Apologetics Bible

2Samuel 18:1

Hebrew

וַיִּפְקֹד דָּוִד אֶת־הָעָם אֲשֶׁר אִתּוֹ וַיָּשֶׂם עֲלֵיהֶם שָׂרֵי אֲלָפִים וְשָׂרֵי מֵאֽוֹת׃

vayifeqod-david-'et-ha'am-'asher-'itvo-vayashem-'aleyhem-sharey-'alafiym-vesharey-me'vot

KJV: And David numbered the people that were with him, and set captains of thousands and captains of hundreds over them.

AKJV: And David numbered the people that were with him, and set captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds over them.

ASV: And David numbered the people that were with him, and set captains of thousands and captains of hundreds over them.

YLT: And David inspecteth the people who are with him, and setteth over them heads of thousands and heads of hundreds,

Exposition: 2Samuel 18:1 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And David numbered the people that were with him, and set captains of thousands and captains of hundreds over them.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

2Samuel 18:2

Hebrew

וַיְשַׁלַּח דָּוִד אֶת־הָעָם הַשְּׁלִשִׁית בְּיַד־יוֹאָב וְהַשְּׁלִשִׁית בְּיַד אֲבִישַׁי בֶּן־צְרוּיָה אֲחִי יוֹאָב וְהַשְּׁלִשִׁת בְּיַד אִתַּי הַגִּתִּי וַיֹּאמֶר הַמֶּלֶךְ אֶל־הָעָם יָצֹא אֵצֵא גַּם־אֲנִי עִמָּכֶֽם׃

vayeshalach-david-'et-ha'am-hashelishiyt-veyad-yvo'av-vehashelishiyt-veyad-'aviyshay-ven-tzervyah-'achiy-yvo'av-vehashelishit-veyad-'itay-hagitiy-vayo'mer-hamelekhe-'el-ha'am-yatzo'-'etze'-gam-'aniy-'imakhem

KJV: And David sent forth a third part of the people under the hand of Joab, and a third part under the hand of Abishai the son of Zeruiah, Joab’s brother, and a third part under the hand of Ittai the Gittite. And the king said unto the people, I will surely go forth with you myself also.

AKJV: And David sent forth a third part of the people under the hand of Joab, and a third part under the hand of Abishai the son of Zeruiah, Joab’s brother, and a third part under the hand of Ittai the Gittite. And the king said to the people, I will surely go forth with you myself also.

ASV: And David sent forth the people, a third part under the hand of Joab, and a third part under the hand of Abishai the son of Zeruiah, Joab’s brother, and a third part under the hand of Ittai the Gittite. And the king said unto the people, I will surely go forth with you myself also.

YLT: and David sendeth the third of the people by the hand of Joab, and the third by the hand of Abishai, son of Zeruiah, brother of Joab, and the third by the hand of Ittai the Gittite, and the king saith unto the people, `I certainly go out--I also--with you.'

Exposition: 2Samuel 18:2 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And David sent forth a third part of the people under the hand of Joab, and a third part under the hand of Abishai the son of Zeruiah, Joab’s brother, and a third part under the hand of Ittai the Gittite. And the king...'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

2Samuel 18:3

Hebrew

וַיֹּאמֶר הָעָם לֹא תֵצֵא כִּי אִם־נֹס נָנוּס לֹא־יָשִׂימוּ אֵלֵינוּ לֵב וְאִם־יָמֻתוּ חֶצְיֵנוּ לֹֽא־יָשִׂימוּ אֵלֵינוּ לֵב כִּֽי־עַתָּה כָמֹנוּ עֲשָׂרָה אֲלָפִים וְעַתָּה טוֹב כִּי־תִֽהְיֶה־לָּנוּ מֵעִיר לעזיר לַעְזֽוֹר׃

vayo'mer-ha'am-lo'-tetze'-khiy-'im-nos-nanvs-lo'-yashiymv-'eleynv-lev-ve'im-yamutv-chetzeyenv-lo'-yashiymv-'eleynv-lev-khiy-'atah-khamonv-'asharah-'alafiym-ve'atah-tvov-khiy-tiheyeh-lanv-me'iyr-l'zyr-la'ezvor

KJV: But the people answered, Thou shalt not go forth: for if we flee away, they will not care for us; neither if half of us die, will they care for us: but now thou art worth ten thousand of us: therefore now it is better that thou succour us out of the city.

AKJV: But the people answered, You shall not go forth: for if we flee away, they will not care for us; neither if half of us die, will they care for us: but now you are worth ten thousand of us: therefore now it is better that you succor us out of the city.

ASV: But the people said, Thou shalt not go forth: for if we flee away, they will not care for us; neither if half of us die, will they care for us: but thou art worth ten thousand of us; therefore now it is better that thou be ready to succor us out of the city.

YLT: And the people say, `Thou dost not go out, for if we utterly flee, they do not set their heart upon us; and if half of us die, they do not set their heart unto us--for now like us are ten thousand; and now, better that thou be to us from the city for an helper.'

Exposition: 2Samuel 18:3 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'But the people answered, Thou shalt not go forth: for if we flee away, they will not care for us; neither if half of us die, will they care for us: but now thou art worth ten thousand of us: therefore now it is better...'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

2Samuel 18:4

Hebrew

וַיֹּאמֶר אֲלֵיהֶם הַמֶּלֶךְ אֲשֶׁר־יִיטַב בְּעֵינֵיכֶם אֶעֱשֶׂה וַיַּעֲמֹד הַמֶּלֶךְ אֶל־יַד הַשַּׁעַר וְכָל־הָעָם יָֽצְאוּ לְמֵאוֹת וְלַאֲלָפִֽים׃

vayo'mer-'aleyhem-hamelekhe-'asher-yiytav-ve'eyneykhem-'e'esheh-vaya'amod-hamelekhe-'el-yad-hasha'ar-vekhal-ha'am-yatze'v-leme'vot-vela'alafiym

KJV: And the king said unto them, What seemeth you best I will do. And the king stood by the gate side, and all the people came out by hundreds and by thousands.

