2 Samuel 1:4
How ... things <04100 01697> [How went. Heb. What was, etc.]
people ......... them <05971> [the people.]
2 Samuel 2:23
abdomen ........ spear ... spear <02570 02595> [the fifth rib.]
respect <05975> [stood still.]
2 Samuel 19:18
crossed ............ cross ............. crossed <05674> [And there.]
The LXX. connecting this the with preceding verse, render, [kai kateuthynan ton lordanen emposthen tou basileos, kai eleitourgesan ten leitourgian tou diabibasai ton basilea,] "and they made ready Jordan before the king, and did the necessary service to bring over the king;" and the Vulgate has, {et irrumpentes Jordanem, ante regem transierunt vada, ut traducerent domum regis,} "and breaking into Jordan, they passed the fords before the king, to bring over the king's household." Josephus says they prepared a bridge over the Jordan, to facilitate his passage.
whatever .... appropriate <05869 02896> [what he thought good. Heb. the good in his eyes. fell down.]
