2 Samuel 2:3
What does 2 Samuel 2:3 mean?
A plain-English look at 2 Samuel 2:3 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And his men that were with him did David bring up, every man with his household: and they dwelt in the cities of Hebron.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And his men that were with him did David bring up, every man with his household: and they dwelt in the cities of Hebron.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And his men that were with him did David bring up, every man with his household: and they dwelt in the cities of Hebron.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And David took all his men with him, every man with his family: and they were living in the towns round Hebron.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and his men who <FI>are<Fi> with him hath David brought up--a man and his household--and they dwell in the cities of Hebron.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And the men also that were with him, David brought up every man with his household: and they abode in the towns of Hebron.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And his men that were with him did David bring up, every man with his household; and they dwelt in the cities of Hebron.
Context
v.2So David went up thither, and his two wives also, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.
v.3This passage
v.4And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, saying, The men of Jabesh-gilead were they that buried Saul.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Chronicles 12:1
Now these are they that came to David to Ziklag, while he yet kept himself close because of Saul the son of Kish; and they were among the mighty men, his helpers in war.
- Joshua 21:11
And they gave them Kiriath-arba, which Arba was the father of Anak (the same is Hebron), in the hill-country of Judah, with the suburbs thereof round about it.
- 1 Samuel 30:9
So David went, he and the six hundred men that were with him, and came to the brook Besor, where those that were left behind stayed.
- 1 Samuel 27:2
And David arose, and passed over, he and the six hundred men that were with him, unto Achish the son of Maoch, king of Gath.
- 1 Samuel 30:1
And it came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had made a raid upon the South, and upon Ziklag, and had smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire,
- 1 Samuel 22:2
And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves unto him; and he became captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men.
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