AKJV: And the king said to them, What seems you best I will do. And the king stood by the gate side, and all the people came out by hundreds and by thousands.

ASV: And the king said unto them, What seemeth you best I will do. And the king stood by the gate-side, and all the people went out by hundreds and by thousands.

YLT: And the king saith unto them, `That which is good in your eyes I do;' and the king standeth at the side of the gate, and all the people have gone out by hundreds and by thousands,

Exposition: 2Samuel 18:4 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And the king said unto them, What seemeth you best I will do. And the king stood by the gate side, and all the people came out by hundreds and by thousands.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

2Samuel 18:5

Hebrew

וַיְצַו הַמֶּלֶךְ אֶת־יוֹאָב וְאֶת־אֲבִישַׁי וְאֶת־אִתַּי לֵאמֹר לְאַט־לִי לַנַּעַר לְאַבְשָׁלוֹם וְכָל־הָעָם שָׁמְעוּ בְּצַוֺּת הַמֶּלֶךְ אֶת־כָּל־הַשָּׂרִים עַל־דְּבַר אַבְשָׁלֽוֹם׃

vayetzav-hamelekhe-'et-yvo'av-ve'et-'aviyshay-ve'et-'itay-le'mor-le'at-liy-lana'ar-le'aveshalvom-vekhal-ha'am-shame'v-vetzavt-hamelekhe-'et-khal-hashariym-'al-devar-'aveshalvom

KJV: And the king commanded Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Deal gently for my sake with the young man, even with Absalom. And all the people heard when the king gave all the captains charge concerning Absalom.

AKJV: And the king commanded Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Deal gently for my sake with the young man, even with Absalom. And all the people heard when the king gave all the captains charge concerning Absalom. ¶

ASV: And the king commanded Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Deal gently for my sake with the young man, even with Absalom. And all the people heard when the king gave all the captains charge concerning Absalom.

YLT: and the king chargeth Joab, and Abishai, and Ittai, saying, `Gently--for me, for the youth, for Absalom;' and all the people heard in the king's charging all the heads concerning Absalom.

Exposition: 2Samuel 18:5 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And the king commanded Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Deal gently for my sake with the young man, even with Absalom. And all the people heard when the king gave all the captains charge concerning Absalom.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

2Samuel 18:6

Hebrew

וַיֵּצֵא הָעָם הַשָּׂדֶה לִקְרַאת יִשְׂרָאֵל וַתְּהִי הַמִּלְחָמָה בְּיַעַר אֶפְרָֽיִם׃

vayetze'-ha'am-hashadeh-liqera't-yishera'el-vatehiy-hamilechamah-veya'ar-'eferayim

KJV: So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the battle was in the wood of Ephraim;

AKJV: So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the battle was in the wood of Ephraim;

ASV: So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the battle was in the forest of Ephraim.

YLT: And the people goeth out into the field to meet Israel, and the battle is in a forest of Ephraim;

Exposition: 2Samuel 18:6 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the battle was in the wood of Ephraim;'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

2Samuel 18:7

Hebrew

וַיִּנָּגְפוּ שָׁם עַם יִשְׂרָאֵל לִפְנֵי עַבְדֵי דָוִד וַתְּהִי־שָׁם הַמַּגֵּפָה גְדוֹלָה בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא עֶשְׂרִים אָֽלֶף׃

vayinagefv-sham-'am-yishera'el-lifeney-'avedey-david-vatehiy-sham-hamagefah-gedvolah-vayvom-hahv'-'esheriym-'alef

KJV: Where the people of Israel were slain before the servants of David, and there was there a great slaughter that day of twenty thousand men.

AKJV: Where the people of Israel were slain before the servants of David, and there was there a great slaughter that day of twenty thousand men.

ASV: And the people of Israel were smitten there before the servants of David, and there was a great slaughter there that day of twenty thousand men.

YLT: and smitten there are the people of Israel before the servants of David, and the smiting there is great on that day--twenty thousand;

Exposition: 2Samuel 18:7 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Where the people of Israel were slain before the servants of David, and there was there a great slaughter that day of twenty thousand men.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

2Samuel 18:8

Hebrew

וַתְּהִי־שָׁם הַמִּלְחָמָה נפצית נָפֹצֶת עַל־פְּנֵי כָל־הָאָרֶץ וַיֶּרֶב הַיַּעַר לֶאֱכֹל בָּעָם מֵאֲשֶׁר אָכְלָה הַחֶרֶב בַּיּוֹם הַהֽוּא׃

vatehiy-sham-hamilechamah-nftzyt-nafotzet-'al-feney-khal-ha'aretz-vayerev-haya'ar-le'ekhol-va'am-me'asher-'akhelah-hacherev-vayvom-hahv'

KJV: For the battle was there scattered over the face of all the country: and the wood devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.

AKJV: For the battle was there scattered over the face of all the country: and the wood devoured more people that day than the sword devoured. ¶

ASV: For the battle was there spread over the face of all the country; and the forest devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.

YLT: and the battle is there scattered over the face of all the land, and the forest multiplieth to devour among the people more than those whom the sword hath devoured in that day.

