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2 Samuel 2:32 KJV
2 Samuel · chapter 2 · verse 32
And they took up Asahel, and buried him in the sepulchre of his father, which was in Bethlehem. And Joab and his men went all night, and they came to Hebron at break of day.2 Samuel 2:32 · King James Version
2 Samuel 2:32 in context
30And Joab returned from following Abner: and when he had gathered all the people together, there lacked of David’s servants nineteen men and Asahel.
31But the servants of David had smitten of Benjamin, and of Abner’s men, so that three hundred and threescore men died.
32And they took up Asahel, and buried him in the sepulchre of his father, which was in Bethlehem. And Joab and his men went all night, and they came to Hebron at break of day.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- sepulchreqebera sepulchreH6913 →
- BethlehemBêyth LechemBeth-Lechem, a place in PalestineH1035 →
- AsahelʻĂsâhʼêlAsahel, the name of four IsraelitesH6214 →
- buriedqâbarto interH6912 →
- fatherʼâbfather, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote applicationH1 →
- HebronChebrôwnChebron, a place in Palestine, also the name of two IsraelitesH2275 →
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Here, I. Abner, being conquered, meanly begs for a cessation of arms. He rallied the remains of his forces on the top of a hill (Sa2 2:25), as if he would have made head again, but becomes a humble supplicant to Joab for a little breathing-time, Sa2 2:26.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 25-32