2 Samuel 17:19

2 Samuel 17:19 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the woman took and spread a covering over the well’s mouth, and spread ground corn thereon; and the thing was not known.
• New International Version (NIV)His wife took a covering and spread it out over the opening of the well and scattered grain over it. No one knew anything about it.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And the woman took and spread a covering over the well's mouth and scattered grain on it, and nothing was known of it.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then the woman took and spread a covering over the well’s mouth, and spread ground grain on it; and the thing was not known.

Context of 2 Samuel 17:19

17Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz were staying at En-rogel, where a servant girl would come and pass along information to them. They in turn would go and inform King David, for they dared not be seen entering the city. 18But a young man did see them and told Absalom. So the two left quickly and came to the house of a man in Bahurim. He had a well in his courtyard, and they climbed down into it. Then the man’s wife took a covering, spread it over the mouth of the well, and scattered grain over it so nobody would know a thing. 20When Absalom’s servants came to the woman at the house, they asked, “Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?” “They have crossed over the brook,” she replied. The men searched but did not find them, so they returned to Jerusalem. 21After the men had gone, Ahimaaz and Jonathan climbed up out of the well and went to inform King David, saying, “Get up and cross over the river at once, for Ahithophel has given this advice against you.”

2 Samuel 17:19 word by word

וַתִּקַּ֣ח הָאִשָּׁ֗ה וַתִּפְרֹ֤שׂ אֶת־הַמָּסָךְ֙ עַל־פְּנֵ֣י הַבְּאֵ֔ר וַתִּשְׁטַ֥ח עָלָ֖יו הָֽרִפ֑וֹת וְלֹ֥א נוֹדַ֖ע דָּבָֽר׃Read the interlinear

• Then the man’s wifeאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · womanH802
• tookלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947
• ·אֵת'êth · [Obj.]H853
• a coveringמָסָךְmâsâk · coveringH4539
• spreadפָּרַשׂpâraώ · to spreadH6566
• it overעַל‛al · uponH5921
• the mouthפָּנֶהpânîym · face: surfaceH6440
• of the wellבְּאֵרbe'êr · wellH875
• and scatteredשָׁטַחshâţach · to spreadH7849
• grainרִיפָהrîyphâh riphâh · grainH7383
• so nobodyלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
• would knowיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045
• a thingדָּבָרdâbâr · word: thingH1697

Cross-references for 2 Samuel 17:19

• Joshua 2:4But the woman had taken the two men and hidden them. So she said, “Yes, the men did come to me, but I did not know where they had come from.
• Exodus 1:19The midwives answered Pharaoh, “The Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women, for they are vigorous and give birth before a midwife arrives.”

Commentaries on 2 Samuel 17:19

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 19A covering - Hebrew “the covering,” perhaps “the hanging” or “awning” at the door of the house, as the word seems to mean when spoken of the tabernacle. Ground corn - Or “peeled barley,” which she spread out as if for the purpose of drying it in the sun.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 18-20Bahurim was where Shimei, a supporter of Saul from the tribe of Benjamin, lived (2 Samuel 16:5; 19:16). Shimei’s cursing of David at Bahurim showed David’s decline. In contrast, the escape of Ahimaaz and Jonathan showed hope for David’s return to power.Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Samuel 17:19

• Abiathar
• Ahimaaz
• Ahithophel
• Corn
• Falsehood
• Friendship
• Jonathan
• Zadok

In the dictionaries

• Ahimaaz
• Ahithophel
• Instead
• Prayer
• Adonijah
• Bible, the
• David
• Ground; Grounded
• Israel, History of
• Joab

Commentaries on 2 Samuel 17

• 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
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings