Verse Lens · Concise explanation
2 Samuel 23:36 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 36. 36Igal the son of Nathan of Zobah, Bani the Gadite,
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Quick Meaning
This verse advances the thought unit through its next reported action, speech, or consequence: “Igal the son of Nathan of Zobah, Bani the Gadite.” Its responsible meaning belongs to the complete movement “The Roster Ends with Uriah.”
A long thirty includes Asahel, Eliam, and foreign names
This verse is one part of that explanation in 2 Samuel 23:24–39. The complete section carries the connected meaning and how it should shape life.
Read It With
- 2 Samuel 23:24–39
Read 2 Samuel 23:36 with 23:24–39. The wording “Igal the son of Nathan of Zobah, Bani the Gadite” supplies one step in the thought unit through its next reported action, speech, or consequence; the surrounding verses supply the causes, responses, and outcome summarized here: A long roster preserves David's warrior network and closes by naming Uriah the Hittite, returning heroic memory to the man David arranged to kill.
Why This Verse Appears Here
Within “The Roster Ends with Uriah,” 2 Samuel 23:36 advances the thought unit through its next reported action, speech, or consequence through the wording “Igal the son of Nathan of Zobah, Bani the Gadite.” Its placement is governed by this reviewed relationship: The longer roster continues the ranked hero notices and closes by naming Uriah, making the final name an interpretive check on uncomplicated heroic memory. It concludes the roster rather than escalating the violence.
What Remains True
Power remains accountable for the people it exposes, takes, silences, injures, or kills; truthful memory keeps their bodies, testimony, agency, and cost visible. In this unit, that truth is tested by the concrete movement: A long roster preserves David's warrior network and closes by naming Uriah the Hittite, returning heroic memory to the man David arranged to kill. In 2 Samuel 23:36, the concrete line “Igal the son of Nathan of Zobah, Bani the Gadite” keeps that truth accountable to the narrated evidence.
Continue in Context
Read the complete section for the connected explanation and how it should shape life. This verse is a doorway into that passage, not a saying that stands alone.
Read 2 Samuel 23:24–39 — The Roster Ends with UriahSources used for this Verse Lens
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
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Supports: Exact reader-facing KJV wording, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage.
Exact location: 2 Samuel 23:24-39, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: 2 Samuel
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording, morphology, repeated verbs, names, syntax, and the base text behind translation and textual discussion.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/2Sam.xml, 23:24-39
Open source ↗translation and translator notes
NET Bible: 2 Samuel with translators' notes
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2006
Supports: Unit-bounded wording, older-English clarification, textual witnesses, syntax, names, numbers, and major historical or literary notes actually printed for these verses.
Exact location: NET Bible 2 Samuel PDF, printed pp. 580–582, translation and all translator notes attached to 23:24-39
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