2 Samuel 3:16 BSB — MannaFest

2 Samuel 3:16

Her husband followed her, weeping all the way to Bahurim. Then Abner said to him, “Go back.” So he returned home.

BSB

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ASV

And her husband went with her, weeping as he went, and followed her to Bahurim. Then said Abner unto him, Go, return: and he returned.

KJV

And her husband went with her along weeping behind her to Bahurim. Then said Abner unto him, Go, return. And he returned.

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Commentary

2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

And her husband went with her along weeping behind her,.... Because of his great affection to her, unwilling to part with her, but forced to it at the command of the king her brother: to Bahurim; a city in the tribe of Benjamin, 2Sa 19:16; perhaps the same with Almon, Jos 21:18; these two words being of the same signification; and the Targum has it hero Almuth; so Alemeth in 1Ch 6:60. It seems to be the same Josephus (c) calls Bachures, and says it was not far from Jerusalem.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Weeping behind her - If genuine affection did not still subsist between David and Michal, it was a pity to have taken her from Phaltiel, who had her to wife from the conjoint authority of her father and her king. Nevertheless David had a legal right to her, as she had never been divorced, for she was taken from him by the hand of violence.

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֵּ֨לֶךְ	vai.Ye.lekh	and he went	H1980 →
אִתָּ֜הּ	'i.Tah	with her	H854 →
אִישָׁ֗הּ	'i.Shah	husband her	H376 →
הָל֧וֹךְ	ha.Lokh	going	H1980 →
וּבָכֹ֛ה	u.va.Khoh	and weeping	H1058 →
אַחֲרֶ֖יהָ	'a.cha.Rei.ha	after her	H310 →
עַד־	'ad-	to	H5704 →
בַּֽחֻרִ֑ים	ba.chu.Rim	Bahurim	H980 →
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
אֵלָ֥יו	'e.Lav	to him	H413 →
אַבְנֵ֛ר	'av.Ner	Abner	H74 →
לֵ֥ךְ	lekh	go	H1980 →
שׁ֖וּב	shuv	return	H7725 →
וַיָּשֹֽׁב׃	vai.ya.Sho	and he returned	H7725 →

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2 Samuel 16:5
As King David approached Bahurim, a man from the family of the house of Saul was just coming out. His name was Shimei son of Gera, and as he approached, he kept yelling out…
leads to
- 1 Kings 2:36–46
  Then the king summoned Shimei and said to him, “Build a house for yourself in Jerusalem and live there, but do not go anywhere else.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 1 Samuel 17:43
  “Am I a dog,” he said to David, “that you come at me with sticks?” And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.
- 1 Kings 2:8–9
  Keep an eye on Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite from Bahurim who is with you. He called down bitter curses against me on the day I went to Mahanaim, but when he…
- Exodus 22:28
  You must not blaspheme God or curse the ruler of your people.
Through
1 Kings 2:8
Keep an eye on Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite from Bahurim who is with you. He called down bitter curses against me on the day I went to Mahanaim, but when he…
leads to
- 2 Samuel 16:5–8
  As King David approached Bahurim, a man from the family of the house of Saul was just coming out. His name was Shimei son of Gera, and as he approached, he kept yelling out…
Through
2 Samuel 19:16
Then Shimei son of Gera, a Benjamite from Bahurim, hurried down with the men of Judah to meet King David,
leads to
- 1 Kings 2:8
  Keep an eye on Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite from Bahurim who is with you. He called down bitter curses against me on the day I went to Mahanaim, but when he…
- 2 Samuel 16:5–13
  As King David approached Bahurim, a man from the family of the house of Saul was just coming out. His name was Shimei son of Gera, and as he approached, he kept yelling out…
Through
2 Samuel 17:18
But a young man did see them and told Absalom. So the two left quickly and came to the house of a man in Bahurim. He had a well in his courtyard, and they…
leads to
- 2 Samuel 16:5
  As King David approached Bahurim, a man from the family of the house of Saul was just coming out. His name was Shimei son of Gera, and as he approached, he kept yelling out…

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