2 Samuel 20:2 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

² So all the men of Israel withdrew from David, and followed Sheba the son of Bichri; but the men of Judah followed their king steadfastly from the Jordan to Jerusalem.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² So every man of Israel went up from after David, and followed Sheba the son of Bichri: but the men of Judah clave unto their king, from Jordan even to Jerusalem.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² So all the men of Israel withdrew from David and followed Sheba son of Bichri; but the men of Judah stayed faithfully with their king, from the Jordan to Jerusalem.

American Standard Version (1901)

² So all the men of Israel went up from following David, and followed Sheba the son of Bichri; but the men of Judah clave unto their king, from the Jordan even to Jerusalem.

Common English Bible

² So all the Israelites left David to follow Bichri’s son Sheba. But all the people of Judah stayed close to their king from the Jordan River all the way to Jerusalem.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² And all of Israel separated from David, and they were following Sheba, the son of Bichri. But the men of Judah clung to their king, from the Jordan as far as Jerusalem.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

² And all Israel departed from David, and followed Seba the son of Bochri: but the men of Juda stuck to their king from the Jordan unto Jerusalem.

2 Samuel 20:2 Cross References

2 Samuel 19:15

So the king came back to the Jordan; and Judah came to Gilgal to meet the king and to bring the king over the Jordan.

2 Samuel 20:1

Now there happened to be there a worthless fellow, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjaminite; and he blew the trumpet, and said, “We have no portion in David, and we have no inheritance in the son of Jesse; every man to his tents, O Israel!”

2 Samuel 20:21

That is not true. But a man of the hill country of Ephraim, called Sheba the son of Bichri, has lifted up his hand against King David; give up him alone, and I will withdraw from the city.” And the woman said to Joab, “Behold, his head shall be thrown to you over the wall.”

2 Samuel 20:3

And David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten concubines whom he had left to care for the house, and put them in a house under guard, and provided for them, but did not go in to them. So they were shut up until the day of their death, living as if in widowhood.

1 Kings 12:20

And when all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, they sent and called him to the assembly and made him king over all Israel. There was none that followed the house of David, but the tribe of Judah only.

2 Chronicles 10:17

But Rehoboam reigned over the people of Israel who dwelt in the cities of Judah.

Psalm 62:9

Men of low estate are but a breath, men of high estate are a delusion; in the balances they go up; they are together lighter than a breath.

Proverbs 17:14

The beginning of strife is like letting out water; so quit before the quarrel breaks out.

Acts 11:23

When he came and saw the grace of God, he was glad; and he exhorted them all to remain faithful to the Lord with steadfast purpose;