2 Samuel 20:8

הֵם עִם ־ הָאֶבֶן הַגְּדוֹלָה אֲשֶׁר בְּגִבְעוֹן וַעֲמָשָׂא בָּא לִפְנֵיהֶם וְיוֹאָב חָגוּר ׀ מִדּוֹ לְבֻשׁוּ ועלו חֲגוֹר חֶרֶב מְצֻמֶּדֶת עַל ־ מָתְנָיו בְּתַעְרָהּ וְהוּא יָצָא וַתִּפֹּֽל ׃ ס

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa went before them. And Joab’s garment that he had put on was girded unto him, and upon it a girdle with a sword fastened upon his loins in the sheath thereof; and as he went forth it fell out.

In Context

7וַיֵּצְאוּ אַֽחֲרָיו אַנְשֵׁי יוֹאָב וְהַכְּרֵתִי וְהַפְּלֵתִי וְכָל ־ הַגִּבֹּרִים וַיֵּֽצְאוּ מִירוּשָׁלִַם לִרְדֹּף אַחֲרֵי שֶׁבַע בֶּן ־ בִּכְרִֽי ׃

9וַיֹּאמֶר יוֹאָב לַעֲמָשָׂא הֲשָׁלוֹם אַתָּה אָחִי וַתֹּחֶז יַד ־ יְמִין יוֹאָב בִּזְקַן עֲמָשָׂא לִנְשָׁק ־ לֽוֹ ׃

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Cross References

2 Samuel 2:13וְיוֹאָב בֶּן ־ צְרוּיָה וְעַבְדֵי דָוִד יָֽצְאוּ וַֽיִּפְגְּשׁוּם עַל ־ בְּרֵכַת גִּבְעוֹן יַחְדָּו וַיֵּשְׁבוּ אֵלֶּה עַל ־ הַבְּרֵכָה מִזֶּה וְאֵלֶּה עַל ־ הַבְּרֵכָה מִזֶּֽה ׃

2 Samuel 20:4וַיֹּאמֶר הַמֶּלֶךְ אֶל ־ עֲמָשָׂא הַזְעֶק ־ לִי אֶת ־ אִישׁ ־ יְהוּדָה שְׁלֹשֶׁת יָמִים וְאַתָּה פֹּה עֲמֹֽד ׃

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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