Exposition: 2Samuel 18:8 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'For the battle was there scattered over the face of all the country: and the wood devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

2Samuel 18:9

Hebrew

וַיִּקָּרֵא אַבְשָׁלוֹם לִפְנֵי עַבְדֵי דָוִד וְאַבְשָׁלוֹם רֹכֵב עַל־הַפֶּרֶד וַיָּבֹא הַפֶּרֶד תַּחַת שׂוֹבֶךְ הָאֵלָה הַגְּדוֹלָה וַיֶּחֱזַק רֹאשׁוֹ בָאֵלָה וַיֻּתַּן בֵּין הַשָּׁמַיִם וּבֵין הָאָרֶץ וְהַפֶּרֶד אֲשֶׁר־תַּחְתָּיו עָבָֽר׃

vayiqare'-'aveshalvom-lifeney-'avedey-david-ve'aveshalvom-rokhev-'al-hafered-vayavo'-hafered-tachat-shvovekhe-ha'elah-hagedvolah-vayechezaq-ro'shvo-va'elah-vayutan-veyn-hashamayim-vveyn-ha'aretz-vehafered-'asher-tachetayv-'avar

KJV: And Absalom met the servants of David. And Absalom rode upon a mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between the heaven and the earth; and the mule that was under him went away.

AKJV: And Absalom met the servants of David. And Absalom rode on a mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between the heaven and the earth; and the mule that was under him went away.

ASV: And Absalom chanced to meet the servants of David. And Absalom was riding upon his mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between heaven and earth; and the mule that was under him went on.

YLT: And Absalom meeteth before the servants of David, and Absalom is riding on the mule, and the mule cometh in under an entangled bough of the great oak, and his head taketh hold on the oak, and he is placed between the heavens and the earth, and the mule that is under him hath passed on.

Exposition: 2Samuel 18:9 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And Absalom met the servants of David. And Absalom rode upon a mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between the heaven and the earth;...'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

2Samuel 18:10

Hebrew

וַיַּרְא אִישׁ אֶחָד וַיַּגֵּד לְיוֹאָב וַיֹּאמֶר הִנֵּה רָאִיתִי אֶת־אַבְשָׁלֹם תָּלוּי בָּאֵלָֽה׃

vayare'-'iysh-'echad-vayaged-leyvo'av-vayo'mer-hineh-ra'iytiy-'et-'aveshalom-talvy-va'elah

KJV: And a certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said, Behold, I saw Absalom hanged in an oak.

AKJV: And a certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said, Behold, I saw Absalom hanged in an oak.

ASV: And a certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said, Behold, I saw Absalom hanging in an oak.

YLT: And one man seeth, and declareth to Joab, and saith, `Lo, I saw Absalom hanged in an oak.'

Exposition: 2Samuel 18:10 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And a certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said, Behold, I saw Absalom hanged in an oak.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

2Samuel 18:11

Hebrew

וַיֹּאמֶר יוֹאָב לָאִישׁ הַמַּגִּיד לוֹ וְהִנֵּה רָאִיתָ וּמַדּוּעַ לֹֽא־הִכִּיתוֹ שָׁם אָרְצָה וְעָלַי לָתֶת לְךָ עֲשָׂרָה כֶסֶף וַחֲגֹרָה אֶחָֽת׃

vayo'mer-yvo'av-la'iysh-hamagiyd-lvo-vehineh-ra'iyta-vmadv'a-lo'-hikhiytvo-sham-'aretzah-ve'alay-latet-lekha-'asharah-khesef-vachagorah-'echat

KJV: And Joab said unto the man that told him, And, behold, thou sawest him, and why didst thou not smite him there to the ground? and I would have given thee ten shekels of silver, and a girdle.

AKJV: And Joab said to the man that told him, And, behold, you saw him, and why did you not smite him there to the ground? and I would have given you ten shekels of silver, and a girdle.

ASV: And Joab said unto the man that told him, And, behold, thou sawest it, and why didst thou not smite him there to the ground? and I would have given thee ten pieces of silver, and a girdle.

YLT: And Joab saith to the man who is declaring it to him, `And lo, thou hast seen--and wherefore didst thou not smite him there to the earth--and on me to give to thee ten silverlings and one girdle?'

Exposition: 2Samuel 18:11 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And Joab said unto the man that told him, And, behold, thou sawest him, and why didst thou not smite him there to the ground? and I would have given thee ten shekels of silver, and a girdle.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

2Samuel 18:12

Hebrew

וַיֹּאמֶר הָאִישׁ אֶל־יוֹאָב ולא וְלוּא אָנֹכִי שֹׁקֵל עַל־כַּפַּי אֶלֶף כֶּסֶף לֹֽא־אֶשְׁלַח יָדִי אֶל־בֶּן־הַמֶּלֶךְ כִּי בְאָזְנֵינוּ צִוָּה הַמֶּלֶךְ אֹתְךָ וְאֶת־אֲבִישַׁי וְאֶת־אִתַּי לֵאמֹר שִׁמְרוּ־מִי בַּנַּעַר בְּאַבְשָׁלֽוֹם׃

vayo'mer-ha'iysh-'el-yvo'av-vl'-velv'-'anokhiy-shoqel-'al-khafay-'elef-khesef-lo'-'eshelach-yadiy-'el-ven-hamelekhe-khiy-ve'azeneynv-tzivah-hamelekhe-'otekha-ve'et-'aviyshay-ve'et-'itay-le'mor-shimerv-miy-vana'ar-ve'aveshalvom

KJV: And the man said unto Joab, Though I should receive a thousand shekels of silver in mine hand, yet would I not put forth mine hand against the king’s son: for in our hearing the king charged thee and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Beware that none touch the young man Absalom.

AKJV: And the man said to Joab, Though I should receive a thousand shekels of silver in my hand, yet would I not put forth my hand against the king’s son: for in our hearing the king charged you and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Beware that none touch the young man Absalom.

ASV: And the man said unto Joab, Though I should receive a thousand pieces of silver in my hand, yet would I not put forth my hand against the king’s son: for in our hearing the king charged thee and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Beware that none touch the young man Absalom.

