Sheba’s Rebellion
2 Samuel 20:5
In 11 translations
- BSB
- So Amasa went to summon Judah, but he took longer than the time allotted him.
- KJV
- So Amasa went to assemble the men of Judah: but he tarried longer than the set time which he had appointed him.Assemble: Heb. Call
- WEB
- 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
- So Amasa went to call the men of Judah together; but he tarried longer than the set time which he had appointed him.
- LSV
- and Amasa goes to call Judah, and tarries beyond the appointed time that he had appointed him;
- YLT
- and Amasa goeth to call Judah, and tarrieth beyond the appointed time that he had appointed him;
- DBY
- So Amasa went to call together [the men of] Judah; but he delayed longer than the set time which he had appointed him.
- DRC
- So Amasa went to assemble the men of Juda, but he tarried beyond the set time which the king had appointed him.
- GNV
- So Amasa went to assemble Iudah, but hee taried longer then the time which he had appoynted him.
- JPS
- So Amasa went to call the men of Judah together; but he tarried longer than the set time which he had appointed him.
- LXXE
- And Amessai went to call Juda, and delayed beyond the time which David appointed him.
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- Written (Ketiv): וַיֵּיחַר (“and he delayed”). Read aloud (Qere): וַיּ֕וֹחֶר (“and he was delayed”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
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- Leningrad Codex reads וַיֹּ֕יחֶר; read aloud (Qere) reads וַיּ֕וֹחֶר (“and he was delayed”).
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ עֲמָשָׂ֖א לְהַזְעִ֣יק אֶת־יְהוּדָ֑ה וייחר מִן־הַמּוֹעֵ֖ד אֲשֶׁ֥ר יְעָדֽוֹ׃Read aloud as (qere): וַיּ֕וֹחֶר
- LXX-Br
- Καὶ ἐπορεύθη Ἀμεσσαῒ τοῦ βοῆσαι τὸν Ἰούδαν, καὶ ἐχρόνισεν ἀπὸ τοῦ καιροῦ οὗ ἐτάξατο αὐτῷ Δαυίδ.
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Cross-references most cited first
- 2 Samuel 19:13And say to Amasa, ‘Aren’t you my flesh and blood? May God punish me, and ever so severely, if from this time you are not the commander of my army in place of Joab!’”
- 1 Samuel 13:8And Saul waited seven days for the time appointed by Samuel, but Samuel did not come to Gilgal, and the troops began to desert Saul.
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