2 Samuel 2:6
in 2 Samuel 2Now may the LORD show you loving devotion and faithfulness, and I will also show you the same favor because you have done this.
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ASV
And now Jehovah show lovingkindness and truth unto you: and I also will requite you this kindness, because ye have done this thing.
KJV
And now the Lord shew kindness and truth unto you: and I also will requite you this kindness, because ye have done this thing.
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This verse in 2 Samuel 2
Commentary
6 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
David sent messengers unto the men of Jabesh-gilead--There can be no doubt that this message of thanks for their bold and dangerous enterprise in rescuing the bodies of Saul and his sons was an expression of David's personal and genuine feeling of satisfaction. At the same time, it was a stroke of sound and timely policy.
This site's exposition
The LORD bless you
on 2 Samuel 2:5-7
David sends a blessing to Jabesh-gilead because “you showed this kindness to Saul your lord when you buried him”. He prays that the LORD show them “loving devotion and faithfulness”. The message closes with a summons, “be strong and courageous”, an invitation to the rest of Israel.
This site's exposition
loving devotion and faithfulness
John Wesley reads loving devotion and faithfulness as one thing, kindness proved in deeds. Matthew Henry adds that the LORD’s kindness can be trusted. David pledges his own favor beside it.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
), that is, kindness according to the promise. What kindness God shows is in truth, what one may trust to. He promises to make them amends for it: I also will requite you.
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Kindness and truth - That is, true and real kindness; not in words only, but also in actions, as you have done to your king. I will requite - So far am I from being offended with you for this kindness to my late enemy.
And now the Lord show kindness and truth unto you,.... Or true kindness; confer real favours, bestow upon you good and substantial blessings, blessings indeed! and I also will requite you this kindness, because ye have done this thing. He not only prayed to God to bless them and reward them for it, but would remember them himself, and at a proper opportunity would show favour to them for this act of kindness to Saul.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְעַתָּ֕ה | veatah | and now | H6258 → | 433 times |
| יַֽעַשׂ־ | yaas- | may he do | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| יְהוָ֥ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| עִמָּכֶ֖ם | ʾimakhem | with you | H5973 → | 1050 times |
| חֶ֣סֶד | chesed | covenant loyalty | H2617 → | 247 times |
| וֶאֱמֶ֑ת | veemet | and faithfulness | H571 → | 127 times |
| וְגַ֣ם | vegam | and also | H1571 → | 769 times |
| אָנֹכִ֗י | ʾanokhi | I | H595 → | 359 times |
| אֶעֱשֶׂ֤ה | ʾeeseh | I will do | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| אִתְּכֶם֙ | ʾitekhem | with you | H854 → | 929 times |
| הַטּוֹבָ֣ה | hatovah | the good | H2896 → | 538 times |
| הַזֹּ֔את | hazot | <the> this | H2063 → | 603 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾasher | that | H834 → | 5497 times |
| עֲשִׂיתֶ֖ם | ʾasitem | you have done | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| הַדָּבָ֥ר | hadavar | the thing | H1697 → | 1440 times |
| הַזֶּֽה׃ | hazeh | <the> this | H2088 → | 1180 times |
וְעַתָּ֕הand now
veatahH6258 →433 times
יַֽעַשׂ־may he do
yaas-H6213 →2628 times
יְהוָ֥הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
עִמָּכֶ֖םwith you
ʾimakhemH5973 →1050 times
חֶ֣סֶדcovenant loyalty
chesedH2617 →247 times
וֶאֱמֶ֑תand faithfulness
veemetH571 →127 times
וְגַ֣םand also
vegamH1571 →769 times
אָנֹכִ֗יI
ʾanokhiH595 →359 times
אֶעֱשֶׂ֤הI will do
ʾeesehH6213 →2628 times
אִתְּכֶם֙with you
ʾitekhemH854 →929 times
הַטּוֹבָ֣הthe good
hatovahH2896 →538 times
הַזֹּ֔את<the> this
hazotH2063 →603 times
אֲשֶׁ֥רthat
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
עֲשִׂיתֶ֖םyou have done
ʾasitemH6213 →2628 times
הַדָּבָ֥רthe thing
hadavarH1697 →1440 times
הַזֶּֽה׃<the> this
hazehH2088 →1180 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
Exodus 34:6Then the LORD passed in front of Moses and called out: “The LORD, the LORD God, is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness,
it leads to
- Psalms 86:15
But You, O Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness.
- Joel 2:13
So rend your hearts and not your garments, and return to the LORD your God. For He is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion. And He relents from sending disaster.
- Psalms 103:8–13
The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion.
- Psalms 145:8
The LORD is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in loving devotion.
- Nehemiah 9:17
They refused to listen and failed to remember the wonders You performed among them. They stiffened their necks and appointed a leader to return them to their bondage in Egypt. But You are a…
- Psalms 86:15
Through
Matthew 5:44But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
it leads to
- Romans 12:14
Bless those who persecute you. Bless and do not curse.
- 1 Peter 3:9
Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing.
- Luke 6:27–28
But to those of you who will listen, I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,
- Romans 12:14
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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; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.