Avshalom set `Amasa over the army instead of Yo'av. Now `Amasa was the son of a man, whose name was Yitra the Yisra'eli, who went in to Avigayil the daughter of Nachash, sister to Tzeru'yah, Yo'av's mother.
2 Samuel 19:14 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) He bowed the heart of all the men of Yehudah, even as [the heart of] one man; so that they sent to the king, [saying], Return you, and all your servants. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And he bowed the heart of all the men of Judah, even as the heart of one man; so that they sent this word unto the king, Return thou, and all thy servants. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition He inclined the hearts of all the men of Judah as one man, so they sent word to [him], Return, you and all your servants. American Standard Version (1901) And he bowed the heart of all the men of Judah, even as the heart of one man; so that they sent unto the king, saying, Return thou, and all thy servants. Common English Bible So he won over the hearts of everyone in Judah as though they were one person, and they sent word to the king: “Come back—you and all your servants.” Catholic Public Domain Version And he inclined the heart of all the men of Judah, as if one man. And they sent to the king, saying, "Return, you and all your servants." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And be inclined the heart of all the men of Juda, as it were of one man. And they sent to the king, saying: Return thou, and all thy servants. |
Avshalom set `Amasa over the army instead of Yo'av. Now `Amasa was the son of a man, whose name was Yitra the Yisra'eli, who went in to Avigayil the daughter of Nachash, sister to Tzeru'yah, Yo'av's mother.
Then said the king to `Amasa, Call me the men of Yehudah together within three days, and be here present.
You also have delivered me from the strivings of my people. You have kept me to be the head of the nations. A people whom I have not known will serve me.
God do so to Aviner, and more also, if, as the LORD has sworn to David, I don't do even so to him;
Then came all the tribes of Yisra'el to David to Chevron, and spoke, saying, Behold, we are your bone and your flesh.
The multitude of those who believed were of one heart and soul. Not one of them claimed that anything of the things which he possessed was his own, but they had all things in common.
Then all the children of Yisra'el went out, and the congregation was assembled as one man, from Dan even to Be'er-Sheva, with the land of Gil`ad, to the LORD at Mitzpah.