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2 Samuel 20:4

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

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2 Samuel 20:4 in other translations

KJV King James Version

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

BSB Berean Standard Bible

Then the king said to Amasa, “Summon the men of Judah to come to me within three days, and be here yourself.”

NHEB New Heart English Bible

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

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In context

1 There happened to be there a wicked fellow, whose name was Sheba the son of Bichri, a Benjamite; and he blew the trumpet, and said, “We have no portion in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse. Every man to his tents, Israel!”

2 So all the men of Israel went up from following David, and followed Sheba the son of Bichri; but the men of Judah joined with their king, from the Jordan even to Jerusalem.

3 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 custody and provided them with sustenance, but didn’t go in to them. So they were shut up to the day of their death, living in widowhood.

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

5 So Amasa went to call the men of Judah together, but he stayed longer than the set time which had been appointed to him.

6 David said to Abishai, “Now Sheba the son of Bichri will do us more harm than Absalom did. Take your lord’s servants and pursue after him, lest he get himself fortified cities, and escape out of our sight.”

7 Joab’s men went out after him with the Cherethites, the Pelethites, and all the mighty men; and they went out of Jerusalem to pursue Sheba the son of Bichri.

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