2 Samuel 17:26
So Israel and Absalom pitched in the land of Gilead.
2 Samuel 17:26 in other translations
| BSB | So the Israelites and Absalom camped in the land of Gilead. |
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| WEB | Israel and Absalom encamped in the land of Gilead. |
| ASV | And Israel and Absalom encamped in the land of Gilead. |
| YLT | and Israel encampeth with Absalom in the land of Gilead. |
| DARBY | And Israel and Absalom encamped in the land of Gilead. |
| BBE | And Israel and Absalom put up their tents in the land of Gilead. |
| Webster | So Israel and Absalom encamped in the land of Gilead. |
What does 2 Samuel 17:26 mean?
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Samuel 17:22-29
Ahithophel hanged himself for vexation that his counsel was not followed. That will break a proud man's heart which will not break a humble man's sleep. He thought himself in danger, concluding, that, because his counsel was not followed, Absalom's cause would fail; and to prevent a possible public execution, he does justice upon himself. Thus the breath is stopped, and the head laid low, from which nothing could be…
2 Samuel 17:26 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 2 Samuel 17:26
- Numbers 32:1-42
Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle: and when they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that, behold, the place was a place for cattle; The children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spake unto Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and unto the princes of the congregation, saying, Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon, Even the country which the Lord smote before the congregation of Israel, is a land for cattle, and thy servants have cattle: …
- Deuteronomy 3:15
And I gave Gilead unto Machir.
- Joshua 17:1
There was also a lot for the tribe of Manasseh; for he was the firstborn of Joseph; to wit, for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead: because he was a man of war, therefore he had Gilead and Bashan.
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Nu 32:1-42; De 3:15; Jos 17:1
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Context
- 2 Samuel 17:25
And Absalom made Amasa captain of the host instead of Joab: which Amasa was a man’s son, whose name was Ithra an Israelite, that went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah Joab’s mother.
- 2 Samuel 17:26
So Israel and Absalom pitched in the land of Gilead.
- 2 Samuel 17:27
And it came to pass, when David was come to Mahanaim, that Shobi the son of Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and Machir the son of Ammiel of Lo–debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim,
2 Samuel 17:26 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y asentó campo Israel con Absalom en tierra de Galaad. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et Israël et Absalom se campèrent au pays de Galaad. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und Israel und Absalom lagerten sich im Lande Gilead. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et castrametatus est Israël cum Absalom in terra Galaad. |