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2 Samuel 3

2 Sam. 3:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Now there was long
'arok (Hebrew #752)
long
KJV usage: long.
Pronounce: aw-roke'
Origin: from 748
war
milchamah (Hebrew #4421)
a battle (i.e. the engagement); generally, war (i.e. warfare)
KJV usage: battle, fight(-ing), war((-rior)).
Pronounce: mil-khaw-maw'
Origin: from 3898 (in the sense of fighting)
between the house
bayith (Hebrew #1004)
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
KJV usage: court, daughter, door, + dungeon, family, + forth of, X great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter)house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, + prison, + steward, + tablet, temple, web, + within(-out).
Pronounce: bah'-yith
Origin: probably from 1129 abbreviated
of Saul
Sha'uwl (Hebrew #7586)
asked; Shaul, the name of an Edomite and two Israelites
KJV usage: Saul, Shaul.
Pronounce: shaw-ool'
Origin: passive participle of 7592
and the house
bayith (Hebrew #1004)
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
KJV usage: court, daughter, door, + dungeon, family, + forth of, X great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter)house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, + prison, + steward, + tablet, temple, web, + within(-out).
Pronounce: bah'-yith
Origin: probably from 1129 abbreviated
of David
David (Hebrew #1732)
Daviyd {daw-veed'}; from the same as 1730; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse
KJV usage: David.
Pronounce: daw-veed'
Origin: rarely (fully)
: but David
David (Hebrew #1732)
Daviyd {daw-veed'}; from the same as 1730; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse
KJV usage: David.
Pronounce: daw-veed'
Origin: rarely (fully)
h waxed
halak (Hebrew #1980)
a primitive root; to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
KJV usage: (all) along, apace, behave (self), come, (on) continually, be conversant, depart, + be eased, enter, exercise (self), + follow, forth, forward, get, go (about, abroad, along, away, forward, on, out, up and down), + greater, grow, be wont to haunt, lead, march, X more and more, move (self), needs, on, pass (away), be at the point, quite, run (along), + send, speedily, spread, still, surely, + tale-bearer, + travel(-ler), walk (abroad, on, to and fro, up and down, to places), wander, wax, (way-)faring man, X be weak, whirl.
Pronounce: haw-lak'
Origin: akin to 3212
stronger
chazeq (Hebrew #2390)
powerful
KJV usage: X wax louder, stronger.
Pronounce: khaw-zake'
Origin: from 2388
and stronger
chazeq (Hebrew #2390)
powerful
KJV usage: X wax louder, stronger.
Pronounce: khaw-zake'
Origin: from 2388
, and the house
bayith (Hebrew #1004)
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
KJV usage: court, daughter, door, + dungeon, family, + forth of, X great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter)house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, + prison, + steward, + tablet, temple, web, + within(-out).
Pronounce: bah'-yith
Origin: probably from 1129 abbreviated
of Saul
Sha'uwl (Hebrew #7586)
asked; Shaul, the name of an Edomite and two Israelites
KJV usage: Saul, Shaul.
Pronounce: shaw-ool'
Origin: passive participle of 7592
waxed
halak (Hebrew #1980)
a primitive root; to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
KJV usage: (all) along, apace, behave (self), come, (on) continually, be conversant, depart, + be eased, enter, exercise (self), + follow, forth, forward, get, go (about, abroad, along, away, forward, on, out, up and down), + greater, grow, be wont to haunt, lead, march, X more and more, move (self), needs, on, pass (away), be at the point, quite, run (along), + send, speedily, spread, still, surely, + tale-bearer, + travel(-ler), walk (abroad, on, to and fro, up and down, to places), wander, wax, (way-)faring man, X be weak, whirl.
Pronounce: haw-lak'
Origin: akin to 3212
weaker
dal (Hebrew #1800)
properly, dangling, i.e. (by implication) weak or thin
KJV usage: lean, needy, poor (man), weaker.
Pronounce: dal
Origin: from 1809
and weaker
dal (Hebrew #1800)
properly, dangling, i.e. (by implication) weak or thin
KJV usage: lean, needy, poor (man), weaker.
Pronounce: dal
Origin: from 1809
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2 Sam. 2:17• 17And the battle that day was very severe; and Abner and the men of Israel were routed before the servants of David. (2 Sam. 2:17)
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Job 17:9• 9But the righteous shall hold on his way,{HR}And the clean of hands increase in strength. (Job 17:9)
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Psa. 84:7• 7They go from strength to strength;{HR}[Each] will appear before God in Zion. (Psa. 84:7)
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Prov. 4:18‑19• 18But the path of the righteous is as the shining light{HR}Going on and brightening to the perfect day.
 19The way of the wicked [is] as darkness:{HR}They know not at what they stumble. (Prov. 4:18‑19)
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Rev. 6:2• 2And I saw, and, behold, a white horse, and he that sat upon him having a bow; and there was given him a crown: and he came out conquering and that he might conquer. (Rev. 6:2)

