2 Samuel 15 · Verse 37

2 Samuel 15:37

So Hushai David’s friend came into the city, and Absalom came into Jerusalem.
2 Samuel 15:37, King James Version

2 Samuel 15:37 in other translations

BSBSo David’s friend Hushai arrived in Jerusalem just as Absalom was entering the city.
WEBSo Hushai, David’s friend, came into the city; and Absalom came into Jerusalem.
ASVSo Hushai, David’s friend, came into the city; and Absalom came into Jerusalem.
YLTAnd Hushai, David's friend, cometh in to the city, and Absalom cometh in to Jerusalem.
DARBYAnd Hushai David's friend came into the city, and Absalom came into Jerusalem.
BBESo Hushai, David's friend, went into the town, and Absalom came to Jerusalem.
WebsterSo Hushai David's friend came into the city, and Absalom came into Jerusalem.

What does 2 Samuel 15:37 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 37 Absalom came into Jerusalem - It is very probable that he and his partisans were not far from the city when David left it, and this was one reason which caused him to hurry his departure. Reader, behold in the case of David a sad vicissitude of human affairs, and a fearful proof of their instability. Behold a king, the greatest that ever lived, a profound politician, an able general, a brave soldier, a poet of the most sublime genius and character, a prophet of the Most High God, and the deliverer of his country, driven from his dominions by his own son, abandoned by his fickle people, and for a time even by his God! See in his desolate state that there is none so exalted that God cannot abase, and none so abased that God cannot exalt. He was forsaken for a time, and his enemies triumphed; God returned, and his enemies were confounded. His crime, it is true, was great and God had declared by Nathan what had now come to pass. God is just, and in numberless instances sees right to show his displeasure even at those sins which his mercy has forgiven. In all cases it is a fearful and bitter thing to sin against the Lord.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Samuel 15:31-37

David prays not against Ahithophel's person, but against his counsel. He prayed this, in firm belief that God has all hearts in his hand, and tongues also. But we must second our prayers with endeavours, and David did so, else we tempt God. But we do not find wisdom and simplicity so united in any mere man, that we can perceive nothing which needs forgiveness. Yet, when the Son of David was treated with all possible…

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2 Samuel 15:37 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.

וַיָּבֹ֥אvai.ya.Vo'and he cameH935
חוּשַׁ֛יchu.ShaiHushaiH2365
רֵעֶ֥הre.'Eh[the] friend ofH7463
דָוִ֖דda.VidDavidH1732
הָעִ֑ירha.'Irthe cityH5892
וְאַבְשָׁלֹ֔םve.'av.sha.Lomand AbsalomH53
יָבֹ֖אya.Vo'he cameH935
יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם\׃ye.ru.sha.LimJerusalemH3389

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

Cross references for 2 Samuel 15:37

  • 1 Chronicles 27:33

    And Ahithophel was the king’s counsellor: and Hushai the Archite was the king’s companion:

  • 2 Samuel 16:15-16

    And Absalom, and all the people the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him. And it came to pass, when Hushai the Archite, David’s friend, was come unto Absalom, that Hushai said unto Absalom, God save the king, God save the king.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
friend.
16:16; 1Ch 27:33
Absalom.
16:15

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 2 Samuel 15:36

    Behold, they have there with them their two sons, Ahimaaz Zadok’s son, and Jonathan Abiathar’s son; and by them ye shall send unto me every thing that ye can hear.

  • 2 Samuel 15:37

    So Hushai David’s friend came into the city, and Absalom came into Jerusalem.

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2 Samuel 15:37 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Así se vino Husai amigo de David á la ciudad; y Absalom entró en Jerusalem.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et Hushaï, l’ami de David, vint dans la ville; et Absalom entra à Jérusalem.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Da begab sich Husai, der Freund Davids, in die Stadt; Absalom aber zog in Jerusalem ein.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Veniente ergo Chusai amico David in civitatem, Absalom quoque ingressus est Jerusalem.