2 Samuel 15:8 (KJV)

Thou and Ye

thy one person

In the King James Bible, thee, thou, thy, and thine always mean one person, and ye, you, and your more than one: a difference modern English lost. Why keep these words?

Matthew Henry

His conspiracySee how willing tender parents are to believe the best concerning their children. But how easy and how wicked is it, for children to take advantage of good...

Thompson Chains

HebronSee the chain from Genesis 13:18 · 12 links
Vows MadeSee the chain from Genesis 28:20 · 7 links
GeshurLast of 6 links
HypocrisySee the chain from Proverbs 23:7 · 5 links

Cross References

Genesis 28:20–21 And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on, …
2 Samuel 13:37–38 But Absalom fled, and went to Talmai, the son of Ammihud, king of Geshur. And David mourned for his son every day. …
1 Samuel 1:11 And she vowed a vow, and said, O LORD of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the LORD all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head.
Joshua 24:15 And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.
1 Samuel 16:2 And Samuel said, How can I go? if Saul hear it, he will kill me. And the LORD said, Take an heifer with thee, and say, I am come to sacrifice to the LORD.
2 Samuel 14:23 So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.
2 Samuel 14:32 And Absalom answered Joab, Behold, I sent unto thee, saying, Come hither, that I may send thee to the king, to say, Wherefore am I come from Geshur? it had been good for me to have been there still: now therefore let me see the king's face; and if there be any iniquity in me, let him kill me.
Psalms 56:12 Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render praises unto thee.
Ecclesiastes 5:4 When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.
Isaiah 28:15 Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:
Jeremiah 9:3–5 And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD. …
Jeremiah 42:20 For ye dissembled in your hearts, when ye sent me unto the LORD your God, saying, Pray for us unto the LORD our God; and according unto all that the LORD our God shall say, so declare unto us, and we will do it.

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Topics

Kings of Israel & Judah

DavidKing of Israel · 1055–1015 BC

Timeline

Timeline of the Bible1055–1015 BC · David reigns in Israel

Places

GeshurRegion · today Fiq · Location possible
SyriaRegion · also Aram · today Damascus · Location well established
JerusalemTown · Location well established
Places in 2 Samuel 15 on a map

Bible Dictionary

GeshurBridge, the name of a district or principality of Syria near Gilead, between Mount Hermon and the Lake of Tiberias (2 Sam 15:8; 1 Chr...
Syria(Heb. Aram), the name in the Old Testament given to the whole country which lay to the north-east of Phoenicia, extending to beyond the...
LordThere are various Hebrew and Greek words so rendered.
JerusalemCalled also Salem, Ariel, Jebus, the “city of God,” the “holy city;” by the modern Arabs el-Khuds, meaning “the holy;” once “the city of...

Hebrew and Strong’s

For thy servant עַבְדְּךָ ʿabdĕkā עֶבֶד Noun · masculine singular construct · with suffix: second person masculine singular
vowed נָדַר nādar נָדַר Verb · qal perfect, third person masculine singular
a vow נֵדֶר nēder נֶדֶר Noun · masculine singular
while I abode כִּי kî Conjunction בְּשִׁבְתִּי bĕšibtî יָשַׁב Verb · qal infinitive construct · with preposition, suffix: first person common singular אִם ʾim Conjunction
at Geshur בִגְשׁוּר bigšûr גְּשׁוּר Proper name · with preposition
in Syria בַּאֲרָם baʾărām אֲרָם Proper name · with preposition
saying לֵאמֹר lēʾmōr אָמַר Verb · qal infinitive construct · with preposition
If the LORD יְהוָה yhwh יְהֹוָה Proper name
shall bring me again יָשׁוֹב yāšôb שׁוּב Verb · qal infinitive absolute יְשִׁיבֵנִי yĕšîbēnî שׁוּב Verb · hiphil imperfect, third person masculine singular · with suffix: first person common singular
indeed to Jerusalem יְרוּשָׁלִַם yĕrûšālim יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם Proper name
then I will serve וְעָבַדְתִּי wĕʿābadtî עָבַד Verb · qal perfect, first person common singular · with and
the LORD אֶת ʾet Object marker יְהוָה yhwh יְהֹוָה Proper name

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