2 Samuel 3 · Verse 16

2 Samuel 3:16

And her husband went with her along weeping behind her to Bahurim. Then said Abner unto him, Go, return. And he returned.
2 Samuel 3:16, King James Version

2 Samuel 3:16 in other translations

BSBHer husband followed her, weeping all the way to Bahurim. Then Abner said to him, “Go back.” So he returned home.
WEBHer husband went with her, weeping as he went, and followed her to Bahurim. Then Abner said to him, “Go! Return!” and he returned.
ASVAnd her husband went with her, weeping as he went, and followed her to Bahurim. Then said Abner unto him, Go, return: and he returned.
YLTand her husband goeth with her, going on and weeping behind her, unto Bahurim, and Abner saith unto him, ‘Go, turn back;' and he turneth back.
DARBYAnd her husband went with her along weeping behind her to Bahurim. Then said Abner to him, Go, return. And he returned.
BBEAnd her husband went with her as far as Bahurim, weeping while he went. Then Abner said to him, Go back. And he went back.
WebsterAnd her husband went with her, weeping behind her to Bahurim. Then said Abner to him, Go, return. And he returned.

What does 2 Samuel 3:16 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 16 Weeping behind her - If genuine affection did not still subsist between David and Michal, it was a pity to have taken her from Phaltiel, who had her to wife from the conjoint authority of her father and her king. Nevertheless David had a legal right to her, as she had never been divorced, for she was taken from him by the hand of violence.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Samuel 3:7-21

Many, like Abner, are not above committing base crimes, who are too proud to bear reproof, or even the suspicion of being guilty. While men go on in sin, and apparently without concern, they are often conscious that they are fighting against God. Many mean to serve their own purposes; and will betray those who trust them, when they can get any advantage. Yet the Lord serves his own designs, even by those who are…

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2 Samuel 3:16 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.

וַיֵּ֨לֶךְvai.Ye.lekhand he wentH1980
אִתָּ֜הּ'i.Tahwith herH854
אִישָׁ֗הּ'i.Shahhusband herH376
הָל֧וֹךְha.LokhgoingH1980
וּבָכֹ֛הu.va.Khohand weepingH1058
אַחֲרֶ֖יהָ'a.cha.Rei.haafter herH310
עַד\־'ad-toH5704
בַּֽחֻרִ֑יםba.chu.RimBahurimH980
וַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559
אֵלָ֥יו'e.Lavto himH413
אַבְנֵ֛ר'av.NerAbnerH74
לֵ֥ךְlekhgoH1980
שׁ֖וּבshuvreturnH7725
וַיָּשֹֽׁב\׃vai.ya.Shoand he returnedH7725

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

Cross references for 2 Samuel 3:16

  • 2 Samuel 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.

  • 2 Samuel 19:16

    And Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite, which was of Bahurim, hasted and came down with the men of Judah to meet king David.

  • 1 Kings 2:8

    And, behold, thou hast with thee Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite of Bahurim, which cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim: but he came down to meet me at Jordan, and I sware to him by the Lord, saying, I will not put thee to death with the sword.

  • 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.

  • Proverbs 9:17-18

    Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant. But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
along weeping. Heb. going and weeping.
Pr 9:17,18
Bahurim.
16:5; 17:18; 19:16; 1Ki 2:8

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

Context

  • 2 Samuel 3:15

    And Ish–bosheth sent, and took her from her husband, even from Phaltiel the son of Laish.

  • 2 Samuel 3:16

    And her husband went with her along weeping behind her to Bahurim. Then said Abner unto him, Go, return. And he returned.

  • 2 Samuel 3:17

    And Abner had communication with the elders of Israel, saying, Ye sought for David in times past to be king over you:

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2 Samuel 3:16 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y su marido fué con ella, siguiéndola y llorando hasta Bahurim. Y díjole Abner: Anda, vuélvete. Entonces él se volvió.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et son mari alla avec elle, marchant et pleurant après elle, jusqu’à Bakhurim. Et Abner lui dit: Va, retourne-t’en. Et il s’en retourna.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und ihr Mann ging mit ihr und folgte ihr weinend nach bis Bachurim. Da sprach Abner zu ihm: Geh, kehre um! Und er kehrte um.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Sequebaturque eam vir suus, plorans usque Bahurim: et dixit ad eum Abner: Vade, et revertere. Qui reversus est.