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Cross References

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1:  During the war David still waxes stronger.
2-5:  Six sons are born to him in Hebron.
6:  Abner, displeased with Ish-bosheth,
7-12:  revolts to David.
13-16:  David requires as a condition to bring him his wife Michal.
17-21:  Abner, having communed with the Israelites, is feasted by David, and dismissed.
22-27:  Joab returning from battle, is displeased with the king, and kills Abner.
28-30:  David curses Joab;
31-39:  and mourns for Abner.
long war.
1 Kings 14:30• 30And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all their days. (1 Kings 14:30)
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1 Kings 15:16,32• 16And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.
 32And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days. (1 Kings 15:16,32)
between.
Gen. 3:15• 15And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed: he shall crush thy head, and thou shalt crush his heel. (Gen. 3:15)
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Psa. 45:3‑5• 3Gird thy sword upon the thigh,{HR}Ο mighty one, thy glory and thy majesty.
 4And [in] thy majesty prosper, ride,{HR}For the cause of truth and meekness of righteousness;{HR}And thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things.
 5Thine arrows [are] sharpened—{HR}The peoples fall under thee—{HR}In the heart of the king's enemies. (Psa. 45:3‑5)
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Matt. 10:35‑36• 35For I have come to set a man at variance with his father, and the daughter with her mother, and the daughter-in-law with her mother-in-law;
 36and they of his household [shall be] a man's enemies. (Matt. 10:35‑36)
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Gal. 5:17• 17For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these things are opposed one to another, that ye should not do those things which ye would; (Gal. 5:17)
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Eph. 6:12• 12for our wrestling is not against blood and flesh, but against the principalities, against the authorities, against the world-rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual [hosts] of wickedness in the heavenly [places]. (Eph. 6:12)
David waxed.
2 Sam. 2:17• 17And the battle that day was very severe; and Abner and the men of Israel were routed before the servants of David. (2 Sam. 2:17)
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Esther 6:13• 13And Haman recounted unto Zeresh his wife and all his friends everything that had befallen him. Then said his wise men and Zeresh his wife unto him, If Mordecai, before whom thou hast begun to fall, [be] of the seed of the Jews, thou shalt not prevail against him, but shalt surely fall before him. (Esther 6:13)
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Job 8:7• 7And though thy beginning were small,{HR}Yet thy latter end would flourish greatly. (Job 8:7)
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Job 17:9• 9But the righteous shall hold on his way,{HR}And the clean of hands increase in strength. (Job 17:9)
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Psa. 84:7• 7They go from strength to strength;{HR}[Each] will appear before God in Zion. (Psa. 84:7)
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Prov. 4:18‑19• 18But the path of the righteous is as the shining light{HR}Going on and brightening to the perfect day.
 19The way of the wicked [is] as darkness:{HR}They know not at what they stumble. (Prov. 4:18‑19)
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Dan. 2:34‑35,44‑45• 34Thou sawest till a stone was cut out without hands; and it smote the image upon its feet of iron and clay, and broke them to pieces.
 35Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold broken in pieces together, and they became like the chaff of the summer threshing-floors; and the wind carried them away, and no place was found for them. And the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.
 44And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever.
 45Forasmuch as thou sawest that a stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and it break in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold, —the great God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter. And the dream is certain, and the interpretation of it sure. (Dan. 2:34‑35,44‑45)
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Rev. 6:2• 2And I saw, and, behold, a white horse, and he that sat upon him having a bow; and there was given him a crown: and he came out conquering and that he might conquer. (Rev. 6:2)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And the war was long between the house of Saul and the house of David; but David became continually stronger, and the house of Saul became continually weaker.

W. Kelly Translation

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There was long war between the house of Saul and the house of David: but David waxed stronger and stronger, and the house of Saul waxed weaker and weaker.