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2 Samuel 20:5

AmasaJudah

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.

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

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.”

7 So Joab’s men, along with the Cherethites, the Pelethites, and all the mighty men, marched out of Jerusalem in pursuit of Sheba son of Bichri.

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BSB
So Amasa went to summon Judah, but he took longer than the time allotted him.
KJV
So Amasa went to assemble the men of Judah: but he tarried longer than the set time which he had appointed him.
WEB
So Amasa went to call the men of Judah together, but he stayed longer than the set time which had been appointed to him.
ASV
So Amasa went to call [the men of] Judah together; but he tarried longer than the set time which he had appointed him.
DARBY
So Amasa went to call together [the men of] Judah; but he delayed longer than the set time which he had appointed him.
BLB
And Amasa went to assemble Judah, and he delayed beyond the set time that he had appointed him.
ÅB
Amasa tok da avsted for å kalle Juda sammen; men han drøyde lenger enn den tid som var fastsatt.
OTB
Så gikk Amasa for å kalle sammen Juda, men han forsinket seg utover den tiden som var satt for ham.
B1930
Amasa tok da avsted for å kalle Juda sammen; men han drygde lenger enn den tid som var fastsatt.

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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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  • 1 Samuel 13:8

    And Saul waited seven days for the time appointed by Samuel, but Samuel did not come to Gilgal, and the troops began to desert Saul.

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