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2 Samuel 14:6
6Your maidservant had two sons, but the two of them struggled and fought in the field. There was no one to separate them, so one struck the other and killed him.
2 Samuel 14:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And thy handmaid had two sons, and they two strove together in the field, and there was none to part them, but the one smote the other, and slew him.
- New International Version (NIV)I your servant had two sons. They got into a fight with each other in the field, and no one was there to separate them. One struck the other and killed him.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And your servant had two sons, and they quarreled with one another in the field. There was no one to separate them, and one struck the other and killed him.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Now your maidservant had two sons; and the two fought with each other in the field, and there was no one to part them, but the one struck the other and killed him.
Context of 2 Samuel 14:6
4When the woman of Tekoa spoke to the king, she bowed with her face to the ground and lay herself down, and said, “Help, O king.” 5The king asked her, “What is the matter?” She said, “Truly I am a widow; my husband is dead. Your maidservant had two sons, but the two of them struggled and fought in the field. There was no one to separate them, so one struck the other and killed him. 7Now behold, the entire family has risen against your maidservant, and they say, ‘Hand over the one who killed his brother, so that we may put him to death [to pay] for the life of his brother whom he killed and destroy the heir also.’ By doing this they will extinguish my coal that is left, leaving my husband without a name or a remnant (heir) on the face of the earth.” 8Then David said to the woman, “Go to your home, and I will give orders concerning you.”
Read all of 2 Samuel 142 Samuel 14:6 word by word
וּלְשִׁפְחָֽתְךָ֙ שְׁנֵ֣י בָנִ֔ים וַיִּנָּצ֤וּ שְׁנֵיהֶם֙ בַּשָּׂדֶ֔ה וְאֵ֥ין מַצִּ֖יל בֵּֽינֵיהֶ֑ם וַיַּכּ֧וֹ הָאֶחָ֛ד אֶת־הָאֶחָ֖ד וַיָּ֥מֶת אֹתֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And thy handmaidשִׁפְחָהshiphchâh · maidservantH8198
- had twoשְׁנַ֫יִםshenayim shettayim · twoH8147
- sonsבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
- strove togetherנָצָהnâtsâh · to struggleH5327
- in the fieldשָׂדֶהώâdeh ώâday · land: countryH7704
- none to partנָצַלnâtsal · to rescueH5337
- them, but the oneאֶחָד'echâd · oneH259
- smoteנָכָהnâkâh · to smiteH5221
- and slewמוּתmûth · to dieH4191
Cross-references for 2 Samuel 14:6
- Genesis 4:8Cain talked with Abel his brother [about what God had said]. And when they were [alone, working] in the field, Cain attacked Abel his brother and killed him.
- Exodus 2:13He went out the next day and saw two Hebrew men fighting with each other; and he said to the aggressor, “Why are you striking your friend?”
- Deuteronomy 22:26But you shall do nothing to the young woman; she has committed no sin worthy of death, for this is the same as when a man attacks his neighbor and murders him.
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Commentaries on 2 Samuel 14
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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