2 Samuel 18:24 BSB — MannaFest

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20 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְדָוִ֥ד	ve.da.Vid	and David	H1732 →
יוֹשֵׁ֖ב	yo.Shev	[was] sitting	H3427 →
בֵּין־	bein-	between	H996 →
שְׁנֵ֣י	she.Nei	[the] two	H8147 →
הַשְּׁעָרִ֑ים	ha.she.'a.Rim	the gates	H8179 →
וַיֵּ֨לֶךְ	vai.Ye.lekh	and he went	H1980 →
הַצֹּפֶ֜ה	ha.tzo.Peh	the watchman	H6822 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
גַּ֤ג	gag	[the] roof of	H1406 →
הַשַּׁ֙עַר֙	ha.Sha.'ar	the gate	H8179 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
הַ֣חוֹמָ֔ה	ha.cho.Mah	the wall	H2346 →
וַיִּשָּׂ֤א	vai.yi.Sa'	and he lifted up	H5375 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
עֵינָיו֙	'ei.Nav	eyes his	H5869 →
וַיַּ֔רְא	vai.Yar'	and he saw	H7200 →
וְהִנֵּה־	ve.hi.neh-	and there!	H2009 →
אִ֖ישׁ	'ish	a man	H376 →
רָ֥ץ	ratz	[was] running	H7323 →
לְבַדּֽוֹ׃	le.va.Do	to only him	H905 →

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

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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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2 Samuel 19:8
So the king got up and sat in the gate, and all the people were told: “Behold, the king is sitting in the gate.” So they all came before the king. Meanwhile, the Israelites…
leads to
- 2 Samuel 18:4
  “I will do whatever seems best to you,” the king replied. So he stood beside the gate, while all the troops marched out by hundreds and by thousands.
- 1 Kings 22:36
  As the sun was setting, the cry rang out in the army: “Every man to his own city, and every man to his own land!”
- 2 Samuel 19:3
  So they returned to the city quietly that day, as people steal away in humiliation after fleeing a battle.
- 2 Samuel 18:17
  They took Absalom, cast him into a large pit in the forest, and piled a huge mound of stones over him. Meanwhile, all the Israelites fled, each to his home.
Through
2 Samuel 13:34
Meanwhile, Absalom had fled. When the young man standing watch looked up, he saw many people coming down the road west of him, along the side of the hill. And the watchman went and…
leads to
- Amos 5:19
  It will be like a man who flees from a lion, only to encounter a bear, or who enters his house and rests his hand against the wall, only to be bitten by a…
Through
2 Samuel 18:4
“I will do whatever seems best to you,” the king replied. So he stood beside the gate, while all the troops marched out by hundreds and by thousands.
leads to
- Isaiah 28:6
  a spirit of justice to him who sits in judgment, and a strength to those who repel the onslaught at the gate.
- 1 Samuel 29:2
  As the Philistine leaders marched out their units of hundreds and thousands, David and his men marched behind them with Achish.
- 2 Samuel 18:1
  Then David reviewed his troops and appointed over them commanders of hundreds and of thousands.

The gold bar shows how strongly the cross-reference sources tie the two verses together: a long bar means many compiled references make the connection, a short one means few.

Habakkuk 2:1I will stand at my guard post and station myself on the ramparts. I will watch to see what He will say to me, and how I should answer when corrected.2 Samuel 19:8So the king got up and sat in the gate, and all the people were told: “Behold, the king is sitting in the gate.” So they all came before the king. Meanwhile, the Israelites had fled, each man to his home.2 Samuel 18:4“I will do whatever seems best to you,” the king replied. So he stood beside the gate, while all the troops marched out by hundreds and by thousands.Isaiah 21:6–9For this is what the Lord says to me: “Go, post a lookout and have him report what he sees.2 Samuel 13:34Meanwhile, Absalom had fled. When the young man standing watch looked up, he saw many people coming down the road west of him, along the side of the hill. And the watchman went and reported to the king, “I see men coming from the direction of Horonaim, along the side of the hill.”Ezekiel 33:2–7“Son of man, speak to your people and tell them: ‘Suppose I bring the sword against a land, and the people of that land choose a man from among them, appointing him as their watchman,Isaiah 21:11–12This is the burden against Dumah: One calls to me from Seir, “Watchman, what is left of the night? Watchman, what is left of the night?”1 Samuel 4:13When he arrived, there was Eli, sitting on his chair beside the road and watching, because his heart trembled for the ark of God. When the man entered the city to give a report, the whole city cried out.2 Kings 9:17Now the watchman standing on the tower in Jezreel saw Jehu’s troops approaching, and he called out, “I see a company of troops!” “Choose a rider,” Joram commanded. “Send him out to meet them and ask, ‘Have you come in peace?’”2 Kings 9:17–20Now the watchman standing on the tower in Jezreel saw Jehu’s troops approaching, and he called out, “I see a company of troops!” “Choose a rider,” Joram commanded. “Send him out to meet them and ask, ‘Have you come in peace?’”

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