2 Samuel 17:26

2 Samuel 17:26 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)So Israel and Absalom pitched in the land of Gilead.
• New International Version (NIV)The Israelites and Absalom camped in the land of Gilead.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And Israel and Absalom encamped in the land of Gilead.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So Israel and Absalom encamped in the land of Gilead.

Context of 2 Samuel 17:26

24And David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom passed over the Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him. 25And Absalom set Amasa over the host instead of Joab; which Amasa was the son of a man whose name was Jithra the Israelite, that went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah, Joab's mother. And Israel and Absalom encamped in the land of Gilead. 27And as soon as David came to Mahanaim, Shobi the son of Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and Machir the son of Ammiel of Lo-debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim, 28brought beds, and basons, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and flour, and parched [corn], and beans, and lentils, and parched [pulse],

2 Samuel 17:26 word by word

וַיִּ֤חַן יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ וְאַבְשָׁלֹ֔ם אֶ֖רֶץ הַגִּלְעָֽד׃ סRead the interlinear

• Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• Absalomאֲבִישָׁלוֹם'ăbîyshâlôm 'abshâlôm · AbsalomH53
• encampedחָנָהchânâh · to campH2583
• landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• Gileadגִּלְעָדgil‛âd · GileadH1568

Cross-references for 2 Samuel 17:26

• Numbers 32:1And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had much cattle, a very great multitude; and they saw the land of Jaazer, and the land of Gilead, and behold, the place was a place for cattle.
• Deuteronomy 3:15And I gave Gilead to Machir.
• Joshua 17:1And the lot came to the tribe of Manasseh (for he was the firstborn of Joseph), to Machir, the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead, for he was a man of war, and he had Gilead and Bashan.

Commentaries on 2 Samuel 17:26

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 22-29Verses 22-29 Ahithophel hanged himself for vexation that his counsel was not followed. That will break a proud man's heart which will not break a humble man's sleep. He thought himself in danger, concluding, that, because his counsel was not followed, Absalom's cause would fail; and to prevent a possible public execution, he does justice upon himself. Thus the breath is stopped, and the head laid low, from which nothing could be expected but mischief…Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Samuel 17:26

• David
• Gilead

In the dictionaries

• Absalom
• Gilead
• Israel
• Gilead, Gileadite
• Israel, Israelites
• Jacob, Israel
• Instead
• Mahanaim
• Bible, the
• David

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