2 Samuel 20:11 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised One of Joab’s young men had stood over Amasa saying, ‘Whoever favours Joab and whoever is for David, follow Joab! ’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And one of Joab's men stood by him, and said, He that favoureth Joab, and he that is for David, let him go after Joab. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And one of Joab's men stood by him and said, Whoever favors Joab and is for David, follow Joab! American Standard Version (1901) And there stood by him one of Joab’s young men, and said, He that favoreth Joab, and he that is for David, let him follow Joab. Common English Bible One of Joab’s men stood by Amasa and said, “Whoever favors Joab, and whoever is for David, follow Joab!” Catholic Public Domain Version Meanwhile, certain men, from the company of Joab, when they had stopped beside the dead body of Amasa, said: "Behold, the one who wished to be in the place of Joab, the companion of David." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version In the mean time some men of Joab's company, stopping at the dead body of Amasa, said: Behold, he that would have been in Joab's stead the companion of David. |
Now Amasa had been writhing in his blood in the middle of the road, and the man had seen that all the troops stopped. So he moved Amasa from the road to the field and threw a garment over him because he realised that all those who encountered Amasa were stopping.
When he was removed from the road, all the men passed by and followed Joab to pursue Sheba son of Bichri.
That is not the case. There is a man named Sheba son of Bichri, from the hill country of Ephraim, who has rebelled against King David. Deliver this one man, and I will withdraw from the city.’ The woman replied to Joab, ‘Watch! His head will be thrown over the wall to you.’
The king said to Amasa, ‘Summon the men of Judah to me within three days and be here yourself.’
He looked up towards the window and said, ‘Who is on my side? Who? ’ Two or three eunuchs looked down at him,