The Meaning of 2 Samuel 20:13 Explained

2 Samuel 20:13

KJV: When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.

YLT: When he hath been removed out of the highway, every man hath passed on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba son of Bichri.

Darby: When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri,

ASV: When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.

Discover 2 Samuel 20:13

CONTEXT: What is the Context of 2 Samuel 20:13?

MEANING: What does 2 Samuel 20:13 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in 2 Samuel 20:13 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in 2 Samuel 20:13?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

When he was removed  out of the highway,  all the people  went on  after  Joab,  to pursue  after  Sheba  the son  of Bichri. 

What does 2 Samuel 20:13 Mean?

Context Summary

2 Samuel 20:1-13 - Pursuing Another Rebel
Like Shimei, Sheba belonged to the tribe of Benjamin. The old Saul-faction was always breaking out in rebellion, and Nathan's prediction that the sword would never cease from David's house was literally fulfilled. We must always watch against the return of our old sins.
Amasa's appointment was a mistake. He had already proved his incompetence under Absalom, and now his delay threatened disaster. David had chosen him only because he wished, at any cost, to rid himself of Joab. He could not forgive that general for slaying Absalom. The proud spirit of the old leader, however, would not brook the division of the military command, and Joab treated Amasa as he had treated Abner. An attempt was afterward made to justify the deed by casting suspicion on Amasa's loyalty. See 2 Samuel 20:11. But jealousy will catch at a straw to justify its crimes.
We turn from these deeds of blood, mindful that the heart of man is still capable of them. We are daily taught in the present European crisis, to what lengths men will go. The heart is deceitful above all things and desperately wicked. Only God knows it, only God can cleanse it, and only God can create a clean heart and renew a right spirit. [source]

Chapter Summary: 2 Samuel 20

1  By occasion of the quarrel, Sheba rebels in Israel
3  David's ten concubines are put in confinement for life
4  Amasa, made captain over Judah, is slain by Joab
14  Joab pursues Sheba to Abel
16  A wise woman saves the city by Sheba's head
23  David's officers

What do the individual words in 2 Samuel 20:13 mean?

When he was removed from the highway went on all the people after Joab to pursue Sheba son of Bichri
כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר הֹגָ֖ה מִן־ הַֽמְסִלָּ֑ה עָבַ֤ר כָּל־ אִישׁ֙ אַחֲרֵ֣י יוֹאָ֔ב לִרְדֹּ֕ף שֶׁ֥בַע בֶּן־ בִּכְרִֽי

הֹגָ֖ה  he  was  removed 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: יָגָה  
Sense: (Hiphil) to repel, thrust away, push away.
הַֽמְסִלָּ֑ה  the  highway 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: מְסִלָּה  
Sense: highway, raised way, public road.
עָבַ֤ר  went  on 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: עָבַר 
Sense: to pass over or by or through, alienate, bring, carry, do away, take, take away, transgress.
אִישׁ֙  the  people 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: אִישׁ 
Sense: man.
אַחֲרֵ֣י  after 
Parse: Preposition
Root: אַחַר 
Sense: after the following part, behind (of place), hinder, afterwards (of time).
יוֹאָ֔ב  Joab 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יׄואָב  
Sense: son of David’s sister Zeruiah and general of David’s army.
לִרְדֹּ֕ף  to  pursue 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct
Root: רָדַף  
Sense: to be behind, follow after, pursue, persecute, run after.
שֶׁ֥בַע  Sheba 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: שֶׁבַע 
Sense: Benjamite, son of Bichri and one who led a rebellion against David.
בֶּן־  son 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
בִּכְרִֽי  of  Bichri 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: בִּכְרִי  
Sense: a Benjamite, father of Sheba adj.

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