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2 Samuel 20:4

AmasaJudah

2 So all the men of Israel deserted David to follow Sheba son of Bichri. But the men of Judah stayed by their king all the way from the Jordan to Jerusalem.

3 When David returned to his palace in Jerusalem, he took the ten concubines he had left to care for the palace, and he placed them in a house under guard. He provided for them, but he no longer slept with them. They were confined until the day of their death, living as widows.

Then the king said to Amasa, “Summon the men of Judah to come to me within three days, and be here yourself.”

5 So Amasa went to summon Judah, but he took longer than the time allotted him.

6 And David said to Abishai, “Now Sheba the son of Bichri will do us more harm than Absalom. Take your lord’s servants and pursue him, or he will find fortified cities and elude us.”

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BSB
Then the king said to Amasa, “Summon the men of Judah to come to me within three days, and be here yourself.”
KJV
Then said the king to Amasa, Assemble me the men of Judah within three days, and be thou here present.
WEB
Then the king said to Amasa, “Call me the men of Judah together within three days, and be here present.”
ASV
Then said the king to Amasa, Call me the men of Judah together within three days, and be thou here present.
DARBY
And the king said to Amasa, Call me the men of Judah together within three days, and do thou attend here.
BLB
And the king said to Amasa, “Call for me the men of Judah [in] three days, and you stand here.”
ÅB
Så sa kongen til Amasa: Kall Judas menn sammen for meg innen tre dager og møt så selv fram her!
OTB
Da befalte kongen Amasa, "Samle Judas menn for meg innen tre dager, og sørg for at du selv er her."
B1930
Så sa kongen til Amasa: Kall Judas menn sammen for mig innen tre dager og møt så selv frem her!

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Cross references

  • 2 Samuel 19:13

    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!’”

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  • 2 Samuel 17:25

    Absalom had appointed Amasa over the army in place of Joab. Amasa was the son of a man named Ithra, the Ishmaelite who had married Abigail, the daughter of Nahash and sister of Zeruiah the mother of Joab.

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  • 1 Chronicles 2:17

    Abigail was the mother of Amasa, whose father was Jether the Ishmaelite.

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