2 Samuel 18:30
in 2 Samuel 18“Move aside,” said the king, “and stand here.” So he stepped aside.
BSB
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ASV
And the king said, Turn aside, and stand here. And he turned aside, and stood still.
KJV
And the king said unto him, Turn aside, and stand here. And he turned aside, and stood still.
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This verse in 2 Samuel 18
Commentary
5 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
David sat between the two gates--that is, in the tower-house on the wall that overhung the gate of Mahanaim. Near it was a watchtower, on which a sentinel was posted, as in times of war, to notify every occurrence.
This site's exposition
So he stepped aside
on 2 Samuel 18:30-32
The Cushite announces that the LORD has avenged the king, and David asks him the same question about Absalom. He answers, “May what has become of the young man happen to the enemies of my lord the king”. The answer tells David of his son's death without naming it.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
), and now, we may suppose, he gives the king a more particular account of the victory, which was the thing he came to bring the news of. Cushi, the slow post, proves the sure one, and besides the confirmation of the news of the victory which Ahimaaz had brought-- The Lord has avenged thee of all those that rose up against thee (
quarantine:debris (2026-07-29) — leading-punctuation
And the king said unto him, turn aside, and stand here,.... On the side of him, not far from him, until the other messenger came, that he might learn from them both the true state of the case: and he turned aside, and stood still; saying nothing more to the king, nor he to him.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
Stand here - He intended to confront two messengers, and compare their accounts.
The words behind it
7 Hebrew wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֹּ֣אמֶר | vaiyomer | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ | hamelekh | the king | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| סֹ֖ב | so | go around | H5437 → | 161 times |
| הִתְיַצֵּ֣ב | hityatzev | stand | H3320 → | 48 times |
| כֹּ֑ה | koh | thus | H3541 → | 577 times |
| וַיִּסֹּ֖ב | vaiyiso | and he went around | H5437 → | 161 times |
| וַֽיַּעֲמֹֽד׃ | vaiyaamod | and he stood | H5975 → | 521 times |
וַיֹּ֣אמֶרand he said
vaiyomerH559 →5305 times
הַמֶּ֔לֶךְthe king
hamelekhH4428 →2525 times
סֹ֖בgo around
soH5437 →161 times
הִתְיַצֵּ֣בstand
hityatzevH3320 →48 times
כֹּ֑הthus
kohH3541 →577 times
וַיִּסֹּ֖בand he went around
vaiyisoH5437 →161 times
וַֽיַּעֲמֹֽד׃and he stood
vaiyaamodH5975 →521 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
Where this verse is studied
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About 2 Samuel
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.