Devine Scripture

2 Samuel 20:11

2 Samuel chapter 20 · verse 11 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And there stood by him one of Joab’s young men, and said, He that favoreth Joab, and he that is for David, let him follow Joab.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And one of Joab’s men stood by him, and said, He that favoureth Joab, and he that is for David, let him go after Joab.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And there stood by him one of Joab’s young men, and said, He that favoreth Joab, and he that is for David, let him follow Joab.

Context

v.10But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab’s hand: so he smote him therewith in the body, and shed out his bowels to the ground, and struck him not again; and he died. And Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri.

v.11This passage

v.12And Amasa lay wallowing in his blood in the midst of the highway. And when the man saw that all the people stood still, he carried Amasa out of the highway into the field, and cast a garment over him, when he saw that every one that came by him stood still.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 2 Samuel 20:6

    And 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.

  • 2 Kings 9:32

    And he lifted up his face to the window, and said, Who is on my side? who? And there looked out to him two or three eunuchs.

  • 2 Samuel 20:13

    When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.

  • 2 Samuel 20:21

    The matter is not so: but a man of the hill-country of Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, hath lifted up his hand against the king, even against David; deliver him only, and I will depart from the city. And the woman said unto Joab, Behold, his head shall be thrown to thee over the wall.

  • 2 Samuel 20:4

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