2 Samuel 3:21
Old Testament • 21 words with Strong's data
"And Abner said unto David, I will arise and go, and will gather all Israel unto my lord the king, that they may make a league with thee, and that thou mayest reign over all that thine heart desireth. And David sent Abner away; and he went in peace."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
דָּוִד
Dâvid
David, the youngest son of Jesse
קוּם
qûwm
to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
יָלַךְ
yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
יִשְׂרָאֵל
Yisrâʼêl
Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
בְּרִית
bᵉrîyth
a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh)
יָכֹל
yâkôl
to be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might)
מַלְכוּת
malkûwth
a rule; concretely, a dominion
לֵב
lêb
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
דָּוִד
Dâvid
David, the youngest son of Jesse
שָׁלַח
shâlach
to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
סוּר
çûwr
to turn off (literal or figurative)
יָלַךְ
yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
שָׁלוֹם
shâlôwm
safe, i.e. (figuratively) well, happy, friendly; also (abstractly) welfare, i.e. health, prosperity, peace
Key Terms in This Verse
בְּרִית bᵉrîyth
a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh)
Study H1285 →קוּם qûwm
to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
Study H6965 →שָׁלוֹם shâlôwm
safe, i.e. (figuratively) well, happy, friendly; also (abstractly) welfare, i.e. health, prosperity, peace
Study H7965 →שָׁלַח shâlach
to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
Study H7971 →Cross References
And I will take thee, and thou shalt reign according to all that thy soul desireth, and shalt be king over Israel.
And Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf, saying, Whose is the land? saying also, Make thy league with me, and, behold, my hand shall be with thee, to bring about all Israel unto thee.
To translate the kingdom from the house of Saul, and to set up the throne of David over Israel and over Judah, from Dan even to Beersheba.
For all seek their own, not the things which are Jesus Christ’s.
Grant thee according to thine own heart, and fulfil all thy counsel.
And made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel.
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