American Standard Version
2 Samuel 20:4-12
4Then saidH559 the kingH4428 to AmasaH6021, Call me the menH376 of JudahH3063 togetherH2199 within threeH7969 daysH3117, and be thou hereH6311 present. 5So AmasaH6021 went to callH2199 the men of JudahH3063 togetherH2199; but he tarried longer than the set timeH4150 which he had appointedH4150 him. 6And DavidH1732 saidH559 to AbishaiH52, NowH6258 will ShebaH7652 the sonH1121 of Bichri do us moreH4480 harm than did AbsalomH53: takeH3947 thou thy lord’sH113 servantsH5650, and pursueH7291 after him, lestH6435 he get him fortifiedH1219 citiesH5892, and escape out of our sight. 7And there wentH3318 out after him Joab’s menH376, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites, and all the mightyH1368 menH376; and they wentH3318 out of JerusalemH3389, to pursueH7291 after ShebaH7652 the sonH1121 of Bichri. 8WhenH834 they were at the greatH1419 stoneH68 which is in GibeonH1391, AmasaH6021 cameH935 to meet them. And JoabH3097 was girdedH2296 with his apparel of war that he had put on, and thereon was a girdle with a swordH2719 fastened upon his loinsH4975 in the sheathH8593 thereof; and as he wentH3318 forthH3318 it fellH5307 out. 9And JoabH3097 saidH559 to AmasaH6021, Is it well with thee, my brotherH251? And JoabH3097 tookH270 AmasaH6021 by the beardH2206 with his rightH3225 handH3027 to kiss him. 10But AmasaH6021 took no heedH8104 to the swordH2719 that was in Joab’s handH3027: so he smote him therewith in the body, and shedH8210 out his bowelsH4578 to the groundH776, and struckH5221 him not again; and he diedH4191.
And JoabH3097 and AbishaiH52 his brotherH251 pursuedH7291 after ShebaH7652 the sonH1121 of Bichri. 11And there stood by him oneH376 of Joab’s youngH5288 menH376, and saidH559, He that favoreth JoabH3097, and he that is for DavidH1732, let him follow JoabH3097. 12And AmasaH6021 lay wallowing in his bloodH1818 in the midstH8432 of the highwayH4546. And when the manH376 sawH7200 that all the peopleH5971 stoodH5975 stillH5975, he carried AmasaH6021 out of the highwayH4546 into the fieldH7704, and castH7993 a garmentH899 over him, when he sawH7200 that every oneH376 that cameH935 by him stoodH5975 stillH5975.
Commentaries on 2 Samuel 20
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
American Standard Version — 1901 — Public Domain
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