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

17Jonathan and Ahimaaz were waiting at En Rogel. They could not risk being seen coming into the city, so a servant girl was to go and tell them, and they were to go and tell King David. 18But a young man saw Jonathan and Ahimaaz and told Absalom. So both of them left quickly and came to the home of a man in Bahurim who had a cistern in his courtyard, and they went down into it. The man’s wife took a cover, spread it over the top of the cistern, and scattered some grain over it so that no one could tell it was there. 20Absalom’s servants came to the woman at her home. “Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?” they asked. The woman said, “They’ve crossed the stream.” The servants looked for them but did not find them. So Absalom’s servants returned to Jerusalem. 21After Absalom’s servants left, both men came out of the cistern and went and told King David. “Leave right away,” they told David. “Cross the river quickly because this is what Ahithophel has advised 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

Words taken from the KJV.

• And the womanאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · womanH802
• tookלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947
• and spreadפָּרַשׂpâraώ · to spreadH6566
• a coveringמָסָךְmâsâk · coveringH4539
• over the well’sבְּאֵרbe'êr · wellH875
• mouthפָּנֶהpânîym · face: surfaceH6440
• and spreadשָׁטַחshâţach · to spreadH7849
• ground cornרִיפָהrîyphâh riphâh · grainH7383
• thereon; and the thingדָּבָרdâbâr · word: thingH1697
• was not knownיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045

Cross-references for 2 Samuel 17:19

• Joshua 2:4But the woman had already taken the two men inside and hidden them. So she said, “Yes, the men did come here. But I didn’t know where they had come from.
• Exodus 1:19The midwives answered Pharaoh, “Hebrew women are not like Egyptian women. They are so healthy that they have their babies 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