2 Samuel 19:3

2 Samuel 19:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the people gat them by stealth that day into the city, as people being ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.
• New International Version (NIV)The men stole into the city that day as men steal in who are ashamed when they flee from battle.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And the people stole into the city that day as people steal in who are ashamed when they flee in battle.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And the people stole back into the city that day, as people who are ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.

Context of 2 Samuel 19:3

1Someone told Joab that the king was very sad and he was weeping because Absalom was dead. 2All the people heard the news that the king was very sad about his son's death. King David's army had won the battle, so everyone should have been very happy. But instead, they were all sad. The soldiers came very quietly back into Mahanaim city. It seemed like they were ashamed because they had run away from the battle. 4The king covered his face and he cried, ‘Absalom, Absalom! My son, my son!’ 5Then Joab went to see the king in his room. He said to the king, ‘Today you have made your men feel ashamed. But the army has saved your life today. We have saved the lives of your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your slave wives.

2 Samuel 19:3 word by word

וַיִּתְגַּנֵּ֥ב הָעָ֛ם בַּיּ֥וֹם הַה֖וּא לָב֣וֹא הָעִ֑יר כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר יִתְגַּנֵּ֗ב הָעָם֙ הַנִּכְלָמִ֔ים בְּנוּסָ֖ם בַּמִּלְחָמָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• gatבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• them by stealthגָּנַבgânab · to stealH1589
• that dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• into the cityעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• being ashamedכָּלַםkâlam · be humiliatedH3637
• when they fleeנוּסnûs · to fleeH5127
• in battleמִלְחָמָהmilchâmâh · battleH4421

Cross-references for 2 Samuel 19:3

• 2 Samuel 19:32But Barzillai was a very old man, 80 years old. He had taken care of David when David was living in Mahanaim. He had helped David with many gifts, because he was a very rich man.
• 2 Samuel 17:24David arrived at Mahanaim with his men. Absalom and Israel's army went across the Jordan River.
• Genesis 31:27Why did you go away secretly? Yes, you have deceived me. You should have told me that you were leaving. Then I would have prepared a big meal. We would have been happy together, with songs and music.

Commentaries on 2 Samuel 19:3

• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-82Sa 19:1-8. Joab Causes the King to Cease Mourning. 3. the people gat them by stealth ... to the city--The rumor of the king's disconsolate condition spread a universal and unseasonable gloom. His troops, instead of being welcomed back (as a victorious army always was) with music and other demonstrations of public joy, slunk secretly and silently into the city, as if ashamed after the commission of some crime.Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Samuel 19:3

• Absalom
• David
• Joab
• Parents
• Reproof
• Sorrow

In the dictionaries

• That Day
• Conduct
• Cost
• Lord
• Benjamin
• Bible, the
• Crime; Crimes
• David
• Israel, History of
• Joab

Commentaries on 2 Samuel 19

• 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