King James Version
2 Samuel 2:29 in the King James Version says “And Abner and his men walked all that night through the plain, and passed over Jordan, and went through all Bithron, and...” — study this verse from 2 Samuel chapter 2 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And Abner and his men walked all that night through the plain, and passed over Jordan, and went through all Bithron, and they came to Mahanaim.”
2 Samuel 2:29 · KJV
And Joab said, As God liveth, unless thou hadst spoken, surely then in the morning the people had gone up every one from following his brother. in the: Heb. from the morning gone: or, gone away
So Joab blew a trumpet, and all the people stood still, and pursued after Israel no more, neither fought they any more.
And Abner and his men walked all that night through the plain, and passed over Jordan, and went through all Bithron, and they came to Mahanaim.
And Joab returned from following Abner: and when he had gathered all the people together, there lacked of David's servants nineteen men and Asahel.
But the servants of David had smitten of Benjamin, and of Abner's men, so that three hundred and threescore men died.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“and his men”
H582properly, a mortal (and thus differing from the more dignified h0120); hence, a man in general (singly or collectively)
“walked”
H1980to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
“through the plain”
H6160a desert; especially (with the article prefix) the (generally) sterile valley of the jordan and its continuation to the red sea
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“all that night”
H3915properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e., night; figuratively, adversity
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
“and passed over”
H5674to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“walked”
H1980to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
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