2 Samuel 19:5
in 2 Samuel 19Then Joab went into the house and said to the king, “Today you have disgraced all your servants who have saved your life and the lives of your sons and daughters, of your wives, and of your concubines.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And Joab came into the house to the king, and said, Thou hast shamed this day the faces of all thy servants, who this day have saved thy life, and the lives of thy sons and of thy daughters, and the lives of thy wives, and the lives of thy concubines;
KJV
And Joab came into the house to the king, and said, Thou hast shamed this day the faces of all thy servants, which this day have saved thy life, and the lives of thy sons and of thy daughters, and the lives of thy wives, and the lives of thy concubines;
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This verse in 2 Samuel 19
Commentary
6 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Had Absalom gained the victory, it is likely that, according to the manner of Oriental despots, he would have sought to secure his throne by killing all possible competitors Jdg 9:5; 1Ki 15:29.
This site's exposition
Thou hast shamed this day the faces of all thy servants
on 2 Samuel 19:5-7
Joab's rebuke is blunt to the point of insolence, and the commentators say so plainly even while granting that the substance of it was right: the men who had just saved the king's life, his sons, his wives and his concubines, deserved better than to watch him mourn the man who tried to kill them all. His warning that not one man will stay with David that night if he does not go out to them is a threat as much as counsel, and it works within the verse. This is the last time in the chapter that Joab moves David by force of will rather than by office, before Amasa takes his place at verse 13.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
He speaks a great deal of reason, but not with the respect and deference which he owed to his prince. Is is fit to say to a king, Thou art wicked? A plain case may be fairly pleaded with those that are above us, and they may be reproved for what they do amiss, but it must not be done with rudeness and insolence.
And Joab came into the house to the king,....
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
Joab's remonstrance was right and necessary, but it was made with harshness. He was one of those persons who spoil their important services by the insolence of their manners, and who always awaken a feeling of obligation in those to whom they render any services.
Thou hast shamed this day - Joab’s speech to David on his immoderate grief for the death of his rebellious son is not only remarkable for the insolence of office, but also for good sense and firmness. Every man who candidly considers the state of the case, must allow that David acted imprudently at least; and that Joab’s firm reproof was necessary to arouse him to a sense of his duty to his people. But still, in his manner, Joab had far exceeded the bonds of that reverence which a servant owes to his master, or a subject to his prince. Joab was a good soldier, but in every respect a bad man, and a dangerous subject.
The words behind it
24 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיָּבֹ֥א | vaiyavo' | and he went | H935 → | 2568 times |
| יוֹאָ֛ב | yoav | Joab | H3097 → | 144 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ | hamelekh | the king | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| הַבָּ֑יִת | habayit | the house | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| וַיֹּאמֶר֩ | vaiyomer | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| הֹבַ֨שְׁתָּ | hovashta | you have put to shame | H954 → | |
| הַיּ֜וֹם | haiyom | this day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| פְּנֵ֣י | penei | [the] faces of | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| כָל־ | khol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| עֲבָדֶ֗יךָ | ʾavadeikha | servants your | H5650 → | 799 times |
| הַֽמְמַלְּטִ֤ים | hamaletim | who rescued | H4422 → | 95 times |
| אֶֽת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| נַפְשְׁךָ֙ | nafshekha | life your | H5315 → | 754 times |
| הַיּ֔וֹם | haiyom | this day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| וְאֵ֨ת | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| נֶ֤פֶשׁ | nefesh | [the] life of | H5315 → | 754 times |
| בָּנֶ֙יךָ֙ | baneikha | sons your | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| וּבְנֹתֶ֔יךָ | uvenoteikha | and daughters your | H1323 → | 588 times |
| וְנֶ֣פֶשׁ | venefesh | and [the] life of | H5315 → | 754 times |
| נָשֶׁ֔יךָ | nasheikha | wives your | H802 → | 781 times |
| וְנֶ֖פֶשׁ | venefesh | and [the] life of | H5315 → | 754 times |
| פִּלַגְשֶֽׁיךָ׃ | pilagsheikha | concubines your | H6370 → | 37 times |
וַיָּבֹ֥אand he went
vaiyavo'H935 →2568 times
יוֹאָ֛בJoab
yoavH3097 →144 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
הַמֶּ֖לֶךְthe king
hamelekhH4428 →2525 times
הַבָּ֑יִתthe house
habayitH1004 →2046 times
וַיֹּאמֶר֩and he said
vaiyomerH559 →5305 times
הֹבַ֨שְׁתָּyou have put to shame
hovashtaH954 →
הַיּ֜וֹםthis day
haiyomH3117 →2304 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
פְּנֵ֣י[the] faces of
peneiH6440 →2123 times
כָל־all
khol-H3605 →5413 times
עֲבָדֶ֗יךָservants your
ʾavadeikhaH5650 →799 times
הַֽמְמַלְּטִ֤יםwho rescued
hamaletimH4422 →95 times
אֶֽת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
נַפְשְׁךָ֙life your
nafshekhaH5315 →754 times
הַיּ֔וֹםthis day
haiyomH3117 →2304 times
וְאֵ֨תand <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
נֶ֤פֶשׁ[the] life of
nefeshH5315 →754 times
בָּנֶ֙יךָ֙sons your
baneikhaH1121 →4930 times
וּבְנֹתֶ֔יךָand daughters your
uvenoteikhaH1323 →588 times
וְנֶ֣פֶשׁand [the] life of
venefeshH5315 →754 times
נָשֶׁ֔יךָwives your
nasheikhaH802 →781 times
וְנֶ֖פֶשׁand [the] life of
venefeshH5315 →754 times
פִּלַגְשֶֽׁיךָ׃concubines your
pilagsheikhaH6370 →37 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
Psalms 3:8Salvation belongs to the LORD; may Your blessing be on Your people. Selah
it leads to
- Isaiah 43:11
I, yes I, am the LORD, and there is no Savior but Me.
- Jonah 2:9
But I, with the voice of thanksgiving, will sacrifice to You. I will fulfill what I have vowed. Salvation is from the LORD!”
- Psalms 37:39–40
The salvation of the righteous is from the LORD; He is their stronghold in time of trouble.
- Hosea 13:4
Yet I am the LORD your God ever since the land of Egypt; you know no God but Me, for there is no Savior besides Me.
- Revelation 7:10
And they cried out in a loud voice: “Salvation to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!”
- Isaiah 43:11
Through
Nehemiah 9:27So You delivered them into the hands of enemies who oppressed them, and in their time of distress they cried out to You. From heaven You heard them, and in Your great compassion You…
it leads to
- Psalms 106:41–45
He delivered them into the hand of the nations, and those who hated them ruled over them.
- 2 Kings 14:27
and since the LORD had said that He would not blot out the name of Israel from under heaven, He saved them by the hand of Jeroboam son of Jehoash.
- Daniel 9:10–14
and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God to walk in His laws, which He set before us through His servants the prophets.
- Psalms 106:41–45
About 2 Samuel
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jamieson, Fausset and 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.