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Sheba’s Rebellion

2 Samuel 20:13

In 11 translations

BSB
As soon as Amasa’s body was removed from the road, all the men went on with Joab to pursue Sheba son of Bichri.
KJV
When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.
WEB
When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab to pursue Sheba the son of Bichri.
ASV
When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.
LSV
When he has been removed out of the highway, every man has passed on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba son of Bichri.
YLT
When he hath been removed out of the highway, every man hath passed on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba son of Bichri.
DBY
When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri,
DRC
And when he was removed out of the way, all the people went on following Joab to pursue after Seba the son of Bochri.
GNV
When hee was remoued out of the way, euerie man went after Ioab, to follow after Sheba the sonne of Bichri.
JPS
When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.
LXXE
And when he was quickly removed from the road, every man of Israel passed after Joab to pursue after Sabee the son of Bochori.

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Original-language editions

WLC
כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר הֹגָ֖ה מִן־הַֽמְסִלָּ֑ה עָבַ֤ר כָּל־אִישׁ֙ אַחֲרֵ֣י יוֹאָ֔ב לִרְדֹּ֕ף אַחֲרֵ֖י שֶׁ֥בַע בֶּן־בִּכְרִֽי׃
LXX-Br
Ἡνίκα δὲ ἔφθασεν ἐκ τῆς τρίβου, παρῆλθε πᾶς ἀνὴρ Ἰσραὴλ ὀπίσω Ἰωὰβ τοῦ διῶξαι ὀπίσω Σαβεὲ υἱοῦ Βοχορί.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Isaiah 36:2And the king of Assyria sent the Rabshakeh, with a great army, from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. And he stopped by the aqueduct of the upper pool, on the road to the Launderer’s Field.
  • Mark 10:46Next, they came to Jericho. And as Jesus and His disciples were leaving Jericho with a large crowd, a blind beggar named Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, was sitting beside the road.
  • Jeremiah 31:21“Set up the roadmarks, establish the signposts. Keep the highway in mind, the road you have traveled. Return, O Virgin Israel, return to these cities of yours.
  • Isaiah 62:10Go out, go out through the gates; prepare the way for the people! Build it up, build up the highway; clear away the stones; raise a banner for the nations!
  • 1 Samuel 6:12And the cows headed straight up the road toward Beth-shemesh, staying on that one highway and lowing as they went, never straying to the right or to the left. The rulers of the Philistines followed behind them to the…
  • Judges 21:19“But look,” they said, “there is a yearly feast to the LORD in Shiloh, which is north of Bethel east of the road that goes up from Bethel to Shechem, and south of Lebonah.”
  • Proverbs 16:17The highway of the upright leads away from evil; he who guards his way protects his life.
  • 2 Samuel 20:12–13But Amasa wallowed in his blood in the middle of the road, and when the man saw that all the troops were stopping there, he dragged the body off the road into a field and threw a garment over it. As soon as Amasa’s…
  • 2 Kings 18:17Nevertheless, the king of Assyria sent the Tartan, the Rabsaris, and the Rabshakeh, along with a great army, from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. They advanced up to Jerusalem and stationed themselves by the…
  • Numbers 20:19“We will stay on the main road,” the Israelites replied, “and if we or our herds drink your water, we will pay for it. There will be no problem; only let us pass through on foot.”
  • Isaiah 7:3Then the LORD said to Isaiah, “Go out with your son Shear-jashub to meet Ahaz at the end of the aqueduct that feeds the upper pool, on the road to the Launderer’s Field,

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