2 Samuel 3:16

2 Samuel 3:16 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And her husband went with her along weeping behind her to Bahurim. Then said Abner unto him, Go, return. And he returned.
• New International Version (NIV)Her husband, however, went with her, weeping behind her all the way to Bahurim. Then Abner said to him, “Go back home!” So he went back.
• English Standard Version (ESV)But her husband went with her, weeping after her all the way to Bahurim. Then Abner said to him, "Go, return." And he returned.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then her husband went along with her to Bahurim, weeping behind her. So Abner said to him, “Go, return!” And he returned.

Context of 2 Samuel 3:16

14David sent messengers to Ish-bosheth son of Saul with this demand: “Give me my wife Michal whom I acquired for a hundred Philistine foreskins.” 15So Ish-bosheth took her from her husband Paltiel son of Laish. Her husband went along behind her, weeping all the way to Bahurim. Finally Abner said to him, “Go back!” So he returned home. 17Abner advised the elders of Israel, “Previously you were wanting David to be your king. 18Act now! For the Lord has said to David, ‘By the hand of my servant David I will save my people Israel from the Philistines and from all their enemies.’”

2 Samuel 3:16 word by word

וַיֵּ֨לֶךְ אִתָּ֜הּ אִישָׁ֗הּ הָל֧וֹךְ וּבָכֹ֛ה אַחֲרֶ֖יהָ עַד־בַּֽחֻרִ֑ים וַיֹּ֨אמֶר אֵלָ֥יו אַבְנֵ֛ר לֵ֥ךְ שׁ֖וּב וַיָּשֹֽׁב׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And her husbandאִישׁ'îysh · man: husbandH376
• wentיָלַךְyâlak · to walkH3212
• with her along weepingבָּכָהbâkâh · to weepH1058
• with her along weepingהָלַךְhâlak · to go: wentH1980
• behindאַחַר'achar · afterH310
• her to Bahurimבַּחֻרִיםbachûrîym bachûrîym · BahurimH980
• Then saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• Abnerאֲבִינֵר'abnêr 'ăbîynêr · AbnerH74
• returnשׁוּבshûb · to return: returnH7725

Cross-references for 2 Samuel 3:16

• Proverbs 9:17“Stolen waters are sweet, and food obtained in secret is pleasant!”
• 2 Samuel 16:5Then King David reached Bahurim. There a man from Saul’s extended family named Shimei son of Gera came out, yelling curses as he approached.
• 2 Samuel 17:18But 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.
• 2 Samuel 19:16Shimei son of Gera the Benjaminite from Bahurim came down quickly with the men of Judah to meet King David.
• 1 Kings 2:8“Note well, you still have to contend with Shimei son of Gera, the Benjaminite from Bahurim, who tried to call down upon me a horrible judgment when I went to Mahanaim. He came down and met me at the Jordan, and I solemnly promised him by the Lord, ‘I will not strike you down with the sword.’

Commentaries on 2 Samuel 3:16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 16Weeping behind her - If genuine affection did not still subsist between David and Michal, it was a pity to have taken her from Phaltiel, who had her to wife from the conjoint authority of her father and her king. Nevertheless David had a legal right to her, as she had never been divorced, for she was taken from him by the hand of violence.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 16Bahurim - Best known as the residence of Shimei, and as the place where Jonathan and Ahimaaz were concealed in a well on the occasion of David‘s flight from Absalom 2 Samuel 16:5; 2 Samuel 17:18. It seems to have been situated in the southern border of the tribe of Benjamin, and on the route from Jerusalem to the Jordan fords, since Phaltiel came from Mahanaim 2 Samuel 2:8.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-21Verses 7-21 Many, like Abner, are not above committing base crimes, who are too proud to bear reproof, or even the suspicion of being guilty. While men go on in sin, and apparently without concern, they are often conscious that they are fighting against God. Many mean to serve their own purposes; and will betray those who trust them, when they can get any advantage. Yet the Lord serves his own designs, even by those who are thus actuated by revenge…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 16Palti wept deeply as this happened, but he had no power to stop it (compare Judges 18:1–26). Bahurim was likely a place where people supported Saul’s family. It was located just east of Jerusalem (compare 2 Samuel 16:5).Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Samuel 3:16

• Abner
• Bahurim
• Conspiracy
• David
• Ish-Bosheth
• Michal
• Phalti
• Treason

In the dictionaries

• Abner
• Bahurim
• Communication
• Ishbosheth
• Michal
• Sackcloth
• Translate
• Genealogy
• Government
• Joab

Commentaries on 2 Samuel 3

• 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