The Meaning of 2 Samuel 20:14 Explained

2 Samuel 20:14

KJV: And he went through all the tribes of Israel unto Abel, and to Bethmaachah, and all the Berites: and they were gathered together, and went also after him.

YLT: And he passeth over through all the tribes of Israel to Abel, and to Beth-Maachah, and to all the Berites, and they are assembled, and go in also after him,

Darby: who went through all the tribes of Israel to Abel, and to Beth-Maacah, and all the Berim; and they gathered together, and went also after him.

ASV: And he went through all the tribes of Israel unto Abel, and to Beth-maacah, and all the Berites: and they were gathered together, and went also after him.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And he went  through all the tribes  of Israel  unto Abel,  and to Bethmaachah,  and all the Berites:  and they were gathered together  {08675;07035:08735}, and went  also after  him. 

What does 2 Samuel 20:14 Mean?

Context Summary

2 Samuel 20:14-26 - One Head Saves Many
This wise woman, by her intervention, saved many lives, and reminds us of the value of presence of mind in a great crisis. She gave Joab to understand, first, that he ought to have given the inhabitants of Abel the opportunity of saying whether or not they intended to fight for Sheba, Deuteronomy 20:10, etc.; and, secondly, that he ought to have taken into account the peaceableness and fidelity of the citizens of that city. A great deal of misunderstanding and bloodshed would be prevented if contending parties would only confer with each other. There is crying and universal need for boards of compulsory arbitration.
Sheba's head saved the city. Bishop Hall says: "Spiritually the case is ours; every man's breast is a city enclosed; every sin is a traitor that lurks within the walls. If we love the head of one traitor above the life of our soul, we shall justly perish. We cannot be more willing to part with our sin than our merciful God is to withdraw His judgments." Oh, that every reader of these lines would heed the command of the Savior, Matthew 5:29-30, so as to enter into everlasting life! [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 20:14 mean?

And he went through all the tribes of Israel to Abel and Beth Maachah and all the Berites - - so they were gathered together and went also after [Sheba]
וַֽיַּעֲבֹ֞ר בְּכָל־ שִׁבְטֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל אָבֵ֛לָה וּבֵ֥ית מַעֲכָ֖ה וְכָל־ הַבֵּרִ֑ים ס [ויקלהו] (וַיִּקָּ֣הֲל֔וּ) וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ אַף־ אַחֲרָֽיו

וַֽיַּעֲבֹ֞ר  And  he  went 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: עָבַר 
Sense: to pass over or by or through, alienate, bring, carry, do away, take, take away, transgress.
בְּכָל־  through  all 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
שִׁבְטֵ֣י  the  tribes 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: שֵׁבֶט  
Sense: rod, staff, branch, offshoot, club, sceptre, tribe.
יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל  of  Israel 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יִשְׂרָאֵל  
Sense: the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel.
אָבֵ֛לָה  to  Abel 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular, third person feminine singular
Root: אָבֵל 
Sense: city in northern Israel near Bethmaachah.
מַעֲכָ֖ה  Beth  Maachah 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: בֵּית מַעֲכָה  
Sense: a place in the northern kingdom.
וְכָל־  and  all 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
הַבֵּרִ֑ים  the  Berites 
Parse: Article, Proper Noun, masculine plural
Root: בֵּרִים  
Sense: a tribe who are named with Abel and Beth-maachah, and who were therefore doubtless situated in the north of Palestine.
ס  - 
Parse: Punctuation
[ויקלהו]  - 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Nifal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural
(וַיִּקָּ֣הֲל֔וּ)  so  they  were  gathered  together 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Nifal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: קָלַהּ  
Sense: (Niphal) to assemble, be gathered together.
וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ  and  went 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: בֹּוא 
Sense: to go in, enter, come, go, come in.
אַף־  also 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: אַף  
Sense: also, yea, though, so much the more adv.
אַחֲרָֽיו  after  [Sheba] 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine singular
Root: אַחַר 
Sense: after the following part, behind (of place), hinder, afterwards (of time).

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