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.
• New International Version (NIV)The men stole into the city that day as men steal in who are ashamed when they flee from 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.

Context of 2 Samuel 19:3

1Word soon reached Joab that the king was weeping and mourning for Absalom. 2As all the people heard of the king’s deep grief for his son, the joy of that day’s victory was turned into deep sadness. They crept back into the town that day as though they were ashamed and had deserted in battle. 4The king covered his face with his hands and kept on crying, “O my son Absalom! O Absalom, my son, my son!” 5Then Joab went to the king’s room and said to him, “We saved your life today and the lives of your sons, your daughters, and your wives and concubines. Yet you act like this, making us feel ashamed of ourselves.

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 19:32He was very old—eighty years of age—and very wealthy. He was the one who had provided food for the king during his stay in Mahanaim.
• 2 Samuel 17:24David soon arrived at Mahanaim. By now, Absalom had mobilized the entire army of Israel and was leading his troops across the Jordan River.
• Genesis 31:27Why did you slip away secretly? Why did you deceive me? And why didn’t you say you wanted to leave? I would have given you a farewell feast, with singing and music, accompanied by tambourines 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