Passage

2 Samuel 3.2

Book: 2 Samuel · NASB95

Immediate context (±2 verses)

ASV (ASV)

"1. Now there was long war between the house of Saul and the house of David: and David waxed stronger and stronger, but the house of Saul waxed weaker and weaker."

"2. And unto David were sons born in Hebron: and his first-born was Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess;"

"3. and his second, Chileab, of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur; 4. and the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith; and the fifth, Shephatiah the son of Abital;" (2 Samuel 3:1-4, ASV)

WEB (WEB)

"1. Now there was long war between Saul’s house and David’s house. David grew stronger and stronger, but Saul’s house grew weaker and weaker."

"2. Sons were born to David in Hebron. His firstborn was Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess;"

"3. and his second, Chileab, of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur; 4. and the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith; and the fifth, Shephatiah the son of Abital;" (2 Samuel 3:1-4, WEB)

KJV (KJV)

"1. Now 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."

"2. And unto David were sons born in Hebron: and his firstborn was Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess;"

"3. And his second, Chileab, of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur; ^{Chileab: or, Daniel} 4. And the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith; and the fifth, Shephatiah the son of Abital;" (2 Samuel 3:1-4, KJV)

YLT (YLT)

"1. And the war is long between the house of Saul and the house of David, and David is going on and [is] strong, and the house of Saul are going on and [are] weak."

"2. And there are born to David sons in Hebron, and his first-born is Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess,"

"3. and his second [is] Chileab, of Abigail wife of Nabal the Carmelite, and the third [is] Absalom son of Maacah daughter of Talmai king of Geshur, 4. and the fourth [is] Adonijah son of Haggith, and the fifth [is] Shephatiah son of Abital," (2 Samuel 3:1-4, YLT)

Setting

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Theological reading

Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added.

Key words

Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap.

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Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the most literal English translations available (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the public domain in the United States, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

ASV (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
WEB (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
KJV (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
YLT (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

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