2 Samuel 20:5
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
So Amasa went to summon Judah, but he took longer than the time allotted him.
In context
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.”
7 So Joab’s men, along with the Cherethites, the Pelethites, and all the mighty men, marched out of Jerusalem in pursuit of Sheba son of Bichri.
2 Samuel 20:5 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- So Amasa went to summon Judah, but he took longer than the time allotted him.
- KJV King James Version
- So Amasa went to assemble the men of Judah: but he tarried longer than the set time which he had appointed him.
- WEB World English Bible
- So Amasa went to call the men of Judah together, but he stayed longer than the set time which had been appointed to him.
- ASV American Standard Version
- So Amasa went to call the men of Judah together; but he tarried longer than the set time which he had appointed him.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- and Amasa goeth to call Judah, and tarrieth beyond the appointed time that he had appointed him;
- DBY Darby Translation
- So Amasa went to call together [the men of] Judah; but he delayed longer than the set time which he had appointed him.
- WBS Webster Bible
- So Amasa went to assemble the men of Judah: but he tarried longer than the set time which he had appointed him.