King James Version
2 Samuel 20:11 in the King James Version says “And one of Joab's men stood by him, and said, He that favoureth Joab, and he that is for David, let him go after Joab.” — study this verse from 2 Samuel chapter 20 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And one of Joab's men stood by him, and said, He that favoureth Joab, and he that is for David, let him go after Joab.”
2 Samuel 20:11 · KJV
And Joab said to Amasa, Art thou in health, my brother? And Joab took Amasa by the beard with the right hand to kiss him.
But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab's hand: so he smote him therewith in the fifth rib, and shed out his bowels to the ground, and struck him not again; and he died. So Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri. struck: Heb. doubled not his stroke
And one of Joab's men stood by him, and said, He that favoureth Joab, and he that is for David, let him go after Joab.
And Amasa wallowed in blood in the midst of the highway. And when the man saw that all the people stood still, he removed Amasa out of the highway into the field, and cast a cloth upon him, when he saw that every one that came by him stood still.
When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And one”
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)
“stood”
H5975to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“men”
H5288(concretely) a boy (as active), from the age of infancy to adolescence; by implication, a servant; also (by interch. of sex), a girl (of similar latit
“He”
H4310who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“that favoureth”
H2654properly, to incline to; by implication (literally but rarely) to bend; figuratively, to be pleased with, desire
“He”
H4310who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“let him go after”
H310properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
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