2 Samuel 19:40
in 2 Samuel 19Then 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.
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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.
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This verse in 2 Samuel 19
Commentary
5 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
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
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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Then the king went on to Gilgal,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיַּעֲבֹ֤ר | vaiyaavor | and he passed over | H5674 → | 556 times |
| הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ | hamelekh | the king | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| הַגִּלְגָּ֔לָה | hagilgalah | <the> Gilgal towards | H1537 → | |
| וְכִמְהָ֖ן | vekhimhan | and Kimhan | H3643 → | 3 times |
| עָבַ֣ר | ʾavar | he passed over | H5674 → | 556 times |
| עִמּ֑וֹ | imo | with him | H5973 → | 1050 times |
| וְכָל־ | vekhol | and all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| עַ֤ם | ʾam | [the] people of | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| יְהוּדָה֙ | yehudah | Judah | H3063 → | 819 times |
| הֶעֱבִ֣ירוּ | vayeviru | they brought over | H5674 → | 556 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ | hamelekh | the king | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| וְגַ֕ם | vegam | and also | H1571 → | 769 times |
| חֲצִ֖י | chatzi | <the> half of | H2677 → | 125 times |
| עַ֥ם | ʾam | [the] people of | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
וַיַּעֲבֹ֤רand he passed over
vaiyaavorH5674 →556 times
הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙the king
hamelekhH4428 →2525 times
הַגִּלְגָּ֔לָה<the> Gilgal towards
hagilgalahH1537 →
וְכִמְהָ֖ןand Kimhan
vekhimhanH3643 →3 times
עָבַ֣רhe passed over
ʾavarH5674 →556 times
עִמּ֑וֹwith him
imoH5973 →1050 times
וְכָל־and all
vekholH3605 →5413 times
עַ֤ם[the] people of
ʾamH5971 →1873 times
יְהוּדָה֙Judah
yehudahH3063 →819 times
הֶעֱבִ֣ירוּthey brought over
vayeviruH5674 →556 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הַמֶּ֔לֶךְthe king
hamelekhH4428 →2525 times
וְגַ֕םand also
vegamH1571 →769 times
חֲצִ֖י<the> half of
chatziH2677 →125 times
עַ֥ם[the] people of
ʾamH5971 →1873 times
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Israel
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
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
Matthew 21:9The 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.’”
- Psalms 118:24–26
Through
Genesis 49:10The 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…
- Numbers 24:17
About 2 Samuel

Who and where
2 names in this verse with a page on the site.
- PersonPatriarchsJudahJacob's fourth son who pledges himself for Benjamin; the tribe that carries the scepter to Shiloh (49:10) and the line to Christ (…
- PlaceJordan valley near JerichoGilgalIsrael's first Canaan camp where the stones were set and the reproach rolled away (Josh 4-5); later a corrupted shrine the prophet…
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.
