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2 Samuel 20:4

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

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2 Samuel 20:4 in other translations

Then the king said to Amasa, “Call me the men of Judah together within three days, and be here present.”

2 Samuel 20:4 · World English Bible

2 Samuel 20:4 in context

  1. 2So all the men of Israel went up from following David, and followed Sheba the son of Bichri; but the men of Judah clave unto their king, from the Jordan even to Jerusalem.
  2. 3And 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 provided them with sustenance, but went not in unto them. So they were shut up unto the day of their death, living in widowhood.
  3. 4Then said the king to Amasa, Call me the men of Judah together within three days, and be thou here present.
  4. 5So Amasa went to call the men of Judah together; but he tarried longer than the set time which he had appointed him.
  5. 6And David said to Abishai, Now will 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 fortified cities, and escape out of our sight.