The Meaning of 2 Samuel 2:20 Explained

2 Samuel 2:20

KJV: Then Abner looked behind him, and said, Art thou Asahel? And he answered, I am.

YLT: And Abner looketh behind him, and saith, 'Art thou he -- Asahel?' and he saith, 'I am.'

Darby: Then Abner looked behind him, and said, Art thou Asahel? And he said, I am.

ASV: Then Abner looked behind him, and said, Is it thou, Asahel? And he answered, It is I.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of 2 Samuel 2:20?

MEANING: What does 2 Samuel 2:20 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in 2 Samuel 2:20 mean?

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What is the context of 2 Samuel 2:20?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Then Abner looked behind him, and said, [Art] thou Asahel? And he answered, I [am].

What does 2 Samuel 2:20 Mean?

Context Summary

2 Samuel 2:12-23 - Sword-Play To The Death

For seven and a half years David reigned over the house of Judah. He was in the prime of life, thirty years of age, and seems to have given himself to the consolidation of his kingdom and the quiet sanctities of the home. He maintained throughout those years that spirit of quiet expectancy of which his psalms so often speak. In this, he reminds us of our Lord, who is depicted as sitting at His Father's side till His foes become His footstool.

From Hebron, the city of fellowship, bands of mighty men went forth to fight with Ishbosheth, just as the warriors of the Cross have, in every age, gone forth to engage in deadly conflict with unbelief and sin. Asahel's death reminds us of Stephen's martyrdom. But the end is not yet! The Church's warfare is not against flesh and blood, but against the wicked spirits that rule the darkness of the world. Her weapons, therefore, are not carnal but spiritual, and particularly that of "all-prayer," Ephesians 6:10-20. [source]

Chapter Summary: 2 Samuel 2

¹ David, by God's direction, with his company goes up to Hebron
⁴ where he is made king of Judah
⁵ He commends them of Jabesh Gilead for their king of Israel
⁸ Abner makes Ishbosheth king of Israel
¹² A mortal skirmish between twelve of Abner's and twelve of Joab's men
¹⁸ Asahel is slain
²⁵ At Abner's motion, Joab sounds a retreat
³² Asahel's burial

What do the individual words in 2 Samuel 2:20 mean?

And looked Abner behind him and said [Is] you this Asahel and He answered I [am]

וַיִּ֤פֶן אַבְנֵר֙ אַֽחֲרָ֔יו וַיֹּ֕אמֶר הַאַתָּ֥ה זֶ֖ה ؟ עֲשָׂהאֵ֑ל וַיֹּ֖אמֶר אָנֹֽכִי

וַיִּ֤פֶן	And looked
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: פֹּונֶה Sense: to turn.
אַבְנֵר֙	Abner
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: אֲבִינֵר Sense: Saul’s cousin and army captain, treacherously slain by Joab.
אַֽחֲרָ֔יו	behind him
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine singular Root: אַחַר Sense: after the following part, behind (of place), hinder, afterwards (of time).
וַיֹּ֕אמֶר	and said
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: אָמַר Sense: to say, speak, utter.
הַאַתָּ֥ה	[Is] you
Parse: Article, Pronoun, second person masculine singular Root: אַתְּ Sense: you (second pers.
זֶ֖ה	this
Parse: Pronoun, masculine singular Root: זֶה Sense: this, this one, here, which, this … that, the one … the other, another, such.
؟ עֲשָׂהאֵ֑ל	Asahel
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: עֲשָׂהאֵל Sense: nephew of David, son of David’s sister Zeruiah, and brother of Joab and Abishai; swift of foot he was killed by Abner when he pursued him in battle and caught him.
וַיֹּ֖אמֶר	and He answered
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: אָמַר Sense: to say, speak, utter.
אָנֹֽכִי	I [am]
Parse: Pronoun, first person common singular Root: אָנׄכִי Sense: I (first pers.

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