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2 Samuel 2:29

in 2 Samuel 2

And all that night Abner and his men marched through the Arabah. They crossed the Jordan, marched all morning, and arrived at Mahanaim.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And Abner and his men went all that night through the Arabah; and they passed over the Jordan, and went through all Bithron, and came to Mahanaim.

KJV

And Abner and his men walked all that night through the plain, and passed over Jordan, and went through all Bithron, and they came to Mahanaim.

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This verse in 2 Samuel 2

Commentary

5 notes on this verse
And Abner and his men walked all that night through the plain,.... The plain of Jordan. He marched with his men all night, lest Joab should return, and pursue him, and take vengeance on him for the death of his brother: and passed over Jordan; at one of the fords of it: and went through all Bithron; the name of a province or country, as Jarchi, called so perhaps from its being separated from the rest of the tribes of Israel by the river Jordan; some think the mountains of Bether were in this country, Son 2:

This site's exposition

passed over Jordan, and went through all Bithron

Abner and his men walk through the night, crossing the Jordan and the whole length of Bithron to reach Mahanaim by morning. The march is given in geography rather than comment, the defeated general covering ground the way a man moves when he has nothing left to say.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century3 voices

Through the plain - See 1Sa 23:24. Bithron is unknown. From the expression all (the) Bithron, it seems likely that it is a tract of country, intersected by ravines lying on the east side of Jordan.

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Asahel pursued after Abner--To gain the general's armor was deemed the grandest trophy. Asahel, ambitious of securing Abner's, had outstripped all other pursuers, and was fast gaining on the retreating commander. Abner, conscious of possessing more physical power, and unwilling that there should be "blood" between himself and Joab, Asahel's brother, twice urged him to desist.

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

They came to Mahanaim - So they returned to the place whence they set out. See 2Sa 2:12. This was the commencement of the civil wars between Israel and Judah, and properly the commencement of the division of the two kingdoms, through which both nations were deluged with blood.

The words behind it

15 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.

  • וְאַבְנֵ֣רand Abner

    veavnerH74 →63 times

  • וַֽאֲנָשָׁ֗יוand men his

    vaanashavH582 →566 times

  • הָֽלְכוּ֙they went

    halekhuH1980 →1546 times

  • בָּֽעֲרָבָ֔הin the Arabah

    baaravahH6160 →61 times

  • כֹּ֖לall

    kolH3605 →5413 times

  • הַלַּ֣יְלָהthe night

    halaylahH3915 →233 times

  • הַה֑וּא<the> that

    hahu'H1931 →1879 times

  • וַיַּעַבְר֣וּand they passed over

    vaiyaavruH5674 →556 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • הַיַּרְדֵּ֗ןthe Jordan

    haiyardenH3383 →182 times

  • וַיֵּֽלְכוּ֙and they went

    vaiyelekhuH1980 →1546 times

  • כָּל־all

    kol-H3605 →5413 times

  • הַבִּתְר֔וֹן<the> Bitron

    habitronH1338 →

  • וַיָּבֹ֖אוּand they came

    vaiyavouH935 →2568 times

  • מַחֲנָֽיִם׃Mahanaim

    machanayimH4266 →13 times

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

Related verses

3 in all, six open

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

    Song of Solomon 2:17

    Before the day breaks and shadows flee, turn, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of Bether.

    it leads to

    • Song of Solomon 4:6

      Before the day breaks and the shadows flee, I will make my way to the mountain of myrrh and to the hill of frankincense.

    • Song of Solomon 8:14

      Come away, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices.

    • 2 Peter 1:19

      We also have the word of the prophets as confirmed beyond doubt. And you will do well to pay attention to it, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day…

  • 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.

    • 2 Samuel 3:7–8

      Meanwhile, Saul had a concubine named Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah. So Ish-bosheth questioned Abner, “Why did you sleep with my father’s concubine?”

    • 2 Samuel 4:5–6

      Now Rechab and Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, set out and arrived at the house of Ish-bosheth in the heat of the day, while the king was taking his midday nap.

    • 1 Chronicles 9:39

      Ner was the father of Kish, Kish was the father of Saul, and Saul was the father of Jonathan, Malchishua, Abinadab, and Esh-baal.

About 2 Samuel

Combat between Soldiers of Ish-bosheth and David — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Combat between Soldiers of Ish-bosheth and David — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
2 Samuel: the study guide →Read 2 Samuel 2 →

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; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and W. G. Blaikie, The Second Book of Samuel (Expositor's Bible).

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