New English Translation
2 Samuel 17:17
17Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz were staying in En Rogel. A female servant would go and inform them, and they would then go and inform King David. It was not advisable for them to be seen going into the city.
2 Samuel 17:17 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz stayed by En–rogel; for they might not be seen to come into the city: and a wench went and told them; and they went and told king David.
- New International Version (NIV)Jonathan and Ahimaaz were staying at En Rogel. A female servant was to go and inform them, and they were to go and tell King David, for they could not risk being seen entering the city.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz were waiting at En-rogel. A female servant was to go and tell them, and they were to go and tell King David, for they were not to be seen entering the city.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz stayed at En Rogel, for they dared not be seen coming into the city; so a female servant would come and tell them, and they would go and tell King David.
Context of 2 Samuel 17:17
15Then Hushai reported to Zadok and Abiathar the priests, “Here is what Ahithophel has advised Absalom and the leaders of Israel to do, and here is what I have advised. 16Now send word quickly to David and warn him, “Don’t spend the night at the fords of the desert tonight. Instead, be sure you cross over, or else the king and everyone who is with him may be overwhelmed.” Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz were staying in En Rogel. A female servant would go and inform them, and they would then go and inform King David. It was not advisable for them to be seen going into the city. 18But a young man saw them on one occasion and informed Absalom. So the two of them quickly departed and went to the house of a man in Bahurim. There was a well in his courtyard, and they got down in it. 19His wife then took the covering and spread it over the top of the well and scattered some grain over it. No one was aware of what she had done.
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וִיהוֹנָתָ֨ן וַאֲחִימַ֜עַץ עֹמְדִ֣ים בְּעֵין־רֹגֵ֗ל וְהָלְכָ֤ה הַשִּׁפְחָה֙ וְהִגִּ֣ידָה לָהֶ֔ם וְהֵם֙ יֵֽלְכ֔וּ וְהִגִּ֖ידוּ לַמֶּ֣לֶךְ דָּוִ֑ד כִּ֣י לֹ֥א יוּכְל֛וּ לְהֵרָא֖וֹת לָב֥וֹא הָעִֽירָה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Now Jonathanיְהוֹנָתָןyehônâthân · JonathanH3083
- and Ahimaazאֲחִימַ֫עַץ'ăchîyma‛ats · AhimaazH290
- stayedעָמַד‛âmad · to stand: standH5975
- by En–rogelעֵין רֹגֵל‛êyn rôgêl · En-rogelH5883
- for they mightיָכֹלyâkôl yâkôl · be ableH3201
- not be seenרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
- to comeבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
- into the cityעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
- and a wenchשִׁפְחָהshiphchâh · maidservantH8198
- wentהָלַךְhâlak · to go: wentH1980
- and toldנָגַדnâgad · to tellH5046
- them; and they wentיָלַךְyâlak · to walkH3212
- kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
- Davidדָּוִדdâvid dâvîyd · DavidH1732
Cross-references for 2 Samuel 17:17
- 2 Samuel 15:27The king said to Zadok the priest, “Are you a seer? Go back to the city in peace! Your son Ahimaaz and Abiathar’s son Jonathan may go with you and Abiathar.
- Joshua 2:4But the woman hid the two men and replied, “Yes, these men were clients of mine, but I didn’t know where they came from.
- Joshua 15:7It then went up to Debir from the Valley of Achor, turning northward to Gilgal (which is opposite the Pass of Adummim south of the valley), crossed to the waters of En Shemesh and extended to En Rogel.
- Joshua 18:16The border then descended to the edge of the hill country near the Valley of Ben Hinnom located in the Valley of the Rephaites to the north. It descended through the Valley of Hinnom to the slope of the Jebusites to the south and then down to En Rogel.
- 1 Kings 1:9Adonijah sacrificed sheep, cattle, and fattened steers at the Stone of Zoheleth near En Rogel. He invited all his brothers, the king’s sons, as well as all the men of Judah, the king’s servants.
Commentaries on 2 Samuel 17:17
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 17En-rogel - The fullers' well; the place where they were accustomed to tread the clothes with their feet; hence the name עין ein, a well, and רגל regel, the foot, because of the treading above mentioned. And a wench went and told them - The word wench occurs nowhere else in the Holy Scriptures: and, indeed, has no business here; as the Hebrew word שפחה shiphchah, should have been translated girl, maid, maid-servant. The word either comes from the…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17En-rogel - See the marginal reference. A wench - Hebrew “the maid servant,” namely, of the high priest, either Zadok or Abiathar, or possibly one employed in some service in the temple courts. (1 Samuel 2:22 note.) And they went and told king David - As related afterward 2 Samuel 17:21. Here mentioned by anticipation.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 17Jonathan and Ahimaaz: See 2 Samuel 15:27, 36. The location of En-rogel is uncertain, but it cannot have been too far east of Jerusalem.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1717. by En-rogel--the fuller's well in the neighborhood of Jerusalem, below the junction of the valley of Hinnom with that of Jehoshaphat.Read the comment
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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
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