YLT: And the man saith unto Joab, `Yea, though I am weighing on my hand a thousand silverlings, I do not put forth my hand unto the son of the king; for in our ears hath the king charged thee, and Abishai, and Ittai, saying, Observe ye who is against the youth--against Absalom;

Exposition: 2Samuel 18:12 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And the man said unto Joab, Though I should receive a thousand shekels of silver in mine hand, yet would I not put forth mine hand against the king’s son: for in our hearing the king charged thee and Abishai and Ittai...'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

2Samuel 18:13

Hebrew

אֽוֹ־עָשִׂיתִי בנפשו בְנַפְשִׁי שֶׁקֶר וְכָל־דָּבָר לֹא־יִכָּחֵד מִן־הַמֶּלֶךְ וְאַתָּה תִּתְיַצֵּב מִנֶּֽגֶד׃

'vo-'ashiytiy-vnfshv-venafeshiy-sheqer-vekhal-davar-lo'-yikhached-min-hamelekhe-ve'atah-titeyatzev-mineged

KJV: Otherwise I should have wrought falsehood against mine own life: for there is no matter hid from the king, and thou thyself wouldest have set thyself against me.

AKJV: Otherwise I should have worked falsehood against my own life: for there is no matter hid from the king, and you yourself would have set yourself against me.

ASV: Otherwise if I had dealt falsely against his life (and there is no matter hid from the king), then thou thyself wouldest have set thyself against me.

YLT: or I had done against my soul a vain thing, and no matter is hid from the king, and thou--thou dost station thyself over-against.'

Exposition: 2Samuel 18:13 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Otherwise I should have wrought falsehood against mine own life: for there is no matter hid from the king, and thou thyself wouldest have set thyself against me.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

2Samuel 18:14

Hebrew

וַיֹּאמֶר יוֹאָב לֹא־כֵן אֹחִילָה לְפָנֶיךָ וַיִּקַּח שְׁלֹשָׁה שְׁבָטִים בְּכַפּוֹ וַיִּתְקָעֵם בְּלֵב אַבְשָׁלוֹם עוֹדֶנּוּ חַי בְּלֵב הָאֵלָֽה׃

vayo'mer-yvo'av-lo'-khen-'ochiylah-lefaneykha-vayiqach-sheloshah-shevatiym-vekhafvo-vayiteqa'em-velev-'aveshalvom-'vodenv-chay-velev-ha'elah

KJV: Then said Joab, I may not tarry thus with thee. And he took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom, while he was yet alive in the midst of the oak.

AKJV: Then said Joab, I may not tarry thus with you. And he took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom, while he was yet alive in the middle of the oak.

ASV: Then said Joab, I may not tarry thus with thee. And he took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom, while he was yet alive in the midst of the oak.

YLT: And Joab saith, `Not right--I tarry before thee;' and he taketh three darts in his hand, and striketh them into the heart of Absalom, while he is alive, in the midst of the oak.

Exposition: 2Samuel 18:14 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Then said Joab, I may not tarry thus with thee. And he took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom, while he was yet alive in the midst of the oak.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

2Samuel 18:15

Hebrew

וַיָּסֹבּוּ עֲשָׂרָה נְעָרִים נֹשְׂאֵי כְּלֵי יוֹאָב וַיַּכּוּ אֶת־אַבְשָׁלוֹם וַיְמִיתֻֽהוּ׃

vayasovv-'asharah-ne'ariym-noshe'ey-kheley-yvo'av-vayakhv-'et-'aveshalvom-vayemiytuhv

KJV: And ten young men that bare Joab’s armour compassed about and smote Absalom, and slew him.

AKJV: And ten young men that bore Joab’s armor compassed about and smote Absalom, and slew him.

ASV: And ten young men that bare Joab’s armor compassed about and smote Absalom, and slew him.

YLT: And they go round--ten youths bearing weapons of Joab--and smite Absalom, and put him to death.

Exposition: 2Samuel 18:15 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And ten young men that bare Joab’s armour compassed about and smote Absalom, and slew him.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

2Samuel 18:16

Hebrew

וַיִּתְקַע יוֹאָב בַּשֹּׁפָר וַיָּשָׁב הָעָם מִרְדֹף אַחֲרֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל כִּֽי־חָשַׂךְ יוֹאָב אֶת־הָעָֽם׃

vayiteqa'-yvo'av-vashofar-vayashav-ha'am-miredof-'acharey-yishera'el-khiy-chashakhe-yvo'av-'et-ha'am

KJV: And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel: for Joab held back the people.

AKJV: And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel: for Joab held back the people.

ASV: And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel; for Joab held back the people.

YLT: And Joab bloweth with a trumpet, and the people turneth back from pursuing after Israel, for Joab hath kept back the people;

Exposition: 2Samuel 18:16 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel: for Joab held back the people.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

2Samuel 18:17

Hebrew

וַיִּקְחוּ אֶת־אַבְשָׁלוֹם וַיַּשְׁלִיכוּ אֹתוֹ בַיַּעַר אֶל־הַפַּחַת הַגָּדוֹל וַיַּצִּבוּ עָלָיו גַּל־אֲבָנִים גָּדוֹל מְאֹד וְכָל־יִשְׂרָאֵל נָסוּ אִישׁ לאהלו לְאֹהָלָֽיו׃

vayiqechv-'et-'aveshalvom-vayasheliykhv-'otvo-vaya'ar-'el-hafachat-hagadvol-vayatzivv-'alayv-gal-'avaniym-gadvol-me'od-vekhal-yishera'el-nasv-'iysh-l'hlv-le'ohalayv

KJV: And they took Absalom, and cast him into a great pit in the wood, and laid a very great heap of stones upon him: and all Israel fled every one to his tent.

AKJV: And they took Absalom, and cast him into a great pit in the wood, and laid a very great heap of stones on him: and all Israel fled every one to his tent. ¶

ASV: And they took Absalom, and cast him into the great pit in the forest, and raised over him a very great heap of stones: and all Israel fled every one to his tent.

