2 Samuel 18:3 KJV
But the people answered, Thou shalt not go forth: for if we flee away, they will not care for us; neither if half of us die, will they care for us: but now thou art worth ten thousand of us: therefore now it is better that thou succour us out of the city.
Thou and Ye
- thou 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?
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Thompson Chains
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Parallel Passages
- 2 Samuel 21:17 But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succoured him, and smote the Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David sware unto him, saying, Thou shalt go no more out with us to battle, that thou quench not the light of Israel.
From Thompson’s Chain-Reference Bible (1908).
Cross References
- 2 Samuel 21:17 But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succoured him, and smote the Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David sware unto him, saying, Thou shalt go no more out with us to battle, that thou quench not the light of Israel.
- Exodus 17:10–12 So Joshua did as Moses had said to him, and fought with Amalek: and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill. …
- 2 Samuel 10:11 And he said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then thou shalt help me: but if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee, then I will come and help thee.
- 2 Samuel 17:2 And I will come upon him while he is weary and weak handed, and will make him afraid: and all the people that are with him shall flee; and I will smite the king only:
- 1 Kings 22:31 But the king of Syria commanded his thirty and two captains that had rule over his chariots, saying, Fight neither with small nor great, save only with the king of Israel.
- Lamentations 4:20 The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the LORD, was taken in their pits, of whom we said, Under his shadow we shall live among the heathen.
- Zechariah 13:7 Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith the LORD of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones.
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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
Hebrew and Strong’s
- But the people הָעָם hāʿām עַם Noun · masculine singular · with the כִּי kî Conjunction אִם ʾim Conjunction
- answered וַיֹּאמֶר wayyōʾmer אָמַר Verb · qal sequential imperfect, third person masculine singular · with and
- Thou shalt not go forth לֹא lōʾ Negative תֵצֵא tēṣēʾ יָצָא Verb · qal imperfect, second person masculine singular
- for if we flee נֹס nōs נוּס Verb · qal infinitive absolute
- away נָנוּס nānûs נוּס Verb · qal imperfect, first person common plural
- they will not care לֹא lōʾ Negative יָשִׂימוּ yāśîmû שׂוּם Verb · qal imperfect, third person masculine plural אֵלֵינוּ ʾēlênû Preposition · with suffix: first person common plural לֵב lēb לֵב Noun · masculine singular
- for us; neither if half וְאִם wĕʾim Conjunction חֶצְיֵנוּ ḥeṣyēnû חֵצִי Noun · masculine singular construct · with suffix: first person common plural לֹא lōʾ Negative
- of us die יָמֻתוּ yāmutû מוּת Verb · qal imperfect, third person masculine plural
- will they care יָשִׂימוּ yāśîmû שׂוּם Verb · qal imperfect, third person masculine plural אֵלֵינוּ ʾēlênû Preposition · with suffix: first person common plural לֵב lēb לֵב Noun · masculine singular
- for us: but now thou art worth כִּי kî Conjunction עַתָּה ʿattâ Adverb כָמֹנוּ kāmōnû כְּמוֹ Preposition · with suffix: first person common plural
- ten עֲשָׂרָה ʿăśārâ עֶשֶׂר Number · masculine singular
- thousand אֲלָפִים ʾălāpîm אֶלֶף Number · masculine or feminine plural
- of us: therefore now it is better וְעַתָּה wĕʿattâ Adverb · with and טוֹב ṭôb טוֹב Adjective · masculine singular כִּי kî Conjunction
- that thou succour לַעְזוֹר laʿzôr עָזַר Verb · qal infinitive construct · with preposition
- us out of the city תִהְיֶה tihyê Verb · qal imperfect, second person masculine singular לָּנוּ lānû Preposition · with suffix: first person common plural מֵעִיר mēʿîr עִיר Noun · feminine singular · with preposition
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