KJV King James Version
And they took up Asahel, and buried him in the sepulchre of his father, which [was in] Bethlehem. And Joab and his men went all night, and they came to Hebron at break of day.
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2 Samuel 2:32
And they took up Asahel, and buried him in the sepulchre of his father, which [was in] Bethlehem. And Joab and his men went all night, and they came to Hebron at break of day.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
And they took Asahel and buried him in his father’s tomb in Bethlehem. Then Joab and his men marched all night and reached Hebron at daybreak.
WEB World English Bible
They took up Asahel, and buried him in the tomb of his father, which was in Bethlehem. Joab and his men went all night, and the day broke on them at Hebron.
ASV American Standard Version
And they took up Asahel, and buried him in the sepulchre of his father, which was in Beth-lehem. And Joab and his men went all night, and the day brake upon them at Hebron.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And they lift up Asahel, and bury him in the burying-place of his father, which is in Beth-Lehem, and they go all the night—Joab and his men—and it is light to them in Hebron.
Surrounding context — 2 Samuel 2
29 And Abner and his men walked all that night through the plain, and passed over Jordan, and went through all Bithron, and they came to Mahanaim.
30 And Joab returned from following Abner: and when he had gathered all the people together, there lacked of David’s servants nineteen men and Asahel.
31 But the servants of David had smitten of Benjamin, and of Abner’s men, [so that] three hundred and threescore men died.
32 And they took up Asahel, and buried him in the sepulchre of his father, which [was in] Bethlehem. And Joab and his men went all night, and they came to Hebron at break of day.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיִּשְׂאוּ֙H5375 · na.sato lift: raiseאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]עֲשָׂהאֵ֔לH6214 · a.sa.h.elAsahelוַֽיִּקְבְּרֻ֙הוּ֙H6912 · qa.varto buryבְּקֶ֣בֶרH6913 · qe.vergraveאָבִ֔יוH1 · avfatherאֲשֶׁ֖רH834 · a.sherwhichבֵּ֣יתH1035 · bet le.chemBethlehemלָ֑חֶםH1035 · bet le.chemBethlehemוַיֵּלְכ֣וּH1980 · ha.lakhto go: wentכָל־H3605 · kolallהַלַּ֗יְלָהH3915 · lay.lahnightיוֹאָב֙H3097 · yo.avJoabוַֽאֲנָשָׁ֔יוH582 · e.noshhumanוַיֵּאֹ֥רH215 · orto lightלָהֶ֖םH9038 · hemthemבְּחֶבְרֽוֹן׃H2275 · chev.ronHebron
Cross-references
Proverbs 22:29Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean [men].1 Chronicles 2:13-16And Jesse begat his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimma the third,1 Samuel 17:58And Saul said to him, Whose son [art] thou, [thou] young man? And David answered, [I am] the son of thy servant Jesse the Bethlehemite.2 Samuel 5:1Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spake, saying, Behold, we [are] thy bone and thy flesh.2 Chronicles 21:1Now Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. And Jehoram his son reigned in his stead.2 Chronicles 16:14And they buried him in his own sepulchres, which he had made for himself in the city of David, and laid him in the bed which was filled with sweet odours and divers kinds [of spices] prepared by the apothecaries’ art: and they made a very great burning for him.
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