King James Version
2 Samuel 15:1 in the King James Version says “And it came to pass after this, that Absalom prepared him chariots and horses, and fifty men to run before him.” — study this verse from 2 Samuel chapter 15 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And it came to pass after this, that Absalom prepared him chariots and horses, and fifty men to run before him.”
2 Samuel 15:1 · KJV
And it came to pass after this, that Absalom prepared him chariots and horses, and fifty men to run before him.
And Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate: and it was so, that when any man that had a controversy came to the king for judgment, then Absalom called unto him, and said, Of what city art thou? And he said, Thy servant is of one of the tribes of Israel. came: Heb. to come
And Absalom said unto him, See, thy matters are good and right; but there is no man deputed of the king to hear thee. there: or, none will hear thee from the king downward
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to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“And it came to pass after this”
H310properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner
“that Absalom”
H53abshalom, a son of david; also (the fuller form) a later israelite
“men”
H376a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
“before”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
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