Passage Research
2 Samuel 20 — Sermon Preparation
A troublemaker named Sheba rallies Israel against David; the rebellion ends when a wise woman in the city of Abel negotiates to hand over Sheba's severed head. Below is a research summary for 2 Samuel 20, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 26
- verses
- 443 / 189
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 6
- classic sermon excerpts
- 2
- preachers & commentators
2 Samuel 20 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| יוֹאָב | Yôwʼâb | H3097 | 18 | Joab |
| בִּכְרִי | Bikrîy | H1075 | 8 | Bikri |
| עֲמָשָׂא | ʻĂmâsâʼ | H6021 | 8 | Amasa |
| שֶׁבַע | shebaʻ | H7652 | 8 | Sheba |
| דָּוִד | Dâvid | H1732 | 7 | David |
| בֵּית מַעֲכָה | Bêyth Maʻăkâh | H1038 | 3 | Beth-Maakah |
| עִיר | ʻîyr | H5892 | 6 | city, waking |
How preachers through history handled this text
6 public-domain excerpts on 2 Samuel 20, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“Joab barbarously murdered Amasa. The more plot there is in a sin, the worse it is. Joab contentedly sacrificed the interest both of the king and the kingdom to his personal revenge. But one would wonder with what face a murderer could pursue a traitor; and how, under such a load of guilt, he had courage to enter upon danger: his conscience was seared.”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on 2 Samuel 20:4–13 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Abel-beth-maacah— 2 Sam 20:14
- Jerusalem— 2 Sam 20:2
- Jordan— 2 Sam 20:2
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