The Meaning of 2 Samuel 2:31 Explained

2 Samuel 2:31

KJV: But the servants of David had smitten of Benjamin, and of Abner's men, so that three hundred and threescore men died.

YLT: and the servants of David have smitten of Benjamin, even among the men of Abner, three hundred and sixty men -- they died.

Darby: And the servants of David had smitten of Benjamin, and of Abner's men, three hundred and sixty men, who had died.

ASV: But the servants of David had smitten of Benjamin, and of Abner's men,'so that three hundred and threescore men died.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

But the servants  of David  had smitten  of Benjamin,  and of Abner's  men,  [so that] three  hundred  and threescore  men  died. 

What does 2 Samuel 2:31 Mean?

Context Summary

2 Samuel 2:24-32 - Shall The Sword Devour For Ever?
The longer the sword devours, the more bitter the hatred engendered. Early that morning, each of twenty-four young men had buried his sword in his antagonist's heart; and, as the hours passed, the flame of mutual hate had become hotter. There was no telling to what it might lead. Hatred is like a prairie fire in its rapid spread and remorseless destruction.
When night fell, Abner, alarmed by the prospects of slaughter, asked Joab to stay the pursuit. Otherwise, Joab would have fought through the night. However, he drew off his men, and Abner, still dreading his wrath, by a forced march crossed the Jordan that night.
Abner's reference to the insatiate lust of the sword for human life reminds us, by force of contrast, of the hunger of Christ to seek and to save that which is lost. His appetite to save is a consuming passion. It is His meat and drink to win souls to the eternal life that he is commissioned to impart. [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 2:31 mean?

But the servants of David had struck down of Benjamin and men of Abner three hundred and sixty men who died
וְעַבְדֵ֣י דָוִ֗ד הִכּוּ֙ מִבִּנְיָמִ֔ן וּבְאַנְשֵׁ֖י אַבְנֵ֑ר שְׁלֹשׁ־ מֵא֧וֹת וְשִׁשִּׁ֛ים אִ֖ישׁ מֵֽתוּ

וְעַבְדֵ֣י  But  the  servants 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: עֶבֶד  
Sense: slave, servant.
דָוִ֗ד  of  David 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: דָּוִד  
Sense: youngest son of Jesse and second king of Israel.
הִכּוּ֙  had  struck  down 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Perfect, third person common plural
Root: נָכָה  
Sense: to strike, smite, hit, beat, slay, kill.
מִבִּנְיָמִ֔ן  of  Benjamin 
Parse: Preposition-m, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: בִּנְיָמִין 
Sense: Jacob’s and Rachel’s youngest son, Joseph’s full brother.
וּבְאַנְשֵׁ֖י  and  men 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: אִישׁ 
Sense: man.
אַבְנֵ֑ר  of  Abner 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: אֲבִינֵר 
Sense: Saul’s cousin and army captain, treacherously slain by Joab.
שְׁלֹשׁ־  three 
Parse: Number, feminine singular construct
Root: מִשְׁלֹשׁ 
Sense: three, triad.
מֵא֧וֹת  hundred 
Parse: Number, feminine plural
Root: מֵאָה 
Sense: hundred.
וְשִׁשִּׁ֛ים  and  sixty 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Number, common plural
Root: שִׁשִּׁים  
Sense: sixty, three score.
אִ֖ישׁ  men 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: אִישׁ 
Sense: man.
מֵֽתוּ  who  died 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person common plural
Root: מוּת  
Sense: to die, kill, have one executed.

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