And Absalom made Amasa captain of the host instead of Joab: which Amasa was a man's son, whose name was Ithra an Israelite, that went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah Joab's mother.
2 Samuel 19:14 - King 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. Tuilleadh leaganachaAmplified 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. English Standard Version 2016 And he swayed the heart of all the men of Judah as one man, so that they sent word to the king, “Return, both you and all your servants.” |
And Absalom made Amasa captain of the host instead of Joab: which Amasa was a man's son, whose name was Ithra an Israelite, that went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah Joab's mother.
Then said the king to Amasa, Assemble me the men of Judah within three days, and be thou here present.
Thou also hast delivered me from the strivings of my people, Thou hast kept me to be head of the heathen: A people which I knew not shall serve me.
So do God to Abner, and more also, except, as the LORD hath sworn to David, even so I do to him;
Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spake, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.
And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common.
Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was gathered together as one man, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, with the land of Gilead, unto the LORD in Mizpeh.