2 Samuel 15:28
in 2 Samuel 15See, I will wait at the fords of the wilderness until word comes from you to inform me.”
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
See, I will tarry at the fords of the wilderness, until there come word from you to certify me.
KJV
See, I will tarry in the plain of the wilderness, until there come word from you to certify me.
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This verse in 2 Samuel 15
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
Art not thou a seer
on 2 Samuel 15:27-29
David turns Zadok and Abiathar into an intelligence line rather than fellow exiles. Barnes notes the Hebrew behind seer at verse 27 is difficult enough that some read chief in its place, though the sense David intends is plain either way. The two priests' sons, Ahimaaz and Jonathan, become the couriers running news out of the city at verse 28, a plan David sets running before he has even reached the wilderness.
This site's exposition
the fords of the wilderness
John Gill sets the place on the road David took after crossing the Kidron in verse 23. There David would wait for word on the truth, size and progress of the conspiracy. Hushai's warning at 17:16 names these same fords.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
), and then would move according to the information and advice they should send him. Hereupon they returned to the city, to await the event. It was a pity that any disturbance should be given to a state so happy as this was, when the prince and the priests had such an entire affection for the confidence in each other.
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See, I will tarry in the plain of the wilderness,.... Towards the way of which David and the people went when they came over Kidron, 2Sa 15:23, until there come word from you to certify me; of the truth of the conspiracy, of the number of the conspirators, and who they are, what progress they have made, whether come to Jerusalem, and how they behave there, if come; or of anything relative hereunto he could get intelligence of.
The words behind it
11 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| רְאוּ֙ | reu | see | H7200 → | 1300 times |
| אָנֹכִ֣י | ʾanokhi | I | H595 → | 359 times |
| מִתְמַהְמֵ֔הַּ | mitmahmeah | [will] delay | H4102 → | |
| בְּעַֽרְב֖וֹת | beavrot | in [the] desert plains of | H6160 → | 61 times |
| הַמִּדְבָּ֑ר | hamidbar | the wilderness | H4057 → | 270 times |
| עַ֣ד | ʾad | until | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| בּ֥וֹא | bo' | comes | H935 → | 2568 times |
| דָבָ֛ר | davar | word | H1697 → | 1440 times |
| מֵעִמָּכֶ֖ם | meimakhem | from with <the> you | H5973 → | 1050 times |
| לְהַגִּ֥יד | lehagid | to tell | H5046 → | 370 times |
| לִֽי׃ | li | to <the> me |
רְאוּ֙see
reuH7200 →1300 times
אָנֹכִ֣יI
ʾanokhiH595 →359 times
מִתְמַהְמֵ֔הַּ[will] delay
mitmahmeahH4102 →
בְּעַֽרְב֖וֹתin [the] desert plains of
beavrotH6160 →61 times
הַמִּדְבָּ֑רthe wilderness
hamidbarH4057 →270 times
עַ֣דuntil
ʾadH5704 →1261 times
בּ֥וֹאcomes
bo'H935 →2568 times
דָבָ֛רword
davarH1697 →1440 times
מֵעִמָּכֶ֖םfrom with <the> you
meimakhemH5973 →1050 times
לְהַגִּ֥ידto tell
lehagidH5046 →370 times
לִֽי׃to <the> me
li
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
2 Samuel 16:2“Why do you have these?” asked the king. Ziba replied, “The donkeys are for the king’s household to ride, the bread and summer fruit are for the young men to eat, and the wine…
it leads to
- 2 Samuel 17:29
honey, curds, sheep, and cheese from the herd for David and his people to eat. For they said, “The people have become hungry, exhausted, and thirsty in the wilderness.”
- Judges 10:4
He had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkeys. And they had thirty towns in the land of Gilead, which to this day are called Havvoth-jair.
- 2 Samuel 17:29
Through
2 Samuel 17:1Furthermore, Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Let me choose twelve thousand men and set out tonight in pursuit of David.
it leads to
- Isaiah 59:7–8
Their feet run to evil; they are swift to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are sinful thoughts; ruin and destruction lie in their wake.
- Proverbs 4:16
For they cannot sleep unless they do evil; they are deprived of slumber until they make someone fall.
- Psalms 109:2–4
For wicked and deceitful mouths open against me; they speak against me with lying tongues.
- Psalms 4:8
I will lie down and sleep in peace, for You alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety.
- Psalms 3:3–5
But You, O LORD, are a shield around me, my glory, and the One who lifts my head.
- Isaiah 59:7–8
Through
2 Samuel 15:23Everyone in the countryside was weeping loudly as all the people passed by. And as the king crossed the Kidron Valley, all the people also passed toward the way of the wilderness.
it leads to
- 2 Samuel 16:2
“Why do you have these?” asked the king. Ziba replied, “The donkeys are for the king’s household to ride, the bread and summer fruit are for the young men to eat, and the wine…
- 2 Samuel 16:2
Where this verse is studied
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About 2 Samuel
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.