2 Samuel 3:16

2 Samuel 3:16 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And her husband went with her along weeping behind her to Bahurim. Then said Abner unto him, Go, return. And he returned.
• New International Version (NIV)Her husband, however, went with her, weeping behind her all the way to Bahurim. Then Abner said to him, “Go back home!” So he went back.
• English Standard Version (ESV)But her husband went with her, weeping after her all the way to Bahurim. Then Abner said to him, "Go, return." And he returned.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then her husband went along with her to Bahurim, weeping behind her. So Abner said to him, “Go, return!” And he returned.

Context of 2 Samuel 3:16

14So David sent messengers to Ish-bosheth, Saul’s son, saying, “Give me my wife Michal, to whom I was betrothed for [the price of] a hundred foreskins of the Philistines.” 15So Ish-bosheth sent and took her from her husband, from Paltiel the son of Laish [to whom Saul had given her]. But her husband went with her, weeping continually behind her as far as Bahurim. Then Abner told him, “Go, return.” And he did so. 17Abner talked with the elders (tribal leaders) of Israel, saying, “In times past you were seeking for David to be king over you. 18Now then, do it [and make him king]! For the Lord has spoken of David, saying, ‘By the hand of My servant David I will save My people Israel from the hand of the Philistines and the hand of all their enemies.’ ”

2 Samuel 3:16 word by word

וַיֵּ֨לֶךְ אִתָּ֜הּ אִישָׁ֗הּ הָל֧וֹךְ וּבָכֹ֛ה אַחֲרֶ֖יהָ עַד־בַּֽחֻרִ֑ים וַיֹּ֨אמֶר אֵלָ֥יו אַבְנֵ֛ר לֵ֥ךְ שׁ֖וּב וַיָּשֹֽׁב׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And her husbandאִישׁ'îysh · man: husbandH376
• wentיָלַךְyâlak · to walkH3212
• with her along weepingבָּכָהbâkâh · to weepH1058
• with her along weepingהָלַךְhâlak · to go: wentH1980
• behindאַחַר'achar · afterH310
• her to Bahurimבַּחֻרִיםbachûrîym bachûrîym · BahurimH980
• Then saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• Abnerאֲבִינֵר'abnêr 'ăbîynêr · AbnerH74
• returnשׁוּבshûb · to return: returnH7725

Cross-references for 2 Samuel 3:16

• Proverbs 9:17“Stolen waters (pleasures) are sweet [because they are forbidden]; And bread eaten in secret is pleasant.”
• 2 Samuel 16:5When King David came to Bahurim, a man named Shimei, the son of Gera, came out from there. He was of the family of Saul’s household and he was cursing continually as he came out.
• 2 Samuel 17:18But a boy saw them and told Absalom; so the two of them left quickly and came to the house of a man in Bahurim, who had a well in his courtyard, and [with his permission] they went down into it.
• 2 Samuel 19:16Then Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite of Bahurim, hurried and came down with the men [from the tribe] of Judah to meet King David,
• 1 Kings 2:8And look, you have with you Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite of Bahurim; he is the one who cursed me with a sinister curse the day I went to Mahanaim. But he came down to meet me at the Jordan [on my return], and I swore to him by the Lord, saying, ‘I will not put you to death with the sword.’

Commentaries on 2 Samuel 3:16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 16Weeping behind her - If genuine affection did not still subsist between David and Michal, it was a pity to have taken her from Phaltiel, who had her to wife from the conjoint authority of her father and her king. Nevertheless David had a legal right to her, as she had never been divorced, for she was taken from him by the hand of violence.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 16Bahurim - Best known as the residence of Shimei, and as the place where Jonathan and Ahimaaz were concealed in a well on the occasion of David‘s flight from Absalom 2 Samuel 16:5; 2 Samuel 17:18. It seems to have been situated in the southern border of the tribe of Benjamin, and on the route from Jerusalem to the Jordan fords, since Phaltiel came from Mahanaim 2 Samuel 2:8.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-21Verses 7-21 Many, like Abner, are not above committing base crimes, who are too proud to bear reproof, or even the suspicion of being guilty. While men go on in sin, and apparently without concern, they are often conscious that they are fighting against God. Many mean to serve their own purposes; and will betray those who trust them, when they can get any advantage. Yet the Lord serves his own designs, even by those who are thus actuated by revenge…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 16Palti wept deeply as this happened, but he had no power to stop it (compare Judges 18:1–26). Bahurim was likely a place where people supported Saul’s family. It was located just east of Jerusalem (compare 2 Samuel 16:5).Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Samuel 3:16

• Abner
• Bahurim
• Conspiracy
• David
• Ish-Bosheth
• Michal
• Phalti
• Treason

In the dictionaries

• Abner
• Bahurim
• Communication
• Ishbosheth
• Michal
• Sackcloth
• Translate
• Genealogy
• Government
• Joab

Commentaries on 2 Samuel 3

• 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