YLT: and they take Absalom and cast him in the forest unto the great pit, and set up over him a very great heap of stones, and all Israel have fled--each to his tent.

Exposition: 2Samuel 18:17 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And they took Absalom, and cast him into a great pit in the wood, and laid a very great heap of stones upon him: and all Israel fled every one to his tent.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

2Samuel 18:18

Hebrew

וְאַבְשָׁלֹם לָקַח וַיַּצֶּב־לוֹ בחיו בְחַיָּיו אֶת־מַצֶּבֶת אֲשֶׁר בְּעֵֽמֶק־הַמֶּלֶךְ כִּי אָמַר אֵֽין־לִי בֵן בַּעֲבוּר הַזְכִּיר שְׁמִי וַיִּקְרָא לַמַּצֶּבֶת עַל־שְׁמוֹ וַיִּקָּרֵא לָהּ יַד אַבְשָׁלֹם עַד הַיּוֹם הַזֶּֽה׃

ve'aveshalom-laqach-vayatzev-lvo-vchyv-vechayayv-'et-matzevet-'asher-ve'emeq-hamelekhe-khiy-'amar-'eyn-liy-ven-va'avvr-hazekhiyr-shemiy-vayiqera'-lamatzevet-'al-shemvo-vayiqare'-lah-yad-'aveshalom-'ad-hayvom-hazeh

KJV: Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself a pillar, which is in the king’s dale: for he said, I have no son to keep my name in remembrance: and he called the pillar after his own name: and it is called unto this day, Absalom’s place.

AKJV: Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself a pillar, which is in the king’s dale: for he said, I have no son to keep my name in remembrance: and he called the pillar after his own name: and it is called to this day, Absalom’s place. ¶

ASV: Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself the pillar, which is in the king’s dale; for he said, I have no son to keep my name in remembrance: and he called the pillar after his own name; and it is called Absalom’s monument, unto this day.

YLT: And Absalom hath taken, and setteth up for himself in his life, the standing-pillar that is in the king's valley, for he said, I have no son to cause my name to be remembered;' and he calleth the standing-pillar by his own name, and it is called The monument of Absalom' unto this day.

Exposition: 2Samuel 18:18 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself a pillar, which is in the king’s dale: for he said, I have no son to keep my name in remembrance: and he called the pillar after his own name: and it is...'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

2Samuel 18:19

Hebrew

וַאֲחִימַעַץ בֶּן־צָדוֹק אָמַר אָרוּצָה נָּא וַאֲבַשְּׂרָה אֶת־הַמֶּלֶךְ כִּי־שְׁפָטוֹ יְהוָה מִיַּד אֹיְבָֽיו׃

va'achiyma'atz-ven-tzadvoq-'amar-'arvtzah-na'-va'avasherah-'et-hamelekhe-khiy-shefatvo-yehvah-miyad-'oyevayv

KJV: Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok, Let me now run, and bear the king tidings, how that the LORD hath avenged him of his enemies.

AKJV: Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok, Let me now run, and bear the king tidings, how that the LORD has avenged him of his enemies.

ASV: Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok, Let me now run, and bear the king tidings, how that Jehovah hath avenged him of his enemies.

YLT: And Ahimaaz son of Zadok said, `Let me run, I pray thee, and I bear the king tidings, for Jehovah hath delivered him out of the hand of his enemies;'

Exposition: 2Samuel 18:19 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok, Let me now run, and bear the king tidings, how that the LORD hath avenged him of his enemies.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

2Samuel 18:20

Hebrew

וַיֹּאמֶר לוֹ יוֹאָב לֹא אִישׁ בְּשֹׂרָה אַתָּה הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה וּבִשַּׂרְתָּ בְּיוֹם אַחֵר וְהַיּוֹם הַזֶּה לֹא תְבַשֵּׂר כִּֽי־על עַל־כֵּן בֶּן־הַמֶּלֶךְ מֵֽת׃

vayo'mer-lvo-yvo'av-lo'-'iysh-veshorah-'atah-hayvom-hazeh-vvishareta-veyvom-'acher-vehayvom-hazeh-lo'-tevasher-khiy-'l-'al-khen-ven-hamelekhe-met

KJV: And Joab said unto him, Thou shalt not bear tidings this day, but thou shalt bear tidings another day: but this day thou shalt bear no tidings, because the king’s son is dead.

AKJV: And Joab said to him, You shall not bear tidings this day, but you shall bear tidings another day: but this day you shall bear no tidings, because the king’s son is dead.

ASV: And Joab said unto him, Thou shalt not be the bearer of tidings this day, but thou shalt bear tidings another day; but this day thou shalt bear no tidings, because the king’s son is dead.

YLT: and Joab saith to him, `Thou art not a man of tidings this day, but thou hast borne tidings on another day, and this day thou dost not bear tidings, because the king's son is dead.'

Exposition: 2Samuel 18:20 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And Joab said unto him, Thou shalt not bear tidings this day, but thou shalt bear tidings another day: but this day thou shalt bear no tidings, because the king’s son is dead.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

2Samuel 18:21

Hebrew

וַיֹּאמֶר יוֹאָב לַכּוּשִׁי לֵךְ הַגֵּד לַמֶּלֶךְ אֲשֶׁר רָאִיתָה וַיִּשְׁתַּחוּ כוּשִׁי לְיוֹאָב וַיָּרֹֽץ׃

vayo'mer-yvo'av-lakhvshiy-lekhe-haged-lamelekhe-'asher-ra'iytah-vayishetachv-khvshiy-leyvo'av-vayarotz

KJV: Then said Joab to Cushi, Go tell the king what thou hast seen. And Cushi bowed himself unto Joab, and ran.

