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2 Samuel 20:5

AmasaJudah

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.

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

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.

7 And there went out after him Joab’s men, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and all the mighty men: and they went out of Jerusalem, to pursue after Sheba the 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 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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  • 1 Samuel 13:8

    And he tarried seven days, according to the set time that Samuel had appointed: but Samuel came not to Gilgal; and the people were scattered from him.

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