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2 Samuel 19:40

in 2 Samuel 19

Then the king went on to Gilgal, and Chimham crossed over with him. All the troops of Judah and half the troops of Israel escorted the king.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV

ASV

So the king went over to Gilgal, and Chimham went over with him: and all the people of Judah brought the king over, and also half the people of Israel.

KJV

Then the king went on to Gilgal, and Chimham went on with him: and all the people of Judah conducted the king, and also half the people of Israel.

This verse in 2 Samuel 19

Commentary

5 notes on this verse

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Judah grounded their right to take the lead, on the ground of their nearer relationship to the king. This was a claim dangerous to the house of David; and it shows the seeds were already sown for that tribal dissension which, before long, led to the dismemberment of the kingdom.

This site's exposition

Then the king went on to Gilgal

on 2 Samuel 19:40-43

Judah escorts David across on the strength of nearest kinship, but Israel arrives asking why their brethren stole the king away without them, claiming ten parts in the king by tribal count against Judah's one. Judah answers that they gained nothing personally by it, only loyalty, yet the men of Judah spoke fiercer words than Israel did in reply. Henry reads the quarrel as the seed of the division that breaks open in the next chapter, since a people already arguing over who loves the king more is a people not far from arguing over who follows him at all.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

1 And it was told Joab, Behold, the king weepeth and mourneth for Absalom. 2 And the victory that day was turned into mourning unto all the people: for the people heard say that day how the king was grieved for his son.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

His declining to go to court, his recommendation of his son, his convoy across the Jordan, and his parting scene with the king, are interesting incidents. What mark of royal favor was bestowed on Chimham has not been recorded; but it is probable that David gave a great part of his personal patrimony in Beth-lehem to Chimham and his heirs in perpetuity (Jer 41:17).

The words behind it

16 Hebrew words

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.

  • וַיַּעֲבֹ֤רand he passed over

    vaiyaavorH5674556 times

  • הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙the king

    hamelekhH44282525 times

  • הַגִּלְגָּ֔לָה<the> Gilgal towards

    hagilgalahH1537

  • וְכִמְהָ֖ןand Kimhan

    vekhimhanH36433 times

  • עָבַ֣רhe passed over

    ʾavarH5674556 times

  • עִמּ֑וֹwith him

    imoH59731050 times

  • וְכָל־and all

    vekholH36055413 times

  • עַ֤ם[the] people of

    ʾamH59711873 times

  • יְהוּדָה֙Judah

    yehudahH3063819 times

  • הֶעֱבִ֣ירוּthey brought over

    vayeviruH5674556 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H85310935 times

  • הַמֶּ֔לֶךְthe king

    hamelekhH44282525 times

  • וְגַ֕םand also

    vegamH1571769 times

  • חֲצִ֖י<the> half of

    chatziH2677125 times

  • עַ֥ם[the] people of

    ʾamH59711873 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Israel

    yisraelH34782507 times

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

The walk

8 stops

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

    Matthew 21:9

    The crowds that went ahead of Him and those that followed were shouting: “Hosanna to the Son of David!” “Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!” “Hosanna in the highest!”

    it leads to

    • Psalms 118:24–26

      This is the day that the LORD has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.

    • Luke 2:14

      “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom His favor rests!”

    • John 12:13–15

      They took palm branches and went out to meet Him, shouting: “Hosanna!” “Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!” “Blessed is the King of Israel!”

    • Matthew 23:39

      For I tell you that you will not see Me again until you say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord.’”

  • Through

    Genesis 49:10

    The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the staff from between his feet, until Shiloh comes and the allegiance of the nations is his.

    it leads to

    • Numbers 24:17

      I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not near. A star will come forth from Jacob, and a scepter will arise from Israel. He will crush the skulls of Moab and…

    • Luke 1:32–33

      He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David,

    • Psalms 60:7

      Gilead is Mine, and Manasseh is Mine; Ephraim is My helmet, Judah is My scepter.

    • Isaiah 9:6

      For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government will be upon His shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of…

About 2 Samuel

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.