2 Samuel 20:4
What does 2 Samuel 20:4 mean?
A plain-English look at 2 Samuel 20:4 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Then said the king to Amasa, Call me the men of Judah together within three days, and be thou here present.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Then said the king to Amasa, Assemble me the men of Judah within three days, and be thou here present.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Then said the king to Amasa, Call me the men of Judah together within three days, and be thou here present.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Then the king said to Amasa, Get all the men of Judah together, and in three days be here yourself.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And the king saith unto Amasa, `Call for me the men of Judah <FI>in<Fi> three days, and thou, stand here,'
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And the king said to Amasa: Assemble to me all the men of Juda against the third day, and be thou here present.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And the king said to Amasa, Call me the men of Judah together within three days, and do thou attend here.
Context
v.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.
v.4This passage
v.5So Amasa went to call the men of Judah together; but he tarried longer than the set time which he had appointed him.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Chronicles 2:17
And Abigail bare Amasa; and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite.
- 2 Samuel 17:25
And Absalom set Amasa over the host instead of Joab. Now Amasa was the son of a man, whose name was Ithra the Israelite, that went in to Abigal the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah, Joab’s mother.
- 2 Samuel 19:13
And say ye to Amasa, Art thou not my bone and 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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