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2 Samuel 19:14

Judah
Conflict and reconciliationFellowship and the church

12 Ye are my brethren, ye are my bones and my flesh: wherefore then are ye the last to bring back the king?

13 And say ye to Amasa, Art thou not of my bone, and of my flesh? God do so to me, and more also, if thou be not captain of the host before me continually in the room of Joab.

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.

15 So the king returned, and came to Jordan. And Judah came to Gilgal, to go to meet the king, to conduct the king over Jordan.

16 And Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite, which was of Bahurim, hasted and came 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 children of Israel went out, and the congregation was gathered together as one man, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, with the land of Gilead, unto the LORD in Mizpeh.

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  • Acts 4:32

    And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common.

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  • Psalms 110:2–3

    The LORD shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies.

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