2 Samuel 13 · Verse 17

2 Samuel 13:17

Then he called his servant that ministered unto him, and said, Put now this woman out from me, and bolt the door after her.
2 Samuel 13:17, King James Version

2 Samuel 13:17 in other translations

BSBInstead, he called to his attendant and said, “Throw this woman out and bolt the door behind her!”
WEBThen he called his servant who ministered to him, and said, “Now put this woman out from me, and bolt the door after her.”
ASVThen he called his servant that ministered unto him, and said, Put now this woman out from me, and bolt the door after her.
YLTand calleth his young man, his servant, and saith, ‘Send away, I pray thee, this one from me without, and bolt the door after her;'
DARBYThen he called his young man that attended upon him, and said, Put now this woman out from me, and bolt the door after her.
BBEThen he gave a cry to the servant who was waiting on him and said, Put this woman out, and let the door be locked after her.
WebsterThen he called his servant that ministered to him, and said, Put now this woman out from me, and bolt the door after her.

What does 2 Samuel 13:17 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
17. bolt the door after her--The street door of houses in the East is always kept barred--the bolts being of wood. In the great mansions, where a porter stands at the outside, this precaution is dispensed with; and the circumstance, therefore, of a prince giving an order so unusual shows the vehement perturbation of Ammon's mind.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Samuel 13:1-20

From henceforward David was followed with one trouble after another. Adultery and murder were David's sins, the like sins among his children were the beginnings of his punishment: he was too indulgent to his children. Thus David might trace the sins of his children to his own misconduct, which must have made the anguish of the chastisement worse. Let no one ever expect good treatment from those who are capable of…

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2 Samuel 13:17 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיִּקְרָ֗אvai.yik.Ra'and he summonedH7121
אֶֽת\־'et-<obj.>H853
נַעֲרוֹ֙na.'a.Royoung man hisH5288
מְשָׁ֣רְת֔וֹme.Sha.re.To[who] served himH8334
וַיֹּ֕אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559
שִׁלְחוּ\־shil.chu-send awayH7971
נָ֥אna'pleaseH4994
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
זֹ֛אתzotthis [woman]H2063
מֵעָלַ֖יme.'a.Laifrom with <the> meH5921
הַח֑וּצָהha.Chu.tzahthe outside towardsH2351
וּנְעֹ֥לu.ne.'Oland lockH5274
הַדֶּ֖לֶתha.De.letthe doorH1817
אַחֲרֶֽיהָ\׃'a.cha.Rei.haafter herH310

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Context

  • 2 Samuel 13:16

    And she said unto him, There is no cause: this evil in sending me away is greater than the other that thou didst unto me. But he would not hearken unto her.

  • 2 Samuel 13:17

    Then he called his servant that ministered unto him, and said, Put now this woman out from me, and bolt the door after her.

  • 2 Samuel 13:18

    And she had a garment of divers colours upon her: for with such robes were the king’s daughters that were virgins apparelled. Then his servant brought her out, and bolted the door after her.

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2 Samuel 13:17 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Antes llamando su criado que le servía dijo: Echame ésta allá fuera, y tras ella cierra la puerta.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et il appela son jeune homme qui le servait, et dit: Chassez donc cette femme dehors, de devant moi; et ferme la porte au verrou après elle.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und er rief seinem Knaben, seinem Diener, und sprach: Treibet doch diese hinaus, von mir weg, und verriegele die Tür hinter ihr!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
sed vocato puero qui ministrabat ei, dixit: Ejice hanc a me foras, et claude ostium post eam.