2 Samuel 2:12

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.

• וַיֵּצֵא֙and he went out

  vaiyetze'H3318 →1067 times

• אַבְנֵ֣רAbner

  ʾavnerH74 →63 times

• בֶּן־[the] son of

  ben-H1121 →4930 times

• נֵ֔רNer

  nerH5369 →17 times

• וְעַבְדֵ֖יand [the] servants of

  veavdeiH5650 →799 times

• אִֽישׁ־Ish-

  ʾish-H378 →22 times

• בֹּ֣שֶׁתbosheth

  boshetH378 →22 times

• בֶּן־[the] son of

  ben-H1121 →4930 times

• שָׁא֑וּלSaul

  shaulH7586 →402 times

• מִֽמַּחֲנַ֖יִםfrom Mahanaim

  mimachanayimH4266 →13 times

• גִּבְעֽוֹנָה׃Gibeon towards

  givonahH1391 →38 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

  Joshua 9:3

  But the people of Gibeon, having heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and Ai,

  it leads to

  • Joshua 10:2

    So Adoni-zedek and his people were greatly alarmed, because Gibeon was a great city, like one of the royal cities; it was larger than Ai, and all its men were mighty.

    Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

  • Joshua 9:17

    So the Israelites set out and on the third day arrived at their cities—Gibeon, Chephirah, Beeroth, and Kiriath-jearim.

    Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

• Through

  2 Samuel 17:14

  Then Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The advice of Hushai the Archite is better than that of Ahithophel.” For the LORD had purposed to thwart the good counsel of Ahithophel in…

  it leads to

  • 2 Samuel 15:34

    But you can thwart the counsel of Ahithophel for me if you return to the city and say to Absalom: ‘I will be your servant, my king; in the past I was your father’s…

  • 1 Corinthians 1:19–20

    For it is written: “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise; the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate.”

  • Proverbs 19:21

    Many plans are in a man’s heart, but the purpose of the LORD will prevail.

  • Isaiah 8:10

    Devise a plan, but it will be thwarted; state a proposal, but it will not happen. For God is with us.”

• Through

  Joshua 10:4

  “Come up and help me. We will attack Gibeon, because they have made peace with Joshua and the Israelites.”

  it leads to

  • Joshua 9:15

    And Joshua made a treaty of peace with them to let them live, and the leaders of the congregation swore an oath to them.

• Through

  Joshua 10:2

  So Adoni-zedek and his people were greatly alarmed, because Gibeon was a great city, like one of the royal cities; it was larger than Ai, and all its men were mighty.

  it leads to

  • Deuteronomy 11:25

    No man will be able to stand against you; the LORD your God will put the fear and dread of you upon all the land, wherever you set foot, as He has promised you.