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2 Samuel 15

2 Sam. 15:10 KJV (With Strong’s)

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But Absalom
'Abiyshalowm (Hebrew #53)
from 1 and 7965; father of peace (i.e. friendly); Abshalom, a son of David; also (the fuller form) a later Israelite
KJV usage: Abishalom, Absalom.
Pronounce: ab-ee-shaw-lome'
Origin: or (shortened) bAbshalowm {ab-shaw- lome'}
sent
shalach (Hebrew #7971)
to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
KJV usage: X any wise, appoint, bring (on the way), cast (away, out), conduct, X earnestly, forsake, give (up), grow long, lay, leave, let depart (down, go, loose), push away, put (away, forth, in, out), reach forth, send (away, forth, out), set, shoot (forth, out), sow, spread, stretch forth (out).
Pronounce: shaw-lakh'
Origin: a primitive root
spies
ragal (Hebrew #7270)
to walk along; but only in specifically, applications, to reconnoiter, to be a tale-bearer (i.e. slander); also (as denominative from 7272) to lead about
KJV usage: backbite, search, slander, (e-)spy (out), teach to go, view.
Pronounce: raw-gal'
Origin: a primitive root
throughout all the tribes
shebet (Hebrew #7626)
a scion, i.e. (literally) a stick (for punishing, writing, fighting, ruling, walking, etc.) or (figuratively) a clan
KJV usage: X correction, dart, rod, sceptre, staff, tribe.
Pronounce: shay'-bet
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to branch off
of Israel
Yisra'el (Hebrew #3478)
from 8280 and 410; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel.
Pronounce: yis-raw-ale'
, saying
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
, As soon as ye hear
shama` (Hebrew #8085)
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
KJV usage: X attentively, call (gather) together, X carefully, X certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, X diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), X indeed, listen, make (a) noise, (be) obedient, obey, perceive, (make a) proclaim(-ation), publish, regard, report, shew (forth), (make a) sound, X surely, tell, understand, whosoever (heareth), witness.
Pronounce: shaw-mah'
Origin: a primitive root
the sound
qowl (Hebrew #6963)
from an unused root meaning to call aloud; a voice or sound
KJV usage: + aloud, bleating, crackling, cry (+ out), fame, lightness, lowing, noise, + hold peace, (pro-)claim, proclamation, + sing, sound, + spark, thunder(-ing), voice, + yell.
Pronounce: kole
Origin: or qol {kole}
of the trumpet
showphar (Hebrew #7782)
from 8231 in the original sense of incising; a cornet (as giving a clear sound) or curved horn
KJV usage: cornet, trumpet.
Pronounce: sho-far'
Origin: or shophar {sho-far'}
, then ye shall say
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
, Absalom
'Abiyshalowm (Hebrew #53)
from 1 and 7965; father of peace (i.e. friendly); Abshalom, a son of David; also (the fuller form) a later Israelite
KJV usage: Abishalom, Absalom.
Pronounce: ab-ee-shaw-lome'
Origin: or (shortened) bAbshalowm {ab-shaw- lome'}
reigneth
malak (Hebrew #4427)
to reign; inceptively, to ascend the throne; causatively, to induct into royalty; hence (by implication) to take counsel
KJV usage: consult, X indeed, be (make, set a, set up) king, be (make) queen, (begin to, make to) reign(-ing), rule, X surely.
Pronounce: maw-lak'
Origin: a primitive root
w in Hebron
Chebrown (Hebrew #2275)
seat of association; Chebron, a place in Palestine, also the name of two Israelites
KJV usage: Hebron.
Pronounce: kheb-rone'
Origin: from 2267
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Job 20:5• 5From near [is] the triumphing of the wicked,{HR}And the joy of the ungodly for a moment. (Job 20:5)
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Ministry on This Verse

