2 Samuel 20:18 BSB — MannaFest

2 Samuel 20:18

Then the woman said, “Long ago they used to say, ‘Seek counsel at Abel,’ and that is how disputes were settled.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Then she spake, saying, They were wont to speak in old time, saying, They shall surely ask counsel at Abel: and so they ended the matter.

KJV

Then she spake, saying, They were wont to speak in old time, saying, They shall surely ask counsel at Abel: and so they ended the matter.

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Commentary

2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

They shall surely ask counsel at Abel - This is a proverb, but from what it originated we know not; nor can we exactly say what it means: much must be supplied to bring it to speak sense. Abel was probably famed for the wisdom of its inhabitants; and parties who had disputes appealed to their judgment, which appears to have been in such high reputation as to be final by consent of all parties.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

The answer of Joab brings out the character of that ruthless veteran as a patriot at heart, who, on securing the author of this insurrection, was ready to put a stop to further bloodshed and release the peaceable inhabitants from all molestation.

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַתֹּ֖אמֶר	va.To.mer	and she said	H559 →
לֵאמֹ֑ר	le.Mor	<to> saying	H559 →
דַּבֵּ֨ר	da.Ber	surely <speak>	H1696 →
יְדַבְּר֤וּ	ye.da.be.Ru	they spoke	H1696 →
בָרִֽאשֹׁנָה֙	va.ri.sho.Nah	at the former [time]	H7223 →
לֵאמֹ֔ר	le.Mor	<to> saying	H559 →
שָׁאֹ֧ל	sha.'Ol	certainly <to ask>	H7592 →
יְשָׁאֲל֛וּ	ye.sha.'a.Lu	they will ask	H7592 →
בְּאָבֵ֖ל	be.'a.Vel	at Abel	H59 →
וְכֵ֥ן	ve.Khen	and thus	H3651 →
הֵתַֽמּוּ׃	he.Ta.mu	they ceased	H8552 →