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2 Samuel 20:4

AmasaJudah

2 So every man of Israel went up from after David, and followed Sheba the son of Bichri: but the men of Judah clave unto their king, from Jordan even to Jerusalem.

3 And David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten women his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in ward, and fed them, but went not in unto them. So they were shut up unto the day of their death, living in widowhood.

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

5 So Amasa went to assemble the men of Judah: but he tarried longer than the set time which he had appointed him.

6 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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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 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.

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  • 2 Samuel 17:25

    And Absalom made Amasa captain of the host instead of Joab: which Amasa was a man’s son, whose name was Ithra an Israelite, that went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah Joab’s mother.

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  • 1 Chronicles 2:17

    And Abigail bare Amasa: and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmeelite.

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