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2 Samuel 21

2 Sam. 21:12 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And David
David (Hebrew #1732)
Daviyd {daw-veed'}; from the same as 1730; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse
KJV usage: David.
Pronounce: daw-veed'
Origin: rarely (fully)
went
yalak (Hebrew #3212)
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
KJV usage: X again, away, bear, bring, carry (away), come (away), depart, flow, + follow(-ing), get (away, hence, him), (cause to, made) go (away, -ing, -ne, one's way, out), grow, lead (forth), let down, march, prosper, + pursue, cause to run, spread, take away ((-journey)), vanish, (cause to) walk(-ing), wax, X be weak.
Pronounce: yaw-lak'
Origin: a primitive root (compare 1980)
and took
laqach (Hebrew #3947)
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
KJV usage: accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, X many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.
Pronounce: law-kakh'
Origin: a primitive root
the bones
`etsem (Hebrew #6106)
a bone (as strong); by extension, the body; figuratively, the substance, i.e. (as pron.) selfsame
KJV usage: body, bone, X life, (self-)same, strength, X very.
Pronounce: eh'tsem
Origin: from 6105
of Saul
Sha'uwl (Hebrew #7586)
asked; Shaul, the name of an Edomite and two Israelites
KJV usage: Saul, Shaul.
Pronounce: shaw-ool'
Origin: passive participle of 7592
and the bones
`etsem (Hebrew #6106)
a bone (as strong); by extension, the body; figuratively, the substance, i.e. (as pron.) selfsame
KJV usage: body, bone, X life, (self-)same, strength, X very.
Pronounce: eh'tsem
Origin: from 6105
of Jonathan
Yhownathan (Hebrew #3083)
Jehovah-given; Jehonathan, the name of four Israelites
KJV usage: Jonathan. Compare 3129.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-naw-thawn'
Origin: from 3068 and 5414
his son
ben (Hebrew #1121)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like 1, 251, etc.))
KJV usage: + afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-)ite, (anoint-)ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-)ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, X came up in, child, colt, X common, X corn, daughter, X of first, + firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, X in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, + rebel, + robber, X servant born, X soldier, son, + spark, + steward, + stranger, X surely, them of, + tumultuous one, + valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
Pronounce: bane
Origin: from {SI 11129}1129{/SI}
from the men
ba`al (Hebrew #1167)
a master; hence, a husband, or (figuratively) owner (often used with another noun in modifications of this latter sense)
KJV usage: + archer, + babbler, + bird, captain, chief man, + confederate, + have to do, + dreamer, those to whom it is due, + furious, those that are given to it, great, + hairy, he that hath it, have, + horseman, husband, lord, man, + married, master, person, + sworn, they of.
Pronounce: bah'-al
Origin: from 1166
ofw Jabesh-gilead
Gil`ad (Hebrew #1568)
Gilad, a region East of the Jordan; also the name of three Israelites
KJV usage: Gilead, Gileadite.
Pronounce: ghil-awd'
Origin: probably from 1567
Yabesh (Hebrew #3003)
Jobesh, the name of an Israelite and of a place in Palestine
KJV usage: Jobesh ((-Gilead)).
Pronounce: yaw-bashe'
Origin: the same as 3002 (also Yabeysh {yaw-bashe'}; often with the addition of 1568, i.e. Jabesh of Gilad)
, which had stolen
ganab (Hebrew #1589)
to thieve (literally or figuratively); by implication, to deceive
KJV usage: carry away, X indeed, secretly bring, steal (away), get by stealth.
Pronounce: gaw-nab'
Origin: a primitive root
them from the street
rchob (Hebrew #7339)
from 7337; a width, i.e. (concretely) avenue or area
KJV usage: broad place (way), street. See also 1050.
Pronounce: rekh-obe'
Origin: or rchowb {rekh-obe'}
of Beth-shan
Beyth (Hebrew #1052)
from 1004 and 7599; house of ease; Beth-Shean or Beth-Shan, a place in Palestine
KJV usage: Beth- shean, Beth-Shan.
Pronounce: Sh'an
Origin: or Beyth Shan {bayth shawn'}
, where the Philistines
Plishtiy (Hebrew #6430)
a Pelishtite or inhabitant of Pelesheth
KJV usage: Philistine.
Pronounce: pel-ish-tee'
Origin: patrial from 6429
had hanged
talah (Hebrew #8518)
to suspend (especially to gibbet)
KJV usage: hang (up).
Pronounce: taw-law'
Origin: a primitive root
tala' (Hebrew #8511)
to suspend; figuratively (through hesitation) to be uncertain; by implication (of mental dependence) to habituate
KJV usage: be bent, hang (in doubt).
Pronounce: taw-law'
Origin: a primitive root
them, when
yowm (Hebrew #3117)
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
KJV usage: age, + always, + chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), + elder, X end, + evening, + (for) ever(-lasting, -more), X full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, + old, + outlived, + perpetually, presently, + remaineth, X required, season, X since, space, then, (process of) time, + as at other times, + in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), X whole (+ age), (full) year(-ly), + younger.
Pronounce: yome
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be hot
the Philistines
Plishtiy (Hebrew #6430)
a Pelishtite or inhabitant of Pelesheth
KJV usage: Philistine.
Pronounce: pel-ish-tee'
Origin: patrial from 6429
had slain
nakah (Hebrew #5221)
to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: beat, cast forth, clap, give (wounds), X go forward, X indeed, kill, make (slaughter), murderer, punish, slaughter, slay(-er, -ing), smite(-r, -ing), strike, be stricken, (give) stripes, X surely, wound.
Pronounce: naw-kaw'
Origin: a primitive root
Saul
Sha'uwl (Hebrew #7586)
asked; Shaul, the name of an Edomite and two Israelites
KJV usage: Saul, Shaul.
Pronounce: shaw-ool'
Origin: passive participle of 7592
in Gilboa
Gilboa` (Hebrew #1533)
fountain of ebullition; Gilboa, a mountain of Palestine
KJV usage: Gilboa.
Pronounce: ghil-bo'-ah
Origin: from 1530 and 1158
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1 Sam. 31:11• 11And when the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead heard of that which the Philistines had done to Saul; (1 Sam. 31:11)

