2 Samuel 5:2 BSB — MannaFest

2 Samuel 5:2

Even in times past, while Saul was king over us, you were the one who led Israel out and brought them back. And to you the LORD said, ‘You will shepherd My people Israel, and you will be ruler over them.’”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

In times past, when Saul was king over us, it was thou that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and Jehovah said to thee, Thou shalt be shepherd of my people Israel, and thou shalt be prince over Israel.

KJV

Also in time past, when Saul was king over us, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the Lord said to thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be a captain over Israel.

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Commentary

1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Shalt feed - That is, rule them, and take care of them, as a shepherd doth of his sheep, Psalm lxxviii, 70, 71. This expression, he useth to admonish David, that he was not made a king to advance his own glory, but for the good of his people; whom he ought to rule with all tenderness, and to watch over with all diligence.

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Original language & word study

28 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
גַּם־	gam-	both	H1571 →
אֶתְמ֣וֹל	'et.Mol	yesterday	H865 →
גַּם־	gam-	as well as	H1571 →
שִׁלְשׁ֗וֹם	shil.Shom	three days ago	H8032 →
בִּהְי֨וֹת	bih.Yot	when was	H1961 →
שָׁא֥וּל	sha.'Ul	Saul	H7586 →
מֶ֙לֶךְ֙	Me.lekh	king	H4428 →
עָלֵ֔ינוּ	'a.Lei.nu	over us	H5921 →
אַתָּ֗ה	'a.Tah	you	H859 →
הָיִ֛יתָ	ha.yi.tah	you were	H1961 →
הַמּוֹצִ֥יא	ha.mo.tzi'	the [one who] led out	H3318 →
וְהַמֵּבִ֖יא	ve.ha.me.vi'	and the [one who] brought	H935 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
יְהוָ֜ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
לְךָ֗	le.Kha	to <the> you
אַתָּ֨ה	'a.Tah	you	H859 →
תִרְעֶ֤ה	tir.'Eh	you will shepherd	H7462 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
עַמִּי֙	'a.Mi	people my	H5971 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →
וְאַתָּ֛ה	ve.'a.Tah	and you	H859 →
תִּהְיֶ֥ה	tih.Yeh	you will become	H1961 →
לְנָגִ֖יד	le.na.Gid	<into> ruler	H5057 →
עַל־	'al-	over	H5921 →
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →

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

The walk

The walk8

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
Matthew 2:6
‘But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah, for out of you will come a ruler who will be the shepherd of My people…
leads to
- Ezekiel 34:23–25
  I will appoint over them one shepherd, My servant David, and he will feed them. He will feed them and be their shepherd.
- Micah 5:2
  But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come forth for Me One to be ruler over Israel—One whose origins are of old, from the days…
- John 7:42
  Doesn’t the Scripture say that the Christ will come from the line of David and from Bethlehem, the village where David lived?”
Through
John 10:11
I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.
leads to
- Isaiah 40:11
  He tends His flock like a shepherd; He gathers the lambs in His arms and carries them close to His heart. He gently leads the nursing ewes.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Psalms 23:1
  The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
- John 10:14–15
  I am the good shepherd. I know My sheep and My sheep know Me,
- John 15:13
  Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.
- Revelation 7:17
  For the Lamb in the center of the throne will be their shepherd. ‘He will lead them to springs of living water,’ and ‘God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.’”