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2 Samuel 20:11

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9 And Joab said to Amasa, Art thou in health, my brother? And Joab took Amasa by the beard with the right hand to kiss him.

10 But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab’s hand: so he smote him therewith in the fifth rib, and shed out his bowels to the ground, and struck him not again; and he died. So Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri.

And one of Joab’s men stood by him, and said, He that favoureth Joab, and he that is for David, let him go after Joab.

12 And Amasa wallowed in blood in the midst of the highway. And when the man saw that all the people stood still, he removed Amasa out of the highway into the field, and cast a cloth upon him, when he saw that every one that came by him stood still.

13 When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.

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BSB
One of Joab’s young men stood near Amasa and said, “Whoever favors Joab, and whoever is for David, let him follow Joab!”
KJV
And one of Joab’s men stood by him, and said, He that favoureth Joab, and he that is for David, let him go after Joab.
WEB
One of Joab’s young men stood by him, and said, “He who favors Joab, and he who is for David, let him follow Joab!”
ASV
And there stood by him one of Joab`s young men, and said, He that favoreth Joab, and he that is for David, let him follow Joab.
DARBY
And one of Joab's young men stood by [Amasa] and said, He that favours Joab, and he that is for David, let him follow Joab.
BLB
And a man stood by him of the young men of Joab, and he said, “Who [is he] that takes delight in Joab? And who [is he] that [is] for David? Follow Joab!”
ÅB
Men en av Joabs unge menn ble stående hos Amasa og ropte: Hvem som holder med Joab, og som står på Davids side, følge Joab!
OTB
Nå sto en av Joabs unge menn ved ham og sa, "Hvem enn som favoriserer Joab og hvem enn som er for David, la ham følge Joab!"
B1930
Men en av Joabs unge menn blev stående hos Amasa og ropte: Hvem som holder med Joab, og som står på Davids side, følge Joab!

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  • 2 Samuel 20:13

    When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.

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  • 2 Samuel 20:4

    Then said the king to Amasa, Assemble me the men of Judah within three days, and be thou here present.

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  • 2 Kings 9:32

    And he lifted up his face to the window, and said, Who is on my side? who? And there looked out to him two or three eunuchs.

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  • 2 Samuel 20:6–7

    And David said to Abishai, Now shall Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than did Absalom: take thou thy lord’s servants, and pursue after him, lest he get him fenced cities, and escape us.

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  • 2 Samuel 20:21

    The matter is not so: but a man of mount Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, hath lifted up his hand against the king, even against David: deliver him only, and I will depart from the city. And the woman said unto Joab, Behold, his head shall be thrown to thee over the wall.

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