2 Samuel 19:7

Now therefore arise, go forth, and speak comfortably unto thy servants: for I swear by the LORD, if thou go not forth, there will not tarry one with thee this night: and that will be worse unto thee than all the evil that befell thee from thy youth until now.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
arise	ק֣וּם kum	H6965	to rise (in various applications · verb, qal imperative, 2nd person masculine singular
forth	צֵ֔א Tze'	H3318	to go (causatively · verb, qal imperative, 2nd person masculine singular
speak	וְדַבֵּ֖ר ve.da.Ber	H1696	perhaps properly · conjunction + verb, piel imperative, 2nd person masculine singular
comfortably	לֵ֣ב lev	H3820	the heart · noun, common masculine singular construct
servants	עֲבָדֶ֑יךָ 'a.va.Dei.kha	H5650	a servant · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
swear	נִשְׁבַּ֜עְתִּי nish.Ba'.ti	H7650	to seven oneself · verb, niphal perfect, 1st person common singular
LORD	בַיהוָ֨ה ba.Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · preposition + proper noun, a title
forth	יוֹצֵ֗א yo.Tze'	H3318	to go (causatively · verb, qal active participle, masculine singular absolute
tarry	יָלִ֨ין ya.Lin	H3885	to stop (usually over night) · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
one	אִ֤ישׁ 'ish	H376	a man as an individual or a male person · noun, common masculine singular absolute
night	הַלַּ֔יְלָה ha.Lay.lah	H3915	properly · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
worse	וְרָעָ֧ה ve.ra.'Ah	H7489	properly · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 3rd person feminine singular
evil	הָרָעָה֙ ha.ra.'Ah	H7451	bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral) · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
befell	בָּ֣אָה Ba.'ah	H935	to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person feminine singular
youth	מִנְּעֻרֶ֖יךָ mi.ne.'u.Rei.kha	H5271	(only in plural collectively or emphatic form) youth · preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular

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

Proverbs 14:28 In the multitude of people is the king’s honour: but in the want of people is the destruction of the prince.
Genesis 34:3 And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel.
Psalms 71:4-6 Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.
Psalms 71:9-11 Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth.
Psalms 71:18-20 Now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to every…
Psalms 129:1-2 Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say:
Proverbs 19:15 Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
Isaiah 40:1 Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.

Cross-references from OpenBible.info (CC BY), in the lineage of the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain).

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 19:1-8

Soon after the messengers had brought the news of the defeat and death of Absalom to the court of Mahanaim, Joab and his victorious army followed, to grace the king's triumphs and receive his further orders. Now here we are told, I. What a damp and disappointment it was to them to find the king in tears for Absalom's death, which they construed as a token of displeasure against them for what they had done, whereas they expected him to have met them with joy and thanks for their good services: It was told Joab, v. 1 The report of it ran through the army (Sa2 19:2), how the king was grieved for his son. The people will take particular notice what their princes say and do. The more eyes we have…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Samuel 19:7

Now . . . arise, go forth, and speak comfortably unto thy servants--The king felt the truth of Joab's reprimand; but the threat by which it was enforced, grounded as it was on the general's unbounded popularity with the army, showed him to be a dangerous person; and that circumstance, together with the violation of an express order to deal gently for his sake with Absalom, produced in David's mind a settled hatred, which was strongly manifested in his last directions to Solomon.

Adam Clarke on 2 Samuel 19:5

Thou hast shamed this day - Joab's speech to David on his immoderate grief for the death of his rebellious son is not only remarkable for the insolence of office, but also for good sense and firmness. Every man who candidly considers the state of the case, must allow that David acted imprudently at least; and that Joab's firm reproof was necessary to arouse him to a sense of his duty to his people. But still, in his manner, Joab had far exceeded the bonds of that reverence which a servant owes to his master, or a subject to his prince. Joab was a good soldier, but in every respect a bad man, and a dangerous subject.

John Gill on 2 Samuel 19:7

Now therefore arise, go forth,.... Arise from his couch, he was watering with his tears, and go forth from his house, where he had shut himself up retired from all company, to the gate of the city, where the people passed and repassed, and there was a concourse of them: this he said not by way of command, but by way of advice; though all along he seems to take too much upon him, and to speak unbecoming a subject, and not with that decency as was necessary in, speaking to a king; but it may be observed, that a general of an army had great power over princes in those times; and presumed very much on their interest in the army, which led them sometimes not to behave with that decorum as became…

Dictionary and topics

Absalom · David’s mourning for — David’s mourning for
Chiding · Joab chi — Joab chi
Oaths · Expressions used as: By the Lord — Expressions used as: By the Lord
Reproof · .Joab, of David — .Joab, of David
Sorrow · Of David for Absalom — Of David for Absalom

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

2 Samuel 19:7

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 19:1-8

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Samuel 19:7

Adam Clarke on 2 Samuel 19:5

John Gill on 2 Samuel 19:7

Dictionary and topics

2 Samuel 19:7

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 19:1-8

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Samuel 19:7

Adam Clarke on 2 Samuel 19:5

John Gill on 2 Samuel 19:7

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on 2 Samuel 19:1-8

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Samuel 19:5-7

Rashi on 2 Samuel 19:5