King James Version
2 Samuel 19:3 in the King James Version says “And the people gat them by stealth that day into the city, as people being ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.” — study this verse from 2 Samuel chapter 19 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And the people gat them by stealth that day into the city, as people being ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.”
2 Samuel 19:3 · KJV
And it was told Joab, Behold, the king weepeth and mourneth for Absalom.
And the victory that day was turned into mourning unto all the people: for the people heard say that day how the king was grieved for his son. victory: Heb. salvation, or, deliverance
And the people gat them by stealth that day into the city, as people being ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.
But the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!
And Joab came into the house to the king, and said, Thou hast shamed this day the faces of all thy servants, which this day have saved thy life, and the lives of thy sons and of thy daughters, and the lives of thy wives, and the lives of thy concubines;
KJV Study — Public Domain
“steal away”
H1589to thieve (literally or figuratively); by implication, to deceive
“And the people”
H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
“that day”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
“into the city”
H5892a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“steal away”
H1589to thieve (literally or figuratively); by implication, to deceive
“And the people”
H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
“being ashamed”
H3637properly, to wound; but only figuratively, to taunt or insult
“when they flee”
H5127to flit, i.e., vanish away (subside, escape; causatively, chase, impel, deliver)
“in battle”
H4421a battle (i.e., the engagement); generally, war (i.e., war-fare)
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