2 Samuel 20:13
What does 2 Samuel 20:13 mean?
A plain-English look at 2 Samuel 20:13 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.
KJV
King James Version · 1611When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949When he had been taken off the road, all the people went on after Joab in search of Sheba, the son of Bichri.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862When he hath been removed out of the highway, every man hath passed on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba son of Bichri.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And when he was removed out of the way, all the people went on following Joab to pursue after Seba the son of Bochri.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri,
Context
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.
v.13This passage
v.14And he went through all the tribes of Israel unto Abel, and to Beth-maacah, and all the Berites: and they were gathered together, and went also after him.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Proverbs 16:17
The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: He that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.
- 1 Samuel 6:12
And the kine took the straight way by the way to Beth-shemesh; they went along the highway, lowing as they went, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left; and the lords of the Philistines went after them unto the border of Beth-shemesh.
- Numbers 20:19
And the children of Israel said unto him, We will go up by the highway; and if we drink of thy water, I and my cattle, then will I give the price thereof: let me only, without doing anything else, pass through on my feet.
- 2 Samuel 20:12
And 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.
- Isaiah 36:2
And the king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem unto king Hezekiah with a great army. And he stood by the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller’s field.
- Isaiah 62:10
Go through, go through the gates; prepare ye the way of the people; cast up, cast up the highway; gather out the stones; lift up an ensign for the peoples.
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