2 Samuel 3:1

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַתְּהִ֤י הַמִּלְחָמָה֙ אֲרֻכָּ֔ה בֵּ֚ין בֵּ֣ית שָׁא֔וּל וּבֵ֖ין בֵּ֣ית דָּוִ֑ד וְדָוִד֙ הֹלֵ֣ךְ וְחָזֵ֔ק וּבֵ֥ית שָׁא֖וּל הֹלְכִ֥ים וְדַלִּֽים׃

Transliteration

wā-tehî the milḥāmāh 'ărūkkāh between bêt šā'ûl and-between bêt dāwid and-dāwid hōlēk and-ḥāzēq and-bêt šā'ûl hōlkîm and-dallîm

Grammar Details

• *wā-tehî*: waw-consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd feminine singular - and it was/became
• *milḥāmāh*: noun, feminine singular - war/battle
• *'ărūkkāh*: adjective, feminine singular - long/prolonged
• *bêt*: construct noun, masculine singular - house of
• *šā'ûl*: proper noun - Saul
• *dāwid*: proper noun - David
• *hōlēk*: qal participle, masculine singular - going/walking/advancing
• *ḥāzēq*: adjective, masculine singular - strong/becoming stronger
• *hōlkîm*: qal participle, masculine plural - going/walking/becoming
• *dallîm*: adjective, masculine plural - weak/becoming weaker

Word Meanings

• *wā-tehî*: and it happened/and it continued
• *'ărūkkāh*: prolonged/protracted/long-lasting
• *hōlēk*: proceeding/advancing/growing/continuing
• *ḥāzēq*: strong/powerful/growing stronger
• *dallîm*: weak/feeble/growing weaker/diminishing

Referenced Verses

• 1 Kgs 14:30 : 30 And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all their days.
• 2 Sam 2:17 : 17 And there was a very sore battle that day; and Abner was beaten, and the men of Israel, before the servants of David.
• Gal 5:17 : 17 For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.
• Eph 6:12 : 12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
• Rev 6:2 : 2 And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.
• Gen 3:15 : 15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
• 1 Kgs 15:16 : 16 And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.
• 1 Kgs 15:32 : 32 And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.
• Esth 6:13 : 13 And Haman told Zeresh his wife and all his friends every thing that had befallen him. Then said his wise men and Zeresh his wife unto him, If Mordecai be of the seed of the Jews, before whom thou hast begun to fall, thou shalt not prevail against him, but shalt surely fall before him.
• Job 8:7 : 7 Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase.
• Job 17:9 : 9 The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.
• Ps 45:3-5 : 3 Gird{H8798)} thy sword upon thy thigh, O most mighty, with thy glory and thy majesty. 4 And in thy majesty ride{H8798)} prosperously{H8798)} because of truth and meekness and righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach{H8686)} thee terrible things{H8737)}. 5 Thine arrows are sharp{H8802)} in the heart of the king's enemies{H8802)}; whereby the people fall{H8799)} under thee.
• Ps 84:7 : 7 They go{H8799)} from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth{H8735)} before God.
• Prov 4:18-19 : 18 But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day. 19 The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
• Dan 2:34-35 : 34 Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces. 35 Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.
• Dan 2:44-45 : 44 And 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 for ever. 45 Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it brake 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 thereof sure.
• Matt 10:35-36 : 35 For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law. 36 And a man's foes shall be they of his own household.