2 Samuel 19:6
in 2 Samuel 19You love those who hate you and hate those who love you! For you have made it clear today that the commanders and soldiers mean nothing to you. I know today that if Absalom were alive and all of us were dead, it would have pleased you!
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
in that thou lovest them that hate thee, and hatest them that love thee. For thou hast declared this day, that princes and servants are nought unto thee: for this day I perceive, that if Absalom had lived, and all we had died this day, then it had pleased thee well.
KJV
In that thou lovest thine enemies, and hatest thy friends. For thou hast declared this day, that thou regardest neither princes nor servants: for this day I perceive, that if Absalom had lived, and all we had died this day, then it had pleased thee well.
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This verse in 2 Samuel 19
Commentary
4 notes on this verseHe speaks a great deal of reason, but not with the respect and deference which he owed to his prince. Is is fit to say to a king, Thou art wicked? A plain case may be fairly pleaded with those that are above us, and they may be reproved for what they do amiss, but it must not be done with rudeness and insolence.
This site's exposition
Today you have disgraced all your servants
on 2 Samuel 19:5-7
Joab tells the king, “Today you have disgraced all your servants who have saved your life”. He says David loves those who hate him and hates those who love him. He warns that “if you do not go out, not a man will remain with you tonight”.
This site's exposition
You love those who hate you
Joab's charge turns David's own cry at 18:33 against him, since a father who wished to die seems to value the son above the army. Matthew Henry measures Joab's tone by Elihu's question at Job 34:18 about calling a king wicked. Henry grants the reason and faults the rudeness.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
In that thou lovest thine enemies, and hatest thy friends,....
The words behind it
28 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| לְאַֽהֲבָה֙ | leahavah | by loving | H157 → | 211 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| שֹׂ֣נְאֶ֔יךָ | soneeikha | [those who] hate you | H8130 → | 146 times |
| וְלִשְׂנֹ֖א | velisno' | and by hating | H8130 → | 146 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| אֹהֲבֶ֑יךָ | ʾohaveikha | [those who] love you | H157 → | 211 times |
| כִּ֣י׀ | ki | that | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| הִגַּ֣דְתָּ | higadta | you have made known | H5046 → | 370 times |
| הַיּ֗וֹם | haiyom | this day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| כִּ֣י | ki | that | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| אֵ֤ין | ʾein | not | H369 → | 789 times |
| לְךָ֙ | lekha | [are] to <the> you | ||
| שָׂרִ֣ים | sarim | commanders | H8269 → | 421 times |
| וַעֲבָדִ֔ים | vaavadim | and servants | H5650 → | 799 times |
| כִּ֣י׀ | ki | that | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| יָדַ֣עְתִּי | yada'ti | I know | H3045 → | 945 times |
| הַיּ֗וֹם | haiyom | this day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| כִּ֠י | ki | that | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| ל֣וּ | lo | if | H3863 → | |
| אַבְשָׁל֥וֹם | ʾavshalom | Absalom | H53 → | 110 times |
| חַי֙ | chai | [were] alive | H2416 → | 498 times |
| וְכֻלָּ֤נוּ | vekhulanu | and all of us | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הַיּוֹם֙ | haiyom | this day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| מֵתִ֔ים | metim | [were] dead | H4191 → | 839 times |
| כִּי־ | ki- | that | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| אָ֖ז | ʾaz | then | H227 → | 141 times |
| יָשָׁ֥ר | yashar | [it would be] right | H3477 → | |
| בְּעֵינֶֽיךָ׃ | beeineikha | in view your | H5869 → | 887 times |
לְאַֽהֲבָה֙by loving
leahavahH157 →211 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
שֹׂ֣נְאֶ֔יךָ[those who] hate you
soneeikhaH8130 →146 times
וְלִשְׂנֹ֖אand by hating
velisno'H8130 →146 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
אֹהֲבֶ֑יךָ[those who] love you
ʾohaveikhaH157 →211 times
כִּ֣י׀that
kiH3588 →4482 times
הִגַּ֣דְתָּyou have made known
higadtaH5046 →370 times
הַיּ֗וֹםthis day
haiyomH3117 →2304 times
כִּ֣יthat
kiH3588 →4482 times
אֵ֤יןnot
ʾeinH369 →789 times
לְךָ֙[are] to <the> you
lekha
שָׂרִ֣יםcommanders
sarimH8269 →421 times
וַעֲבָדִ֔יםand servants
vaavadimH5650 →799 times
כִּ֣י׀that
kiH3588 →4482 times
יָדַ֣עְתִּיI know
yada'tiH3045 →945 times
הַיּ֗וֹםthis day
haiyomH3117 →2304 times
כִּ֠יthat
kiH3588 →4482 times
ל֣וּif
loH3863 →
אַבְשָׁל֥וֹםAbsalom
ʾavshalomH53 →110 times
חַי֙[were] alive
chaiH2416 →498 times
וְכֻלָּ֤נוּand all of us
vekhulanuH3605 →5413 times
הַיּוֹם֙this day
haiyomH3117 →2304 times
מֵתִ֔ים[were] dead
metimH4191 →839 times
כִּי־that
ki-H3588 →4482 times
אָ֖זthen
ʾazH227 →141 times
יָשָׁ֥ר[it would be] right
yasharH3477 →
בְּעֵינֶֽיךָ׃in view your
beeineikhaH5869 →887 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach 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
Acts 23:5“Brothers,” Paul replied, “I was not aware that he was the high priest, for it is written: ‘Do not speak evil about the ruler of your people.’”
it leads to
- Exodus 22:28
You must not blaspheme God or curse the ruler of your people.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Ecclesiastes 10:20
Do not curse the king even in your thoughts, or curse the rich even in your bedroom, for a bird of the air may carry your words, and a winged creature may report your…
- Jude 1:8–9
Yet in the same way these dreamers defile their bodies, reject authority, and slander glorious beings.
- 2 Peter 2:10
Such punishment is specially reserved for those who indulge the corrupt desires of the flesh and despise authority. Bold and self-willed, they are unafraid to slander glorious beings.
- Exodus 22:28
Through
Job 34:18who says to kings, ‘You are worthless!’ and to nobles, ‘You are wicked,’
it leads to
- Proverbs 17:26
It is surely not good to punish the innocent or to flog a noble for his honesty.
- Romans 13:7
Pay everyone what you owe him: taxes to whom taxes are due, revenue to whom revenue is due, respect to whom respect is due, honor to whom honor is due.
- Jude 1:8
Yet in the same way these dreamers defile their bodies, reject authority, and slander glorious beings.
- Acts 23:5
“Brothers,” Paul replied, “I was not aware that he was the high priest, for it is written: ‘Do not speak evil about the ruler of your people.’”
- Proverbs 17:26
Where this verse is studied
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About 2 Samuel
This page draws on 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.