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2 Samuel 19:25

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And he came from Jerusalem to meet the king, who asked him, “Mephibosheth, why did you not go with me?”

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And it came to pass, when he was come to Jerusalem to meet the king, that the king said unto him, Wherefore wentest not thou with me, Mephibosheth?

KJV

And it came to pass, when he was come to Jerusalem to meet the king, that the king said unto him, Wherefore wentest not thou with me, Mephibosheth?

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This verse in 2 Samuel 19

Commentary

5 notes on this verse

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Besides dyeing it black or red colors, which, however, is the exception, and not the rule in the East, there are various modes of trimming it: they train it into a massy, bushy form, swelling and round; or they terminate it like a pyramid, in a sharp point. Whatever the mode, it is always trimmed with the greatest care; and they usually carry a small comb for the purpose.

This site's exposition

had not cared for his feet or trimmed his mustache

on 2 Samuel 19:24-25

Mephibosheth comes down to meet the king. He had not cared for his feet or washed his clothes “from the day the king had left until the day he returned safely”. Adam Clarke reads these signs as answering Ziba's report at 16:1-4.

This site's exposition

why did you not go

Mephibosheth met the king from Jerusalem, and David asked why he did not go with him. Jamieson, Fausset and Brown note that Eastern men trimmed the beard with great care, so his untrimmed mustache at verse 24 was plain to all. Matthew Henry notes that his answer turns to Ziba.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

He complained of Ziba, his servant who should have been his friend, but had been in two ways his enemy; for, first, he had hindered him from going along with the king, by taking the ass himself which he was ordered to make ready for his master (

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The words behind it

14 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • וַיְהִ֛יand it was

    vayhiH1961 →3559 times

  • כִּי־that

    ki-H3588 →4482 times

  • בָ֥אhe came

    va'H935 →2568 times

  • יְרוּשָׁלִַ֖םJerusalem

    yerushalimH3389 →643 times

  • לִקְרַ֣אתto meet

    likratH7122 →139 times

  • הַמֶּ֑לֶךְthe king

    hamelekhH4428 →2525 times

  • וַיֹּ֤אמֶרand he said

    vaiyomerH559 →5305 times

  • לוֹ֙to <the> him

    lo

  • הַמֶּ֔לֶךְthe king

    hamelekhH4428 →2525 times

  • לָ֛מָּה<to> why?

    lamahH4100 →752 times

  • לֹא־not

    lo'-H3808 →5168 times

  • הָלַ֥כְתָּdid you go

    halakhtaH1980 →1546 times

  • עִמִּ֖יwith me

    ʾimiH5973 →1050 times

  • מְפִיבֹֽשֶׁת׃O Mephibosheth

    mefivoshetH4648 →18 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

2 in all, six open

The walk

4 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    2 Samuel 16:17

    “Is this the loyalty you show your friend?” Absalom replied. “Why did you not go with your friend?”

    it leads to

    • Deuteronomy 32:6

      Is this how you repay the LORD, O foolish and senseless people? Is He not your Father and Creator? Has He not made you and established you?

    • Proverbs 18:24

      A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who stays closer than a brother.

    • Proverbs 17:17

      A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

    • 2 Samuel 15:32–37

      When David came to the summit, where he used to worship God, Hushai the Archite was there to meet him with his robe torn and dust on his head.

Where this verse is studied

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About 2 Samuel

David Mourns the Death of Absalom — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
David Mourns the Death of Absalom — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
2 Samuel: the study guide →Read 2 Samuel 19 →

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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