ֥י	sa.Rei	commanders of	H8269 →
אֲלָפִ֖ים	'a.la.Fim	thousands	H505 →
וְשָׂרֵ֥י	ve.sa.Rei	and commanders of	H8269 →
מֵאֽוֹת׃	me.'ot	hundreds	H3967 →

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

H6485vaiyifkodand he mustered303×

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.

Through
Exodus 17:9
So Moses said to Joshua, “Choose some of our men and go out to fight the Amalekites. Tomorrow I will stand on the hilltop with the staff of God in my hand.”
leads to
- Exodus 24:13
  So Moses set out with Joshua his attendant and went up on the mountain of God.
- Deuteronomy 32:44
  Then Moses came with Joshua son of Nun and recited all the words of this song in the hearing of the people.
- Exodus 4:20
  So Moses took his wife and sons, put them on a donkey, and headed back to Egypt. And he took the staff of God in his hand.
- Exodus 4:2
  And the LORD asked him, “What is that in your hand?” “A staff,” he replied.
- Hebrews 4:8
  For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken later about another day.
Through
Joshua 8:10
Joshua got up early the next morning and mobilized his men, and he and the elders of Israel marched before them up to Ai.
leads to
- Genesis 22:3
  So Abraham got up early the next morning, saddled his donkey, and took along two of his servants and his son Isaac. He split the wood for a burnt offering and set out for…
- Psalms 119:60
  I hurried without hesitating to keep Your commandments.
Through
1 Samuel 8:12
He will appoint some for himself as commanders of thousands and of fifties, and others to plow his ground, to reap his harvest, to make his weapons of war, and to equip his chariots.
leads to
- 1 Chronicles 27:1–22
  This is the list of the Israelites—the heads of families, the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and their officers who served the king in every matter concerning the divisions on rotating military duty…