King James Version
2 Samuel 23:6 in the King James Version says “But the sons of Belial shall be all of them as thorns thrust away, because they cannot be taken with hands:” — study this verse from 2 Samuel chapter 23 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“But the sons of Belial shall be all of them as thorns thrust away, because they cannot be taken with hands:”
2 Samuel 23:6 · KJV
And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain.
Although my house be not so with God; yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for this is all my salvation, and all my desire, although he make it not to grow.
But the sons of Belial shall be all of them as thorns thrust away, because they cannot be taken with hands:
But the man that shall touch them must be fenced with iron and the staff of a spear; and they shall be utterly burned with fire in the same place. fenced: Heb. filled
These be the names of the mighty men whom David had: The Tachmonite that sat in the seat , chief among the captains; the same was Adino the Eznite: he lift up his spear against eight hundred, whom he slew at one time. The Tachmonite: or, Joshebbassebet the Tachmonite, head of the three. whom he: Heb. slain. he lift: See 1.Ch.11.11. whom he: Heb. slain
KJV Study — Public Domain
“But the sons of Belial”
H1100without profit, worthlessness; by extension, destruction, wickedness
“thrust away”
H5074properly, to wave to and fro (rarely to flap up and down); figuratively, to rove, flee, or (causatively) to drive away
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“with hands”
H3027a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from h3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great v
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