2 Samuel 20:4
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
Then the king said to Amasa, “Summon the men of Judah to come to me within three days, and be here yourself.”
In context
2 So all the men of Israel deserted David to follow Sheba son of Bichri. But the men of Judah stayed by their king all the way from the Jordan to Jerusalem.
3 When David returned to his palace in Jerusalem, he took the ten concubines he had left to care for the palace, and he placed them in a house under guard. He provided for them, but he no longer slept with them. They were confined until the day of their death, living as widows.
4 Then the king said to Amasa, “Summon the men of Judah to come to me within three days, and be here yourself.”
5 So Amasa went to summon Judah, but he took longer than the time allotted him.
6 And David said to Abishai, “Now Sheba the son of Bichri will do us more harm than Absalom. Take your lord’s servants and pursue him, or he will find fortified cities and elude us.”
2 Samuel 20:4 in every translation
- 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.”
- KJV King James Version
- Then said the king to Amasa, Assemble me the men of Judah within three days, and be thou here present.
- WEB World English Bible
- Then the king said to Amasa, “Call me the men of Judah together within three days, and be here present.”
- ASV American Standard Version
- Then said the king to Amasa, Call me the men of Judah together within three days, and be thou here present.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- And the king saith unto Amasa, 'Call for me the men of Judah [in] three days, and thou, stand here,'
- DBY Darby Translation
- And the king said to Amasa, Call me the men of Judah together within three days, and do thou attend here.
- WBS Webster Bible
- Then said the king to Amasa, Assemble to me the men of Judah within three days, and be thou here present.