King James Version
2 Samuel 1:3 in the King James Version says “And David said unto him, From whence comest thou? And he said unto him, Out of the camp of Israel am I escaped.” — study this verse from 2 Samuel chapter 1 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And David said unto him, From whence comest thou? And he said unto him, Out of the camp of Israel am I escaped.”
2 Samuel 1:3 · KJV
Now it came to pass after the death of Saul, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had abode two days in Ziklag;
It came even to pass on the third day, that, behold, a man came out of the camp from Saul with his clothes rent, and earth upon his head: and so it was, when he came to David, that he fell to the earth, and did obeisance.
And David said unto him, From whence comest thou? And he said unto him, Out of the camp of Israel am I escaped.
And David said unto him, How went the matter? I pray thee, tell me. And he answered, That the people are fled from the battle, and many of the people also are fallen and dead; and Saul and Jonathan his son are dead also. How: Heb. What was, etc
And David said unto the young man that told him, How knowest thou that Saul and Jonathan his son be dead?
KJV Study — Public Domain
“unto him Out of the camp”
H4264an encampment (of travellers or troops); hence, an army, whether literal (of soldiers) or figurative (of dancers, angels, cattle, locusts, stars; or e
“of Israel”
H3478he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
“am I escaped”
H4422properly, to be smooth, i.e., (by implication) to escape (as if by slipperiness); causatively, to release or rescue; specifically, to bring forth youn
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