2 Samuel 20:5

וַיֵּלֶךְ עֲמָשָׂא לְהַזְעִיק אֶת ־ יְהוּדָה וייחר מִן ־ הַמּוֹעֵד אֲשֶׁר יְעָדֽוֹ ׃ ס

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The 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.

In Context

4וַיֹּאמֶר הַמֶּלֶךְ אֶל ־ עֲמָשָׂא הַזְעֶק ־ לִי אֶת ־ אִישׁ ־ יְהוּדָה שְׁלֹשֶׁת יָמִים וְאַתָּה פֹּה עֲמֹֽד ׃

6וַיֹּאמֶר דָּוִד אֶל ־ אֲבִישַׁי עַתָּה יֵרַֽע לָנוּ שֶׁבַע בֶּן ־ בִּכְרִי מִן ־ אַבְשָׁלוֹם אַתָּה קַח אֶת ־ עַבְדֵי אֲדֹנֶיךָ וּרְדֹף אַחֲרָיו פֶּן ־ מָצָא לוֹ עָרִים בְּצֻרוֹת וְהִצִּיל עֵינֵֽנוּ ׃

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Cross References

1 Samuel 13:8וייחל ׀ שִׁבְעַת יָמִים לַמּוֹעֵד אֲשֶׁר שְׁמוּאֵל וְלֹא ־ בָא שְׁמוּאֵל הַגִּלְגָּל וַיָּפֶץ הָעָם מֵעָלָֽיו ׃

2 Samuel 19:13אַחַי אַתֶּם עַצְמִי וּבְשָׂרִי אַתֶּם וְלָמָּה תִהְיוּ אַחֲרֹנִים לְהָשִׁיב אֶת ־ הַמֶּֽלֶךְ ׃

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 →

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