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2 Samuel 1:3
3David asked him, ‘Where have you come from?’ The man replied, ‘I have run from the Israelite army's camp.’
2 Samuel 1:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And David said unto him, From whence comest thou? And he said unto him, Out of the camp of Israel am I escaped.
- New International Version (NIV)“Where have you come from?” David asked him. He answered, “I have escaped from the Israelite camp.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)David said to him, "Where do you come from?" And he said to him, "I have escaped from the camp of Israel."
- New King James Version (NKJV)And David said to him, “Where have you come from?” So he said to him, “I have escaped from the camp of Israel.”
Context of 2 Samuel 1:3
1After David had won the fight against the Amalekites, he returned to Ziklag. He stayed in Ziklag for two days. Saul had already died. 2The next day, a man arrived from the camp of Saul's army. He had dirt on his head and he had torn his clothes. When the man met David, he threw himself down on the ground to give honour to David. David asked him, ‘Where have you come from?’ The man replied, ‘I have run from the Israelite army's camp.’ 4David said, ‘Tell me what happened in the battle.’ The man replied, ‘The Israelites ran away and the enemy killed many of them. Even Saul and his son Jonathan are dead.’ 5When the young man told this to David, David asked him, ‘How do you know that Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?’
Read all of 2 Samuel 12 Samuel 1:3 word by word
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר לוֹ֙ דָּוִ֔ד אֵ֥י מִזֶּ֖ה תָּב֑וֹא וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלָ֔יו מִמַּחֲנֵ֥ה יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל נִמְלָֽטְתִּי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for 2 Samuel 1:3
- 2 Kings 5:25Gehazi went in and he stood in front of his master. Elisha asked Gehazi, ‘Where have you been?’ Gehazi answered, ‘I have not been anywhere, sir.’
- Job 1:15Some men from Sheba suddenly came and they attacked us. They took away all your oxen and your donkeys. They also killed all your other servants. I was the only one who escaped. I ran here to tell you what has happened.’
Commentaries on 2 Samuel 1:3
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-16An unnamed Amalekite went to David, claiming that he had killed Saul. This claim was false. Saul had taken his own life(1 Samuel 31:4–6). The Amalekite may have hoped that David would reward him for clearing the way for David to become king. Instead, David ordered him to be killed for harming the Lord’s anointed (the person God had chosen).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2-122-12. a man came out of the camp from Saul--As the narrative of Saul's death, given in the last chapter, is inspired, it must be considered the true account, and the Amalekite's story a fiction of his own, invented to ingratiate himself with David, the presumptive successor to the throne. David's question, "How went the matter?" evinces the deep interest he took in the war, an interest that sprang from feelings of high and generous patriotism, not from…Read the comment
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Commentaries on 2 Samuel 1
- 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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