King James Version

2 Samuel 17:26

So Israel and Absalom pitched in the land of Gilead.

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וַיִּ֤חַןvayichanand encampחָנָהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and encamp”, the next action in the storyH2583properly, to incline; by implication, to decline (of the slanting rays of evening); specifically, to pitch atent; gen. to encamp (for abode or siege)abide (in tents), camp, dwell, encamp, grow to an end, lie, pitch (tent), rest in tent.יִשְׂרָאֵל֙yisraelIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵלnoun, proper name — “Israel”H3478Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterityIsrael.וְאַבְשָׁלֹ֔םveavshalomand Abishalomאֲבִישָׁלוֹםconjunction, noun, proper name — “and Abishalom”H53Abshalom, a son of David; also (the fuller form) a later IsraeliteAbishalom, Absalom.אֶ֖רֶץeretsearthאֶרֶץnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct — “earth”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.הַגִּלְעָֽדhagiladthe Gileadגִּלְעָדdefinite article, noun, proper name — “the Gilead”H1568Gilad, a region East of the Jordan; also the name of three IsraelitesGilead, Gileadite.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And Israel and Absalom pitched in the land of Gilead.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And Israel and Absalom encamped in the land of Gilead.

Young’s Literal Translation

and Israel encampeth with Absalom [in] the land of Gilead.

World English Bible

Israel and Absalom encamped in the land of Gilead.

Darby Translation

And Israel and Absalom encamped in the land of Gilead.

Douay-Rheims

And Israel camped with Absalom in the land of Galaad.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And Israel and Absalom pitched in the land of Gilead.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And all Israel and Abessalom encamped in the land of Galaad.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ παρενέβαλε πᾶς Ἰσραὴλ καὶ Ἀβεσσαλὼμ εἰς τὴν γῆν Γαλαάδ.