2 Samuel 19:15 BSB — MannaFest

2 Samuel 19:15

So the king returned, and when he arrived at the Jordan, the men of Judah came to Gilgal to meet him and escort him across the Jordan.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

So the king returned, and came to the Jordan. And Judah came to Gilgal, to go to meet the king, to bring the king over the Jordan.

KJV

So the king returned, and came to Jordan. And Judah came to Gilgal, to go to meet the king, to conduct the king over Jordan.

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Commentary

1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Perhaps Jordan was never passed with so much solemnity, nor with so many remarkable occurrences, as it was now, since Israel passed it under Joshua. David, in his afflictive flight, remembered God particularly from the land of Jordan ( Ps. xlii. 6 ), and now that land, more than any other, was graced with the glories of his return.

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיָּ֣שָׁב	vai.Ya.shov	and he returned	H7725 →
הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ	ha.Me.lekh	the king	H4428 →
וַיָּבֹ֖א	vai.ya.Vo'	and he came	H935 →
עַד־	'ad-	to	H5704 →
הַיַּרְדֵּ֑ן	hai.yar.Den	the Jordan	H3383 →
וִיהוּדָ֞ה	vi.hu.Dah	and Judah	H3063 →
בָּ֣א	ba'	it came	H935 →
הַגִּלְגָּ֗לָה	ha.gil.Ga.lah	<the> Gilgal towards	H1537 →
לָלֶ֙כֶת֙	la.Le.khet	to go	H1980 →
לִקְרַ֣את	lik.Rat	to meet	H7122 →
הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ	ha.Me.lekh	the king	H4428 →
לְהַעֲבִ֥יר	le.ha.'a.Vir	to bring over	H5674 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ	ha.Me.lekh	the king	H4428 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
הַיַּרְדֵּֽן׃	hai.yar.Den	the Jordan	H3383 →

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

The walk

The walk5

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
Joshua 5:9
Then the LORD said to Joshua, “Today I have rolled away the reproach of Egypt from you.” So that place has been called Gilgal to this day.
leads to
- Joshua 4:19
  On the tenth day of the first month the people went up from the Jordan and camped at Gilgal on the eastern border of Jericho.
- 1 Samuel 17:26
  David asked the men who were standing with him, “What will be done for the man who kills this Philistine and removes this disgrace from Israel? Just who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he…
- Genesis 34:14
  “We cannot do such a thing,” they said. “To give our sister to an uncircumcised man would be a disgrace to us.
- Leviticus 24:14
  “Take the blasphemer outside the camp, and have all who heard him lay their hands on his head; then have the whole assembly stone him.
- Jeremiah 9:25
  “Behold, the days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will punish all who are circumcised yet uncircumcised:

About 2 Samuel

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

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02Original language & word study

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06About 2 Samuel

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About 2 Samuel