2 Samuel 19:22 BSB — MannaFest

2 Samuel 19:22

And David replied, “Sons of Zeruiah, what have I to do with you, that you should be my adversaries today? Should any man be put to death in Israel today? Am I not indeed aware that today I am king over Israel?”

BSB

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ASV

And David said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah, that ye should this day be adversaries unto me? shall there any man be put to death this day in Israel? for do not I know that I am this day king over Israel?

KJV

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Commentary

2 voices

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Expressing the deepest regret for his former outrageous conduct, he was pardoned on the spot; and although the son of Zeruiah urged the expediency of making this chief a public example, his officiousness was repulsed by David with magnanimity, and with the greater confidence that he felt himself now re-established in the kingdom (see on 1Ki 2:8).

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

The pleasantness of his spirit on this great occasion forbade the entrance of any thing that was sour and peevish: joyful days should be forgiving days. Yet this was not all; his experience of God's mercy in restoring him to his kingdom, his exclusion from which he attributed to his sin, inclined him to show mercy to Shimei. Those that are forgiven must forgive.

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Original language & word study

25 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
דָּוִ֗ד	da.Vid	David	H1732 →
מַה־	mah-	what?	H4100 →
לִּ֤י	li	[is] to me
וְלָכֶם֙	ve.la.Khem	and to <the> you
בְּנֵ֣י	be.Nei	O sons of	H1121 →
צְרוּיָ֔ה	tze.ru.Yah	Zeruiah	H6870 →
כִּי־	ki-	that	H3588 →
תִֽהְיוּ־	tih.yu-	you will become	H1961 →
לִ֥י	li	to <the> me
הַיּ֖וֹם	hai.Yom	this day	H3117 →
לְשָׂטָ֑ן	le.sa.Tan	<into> an adversary	H7854 →
הַיּ֗וֹם	hai.Yom	this day	H3117 →
י֤וּמַת	Yu.mat	will he be put to death?	H4191 →
אִישׁ֙	'ish	anyone	H376 →
בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל	be.Yis.ra.'El	in Israel	H3478 →
כִּ֚י	ki	for	H3588 →
הֲל֣וֹא	ha.Lo'	¿ not	H3808 →
יָדַ֔עְתִּי	ya.Da'.ti	do I know	H3045 →
כִּ֥י	ki	that	H3588 →
הַיּ֖וֹם	hai.Yom	this day	H3117 →
אֲנִי־	'a.ni-	I	H589 →
מֶ֥לֶךְ	Me.lekh	[am] king	H4428 →
עַל־	'al-	over	H5921 →
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →

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

H6870tzeruyahZeruiah26×

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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
Matthew 8:29
“What do You want with us, Son of God?” they shouted. “Have You come here to torture us before the appointed time?”
leads to
- Mark 1:24
  “What do You want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have You come to destroy us? I know who You are—the Holy One of God!”
- Luke 4:34
  “Ha! What do You want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have You come to destroy us? I know who You are—the Holy One of God!”
- James 2:19
  You believe that God is one. Good for you! Even the demons believe that—and shudder.
- Mark 5:7
  And he shouted in a loud voice, “What do You want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg You before God not to torture me!”
- Luke 8:28
  When the man saw Jesus, he cried out and fell down before Him, shouting in a loud voice, “What do You want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg You…
Through
2 Samuel 3:39
And I am weak this day, though anointed as king, and these men, the sons of Zeruiah, are too fierce for me. May the LORD repay the evildoer according to his evil!”
leads to
- Psalms 28:4
  Repay them according to their deeds and for their works of evil. Repay them for what their hands have done; bring back on them what they deserve.
Through
1 Samuel 11:13
But Saul ordered, “No one shall be put to death this day, for today the LORD has worked salvation in Israel.”
leads to
- Exodus 14:13
  But Moses told the people, “Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the LORD’s salvation, which He will accomplish for you today; for the Egyptians you see today, you will never…
- 1 Samuel 19:5
  He took his life in his hands when he struck down the Philistine, and the LORD worked a great salvation for all Israel. You saw it and rejoiced, so why would you sin against…

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