2 Samuel 9:4 BSB — MannaFest

2 Samuel 9:4

“Where is he?” replied the king. And Ziba said, “Indeed, he is in Lo-debar at the house of Machir son of Ammiel.”

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ASV

And the king said unto him, Where is he? And Ziba said unto the king, Behold, he is in the house of Machir the son of Ammiel, in Lo-debar.

KJV

And the king said unto him, Where is he? And Ziba said unto the king, Behold, he is in the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, in Lo–debar.

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Commentary

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John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

And the king said unto him, where is he?.... In what part of the land, city, or town, does he dwell? and Ziba said unto the king, behold, he is in the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel; a descendant of Machir, the son of Manasseh, to whom the land of Gilead was given, which lay on the other side Jordan: in Lodebar; a place in that country, perhaps the same with Debir in Jos 13:

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Albert Barnes

1798–1870

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

David reaped the fruit of his kindness to Mephibosheth, for, when he fled from Absalom, Machir, the son of Ammiel, was one of those who were most liberal in providing him and his army with necessaries (marginal reference). According to 1Ch 3:5, Ammiel (called inversely Eliam, 2Sa 11:3) was the father of Bath-sheba. If this be the same Ammiel, Machir would be Bath-sheba’s brother. However, the name is not a very uncommon one (Num 13:12; 1Ch 26:5, etc.).

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

David said, Is there yet any that is left of the house of Saul--On inquiry, Saul's land steward was found, who gave information that there still survived Mephibosheth, a son of Jonathan who was five years old at his father's death, and whom David, then wandering in exile, had never seen.

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17 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּֽאמֶר־	vai.yo.mer-	and he said	H559 →
ל֥וֹ	lo	to <the> him
הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ	ha.Me.lekh	the king	H4428 →
אֵיפֹ֣ה	'ei.Foh	where?	H375 →
ה֑וּא	Hu'	[is] he	H1931 →
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
צִיבָא֙	tzi.Va'	Ziba	H6717 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ	ha.Me.lekh	the king	H4428 →
הִנֵּה־	hi.neh-	here!	H2009 →
ה֗וּא	Hu'	he	H1931 →
בֵּ֛ית	beit	[is] [the] house of	H1004 →
מָכִ֥יר	ma.Khir	Makir	H4353 →
בֶּן־	ben-	[the] son of	H1121 →
עַמִּיאֵ֖ל	'a.mi.'El	Ammiel	H5988 →
בְּל֥וֹ	be.Lo	in Lo	H3810 →
דְבָֽר׃	de.Var	Debar	H3810 →

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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