2 Samuel 20:6
And David said to Amessai, Now shall Sabee the son of Bochori do us more harm than Abessalom: now then take thou with thee the servants of thy lord, and follow after him, lest he find for himself strong cities, so will he + 20:6 i. e. escape us.blind our eyes.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
5And Amessai went to call Juda, and delayed beyond the time which David appointed him.
Cross References
2 Samuel 2:18And there were there the three sons of Saruia, Joab, and Abessa, and Asael: and Asael was swift in his feet as a roe in the field.
2 Samuel 3:39And that I am this day a mere kinsman of his, and as it were + 3:39 Gr. appointed by a king.a subject; but these men the sons of Saruia are too hard for me: the Lord reward the evil-doer according to his wickedness.
2 Samuel 10:14And the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, and they fled from before Abessa, and entered into the city: and Joab returned from the children of Ammon, and came to Jerusalem.
2 Samuel 18:2And David sent away the people, the third part + 18:2 Gr. in, by.under the hand of Joab, and the third part under the hand of Abessa the son of Saruia, the brother of Joab, and the third part under the hand of Ethi the Gittite. And David said to the people, I also will surely go out with you.
2 Samuel 19:7forasmuch as thou lovest them that hate thee, and hatest them that love thee; and thou hast this day declared, that thy princes and thy servants are nothing in thy sight: for I know this day, that if Abessalom were alive, and all of us dead to-day, then it would have been right in thy sight.
2 Samuel 23:18And Abessa the brother of Joab the son of Saruia, he was chief among the three, and he lifted up his spear against three hundred whom he slew; and he had a name among three.
Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 20:5-14
Amasa's Death. ( b. c. 1023.) 4 Then said the king to Amasa, Assemble me the men of Judah within three days, and be thou here present. 5 So Amasa went to assemble the men of Judah: but he tarried longer than the set time which he had appointed him. 6 And David said to Abishai, Now shall Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than did Absalom: take thou thy lord's servants, and pursue after him, lest he get him fenced cities, and escape us. 7 And there went out after him Joab's men, and the Cherethites, and the… Read the whole commentary →