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2 Samuel 19:14

Judah
Conflict and reconciliationFellowship and the church

12 You are my brothers, my own flesh and blood. So why should you be the last to restore the king?’

13 And say to Amasa, ‘Aren’t you my flesh and blood? May God punish me, and ever so severely, if from this time you are not the commander of my army in place of Joab!’”

So he swayed the hearts of all the men of Judah as though they were one man, and they sent word to the king: “Return, you and all your servants.”

15 So the king returned, and when he arrived at the Jordan, the men of Judah came to Gilgal to meet him and escort him across the Jordan.

16 Then Shimei son of Gera, a Benjamite from Bahurim, hurried down with the men of Judah to meet King David,

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BSB
So he swayed the hearts of all the men of Judah as though they were one man, and they sent word to the king: “Return, you and all your servants.”
KJV
And he bowed the heart of all the men of Judah, even as the heart of one man; so that they sent this word unto the king, Return thou, and all thy servants.
WEB
He bowed the heart of all the men of Judah, even as one man, so that they sent to the king, saying, “Return, you and all your servants.”
ASV
And he bowed the heart of all the men of Judah, even as [the heart of] one man; so that they sent unto the king, [saying], Return thou, and all thy servants.
DARBY
And he bowed the heart of all the men of Judah as of one man; and they sent to the king, Return, thou and all thy servants.
BLB
And he swayed the hearts of all the men of Judah as one man. And they sent to the king, “Return, you and all your servants.”
ÅB
Slik bøyde han alle Judas menns sinn og vant dem for seg alle som én, og de sendte det bud til kongen: Vend tilbake, du og alle dine menn!
OTB
Så vendte han hjertet til alle Judas menn som én mann, slik at de sendte bud til kongen og sa: "Kom tilbake, du og alle dine tjenere."
B1930
Således bøide han alle Judas menns sinn og vant dem for sig alle som én, og de sendte det bud til kongen: Vend tilbake, du og alle dine menn!

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Cross references

  • Judges 20:1

    Then all the Israelites from Dan to Beersheba and from the land of Gilead came out, and the congregation assembled as one man before the LORD at Mizpah.

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  • Acts 4:32

    The multitude of believers was one in heart and soul. No one claimed that any of his possessions was his own, but they shared everything they owned.

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  • Psalms 110:2–3

    The LORD extends Your mighty scepter from Zion: “Rule in the midst of Your enemies.”

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