2 Samuel 20:13

Bichri Joab Sheba

¹¹ 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.

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

¹⁴ And he went through all the tribes of Israel unto Abel, and to Beth-maachah, and all the Berites: and they were gathered together, and went also after him.

¹⁵ And they came and besieged him in Abel of Beth-maachah, and they cast up a bank against the city, and it stood in the trench: and all the people that were with Joab battered the wall, to throw it down.

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BSB: As soon as Amasa’s body was removed from the road, all the men went on with Joab to pursue Sheba son of Bichri.
KJV: When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.
WEB: When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab to pursue Sheba the son of Bichri.
ASV: When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.
DARBY: When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri,
BLB: When he was removed from the highway, all the people went on after Joab to pursue after Sheba son of Bichri.

ÅB: Da han var ført bort fra landeveien, gikk hver mann forbi og fulgte Joab for å sette etter Seba, Bikris sønn.
OTB: Da han var fjernet fra veien, passerte alle etter Joab for å forfølge Sjeba, sønn av Bikri.
B1930: Da han var ført bort fra landeveien, gikk hver mann forbi og fulgte Joab for å sette efter Seba, Bikris sønn.

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Cross references

1 Samuel 6:12
And the kine took the straight way to the way of Beth-shemesh, and went along the highway, lowing as they went, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left; and the lords of the Philistines went after them unto the border of Beth-shemesh.
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Jeremiah 31:21
Set thee up waymarks, make thee high heaps: set thine heart toward the highway, even the way which thou wentest: turn again, O virgin of Israel, turn again to these thy cities.
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Mark 10:46
And they came to Jericho: and as he went out of Jericho with his disciples and a great number of people, blind Bartimæus, the son of Timæus, sat by the highway side begging.
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Isaiah 7:3
Then said the LORD unto Isaiah, Go forth now to meet Ahaz, thou, and Shear-jashub thy son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller’s field;
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Judges 21:19
Then they said, Behold, there is a feast of the LORD in Shiloh yearly in a place which is on the north side of Beth-el, on the east side of the highway that goeth up from Beth-el to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah.
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Isaiah 62:10
Go through, go through the gates; prepare ye the way of the people; cast up, cast up the highway; gather out the stones; lift up a standard for the people.
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2 Samuel 20:12–13
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.
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Proverbs 16:17
The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.
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