2 Samuel 17:24

Every 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.

• וְדָוִ֖דand David

  vedavidH1732 →999 times

• בָּ֣אhe had gone

  ba'H935 →2568 times

• מַחֲנָ֑יְמָהMahanaim towards

  machanayemahH4266 →13 times

• וְאַבְשָׁלֹ֗םand Absalom

  veavshalomH53 →110 times

• עָבַר֙he had passed over

  ʾavarH5674 →556 times

• אֶת־<obj.>

  ʾet-H853 →10935 times

• הַיַּרְדֵּ֔ןthe Jordan

  haiyardenH3383 →182 times

• ה֕וּאhe

  hu'H1931 →1879 times

• וְכָל־and every

  vekholH3605 →5413 times

• אִ֥ישׁ<the> man of

  ʾishH376 →1663 times

• יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לIsrael

  yisraelH3478 →2507 times

• עִמּֽוֹ׃with him

  imoH5973 →1050 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Each 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

  Genesis 32:2

  When Jacob saw them, he said, “This is the camp of God.” So he named that place Mahanaim.

  it leads to

  • 2 Samuel 2:8

    Meanwhile, Abner son of Ner, the commander of Saul’s army, took Saul’s son Ish-bosheth, moved him to Mahanaim,

    Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

  • Joshua 21:38

    And from the tribe of Gad they were given Ramoth in Gilead, a city of refuge for the manslayer, Mahanaim,

  • Joshua 5:14

    “Neither,” He replied. “I have now come as Commander of the LORD’s army.” Then Joshua fell facedown in reverence and asked Him, “What does my Lord have to say to His servant?”

  • Luke 2:13

    And suddenly there appeared with the angel a great multitude of the heavenly host, praising God and saying:

  • Psalms 34:7

    The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear Him, and he delivers them.

• Through

  2 Samuel 2:8

  Meanwhile, Abner son of Ner, the commander of Saul’s army, took Saul’s son Ish-bosheth, moved him to Mahanaim,

  it leads to

  • 1 Samuel 14:50

    His wife’s name was Ahinoam daughter of Ahimaaz. The name of the commander of his army was Abner, the son of Saul’s uncle Ner.

  • Genesis 32:2

    When Jacob saw them, he said, “This is the camp of God.” So he named that place Mahanaim.

• Through

  Joshua 13:26

  the territory from Heshbon to Ramath-mizpeh and Betonim, and from Mahanaim to the border of Debir;

  it leads to

  • 2 Samuel 17:27

    When David came to Mahanaim, he was met by Shobi son of Nahash from Rabbah of the Ammonites, Machir son of Ammiel from Lo-debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite from Rogelim.