For it came to pass when David
David (daw-veed')
loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse -- David.
was in Edom
'Edom (ed-ome')
red (see Gen. 25:25); Edom, the elder twin-brother of Jacob; hence the region (Idumaea) occupied by him -- Edom, Edomites, Idumea.
and Joab
Yow'ab (yo-awb')
Jehovah-fathered; Joab, the name of three Israelites -- Joab.
the captain
sar (sar)
a head person (of any rank or class) -- captain (that had rule), chief (captain), general, governor, keeper, lord, (-task-)master, prince(-ipal), ruler, steward.
of the host
tsaba' (tsaw-baw')
a mass of persons (or figuratively, things), especially reg. organized for war (an army); by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively (specifically, hardship, worship)
was gone up
`alah (aw-law')
to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative (as follow)
to bury
qabar (kaw-bar')
to inter -- in any wise, bury(-ier).
the slain
chalal (khaw-lawl')
pierced (especially to death); figuratively, polluted -- kill, profane, slain (man), slew, (deadly) wounded.
after he had smitten
nakah (naw-kaw')
to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
every male
zakar (zaw-kawr')
remembered, i.e. a male (of man or animals, as being the most noteworthy sex) -- him, male, man(child, -kind).
in Edom
'Edom (ed-ome')
red (see Gen. 25:25); Edom, the elder twin-brother of Jacob; hence the region (Idumaea) occupied by him -- Edom, Edomites, Idumea.
