2 Samuel 19:42 BSB — MannaFest

2 Samuel 19:42

And all the men of Judah replied to the men of Israel, “We did this because the king is our relative. Why does this anger you? Have we ever eaten at the king’s expense or received anything for ourselves?”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And all the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, Because the king is near of kin to us: wherefore then are ye angry for this matter? have we eaten at all at the king’s cost? or hath he given us any gift?

KJV

And all the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, Because the king is near of kin to us: wherefore then be ye angry for this matter? have we eaten at all of the king’s cost? or hath he given us any gift?

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Commentary

1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Judah grounded their right to take the lead, on the ground of their nearer relationship to the king. This was a claim dangerous to the house of David; and it shows the seeds were already sown for that tribal dissension which, before long, led to the dismemberment of the kingdom.

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Original language & word study

26 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיַּעַן֩	vai.ya.'An	and he answered	H6030 →
כָּל־	kol-	every	H3605 →
אִ֨ישׁ	'ish	<the> man of	H376 →
יְהוּדָ֜ה	ye.hu.Dah	Judah	H3063 →
עַל־	'al-	to	H5921 →
אִ֣ישׁ	'ish	[the] man of	H376 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →
כִּֽי־	ki-	for	H3588 →
קָר֤וֹב	ka.Rov	[is] close	H7138 →
הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙	ha.Me.lekh	the king	H4428 →
אֵלַ֔י	'e.Lai	to me	H413 →
וְלָ֤מָּה	ve.La.mah	and <to> why?	H4100 →
זֶּה֙	zeh	this	H2088 →
חָרָ֣ה	cha.Rah	has it burned	H2734 →
לְךָ֔	le.Kha	to <the> you
עַל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
הַדָּבָ֖ר	ha.da.Var	the matter	H1697 →
הַזֶּ֑ה	ha.Zeh	<the> this	H2088 →
הֶאָכ֤וֹל	he.'a.Khol	¿ really <to eat>	H398 →
אָכַ֙לְנוּ֙	'a.Khal.nu	have we eaten	H398 →
מִן־	min-	from	H4480 →
הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ	ha.Me.lekh	the king	H4428 →
אִם־	'im-	or?	H518 →
נִשֵּׂ֥את	ni.Set	really <be taken away>	H5379 →
נִשָּׂ֖א	ni.Sa'	has it been taken away	H5375 →
לָֽנוּ׃ ס	La.nu	by <the> us

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 walk8

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
2 Samuel 5:1
Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said, “Here we are, your own flesh and blood.
leads to
- 1 Chronicles 11:1–3
  Then all Israel came together to David at Hebron and said, “Here we are, your own flesh and blood.
- Genesis 29:14
  Then Laban declared, “You are indeed my own flesh and blood.” After Jacob had stayed with him a month,
- 2 Samuel 19:13
  And say to Amasa, ‘Aren’t you my flesh and blood? May God punish me, and ever so severely, if from this time you are not the commander of my army in place of Joab!’”
- Deuteronomy 17:15
  you are to appoint over yourselves the king whom the LORD your God shall choose. Appoint a king from among your brothers; you are not to set over yourselves a foreigner who is not…
Through
2 Samuel 19:12
You are my brothers, my own flesh and blood. So why should you be the last to restore the king?’
leads to
- Ephesians 5:30
  For we are members of His body.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 2 Samuel 5:1
  Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said, “Here we are, your own flesh and blood.
- Genesis 2:23
  And the man said: “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called ‘woman,’ for out of man she was taken.”
- Judges 9:2
  “Please ask all the leaders of Shechem, ‘Is it better for you that seventy men, all the sons of Jerubbaal, rule over you, or just one man?’ Remember that I am your own flesh…