What Does 2 Samuel 20:2 Mean?

“went up”

to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative

properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

“So every man”

a 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)

“of Israel”

he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity

“and followed”

properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)

“David”

david, the youngest son of jesse

“and followed”

properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)

“Sheba”

sheba, the name of a place in palestine, and of two israelites

“the son”

a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or

“of Bichri”

bikri, an israelite

“So every man”

a 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)

“of Judah”

jehudah (or judah), the name of five israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory

“clave”

properly, to impinge, i.e., cling or adhere; figuratively, to catch by pursuit

“unto their king”

a king

properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses

“from Jordan”

jarden, the principal river of palestine

as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)

“even to Jerusalem”

jerushalaim or jerushalem, the capital city of palestine