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spies.
2 Sam. 13:28• 28{i}And Absalom commanded his servants, saying, Mark ye now when Amnon's heart is merry with wine, and when I say to you, Smite Amnon; then slay him, fear not: have not I commanded you? be courageous, and be valiant.{/i} (2 Sam. 13:28)
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2 Sam. 14:30• 30{i}Then he said to his servants, See, Joab's allotment is near mine and he has barley there: go and set it on fire. And Absalom's servants set the allotment on fire.{/i} (2 Sam. 14:30)
reigneth.
2 Sam. 19:10• 10{i}And Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle; and now why are ye silent as to bringing the king back?{/i} (2 Sam. 19:10)
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Job 20:5‑29• 5From near [is] the triumphing of the wicked,{HR}And the joy of the ungodly for a moment.
 6Though his height mount to the heavens,{HR}And his head reach the cloud,
 7Like his dung he perisheth forever;{HR}They that saw him shall say, Where [is] he?
 8Like a dream shall he fly away, and not be found,{HR}And he shall be scared away like a vision of the night.
 9The eye scanned him, [but] not again;{HR}And his place beholdeth him no more.
 10His children shall seek to please the poor,{HR}And his hands give back his wealth.
 11His bones were full of youthful vigour,{HR}Which will lie with him in the dust.
 12Though evil maketh sweet in his mouth —{HR}He hideth it under his tongue,
 13He is sparing of it, and will not let it go,{HR}And retaineth it in the midst of his palate —
 14His food is changed in his bowels,{HR}The poison of asps is within him.
 15Wealth hath he swallowed, and shall disgorge it:{HR}God will eject it again out of his belly.
 16He shall suck the poison of asps:{HR}The tongue of the viper shall slay him.
 17He shall not gaze on rivulets,{HR}Flowings of streams of honey and butter.
 18What he laboured for, he shall restore, and not swallow.{HR}As the property his exchange, and he rejoiceth not,
 19For he crushed, abandoned, the poor,{HR}Seized a house, and built it not;
 20For he knew no rest in his belly;{HR}He shall not escape with his desirable thing,
 21There is no remnant of his eating.{HR}Therefore his prosperity endureth not.
 22In the fullness of his superfluity he is straitened,{HR}Every hand of a wretch shall be upon him.
 23That it may be to the filling of his belly,{HR}He shall send against him the burning of his anger,{HR}And rain upon him with his food.
 24He fleeth from a weapon of iron,{HR}A bow of copper pierceth him through;
 25It is drawn, and it cometh out of the body,{HR}And the glittering sword proceedeth out of his gall:{HR}Upon him [are] terrors.
 26All darkness [is] hid for his treasures,{HR}A fire not blown consumeth him;{HR}It shall fare ill with what is left in his tent.
 27The heavens reveal his iniquity,{HR}And the earth riseth up against him.
 28The increase of his house departeth,{HR}Things that ran away in the day of his anger.
 29This [is] the portion of the wicked man from God [Elohim],{HR}And the heritage of his sentence from God [El]. (Job 20:5‑29)
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Psa. 73:18‑19• 18Truly thou settest them in slippery places,{HR}Thou hast caused them to fall into ruins.
 19How are they a desolation in a moment!{HR}They have passed, consumed with terrors. (Psa. 73:18‑19)
Hebron.
2 Sam. 2:1,11• 1{i}And it came to pass after this that David inquired of Jehovah, saying{/i}, Shall I go up unto any of the cities of Judah? And Jehovah said unto him, Go up. And David said, Whither shall I go up? {i}And he said, Unto Hebron{/i}.
 11And the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months. (2 Sam. 2:1,11)
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2 Sam. 3:2‑3• 2{i}And to David were sons born in Hebron: his firstborn was Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jizreelitess;{/i}
 3{i}and his second, Chileab, of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom the son of Maachah, daughter of Talmai king of Geshur;{/i} (2 Sam. 3:2‑3)
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2 Sam. 5:5• 5{i}In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months; and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah.{/i} (2 Sam. 5:5)
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1 Chron. 11:3• 3Therefore came all the elders of Israel to the king to Hebron; and David made a covenant with them in Hebron before Jehovah; and they anointed David king over, Israel, according to the word of Jehovah by Samuel. (1 Chron. 11:3)
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1 Chron. 12:23,38• 23And these are the numbers of the bands that were ready armed to the war, and came to David to Hebron, to turn the kingdom of Saul to him, according to the word of Jehovah.
 38All these men of war, that could keep rank, came with a perfect heart to Hebron, to make David king over all Israel; and all the rest also of Israel were of one heart to make David king. (1 Chron. 12:23,38)
• Another character is here which was necessary to complete the character of antichrist; that is, the combination of kingly power in Israel with spiritual pretension....the second beast, or false prophet, in the Revelation symbolizes this same personage. Notably he has two horns like the lamb. There is a double character of power. (“2 Samuel 15” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And Absalom sent emissariesa into all the tribes of Israel, saying, When ye hear the sound of the trumpet, ye shall say, Absalom reigns in Hebron.

JND Translation Notes

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Lit. "spies."

W. Kelly Translation

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But Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, As soon as ye hear the sound of the trumpet, then ye shall say, Absalom reigneth in Hebron.