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2 Samuel 17:18

Nevertheless a lad saw them, and told Absalom: but they went both of them away quickly, and came to a man’s house in Bahurim, which had a well in his court; whither they went down.

KJV

Vidit autem eos quidam puer, et indicavit Absalom : illi vero concito gradu ingressi sunt domum cujusdam viri in Bahurim, qui habebat puteum in vestibulo suo : et descenderunt in eum.

Vulgate

καὶ εἶδεν αὐτοὺς παιδάριον, καὶ ἀπήγγειλαν τῷ Ἀβεσσαλώμ· καὶ ἐπορεύθησαν οἱ δύο ταχέως καὶ εἰσῆλθαν εἰς οἰκίαν ἀνδρὸς ἐν Βαορείμ, καὶ αὐτῷ λάκκος ἐν τῇ αὐλῇ, καὶ κατέβησαν ἐκεῖ.

LXX

But a lad saw them, and told Absalom: and they went both of them away quickly, and came to the house of a man in Bahurim, who had a well in his court; and they went down thither.

ASV

וַ/יַּ֤רְא אֹתָ/ם֙ נַ֔עַר וַ/יַּגֵּ֖ד לְ/אַבְשָׁלֹ֑ם וַ/יֵּלְכוּ֩ שְׁנֵי/הֶ֨ם מְהֵרָ֜ה וַ/יָּבֹ֣אוּ אֶל בֵּֽית אִ֣ישׁ בְּ/בַחוּרִ֗ים וְ/ל֥/וֹ בְאֵ֛ר בַּ/חֲצֵר֖/וֹ וַ/יֵּ֥רְדוּ שָֽׁם

Hebrew

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In this verse

People Absalom

In the original Hebrew

17 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
אַבְשָׁלוֹם֙
'bshlvm
proper_noun · 111×
בְּאֵ֣ר
b'r
noun · 36×
בֵּ֣ית
byt
noun · 2032×
בַּֽחוּרִ֑ים
bchvrym
proper_noun · 5×
בָּ֣א
b'
verb · 2573×
ה
h
adverb · 827×
הֶֽן
hn
noun · 190×
יָרְד֥וּ
yrdv
verb · 377×
יֵּ֥לֶךְ
ylk
verb · 1038×
יַּ֣רְא
yr'
verb · 1312×
יַּגֶּד
ygd
verb · 369×
מְהֵרָ֥ה
mhrh
noun · 19×
נַּ֖עַר
n'r
noun · 239×
שְׁתֵּ֣י
shty
adjective · 765×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Sam 3:16 — And her husband went with her along weeping behind her to Bahurim. Then said Abner unto him, Go, return. And he returned.
  • 2Sam 3:16 — And her husband went with her along weeping behind her to Bahurim. Then said Abner unto him, Go, return. And he returned.
  • 2Sam 16:5 — And when king David came to Bahurim, behold, thence came out a man of the family of the house of Saul, whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera: he came forth, and cursed still as he came.
  • 2Sam 16:5 — And when king David came to Bahurim, behold, thence came out a man of the family of the house of Saul, whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera: he came forth, and cursed still as he came.