2 Samuel 20:5
“So Amasa went to assemble the men of Iudah; but hee taried longer then the set time which he had appointed him.”
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2 Samuel 20:5 Context
3¶ And Dauid came to his house at Ierusalem, and the king tooke the ten women his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in ward, and fed them, but went not in vnto them: so they were shut vp vnto the day of their death, liuing in widowhood. 4¶ Then said the king to Amasa, Assemble me the men of Iudah within three dayes, and be thou here present. 5So Amasa went to assemble the men of Iudah; but hee taried longer then the set time which he had appointed him. 6And Dauid said to Abishai, Now shall Sheba the sonne of Bichri doe vs more harme then did Absalom: take thou thy lords seruants, and pursue after him, lest he get him fenced cities, and escape vs. 7And there went out after him Ioabs men, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and all the mighty men: and they went out of Ierusalem, to pursue after Sheba the sonne of Bichri.
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Other Translations for 2 Samuel 20:5
So Amasa went to assemble [the men of] Judah: but he tarried longer than the set time which he had appointed him.
- King James Version
So Amasa went to call out {the men of} Judah, but he delayed longer than the set time which he had appointed him.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
So Amasa went to call `the men of' Judah together; but he tarried longer than the set time which he had appointed him.
- American Standard Version (1901)
So Amasa went to get all the men of Judah together, but he took longer than the time David had given him.
- Basic English Bible
So Amasa went to call together [the men of] Judah; but he delayed longer than the set time which he had appointed him.
- Darby Bible
So Amasa went to assemble the men of Judah: but he tarried longer than the set time which he had appointed him.
- Webster's Bible
So Amasa went to call [the men of] Judah together; but he stayed longer than the set time which he had appointed him.
- World English Bible
and Amasa goeth to call Judah, and tarrieth beyond the appointed time that he had appointed him;
- Youngs Literal Bible
So Amasa went to call the men of Judah together; but he tarried longer than the set time which he had appointed him.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for 2 Samuel 20:5
20:5 Tarried - Either, because the people being wearied out by the late war, were not forward to engage in another: or because the soldiers had more affection to Joab, than to their new general.