2 Samuel 23 · Verse 39

2 Samuel 23:39

Uriah the Hittite: thirty and seven in all.
2 Samuel 23:39, King James Version

2 Samuel 23:39 in other translations

BSBand Uriah the Hittite. There were thirty-seven in all.
WEBand Uriah the Hittite: thirty-seven in all.
ASVUriah the Hittite: thirty and seven in all.
YLTUriah the Hittite; in all thirty and seven.
DARBYUriah the Hittite: thirty-seven in all.
BBEUriah the Hittite: thirty-seven in number.
WebsterUriah the Hittite: thirty and seven in all.

What does 2 Samuel 23:39 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Samuel 23:19-39

19-39. the first three--The mighty men or champions in David's military staff were divided into three classes--the highest, Jashobeam, Eleazar, and Shammah; the second class, Abishai, Benaiah, and Asahel; and the third class, the thirty, of which Asahel was the chief. There are thirty-one mentioned in the list, including Asahel; and these added to the two superior orders make thirty-seven. Two of them, we know, were…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 39 Uriah the Hittite: thirty and seven in all - To these the author of 1Chr 11:41 adds Zabad son of Ahlai. 1Chr 11:42 - Adina the son of Shiza the Reubenite, a captain of the Reubenites, and thirty with him. 1Chr 11:43 - Hanan the son of Maachah, and Joshaphat the Mithnite, 1Chr 11:44 - Uzzia the Ashterathite, Shama and Jehiel the sons of Hothan the Aroerite, 1Chr 11:45 - Jediael the son of Shimri, and Joha his brother, the Tizite, 1Chr 11:46 - Eliel the Mahavite, and Jeribai, and Joshaviah, the sons of Elnaam, and Ithmah the Moabite, 1Chr 11:47 - Eliel, and Obed, and Jasiel the Mesobaite. The 4th and 5th verses are very obscure; L. De Dieu gives them a good meaning, if not the true one: - "The perpetuity of his kingdom David amplifies by a comparison to three natural things, which are very grateful to men, but not constant and stable. For the sun arises and goes down again; the morning may be clear, but clouds afterwards arise; and the tender grass springs up, but afterwards withers. Not so, said he, is my kingdom before God; it is flourishing like all these, but perpetual, for he has made an everlasting covenant with me, though some afflictions have befallen me; and he has not made all my salvation and desire to grow." De Dieu repeats כ ke, the note of similitude, thrice; and the following is his version: - "The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake unto me, (or concerning me): The just man ruleth among men; he ruleth in the fear of God. And, as the sun ariseth with a shining light; as the morning is without clouds by reason of its splendor; as, from rain, the tender grass springeth out of the earth; truly so is not my house with God: because he hath made an everlasting covenant with me; disposed in all things, and well kept and preserved in that order. Although he doth not make all my deliverance and desire to grow, i.e., though some adversities happen to me and my family; yet, that always remains, which, in the covenant of God made with me, is in all things orderly, disposed, and preserved." See Bishop Patrick on the place. Once more I must beg the reader to refer to the First Dissertation of Dr. Kennicott, on the present state of the printed Hebrew text; in which there is not only great light cast on this subject, several corruptions in the Hebrew text being demonstrated, but also many valuable criticisms on different texts in the sacred writings. There are two Dissertations, 2 vols. 8 vo.; and both very valuable.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Samuel 23:8-39

David once earnestly longed for the water at the well of Bethlehem. It seems to be an instance of weakness. He was thirsty; with the water of that well he had often refreshed himself when a youth, and it was without due thought that he desired it. Were his valiant men so forward to expose themselves, upon the least hint of their prince's mind, and so eager to please him, and shall not we long to approve ourselves to…

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2 Samuel 23:39 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.

אֽוּרִיָּה֙'u.ri.YahUriahH223
הַֽחִתִּ֔יha.chi.Tithe HittiteH2850
כֹּ֖לkolallH3605
שְׁלֹשִׁ֥יםshe.lo.Shim[were] thirtyH7970
וְשִׁבְעָֽה\׃\ \פve.shiv.'Ahand sevenH7651

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Cross references for 2 Samuel 23:39

  • 2 Samuel 11:3

    And David sent and enquired after the woman. And one said, Is not this Bath–sheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?

  • Matthew 1:6

    And Jesse begat David the king; and David the king begat Solomon of her that had been the wife of Urias;

  • 2 Samuel 12:9

    Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the Lord, to do evil in his sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.

  • 1 Kings 15:5

    Because David did that which was right in the eyes of the Lord, and turned not aside from any thing that he commanded him all the days of his life, save only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.

  • 2 Samuel 11:6-27

    And David sent to Joab, saying, Send me Uriah the Hittite. And Joab sent Uriah to David. And when Uriah was come unto him, David demanded of him how Joab did, and how the people did, and how the war prospered. And David said to Uriah, Go down to thy house, and wash thy feet. And Uriah departed out of the king’s house, and there followed him a mess of meat from the king. But Uriah slept at the door of the king’s house with all the servants of his lord, and went not down to his house. …

  • 1 Chronicles 11:41

    Uriah the Hittite, Zabad the son of Ahlai,

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Uriah.
11:3,6-27; 12:9; 1Ki 15:5; 1Ch 11:41; Mt 1:6
thirty and seven in all.From the number of these officers being thirty-seven, it is almost self-evident that {shalishim} cannot denote the thirty, as rendered in ver. 13, etc., but some particular description of men, or officers; for it can scarcely be said, with propriety, that we have thirty-seven out of thirty; and besides, in the parallel place in 1 Chronicles, there are sixteen added!

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Context

  • 2 Samuel 23:38

    Ira an Ithrite, Gareb an Ithrite,

  • 2 Samuel 23:39

    Uriah the Hittite: thirty and seven in all.

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2 Samuel 23:39 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Uría Hetheo. Entre todos treinta y siete.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Urie, le Héthien: en tout, 37.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Urija, der Hethiter: in allem 37.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Urias Hethæus: omnes triginta septem.