More on:

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Beth-shan; Beth-shean,
David,
Gilboa,
Hanging,
Jabesh; Jabesh-gilead,
Jonathan,
Man,
Philistines,
Saul,
Son

Cross References

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the bones of Saul.
2 Sam. 2:5‑7• 5And David sent messengers unto the men of Jabesh-gilead, and said unto them, Blessed be ye of the Lord, that ye have showed this kindness unto your lord, even unto Saul, and have buried him.
 6And now the Lord show kindness and truth unto you: and I also will requite you this kindness, because ye have done this thing.
 7Therefore now let your hands be strengthened, and be ye valiant: for your master Saul is dead, and also the house of Judah have anointed me king over them. (2 Sam. 2:5‑7)
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1 Sam. 31:11‑13• 11And when the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead heard of that which the Philistines had done to Saul;
 12All the valiant men arose, and went all night, and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth-shan, and came to Jabesh, and burnt them there.
 13And they took their bones, and buried them under a tree at Jabesh, and fasted seven days. (1 Sam. 31:11‑13)
Beth-shan.
Josh. 17:11• 11And Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher Beth-shean and her towns, and Ibleam and her towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, and the inhabitants of Endor and her towns, and the inhabitants of Taanach and her towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns, even three countries. (Josh. 17:11)
Beth-shean.
1 Sam. 31:10• 10And they put his armor in the house of Ashtaroth: and they fastened his body to the wall of Beth-shan. (1 Sam. 31:10)
in Gilboa.
2 Sam. 1:6,21• 6And the young man that told him said, As I happened by chance upon mount Gilboa, behold, Saul leaned upon his spear; and, lo, the chariots and horsemen followed hard after him.
 21Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither let there be rain, upon you, nor fields of offerings: for there the shield of the mighty is vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, as though he had not been anointed with oil. (2 Sam. 1:6,21)
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1 Sam. 28:4• 4And the Philistines gathered themselves together, and came and pitched in Shunem: and Saul gathered all Israel together, and they pitched in Gilboa. (1 Sam. 28:4)
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1 Sam. 31:1• 1Now the Philistines fought against Israel: and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa. (1 Sam. 31:1)
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1 Chron. 10:1,8• 1Now the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa.
 8And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his sons fallen in mount Gilboa. (1 Chron. 10:1,8)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the mena of Jabesh-Gilead, who had stolen them from the open placeb of Beth-shan, where the Philistines had hanged them, the day the Philistines had smitten Saul in Gilboa;

JND Translation Notes

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a
Heb. baali, or "citizens," as Judg. 9.2,47.
b
Or "broadway."