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2 Samuel 2:31

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← 2 Samuel 2:30	2 Samuel 2:31 (KJV)	2 Samuel 2:32 →
And Joab returned from following Abner: and when he had gathered all the people together, there lacked of David's servants nineteen men and Asahel.	But the servants of David had smitten of Benjamin, and of Abner's men, [so that] three hundred and threescore men died.	And they took up Asahel, and buried him in the sepulchre of his father, which [was in] Bethlehem. And Joab and his men went all night, and they came to Hebron at break of day.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

But the servants^H5650 of David^H1732 had smitten^H5221 of Benjamin^H1144, and of Abner's^H74 men^H582, so that three^H7969 hundred^H3967 and threescore^H8346 men^H376 died^H4191.

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Original Hebrew

וְעַבְדֵי דָוִד הִכּוּ מִבִּנְיָמִן וּבְאַנְשֵׁי אַבְנֵר שְׁלֹשׁ־מֵאֹות וְשִׁשִּׁים אִישׁ מֵתוּ׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וְ/עַבְדֵ֣י	ve./'av.Dei	H5650	HC/Ncmpc	and/ (the) servants of
דָוִ֗ד	da.Vid	H1732	HNp	David
הִכּוּ֙	hi.Ku	H5221	HVhp3cp	they had struck down
מִ/בִּנְיָמִ֔ן	mi./bin.ya.Min	H1144	HR/Np	of/ Benjamin
וּ/בְ/אַנְשֵׁ֖י	u./ve./'an.Shei	H376	HC/R/Ncmpc	and/ among/ (the) men of
אַבְנֵ֑ר	'av.Ner	H74	HNp	Abner
שְׁלֹשׁ	she.losh-	H7969	HAcfsa	three
מֵא֧וֹת	me.'ot	H3967	HAcbpa	hundred(s)
וְ/שִׁשִּׁ֛ים	ve./shi.Shim	H8346	HC/Acbpa	and/ sixty
אִ֖ישׁ	'ish	H376	HNcmsa	man
מֵֽתוּ	Me.tu	H4191	HVqp3cp	they had died

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H74 — אַבְנֵר (ʼAbnêr, ab-nare'): or (fully) אֲבִינֵר ; from אָב and נִיר; father of light (i.e. enlightening); Abner, an Israelite; Abner.
• H376 — אִישׁ (ʼîysh, eesh): contracted for אֱנוֹשׁ (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant); a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation); also, another, any (man), a certain, [phrase] champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), [phrase] none, one, people, person, [phrase] steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare אִשָּׁה.
• H582 — אֱנוֹשׁ (ʼĕnôwsh, en-oshe'): from אָנַשׁ; properly, a mortal (and thus differing from the more dignified אָדָם); hence,; a man in general (singly or collectively); another, [idiom] (blood-) thirsty, certain, chap(-man); divers, fellow, [idiom] in the flower of their age, husband, (certain, mortal) man, people, person, servant, some ([idiom] of them), [phrase] stranger, those, [phrase] their trade. It is often unexpressed in the English versions, especially when used in apposition with another word. Compare אִישׁ.
• H1144 — בִּנְיָמִין (Binyâmîyn, bin-yaw-mene'): from בֵּן and יָמִין; son of (the) right hand; Binjamin, youngest son of Jacob; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory; Benjamin.
• H1732 — דָּוִד (Dâvid, daw-veed'): rarely (fully); דָּוִיד; from the same as דּוֹד; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse; David.
• H3967 — מֵאָה (mêʼâh, may-aw'): or מֵאיָה; properly, a primitive numeral; a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction; hundred((-fold), -th), [phrase] sixscore.
• H4191 — מוּת (mûwth, mooth): a primitive root; to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill; [idiom] at all, [idiom] crying, (be) dead (body, man, one), (put to, worthy of) death, destroy(-er), (cause to, be like to, must) die, kill, necro(-mancer), [idiom] must needs, slay, [idiom] surely, [idiom] very suddenly, [idiom] in (no) wise.
• H5221 — נָכָה (nâkâh, naw-kaw'): a primitive root; to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively); beat, cast forth, clap, give (wounds), [idiom] go forward, [idiom] indeed, kill, make (slaughter), murderer, punish, slaughter, slay(-er, -ing), smite(-r, -ing), strike, be stricken, (give) stripes, [idiom] surely, wound.
• H5650 — עֶבֶד (ʻebed, eh'-bed): from עָבַד; a servant; [idiom] bondage, bondman, (bond-) servant, (man-) servant.
• H7969 — שָׁלוֹשׁ (shâlôwsh, shaw-loshe'): or שָׁלֹשׁ; masculine שְׁלוֹשָׁה; or שְׁלֹשָׁה; a primitive number; three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multiple) thrice; [phrase] fork, [phrase] often(-times), third, thir(-teen, -teenth), three, [phrase] thrice. Compare שָׁלִישׁ.
• H8346 — שִׁשִּׁים (shishshîym, shish-sheem'): multiple of שֵׁשׁ; sixty; sixty, three score.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• three hundred — 2 Samuel 3:1, 1 Kings 20:11

Reciprocal references (1): 2 Samuel 18:7

Related Topics

• Torrey’s: BENJAMIN, TRIBE OF
• Nave’s: ABNER, BENJAMIN, DAVID, ISRAEL, JOAB, TRUCE, WAR

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