2 Samuel 20:4

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Then the king said to Amasa, Get all the men of Judah together, and in three days be here yourself.

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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Sam 17:25 : 25 And Absalom put Amasa at the head of the army in place of Joab. Now Amasa was the son of a man named Ithra the Ishmaelite, who had been the lover of Abigail, the daughter of Jesse, sister of Zeruiah, Joab's mother.
  • 2 Sam 19:13 : 13 And say to Amasa, Are you not my bone and my flesh? May God's punishment be on me, if I do not make you chief of the army before me at all times in place of Joab!
  • 1 Chr 2:17 : 17 And Abigail was the mother of Amasa; and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite.

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  • 2 Sam 20:5
    87%

    5 So Amasa went to get all the men of Judah together, but he took longer than the time David had given him.

  • 2 Sam 19:11-15
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    74%

    11 And King David sent word to Zadok and Abiathar, the priests, Say to the responsible men of Judah, Why are you the last to take steps to get the king back to his house?

    12 You are my brothers, my bone and my flesh; why are you the last to get the king back again?

    13 And say to Amasa, Are you not my bone and my flesh? May God's punishment be on me, if I do not make you chief of the army before me at all times in place of Joab!

    14 And the hearts of the men of Judah were moved like one man; so that they sent to the king, saying, Come back, with all your servants.

    15 So the king came back, and came as far as Jordan. And Judah came to Gilgal, meeting the king there, to take him back with them over Jordan.

  • 2 Sam 20:8-9
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    72%

    8 When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa came face to face with them. Now Joab had on his war-dress, and round him a band from which his sword was hanging in its cover; and while he was walking, it came out, falling to the earth.

    9 And Joab said to Amasa, Is it well, my brother? And with his right hand he took him by the hair of his chin to give him a kiss.

  • 2 Sam 20:11-12
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    11 And one of Joab's young men, taking his place at Amasa's side, said, Whoever is for Joab and for David, let him go after Joab!

    12 And Amasa was stretched out in a pool of blood in the middle of the highway. And when the man saw that all the people were stopping, he took Amasa out of the highway and put him in a field, with a cloth over him, when he saw that everyone who went by came to a stop.

  • 1 Chr 21:4-5
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    4 But the king's word was stronger than Joab's. So Joab went out and went through all Israel and came to Jerusalem.

    5 And Joab gave David the number of all the people; all the men of Israel, able to take up arms, were one million, one hundred thousand men; and those of Judah were four hundred and seventy thousand men, able to take up arms.

  • 2 Sam 17:24-25
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    24 And David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom, with all the men of Israel, went over Jordan.

    25 And Absalom put Amasa at the head of the army in place of Joab. Now Amasa was the son of a man named Ithra the Ishmaelite, who had been the lover of Abigail, the daughter of Jesse, sister of Zeruiah, Joab's mother.

  • 2 Sam 18:30
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    30 And the king said, Get back and take your place here. So turning to one side, he took his place there.

  • 2 Sam 14:21
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    21 And the king said to Joab, See now, I will do this thing: go then and Come back with the young man Absalom.

  • 2 Sam 3:20
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    20 So Abner, with twenty men, came to Hebron, to David. And David made a feast for Abner and the men who were with him.

  • 2 Sam 20:2-3
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    69%

    2 So all the men of Israel, turning away from David, went after Sheba, the son of Bichri: but the men of Judah were true to their king, going with him from Jordan as far as Jerusalem.

    3 And David came to his house at Jerusalem: and the king took the ten women to whom he had given the care of the house, and had them shut up, and gave them the necessaries of life, but did not go near them. So they were shut up till the day of their death, living as widows.

  • 2 Chr 10:12
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    12 So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day, as the king had given orders, saying, Come to me again on the third day.

  • 1 Kgs 1:32
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    32 And King David said, Send for Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada. And they came before the king.

  • 1 Kgs 12:12
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    12 So all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day, as the king had given orders, saying, Come back to me the third day.

