2 Samuel 20:14 BSB — MannaFest

2 Samuel 20:14

Sheba passed through all the tribes of Israel to Abel-beth-maacah and through the entire region of the Berites, who gathered together and followed him.

BSB

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ASV

And he went through all the tribes of Israel unto Abel, and to Beth-maacah, and all the Berites: and they were gathered together, and went also after him.

KJV

And he went through all the tribes of Israel unto Abel, and to Beth–maachah, and all the Berites: and they were gathered together, and went also after him.

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Commentary

1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Unto Abel - This is supposed to have been the capital of the district called Abilene in St. Luke’s Gospel, Luk 3:1. Beth-maachah - Is supposed to have been in the northern part of the Holy Land, on the confines of Syria, and probably in the tribe of Naphtali.

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַֽיַּעֲבֹ֞ר	vai.ya.'a.Vor	and he passed	H5674 →
בְּכָל־	be.khol	in all	H3605 →
שִׁבְטֵ֣י	shiv.Tei	[the] tribes of	H7626 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →
אָבֵ֛לָה	'a.Ve.lah	Abel towards	H62 →
וּבֵ֥ית	u.Veit	and Beth	H62 →
מַעֲכָ֖ה	ma.'a.Khah	Maacah	H62 →
וְכָל־	ve.khol	and all	H3605 →
הַבֵּרִ֑ים ס	ha.be.Rim	the Berites	H1276 →
וַיִּקָּ֣הֲל֔וּ	vai.yik.le.hu	and they assembled	H6950 →
וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ	vai.ya.Vo.'u	and they went	H935 →
אַף־	'af-	also	H637 →
אַחֲרָֽיו׃	'a.cha.Rav	after him	H310 →

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

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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
1 Kings 15:20
And Ben-hadad listened to King Asa and sent the commanders of his armies against the cities of Israel, conquering Ijon, Dan, Abel-beth-maacah, and the whole land of Naphtali, including the region of Chinnereth.
leads to
- 2 Kings 15:29
  In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came and captured Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, including all the land of Naphtali, and he took the people…
- Judges 18:29
  They named it Dan, after their forefather Dan, who was born to Israel—though the city was formerly named Laish.
Through
2 Kings 15:29
In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came and captured Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, including all the land of Naphtali, and he took the people…
leads to
- 1 Chronicles 5:26
  So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria (that is, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria) to take the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh into exile. And…
- 2 Kings 17:6
  In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and carried away the Israelites to Assyria, where he settled them in Halah, in Gozan by the Habor River, and in the…
Through
Numbers 21:16
From there they went on to Beer, the well where the LORD said to Moses, “Gather the people so that I may give them water.”
leads to
- Numbers 20:8
  “Take the staff and assemble the congregation. You and your brother Aaron are to speak to the rock while they watch, and it will pour out its water. You will bring out water from…
- Judges 9:21
  Then Jotham ran away, escaping to Beer, and he lived there for fear of his brother Abimelech.
- Isaiah 12:3
  With joy you will draw water from the springs of salvation,
- Isaiah 41:17–18
  The poor and needy seek water, but there is none; their tongues are parched with thirst. I, the LORD, will answer them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.

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