2 Samuel 20:6 BSB — MannaFest

2 Samuel 20:6

And David said to Abishai, “Now Sheba the son of Bichri will do us more harm than Absalom. Take your lord’s servants and pursue him, or he will find fortified cities and elude us.”

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ASV

And David said to Abishai, Now will Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than did Absalom: take thou thy lord’s servants, and pursue after him, lest he get him fortified cities, and escape out of our sight.

KJV

And David said to Abishai, Now shall Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than did Absalom: take thou thy lord’s servants, and pursue after him, lest he get him fenced cities, and escape us.

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Commentary

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Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

To Abishai - Probably, as the king was on bad terms with Joab, and wished to deprive him of his post as Captain of the host, he gave his orders to Abishai, and weakly connived at the execution of them by Joab, which was inevitable.

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Original language & word study

26 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
דָּוִד֙	da.Vid	David	H1732 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
אֲבִישַׁ֔י	'a.vi.Shai	Abishai	H52 →
עַתָּ֗ה	'a.Tah	now	H6258 →
יֵ֧רַֽע	Ye.ra'	he will be bad	H7489 →
לָ֛נוּ	La.nu	for <the> us
שֶׁ֥בַע	She.va'	Sheba	H7652 →
בֶּן־	ben-	[the] son of	H1121 →
בִּכְרִ֖י	bikh.Ri	Bicri	H1075 →
מִן־	min-	more than	H4480 →
אַבְשָׁל֑וֹם	'av.sha.Lom	Absalom	H53 →
אַ֠תָּה	'A.tah	you	H859 →
קַ֞ח	kach	take	H3947 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
עַבְדֵ֤י	'av.Dei	[the] servants of	H5650 →
אֲדֹנֶ֙יךָ֙	'a.do.Nei.kha	master<s> your	H113 →
וּרְדֹ֣ף	u.re.Dof	and pursue	H7291 →
אַחֲרָ֔יו	'a.cha.Rav	after him	H310 →
פֶּן־	pen-	lest	H6435 →
מָ֥צָא	Ma.tza'	he has found	H4672 →
ל֛וֹ	lo	for <the> himself
עָרִ֥ים	'a.Rim	cities	H5892 →
בְּצֻר֖וֹת	be.tzu.Rot	fortified	H1219 →
וְהִצִּ֥יל	ve.hi.Tzil	and he will tear out	H5337 →
עֵינֵֽנוּ׃	'ei.Ne.nu	eye our	H5869 →

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2 Samuel 21:17
But Abishai son of Zeruiah came to his aid, struck the Philistine, and killed him. Then David’s men swore to him, “You must never again go out with us to battle, so that the…
leads to
- 1 Kings 11:36
  I will give one tribe to his son, so that My servant David will always have a lamp before Me in Jerusalem, the city where I chose to put My Name.
- 2 Samuel 18:3
  But the people pleaded, “You must not go out! For if we have to flee, they will pay no attention to us. Even if half of us die, they will not care; but you…
- 1 Kings 15:4
  Nevertheless, for the sake of David, the LORD his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem by raising up a son to succeed him and to make Jerusalem strong.
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2 Samuel 11:11
Uriah answered, “The ark and Israel and Judah are dwelling in tents, and my master Joab and his soldiers are camped in the open field. How can I go to my house to eat…
leads to
- 2 Samuel 7:2
  he said to Nathan the prophet, “Here I am, living in a house of cedar, while the ark of God remains in a tent.”
- 2 Samuel 7:6
  For I have not dwelt in a house from the day I brought the Israelites up out of Egypt until this day, but I have moved about with a tent as My dwelling.
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1 Kings 1:33
“Take my servants with you,” said the king. “Set my son Solomon on my own mule and take him down to Gihon.
leads to
- 2 Chronicles 32:30
  It was Hezekiah who blocked the upper outlet of the Spring of Gihon and channeled it down to the west side of the City of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all that he did.
- 1 Kings 1:38
  Then Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada, along with the Cherethites and Pelethites, went down and set Solomon on King David’s mule, and they escorted him to Gihon.
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2 Samuel 19:7
Now therefore get up! Go out and speak comfort to your servants, for I swear by the LORD that if you do not go out, not a man will remain with you tonight. This…
leads to
- Proverbs 14:28
  A large population is a king’s splendor, but a lack of subjects is a prince’s ruin.