AKJV: Then said Joab to Cushi, Go tell the king what you have seen. And Cushi bowed himself to Joab, and ran.

ASV: Then said Joab to the Cushite, Go, tell the king what thou hast seen. And the Cushite bowed himself unto Joab, and ran.

YLT: And Joab saith to Cushi, `Go, declare to the king that which thou hast seen;' and Cushi boweth himself to Joab, and runneth.

Exposition: 2Samuel 18:21 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Then said Joab to Cushi, Go tell the king what thou hast seen. And Cushi bowed himself unto Joab, and ran.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

2Samuel 18:22

Hebrew

וַיֹּסֶף עוֹד אֲחִימַעַץ בֶּן־צָדוֹק וַיֹּאמֶר אֶל־יוֹאָב וִיהִי מָה אָרֻֽצָה־נָּא גַם־אָנִי אַחֲרֵי הַכּוּשִׁי וַיֹּאמֶר יוֹאָב לָֽמָּה־זֶּה אַתָּה רָץ בְּנִי וּלְכָה אֵין־בְּשׂוֹרָה מֹצֵֽאת׃

vayosef-'vod-'achiyma'atz-ven-tzadvoq-vayo'mer-'el-yvo'av-viyhiy-mah-'arutzah-na'-gam-'aniy-'acharey-hakhvshiy-vayo'mer-yvo'av-lamah-zeh-'atah-ratz-veniy-vlekhah-'eyn-veshvorah-motze't

KJV: Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok yet again to Joab, But howsoever, let me, I pray thee, also run after Cushi. And Joab said, Wherefore wilt thou run, my son, seeing that thou hast no tidings ready?

AKJV: Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok yet again to Joab, But howsoever, let me, I pray you, also run after Cushi. And Joab said, Why will you run, my son, seeing that you have no tidings ready?

ASV: Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok yet again to Joab, But come what may, let me, I pray thee, also run after the Cushite. And Joab said, Wherefore wilt thou run, my son, seeing that thou wilt have no reward for the tidings?

YLT: And Ahimaaz son of Zadok addeth again, and saith unto Joab, And whatever it be, let me run, I pray thee, I also, after the Cushite.' And Joab saith, Why is this--thou art running, my son, and for thee there are no tidings found?' --

Exposition: 2Samuel 18:22 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok yet again to Joab, But howsoever, let me, I pray thee, also run after Cushi. And Joab said, Wherefore wilt thou run, my son, seeing that thou hast no tidings ready?'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

2Samuel 18:23

Hebrew

וִיהִי־מָה אָרוּץ וַיֹּאמֶר לוֹ רוּץ וַיָּרָץ אֲחִימַעַץ דֶּרֶךְ הַכִּכָּר וַֽיַּעֲבֹר אֶת־הַכּוּשִֽׁי׃

viyhiy-mah-'arvtz-vayo'mer-lvo-rvtz-vayaratz-'achiyma'atz-derekhe-hakhikhar-vaya'avor-'et-hakhvshiy

KJV: But howsoever, said he, let me run. And he said unto him, Run. Then Ahimaaz ran by the way of the plain, and overran Cushi.

AKJV: But howsoever, said he, let me run. And he said to him, Run. Then Ahimaaz ran by the way of the plain, and overran Cushi.

ASV: But come what may, said he, I will run. And he said unto him, Run. Then Ahimaaz ran by the way of the Plain, and outran the Cushite.

YLT: And, whatever it be, said he, let me run.' And he saith to him, Run;' and Ahimaaz runneth the way of the circuit, and passeth by the Cushite.

Exposition: 2Samuel 18:23 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'But howsoever, said he, let me run. And he said unto him, Run. Then Ahimaaz ran by the way of the plain, and overran Cushi.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

2Samuel 18:24

Hebrew

וְדָוִד יוֹשֵׁב בֵּין־שְׁנֵי הַשְּׁעָרִים וַיֵּלֶךְ הַצֹּפֶה אֶל־גַּג הַשַּׁעַר אֶל־הַחוֹמָה וַיִּשָּׂא אֶת־עֵינָיו וַיַּרְא וְהִנֵּה־אִישׁ רָץ לְבַדּֽוֹ׃

vedavid-yvoshev-veyn-sheney-hashe'ariym-vayelekhe-hatzofeh-'el-gag-hasha'ar-'el-hachvomah-vayisha'-'et-'eynayv-vayare'-vehineh-'iysh-ratz-levadvo

KJV: And David sat between the two gates: and the watchman went up to the roof over the gate unto the wall, and lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold a man running alone.

AKJV: And David sat between the two gates: and the watchman went up to the roof over the gate to the wall, and lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold a man running alone.

ASV: Now David was sitting between the two gates: and the watchman went up to the roof of the gate unto the wall, and lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, a man running alone.

YLT: And David is sitting between the two gates, and the watchman goeth unto the roof of the gate, unto the wall, and lifteth up his eyes, and looketh, and lo, a man running by himself.

Exposition: 2Samuel 18:24 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And David sat between the two gates: and the watchman went up to the roof over the gate unto the wall, and lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold a man running alone.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

2Samuel 18:25

Hebrew

וַיִּקְרָא הַצֹּפֶה וַיַּגֵּד לַמֶּלֶךְ וַיֹּאמֶר הַמֶּלֶךְ אִם־לְבַדּוֹ בְּשׂוֹרָה בְּפִיו וַיֵּלֶךְ הָלוֹךְ וְקָרֵֽב׃

vayiqera'-hatzofeh-vayaged-lamelekhe-vayo'mer-hamelekhe-'im-levadvo-veshvorah-vefiyv-vayelekhe-halvokhe-veqarev

KJV: And the watchman cried, and told the king. And the king said, If he be alone, there is tidings in his mouth. And he came apace, and drew near.

