2 Samuel 20:4

And the king said to Amessai, Call to me the men of Juda for three days, and do you be present here.

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

Then said the king to Amasa, Assemble me the men of Judah within three days, and be thou here present.

In Context

3And David went into his house at Jerusalem: and the king took the ten women his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and he put them in a place of custody, and maintained them, and went not in to them; and they were kept living as widows, till the day of their death.

5And Amessai went to call Juda, and delayed beyond the time which David appointed him.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 17:25And Abessalom appointed Amessai in the room of Joab over the host. And Amessai was the son of a man + 17:25 Gr. and his name, etc. whose name was Jether of Jezrael: he went in to Abigaia the daughter of Naas, the sister of Saruia the mother of Joab.

2 Samuel 19:14And he bowed the heart of all the men of Juda as that of one man; and they sent to the king, saying, Return you, and all your servants.

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 20:2-4

Sheba's Rebellion. ( b. c. 1023.) 1 And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew a trumpet, and said, We have no part in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to his tents, O Israel. 2 So every man of Israel went up from after David, and followed Sheba the son of Bichri: but the men of Judah clave unto their king, from Jordan even to Jerusalem. 3 And David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten women… Read the whole commentary →

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