New English Translation
2 Samuel 14:6
6Your servant has two sons. When the two of them got into a fight in the field, there was no one present who could intervene. One of them struck the other and killed him.
2 Samuel 14:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And thy handmaid had two sons, and they two strove together in the field, and there was none to part them, but the one smote the other, and slew him.
- New International Version (NIV)I your servant had two sons. They got into a fight with each other in the field, and no one was there to separate them. One struck the other and killed him.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And your servant had two sons, and they quarreled with one another in the field. There was no one to separate them, and one struck the other and killed him.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Now your maidservant had two sons; and the two fought with each other in the field, and there was no one to part them, but the one struck the other and killed him.
Context of 2 Samuel 14:6
4So the Tekoan woman went to the king. She bowed down with her face to the ground in deference to him and said, “Please help me, O king!” 5The king replied to her, “What do you want?” She answered, “I am a widow; my husband is dead. Your servant has two sons. When the two of them got into a fight in the field, there was no one present who could intervene. One of them struck the other and killed him. 7Now the entire family has risen up against your servant, saying, ‘Turn over the one who struck down his brother, so that we can execute him and avenge the death of his brother whom he killed. In so doing we will also destroy the heir.’ They want to extinguish my remaining coal, leaving no one on the face of the earth to carry on the name of my husband.” 8Then the king told the woman, “Go to your home. I will give instructions concerning your situation.”
Read all of 2 Samuel 142 Samuel 14:6 word by word
וּלְשִׁפְחָֽתְךָ֙ שְׁנֵ֣י בָנִ֔ים וַיִּנָּצ֤וּ שְׁנֵיהֶם֙ בַּשָּׂדֶ֔ה וְאֵ֥ין מַצִּ֖יל בֵּֽינֵיהֶ֑ם וַיַּכּ֧וֹ הָאֶחָ֛ד אֶת־הָאֶחָ֖ד וַיָּ֥מֶת אֹתֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And thy handmaidשִׁפְחָהshiphchâh · maidservantH8198
- had twoשְׁנַ֫יִםshenayim shettayim · twoH8147
- sonsבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
- strove togetherנָצָהnâtsâh · to struggleH5327
- in the fieldשָׂדֶהώâdeh ώâday · land: countryH7704
- none to partנָצַלnâtsal · to rescueH5337
- them, but the oneאֶחָד'echâd · oneH259
- smoteנָכָהnâkâh · to smiteH5221
- and slewמוּתmûth · to dieH4191
Cross-references for 2 Samuel 14:6
- Genesis 4:8Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let’s go out to the field.” While they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him.
- Exodus 2:13When he went out the next day, there were two Hebrew men fighting. So he said to the one who was in the wrong, “Why are you attacking your fellow Hebrew?”
- Deuteronomy 22:26You must not do anything to the young woman – she has done nothing deserving of death. This case is the same as when someone attacks another person and murders him,
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Commentaries on 2 Samuel 14
- 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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