AKJV: And the watchman cried, and told the king. And the king said, If he be alone, there is tidings in his mouth. And he came apace, and drew near.

ASV: And the watchman cried, and told the king. And the king said, If he be alone, there is tidings in his mouth. And he came apace, and drew near.

YLT: And the watchman calleth, and declareth to the king, and the king saith, `If by himself, tidings are in his mouth;' and he cometh, coming on and drawing near.

Exposition: 2Samuel 18:25 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And the watchman cried, and told the king. And the king said, If he be alone, there is tidings in his mouth. And he came apace, and drew near.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

2Samuel 18:26

Hebrew

וַיַּרְא הַצֹּפֶה אִישׁ־אַחֵר רָץ וַיִּקְרָא הַצֹּפֶה אֶל־הַשֹּׁעֵר וַיֹּאמֶר הִנֵּה־אִישׁ רָץ לְבַדּוֹ וַיֹּאמֶר הַמֶּלֶךְ גַּם־זֶה מְבַשֵּֽׂר׃

vayare'-hatzofeh-'iysh-'acher-ratz-vayiqera'-hatzofeh-'el-hasho'er-vayo'mer-hineh-'iysh-ratz-levadvo-vayo'mer-hamelekhe-gam-zeh-mevasher

KJV: And the watchman saw another man running: and the watchman called unto the porter, and said, Behold another man running alone. And the king said, He also bringeth tidings.

AKJV: And the watchman saw another man running: and the watchman called to the porter, and said, Behold another man running alone. And the king said, He also brings tidings.

ASV: And the watchman saw another man running; and the watchman called unto the porter, and said, Behold, another man running alone. And the king said, He also bringeth tidings.

YLT: And the watchman seeth another man running, and the watchman calleth unto the gatekeeper, and saith, Lo, a man running by himself;' and the king saith, Also this one is bearing tidings.'

Exposition: 2Samuel 18:26 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And the watchman saw another man running: and the watchman called unto the porter, and said, Behold another man running alone. And the king said, He also bringeth tidings.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

2Samuel 18:27

Hebrew

וַיֹּאמֶר הַצֹּפֶה אֲנִי רֹאֶה אֶת־מְרוּצַת הָרִאשׁוֹן כִּמְרֻצַת אֲחִימַעַץ בֶּן־צָדוֹק וַיֹּאמֶר הַמֶּלֶךְ אִֽישׁ־טוֹב זֶה וְאֶל־בְּשׂוֹרָה טוֹבָה יָבֽוֹא׃

vayo'mer-hatzofeh-'aniy-ro'eh-'et-mervtzat-hari'shvon-khimerutzat-'achiyma'atz-ven-tzadvoq-vayo'mer-hamelekhe-'iysh-tvov-zeh-ve'el-veshvorah-tvovah-yavvo'

KJV: And the watchman said, Me thinketh the running of the foremost is like the running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok. And the king said, He is a good man, and cometh with good tidings.

AKJV: And the watchman said, Me thinks the running of the foremost is like the running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok. And the king said, He is a good man, and comes with good tidings.

ASV: And the watchman said, I think the running of the foremost is like the running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok. And the king said, He is a good man, and cometh with good tidings.

YLT: And the watchman saith, I see the running of the first as the running of Ahimaaz son of Zadok.' And the king saith, This is a good man, and with good tidings he cometh.'

Exposition: 2Samuel 18:27 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And the watchman said, Me thinketh the running of the foremost is like the running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok. And the king said, He is a good man, and cometh with good tidings.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

2Samuel 18:28

Hebrew

וַיִּקְרָא אֲחִימַעַץ וַיֹּאמֶר אֶל־הַמֶּלֶךְ שָׁלוֹם וַיִּשְׁתַּחוּ לַמֶּלֶךְ לְאַפָּיו אָרְצָה וַיֹּאמֶר בָּרוּךְ יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ אֲשֶׁר סִגַּר אֶת־הָאֲנָשִׁים אֲשֶׁר־נָשְׂאוּ אֶת־יָדָם בַּֽאדֹנִי הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃

vayiqera'-'achiyma'atz-vayo'mer-'el-hamelekhe-shalvom-vayishetachv-lamelekhe-le'afayv-'aretzah-vayo'mer-varvkhe-yehvah-'eloheykha-'asher-sigar-'et-ha'anashiym-'asher-nashe'v-'et-yadam-va'doniy-hamelekhe

KJV: And Ahimaaz called, and said unto the king, All is well. And he fell down to the earth upon his face before the king, and said, Blessed be the LORD thy God, which hath delivered up the men that lifted up their hand against my lord the king.

AKJV: And Ahimaaz called, and said to the king, All is well. And he fell down to the earth on his face before the king, and said, Blessed be the LORD your God, which has delivered up the men that lifted up their hand against my lord the king.

ASV: And Ahimaaz called, and said unto the king, All is well. And he bowed himself before the king with his face to the earth, and said, Blessed be Jehovah thy God, who hath delivered up the men that lifted up their hand against my lord the king.

YLT: And Ahimaaz calleth and saith unto the king, Peace;' and he boweth himself to the king, on his face, to the earth, and saith, Blessed is Jehovah thy God who hath shut up the men who lifted up their hand against my lord the king.'

