2 Samuel 23:34
in 2 Samuel 23Eliphelet son of Ahasbai the Maacathite, Eliam son of Ahithophel the Gilonite,
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai, the son of the Maacathite, Eliam the son of Ahithophel the Gilonite,
KJV
Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai, the son of the Maachathite, Eliam the son of Ahithophel the Gilonite,
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This verse in 2 Samuel 23
Commentary
5 notes on this verseEliphelet the son of Ahasbai, the son of the Maachathite,.... In 1Ch 11:35, he is called Eliphal the son of Ur: Eliam the son of Ahithophel the Gilonite; David's counsellor, that went off to Absalom, 2Sa 15:12; Eliam his son is supposed, by the Jews, to be the father of Bathsheba, the wife of Uriah, 2Sa 11:3; according to Hillerus (q), he is the same with Ahijah the Pelonite, 1Ch 11:36. (q) Onomastic. Sacr. p. 906.
This site's exposition
Asahel the brother of Joab
on 2 Samuel 23:24-38
The thirty are given as names and towns, and the roll keeps its dead: Asahel has been in his grave since Abner killed him at 2:23, and he stands first. The company is wider than Israel, with Zelek the Ammonite and Uriah's fellow foreigners on equal footing, drawn from the men who gathered to David in the cave days. At verse 34 stands Eliam the son of Ahithophel, and since Bathsheba is called the daughter of Eliam at 11:3, some draw the line that makes Ahithophel her grandfather; it is an inference from two verses, and the page says so.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Christ, the Son of David, has his worthies too, who like David's, are influenced by his example, fight his battles against the spiritual enemies of his kingdom, and in his strength are more than conquerors. Christ's apostles were his immediate attendants, did and suffered great things for him, and at length came to reign with him.
4 And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain. 5 Although my house be not so with God; yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for this is all my salvation, and all my desire, although he make it not to grow.
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The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
the first three--The mighty men or champions in David's military staff were divided into three classes--the highest, Jashobeam, Eleazar, and Shammah; the second class, Abishai, Benaiah, and Asahel; and the third class, the thirty, of which Asahel was the chief.
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The words behind it
9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אֱלִיפֶ֥לֶט | ʾelifelet | Eliphelet | H467 → | |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| אֲחַסְבַּ֖י | ʾachasbai | Ahasbai | H308 → | |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| הַמַּֽעֲכָתִ֑י ס | hamaakhati | the Maacathite | H4602 → | |
| אֱלִיעָ֥ם | ʾeliam | Eliam | H463 → | |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| אֲחִיתֹ֖פֶל | ʾachitofel | Ahithophel | H302 → | 20 times |
| הַגִּלֹנִֽי׃ ס | hagiloni | the Gilonite | H1526 → |
אֱלִיפֶ֥לֶטEliphelet
ʾelifeletH467 →
בֶּן־[the] son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
אֲחַסְבַּ֖יAhasbai
ʾachasbaiH308 →
בֶּן־[the] son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
הַמַּֽעֲכָתִ֑י סthe Maacathite
hamaakhatiH4602 →
אֱלִיעָ֥םEliam
ʾeliamH463 →
בֶּן־[the] son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
אֲחִיתֹ֖פֶלAhithophel
ʾachitofelH302 →20 times
הַגִּלֹנִֽי׃ סthe Gilonite
hagiloniH1526 →
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
2 Samuel 15:31Now someone told David: “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” So David pleaded, “O LORD, please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness!”
it leads to
- Psalms 41:9
Even my close friend whom I trusted, the one who shared my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 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…
- 2 Samuel 17:23
When Ahithophel saw that his advice had not been followed, he saddled his donkey and set out for his house in his hometown. He put his affairs in order and hanged himself. So he…
- James 3:15
Such wisdom does not come from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic.
- Job 5:12
He thwarts the schemes of the crafty, so that their hands find no success.
- Psalms 41:9
Through
2 Samuel 17:23When Ahithophel saw that his advice had not been followed, he saddled his donkey and set out for his house in his hometown. He put his affairs in order and hanged himself. So he…
it leads to
- Matthew 27:5
So Judas threw the silver into the temple and left. Then he went away and hanged himself.
- 2 Kings 20:1
In those days Hezekiah became mortally ill. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz came to him and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Put your house in order, for you are about to…
- 2 Samuel 15:12
While Absalom was offering the sacrifices, he sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David’s counselor, to come from his hometown of Giloh. So the conspiracy gained strength, and Absalom’s following kept increasing.
- Matthew 27:5
Where this verse is studied
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About 2 Samuel
This page draws on 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; Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Books of Samuel and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.