And say to Amasa, ‘Are you not my bone and my flesh? So may God do to me and more, if you are not the commander of my army from now on, in place of Joab.’ ”
2 Samuel 20:5 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 So Amasa went to summon Judah, but he delayed beyond the set time that had been appointed him. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 So Amasa went to assemble the men of Judah: but he tarried longer than the set time which he had appointed him. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So Amasa went to assemble the men of Judah, but he tarried longer than the set time which had been appointed him. American Standard Version (1901) So Amasa went to call the men of Judah together; but he tarried longer than the set time which he had appointed him. Common English Bible So Amasa went to call Judah together, but he took longer than the allotted time. Catholic Public Domain Version Therefore, Amasa went away, so that he might summon Judah. But he delayed beyond the agreed time that the king had appointed to him. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version So Amasa went to assemble the men of Juda; but he tarried beyond the set time which the king had appointed him. |
And say to Amasa, ‘Are you not my bone and my flesh? So may God do to me and more, if you are not the commander of my army from now on, in place of Joab.’ ”
David said to Abishai, “Now Sheba son of Bichri will do us more harm than Absalom; take your lord’s servants and pursue him, or he will find fortified cities for himself and escape from us.”
He waited seven days, the time appointed by Samuel, but Samuel did not come to Gilgal, and the people began to slip away from Saul.
In the morning Jonathan went out into the field to the appointment with David, and with him was a little boy.