Exposition: 2Samuel 18:28 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And Ahimaaz called, and said unto the king, All is well. And he fell down to the earth upon his face before the king, and said, Blessed be the LORD thy God, which hath delivered up the men that lifted up their hand ag...'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

2Samuel 18:29

Hebrew

וַיֹּאמֶר הַמֶּלֶךְ שָׁלוֹם לַנַּעַר לְאַבְשָׁלוֹם וַיֹּאמֶר אֲחִימַעַץ רָאִיתִי הֶהָמוֹן הַגָּדוֹל לִשְׁלֹחַ אֶת־עֶבֶד הַמֶּלֶךְ יוֹאָב וְאֶת־עַבְדֶּךָ וְלֹא יָדַעְתִּי מָֽה׃

vayo'mer-hamelekhe-shalvom-lana'ar-le'aveshalvom-vayo'mer-'achiyma'atz-ra'iytiy-hehamvon-hagadvol-lishelocha-'et-'eved-hamelekhe-yvo'av-ve'et-'avedekha-velo'-yada'etiy-mah

KJV: And the king said, Is the young man Absalom safe? And Ahimaaz answered, When Joab sent the king’s servant, and me thy servant, I saw a great tumult, but I knew not what it was.

AKJV: And the king said, Is the young man Absalom safe? And Ahimaaz answered, When Joab sent the king’s servant, and me your servant, I saw a great tumult, but I knew not what it was.

ASV: And the king said, Is it well with the young man Absalom? And Ahimaaz answered, When Joab sent the king’s servant, even me thy servant, I saw a great tumult, but I knew not what it was.

YLT: And the king saith, Peace to the youth--to Absalom?' And Ahimaaz saith, I saw the great multitude, at the sending away of the servant of the king, even thy servant by Joab, and I have not known what it is .'

Exposition: 2Samuel 18:29 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And the king said, Is the young man Absalom safe? And Ahimaaz answered, When Joab sent the king’s servant, and me thy servant, I saw a great tumult, but I knew not what it was.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

2Samuel 18:30

Hebrew

וַיֹּאמֶר הַמֶּלֶךְ סֹב הִתְיַצֵּב כֹּה וַיִּסֹּב וַֽיַּעֲמֹֽד׃

vayo'mer-hamelekhe-sov-hiteyatzev-khoh-vayisov-vaya'amod

KJV: And the king said unto him, Turn aside, and stand here. And he turned aside, and stood still.

AKJV: And the king said to him, Turn aside, and stand here. And he turned aside, and stood still.

ASV: And the king said, Turn aside, and stand here. And he turned aside, and stood still.

YLT: And the king saith, `Turn round, station thyself here;' and he turneth round and standeth still.

Exposition: 2Samuel 18:30 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And the king said unto him, Turn aside, and stand here. And he turned aside, and stood still.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

2Samuel 18:31

Hebrew

וְהִנֵּה הַכּוּשִׁי בָּא וַיֹּאמֶר הַכּוּשִׁי יִתְבַּשֵּׂר אֲדֹנִי הַמֶּלֶךְ כִּֽי־שְׁפָטְךָ יְהוָה הַיּוֹם מִיַּד כָּל־הַקָּמִים עָלֶֽיךָ׃

vehineh-hakhvshiy-va'-vayo'mer-hakhvshiy-yitevasher-'adoniy-hamelekhe-khiy-shefatekha-yehvah-hayvom-miyad-khal-haqamiym-'aleykha

KJV: And, behold, Cushi came; and Cushi said, Tidings, my lord the king: for the LORD hath avenged thee this day of all them that rose up against thee.

AKJV: And, behold, Cushi came; and Cushi said, Tidings, my lord the king: for the LORD has avenged you this day of all them that rose up against you.

ASV: And, behold, the Cushite came; and the Cushite said, Tidings for my lord the king; for Jehovah hath avenged thee this day of all them that rose up against thee.

YLT: And lo, the Cushite hath come, and the Cushite saith, `Let tidings be proclaimed, my lord, O king; for Jehovah hath delivered thee to-day out of the hand of all those rising up against thee.'

Exposition: 2Samuel 18:31 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And, behold, Cushi came; and Cushi said, Tidings, my lord the king: for the LORD hath avenged thee this day of all them that rose up against thee.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

2Samuel 18:32

Hebrew

וַיֹּאמֶר הַמֶּלֶךְ אֶל־הַכּוּשִׁי הֲשָׁלוֹם לַנַּעַר לְאַבְשָׁלוֹם וַיֹּאמֶר הַכּוּשִׁי יִהְיוּ כַנַּעַר אֹֽיְבֵי אֲדֹנִי הַמֶּלֶךְ וְכֹל אֲשֶׁר־קָמוּ עָלֶיךָ לְרָעָֽה׃

vayo'mer-hamelekhe-'el-hakhvshiy-hashalvom-lana'ar-le'aveshalvom-vayo'mer-hakhvshiy-yiheyv-khana'ar-'oyevey-'adoniy-hamelekhe-vekhol-'asher-qamv-'aleykha-lera'ah

KJV: And the king said unto Cushi, Is the young man Absalom safe? And Cushi answered, The enemies of my lord the king, and all that rise against thee to do thee hurt, be as that young man is.

AKJV: And the king said to Cushi, Is the young man Absalom safe? And Cushi answered, The enemies of my lord the king, and all that rise against you to do you hurt, be as that young man is. ¶

ASV: And the king said unto the Cushite, Is it well with the young man Absalom? And the Cushite answered, The enemies of my lord the king, and all that rise up against thee to do thee hurt, be as that young man is.

YLT: And the king saith unto the Cushite, Peace to the youth--to Absalom?' And the Cushite saith, Let them be--as the youth--the enemies of my lord the king, and all who have risen up against thee for evil.'

Exposition: 2Samuel 18:32 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And the king said unto Cushi, Is the young man Absalom safe? And Cushi answered, The enemies of my lord the king, and all that rise against thee to do thee hurt, be as that young man is.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

2Samuel 18:33

KJV: And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son!

AKJV: And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would God I had died for you, O Absalom, my son, my son!

ASV: And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son!

YLT: And the king trembleth, and goeth up on the upper chamber of the gate, and weepeth, and thus he hath said in his going, `My son! Absalom my son; my son Absalom; oh that I had died for thee, Absalom, my son, my son.'

Exposition: 2Samuel 18:33 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son!'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.