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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)They crept back into the town that day as though they were ashamed and had deserted in battle.

Context of 2 Samuel 19:3

1Joab was told, “The king is weeping and mourning for Absalom.” 2And for the whole army the victory that day was turned into mourning, because on that day the troops heard it said, “The king is grieving for his son.” The men stole into the city that day as men steal in who are ashamed when they flee from battle. 4The king covered his face and cried aloud, “O my son Absalom! O Absalom, my son, my son!” 5Then Joab went into the house to the king and said, “Today you have humiliated all your men, who have just saved your life and the lives of your sons and daughters and the lives of your wives and concubines.

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 19:32Now Barzillai was very old, eighty years of age. He had provided for the king during his stay in Mahanaim, for he was a very wealthy man.
• 2 Samuel 17:24David went to Mahanaim, and Absalom crossed the Jordan with all the men of Israel.
• Genesis 31:27Why did you run off secretly and deceive me? Why didn’t you tell me, so I could send you away with joy and singing to the music of timbrels and harps?

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