2 Samuel 17:18

Nevertheless a lad saw them, and told Absalom: but they went both of them away quickly, and came to a man’s house in Bahurim, which had a well in his court; whither they went down.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
lad	נַ֔עַר Na.'ar	H5288	(concretely) a boy (as active) · noun, common masculine singular absolute
saw	וַיַּ֤רְא vai.Yar'	H7200	to see · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
told	וַיַּגֵּ֖ד vai.ya.Ged	H5046	properly · conjunction + verb, hiphil sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
Absalom	לְאַבְשָׁלֹ֑ם le.'av.sha.Lom	H53	Abshalom · preposition + proper noun, a man's name
went	יָלַךְ yâlak	H3212	to walk (literally or figuratively)
both	שְׁנֵיהֶ֨ם she.nei.Hem	H8147	two · noun, common both genders dual construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
quickly	מְהֵרָ֜ה me.he.Rah	H4120	properly · adverb
came	וַיָּבֹ֣אוּ vai.ya.Vo.'u	H935	to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
man’s	אִ֣ישׁ 'ish	H376	a man as an individual or a male person · noun, common masculine singular absolute
house	בֵּֽית beit-	H1004	a house (in the greatest variation of applications · noun, common masculine singular construct
Bahurim	בְּבַחוּרִ֗ים be.va.chu.Rim	H980	Bachurim · preposition + proper noun, a place name
well	בְאֵ֛ר ve.'Er	H875	a pit · noun, common feminine singular absolute
court	בַּחֲצֵר֖וֹ ba.cha.tze.Ro	H2691	a yard (as inclosed by a fence) · preposition + noun, common both genders singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
whither	שָֽׁם Sham	H8033	there (transferring to time) then · adverb
down	וַיֵּ֥רְדוּ vai.Ye.re.du	H3381	to descend (literally · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

2 Samuel 3:16 And her husband went with her along weeping behind her to Bahurim. Then said Abner unto him, Go, return. And he returned.
2 Samuel 16:5 And when king David came to Bahurim, behold, thence came out a man of the family of the house of Saul, whose name was Shimei, the son of Ger…
2 Samuel 19:16 And Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite, which was of Bahurim, hasted and came down with the men of Judah to meet king David.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 17:15-21

We must now leave David's enemies pleasing themselves with the thoughts of a sure victory by following Hushai's counsel, and sending a summons, no doubt, to all the tribes of Israel, to come to the general rendezvous at a place appointed, pursuant to that counsel; and we next find David's friends consulting how to get him notice of all this, that he might steer his course accordingly. Hushai tells the priests what had passed in council, Sa2 17:15. But, it should seem, he was not sure but that yet Ahithophel's counsel might be followed, and was therefore jealous lest, if he made not the best of his way, the king would be swallowed up, and all the people that were with him, Sa2 17:16. Perhaps,…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Samuel 17:18

and came to a man's house in Bahurim, which had a well in his court--The court was that of the house, and the well an empty cistern. All the houses of the better class are furnished with such reservoirs. Nothing could more easily happen than that one of these wells, in consequence of a deficiency of water, should become dry and it would then answer as a place of retreat, such as David's friends found in the man's house at Bahurim. The spreading of a covering over the well's mouth for the drying of corn is a common practice.

Adam Clarke on 2 Samuel 17:17

En-rogel - The fullers' well; the place where they were accustomed to tread the clothes with their feet; hence the name עין ein, a well, and רגל regel, the foot, because of the treading above mentioned. And a wench went and told them - The word wench occurs nowhere else in the Holy Scriptures: and, indeed, has no business here; as the Hebrew word שפחה shiphchah, should have been translated girl, maid, maid-servant. The word either comes from the Anglo-Saxon, a maid, or the Belgic wunch, desire, a thing wished for: multum enim ut plurimum Puellae a Juvenibus desiderantur, seu appetuntur. So Minsheu. Junius seems more willing to derive it from wince, to frisk, to be skittish, etc., for reasons…

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Dictionary and topics

Ahimaaz — Brother of anger = irascible. (1.) The father Ahinoam, the wife of Saul (1 Sam. 14:50). (2.) The son and successor of Zadok in the office of high priest (1 Chr. 6:8, 53). On the occasion of the…
Ahithophel — Brother of insipidity or impiety, a man greatly renowned for his sagacity among the Jews. At the time of Absalom’s revolt he deserted David (Ps. 41:9; 55:12-14) and espoused the cause of Absalom (2…
Court — The enclosure of the tabernacle (Ex. 27:9-19; 40:8), of the temple (1 Kings 6:36), of a prison (Neh. 3:25), of a private house (2 Sam. 17:18), and of a king’s palace (2 Kings 20:4).
Dwellings — The materials used in buildings were commonly bricks, sometimes also stones (Lev. 14:40, 42), which were held together by cement (Jer. 43:9) or bitumen (Gen. 11:3). The exterior was usually…
Jonathan — Whom Jehovah gave, the name of fifteen or more persons that are mentioned in Scripture. The chief of these are, (1.) A Levite descended from Gershom (Judg. 18:30). His history is recorded in 17:7-13…
Prayer — Is converse with God; the intercourse of the soul with God, not in contemplation or meditation, but in direct address to him. Prayer may be oral or mental, occasional or constant, ejaculatory or…
Abiathar · information concerning the counsel of Ahithophel — information concerning the counsel of Ahithophel
Ahithophel · Joins Absalom — Joins Absalom
Bahurim · A village between the fords of the Jordan River and — A village between the fords of the Jordan River and
Friendship · .David and Hushai — .David and Hushai
Jonathan · .Acts as a spy for David

2 Samuel 17:18

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 17:15-21

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Samuel 17:18

Adam Clarke on 2 Samuel 17:17

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2 Samuel 17:18

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 17:15-21

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Samuel 17:18

Adam Clarke on 2 Samuel 17:17

Dictionary and topics

John Gill on 2 Samuel 17:18

Keil & Delitzsch on 2 Samuel 17:18

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Samuel 17:18-20

Rashi on 2 Samuel 17:17