  • Ezek 21:20
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    20 Put a pillar at the top of the road for the sword to come to Rabbah in the land of the children of Ammon, and to Judah and to Jerusalem in the middle of her.

  • 2 Sam 14:3
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    3 And come to the king and say these words to him. So Joab gave her words to say.

  • 1 Chr 19:8-9
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    8 And David, hearing of it, sent Joab with all the army of fighting-men.

    9 So the children of Ammon came out and put their forces in position on the way into the town; and the kings who had come were stationed by themselves in the field.

  • 2 Sam 14:23
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    23 So Joab got up and went to Geshur and came back again to Jerusalem with Absalom.

  • 1 Kgs 1:20
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    20 And now, my lord the king, the eyes of all Israel are on you, waiting for you to say who is to take the place of my lord the king after him.

  • 1 Kgs 1:28
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    28 Then King David in answer said, Send for Bath-sheba to come to me. And she came in and took her place before the king.

  • Judg 20:2
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    2 And the chiefs of the people, out of all the tribes of Israel, took their places in the meeting of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen armed with swords.

  • 2 Kgs 23:1
    68%

    1 Then the king sent and got together all the responsible men of Judah and of Jerusalem.

  • 2 Sam 3:24
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    24 Then Joab came to the king, and said, What have you done? when Abner came to you why did you send him away and let him go?

  • 2 Chr 34:29
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    29 Then the king sent and got together all the responsible men of Judah and of Jerusalem.

  • 2 Sam 3:10
    68%

    10 And if I do not take away the kingdom from the family of Saul and make David ruler over Israel and Judah from Dan as far as Beer-sheba!

  • 2 Chr 10:5
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    5 And he said to them, Come to me again after three days. So the people went away.

  • 2 Sam 15:20
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    20 It was only yesterday you came to us; why then am I to make you go up and down with us? for I have to go where I may; go back then, and take your countrymen with you, and may the Lord's mercy and good faith be with you.

  • 2 Sam 18:4
    68%

    4 And the king said to them, I will do whatever seems best to you. So the king took his place by the door of the town, and all the people went out by hundreds and by thousands.

  • 1 Chr 28:1
    68%

    1 And David got together at Jerusalem all the rulers of Israel, the chiefs of the tribes and the captains of the divisions waiting on the king in turn, and the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds and the controllers of all the goods and property of the king and his sons, with the unsexed servants and the great men of war.

  • 1 Sam 20:19
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    19 And on the third day it will be specially noted, and you will go to the place where you took cover when the other business was in hand, waiting by the hill over there.

  • 1 Chr 20:1
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    1 Now in the spring, at the time when kings go out to war, Joab went out at the head of the armed forces and made waste all the land of the Ammonites and put his men in position before Rabbah, shutting it in. But David was still at Jerusalem. And Joab took Rabbah and made it waste.

  • 2 Sam 2:4
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    4 And the men of Judah came there, and with the holy oil made David king over the people of Judah. And word came to David that it was the men of Jabesh-gilead who put Saul's body in its last resting-place.

  • 1 Kgs 12:5
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    5 And he said to them, Go away for three days and then come back to me again. So the people went away.

  • 2 Sam 11:12
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    12 And David said to Uriah, Be here today, and after that I will let you go. So Uriah was in Jerusalem that day and the day after.

  • 2 Sam 14:28-29
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    28 For two full years Absalom was living in Jerusalem without ever seeing the face of the king.

    29 Then Absalom sent for Joab to send him to the king, but he would not come to him: and he sent again a second time, but he would not come.

  • 1 Chr 19:5
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    5 Then certain men went and gave David word of what had been done to them. And he sent out with the purpose of meeting them; for the men were greatly shamed. And the king said, Keep where you are at Jericho till your hair is long again, and then come back.

  • 2 Sam 24:4
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    4 But the king's order was stronger than Joab and the captains of the army. And Joab and the captains of the army went out from the king, to take the number of the children of Israel.

  • 2 Sam 13:24
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    24 And Absalom came to the king and said, See now, your servant is cutting the wool of his sheep; will the king and his servants be pleased to come?