The Meaning of 2 Samuel 2:13 Explained

2 Samuel 2:13

KJV: And Joab the son of Zeruiah, and the servants of David, went out, and met together by the pool of Gibeon: and they sat down, the one on the one side of the pool, and the other on the other side of the pool.

YLT: And Joab son of Zeruiah, and servants of David, have gone out, and they meet by the pool of Gibeon together, and sit down, these by the pool on this side, and these by the pool on that.

Darby: And Joab the son of Zeruiah, and the servants of David, went out. And they met together by the pool of Gibeon; and they sat down, these on the one side of the pool, and those on the other side of the pool.

ASV: And Joab the son of Zeruiah, and the servants of David, went out, and met them by the pool of Gibeon; and they sat down, the one on the one side of the pool, and the other on the other side of the pool.

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What is the context of 2 Samuel 2:13?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And Joab the son of Zeruiah, and the servants of David, went out, and met together by the pool of Gibeon: and they sat down, the one on the one side of the pool, and the other on the other side of the pool.

What does 2 Samuel 2:13 Mean?

Context Summary

2 Samuel 2:12-23 - Sword-Play To The Death

For seven and a half years David reigned over the house of Judah. He was in the prime of life, thirty years of age, and seems to have given himself to the consolidation of his kingdom and the quiet sanctities of the home. He maintained throughout those years that spirit of quiet expectancy of which his psalms so often speak. In this, he reminds us of our Lord, who is depicted as sitting at His Father's side till His foes become His footstool.

From Hebron, the city of fellowship, bands of mighty men went forth to fight with Ishbosheth, just as the warriors of the Cross have, in every age, gone forth to engage in deadly conflict with unbelief and sin. Asahel's death reminds us of Stephen's martyrdom. But the end is not yet! The Church's warfare is not against flesh and blood, but against the wicked spirits that rule the darkness of the world. Her weapons, therefore, are not carnal but spiritual, and particularly that of "all-prayer," Ephesians 6:10-20. [source]

Chapter Summary: 2 Samuel 2

¹ David, by God's direction, with his company goes up to Hebron
⁴ where he is made king of Judah
⁵ He commends them of Jabesh Gilead for their king of Israel
⁸ Abner makes Ishbosheth king of Israel
¹² A mortal skirmish between twelve of Abner's and twelve of Joab's men
¹⁸ Asahel is slain
²⁵ At Abner's motion, Joab sounds a retreat
³² Asahel's burial

What do the individual words in 2 Samuel 2:13 mean?

And Joab son of Zeruiah and the servants of David went out and met them by the pool of Gibeon together so they sat down these of the pool on this [side] and these the pool on this [side]

וְיוֹאָ֨ב בֶּן־ צְרוּיָ֜ה וְעַבְדֵ֤י דָוִד֙ יָֽצְא֔וּ וַֽיִּפְגְּשׁ֛וּם עַל־ בְּרֵכַ֥ת גִּבְע֖וֹן יַחְדָּ֑ו וַיֵּ֨שְׁב֜וּ אֵ֤לֶּה עַל־ הַבְּרֵכָה֙ מִזֶּ֔ה וְאֵ֥לֶּה הַבְּרֵכָ֖ה מִזֶּֽה

וְיוֹאָ֨ב	And Joab
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: יׄואָב Sense: son of David’s sister Zeruiah and general of David’s army.
בֶּן־	son
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct Root: בֵּן Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
צְרוּיָ֜ה	of Zeruiah
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: צְרוּיָה Sense: sister of David and mother of the 3 leading heroes of David’s army—Abishai, Joab, and Asahel.
וְעַבְדֵ֤י	and the servants
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine plural construct Root: עֶבֶד Sense: slave, servant.
דָוִד֙	of David
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: דָּוִד Sense: youngest son of Jesse and second king of Israel.
יָֽצְא֔וּ	went out
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person common plural Root: יׄוצֵאת Sense: to go out, come out, exit, go forth.
וַֽיִּפְגְּשׁ֛וּם	and met them
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural, third person masculine plural Root: פָּגַשׁ Sense: to meet, join, encounter.
בְּרֵכַ֥ת	the pool
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct Root: בְּרֵכָה Sense: pool, pond.
גִּבְע֖וֹן	of Gibeon
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular Root: גִּבְעֹן Sense: a Levitical city of Benjamin, modern ‘el-Jib’, which lies 5 miles or 8 km from Jerusalem.
יַחְדָּ֑ו	together
Parse: Adverb Root: יַחַד Sense: union, unitedness adv.
וַיֵּ֨שְׁב֜וּ	so they sat down
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural Root: יָשַׁב Sense: to dwell, remain, sit, abide.
אֵ֤לֶּה	these
Parse: Pronoun, common plural Root: אֵהֶל Sense: these.
הַבְּרֵכָה֙	the pool
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular Root: בְּרֵכָה Sense: pool, pond.
מִזֶּ֔ה	on this [side]
Parse: Preposition-m, Pronoun, masculine singular Root: זֶה Sense: this, this one, here, which, this … that, the one … the other, another, such.
וְאֵ֥לֶּה	and these
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Pronoun, common plural Root: אֵהֶל Sense: these.
הַבְּרֵכָ֖ה	the pool
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular Root: בְּרֵכָה Sense: pool, pond.
מִזֶּֽה	on this [side]
Parse: Preposition-m, Pronoun, masculine singular Root: זֶה Sense: this, this one, here, which, this … that, the one … the other, another, such.

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