2 Samuel 20:5 - Easy To Read Version

⁵ Then Amasa went to call the people of Judah together. But he took longer than the time that the king had told him.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ 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

⁵ 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)

⁵ 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

⁵ So Amasa went to call Judah together, but he took longer than the allotted time.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ 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

⁵ So Amasa went to assemble the men of Juda; but he tarried beyond the set time which the king had appointed him.

2 Samuel 20:5 Cross References

2 Samuel 19:13

And say to Amasa, ‘You are part of my family. May God punish me if I don’t make you captain of the army in Joab’s place.’”

2 Samuel 20:6

David said to Abishai, “Sheba son of Bicri is more dangerous to us than Absalom was. So take my officers and chase Sheba. Hurry before Sheba gets into cities with walls. If Sheba gets into the well protected cities, we won’t be able to get him.”

1 Samuel 13:8

Samuel said he would meet Saul at Gilgal. Saul waited there seven days. But Samuel had not yet come to Gilgal, and the soldiers began to leave Saul.

1 Samuel 20:35

The next morning Jonathan went out to the field. He went to meet David just like they agreed to do. Jonathan brought a little boy with him.