2 Samuel 20:11

KJV1611 – Modern English

And one of Joab's men stood by Amasa and said, Whoever favors Joab and whoever is for David, let him follow Joab.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    One of Joab's men stood by Amasa and said, "Whoever is loyal to Joab and whoever is for David, follow Joab!"

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And there stood{H5975} by him one{H376} of Joab's{H3097} young men,{H5288} and said,{H559} He{H4310} that favoreth{H2654} Joab,{H3097} and he that is for David,{H1732} let him follow{H310} Joab.{H3097}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And one{H376} of Joab's{H3097} men{H5288} stood{H5975}{(H8804)} by him, and said{H559}{(H8799)}, He{H4310} that favoureth{H2654}{(H8804)} Joab{H3097}, and he that is for David{H1732}, let him go after{H310} Joab{H3097}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    And one of Ioabs seruauntes stode by him, and sayde: What is he this yt wolde be agaynst Ioab to please Dauid, and to be with Dauid in Ioabs steade?

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And one of Ioabs men stoode by him, & saide, He that fauoureth Ioab, and hee that is of Dauids part, let him go after Ioab.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And one of Ioabs men stoode by him, and saide: He that beareth any fauour to Ioab, or good will to Dauid, let him go after Ioab.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    There stood by him one of Joab's young men, and said, He who favors Joab, and he who is for David, let him follow Joab.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And a man hath stood by him, of the young men of Joab, and saith, `He who hath delight in Joab, and he who `is' for David -- after 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.

  • 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.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    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!

  • World English Bible (2000)

    There stood by him one of Joab's young men, and said, "He who favors Joab, and he who is for David, let him follow Joab!"

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    One of Joab’s soldiers who stood over Amasa said,“Whoever is for Joab and whoever is for David, follow Joab!”

Referenced Verses

  • 2 Sam 20:13 : 13 Once he was removed from the road, all the people continued after Joab, pursuing Sheba the son of Bichri.
  • 2 Sam 20:21 : 21 The matter is not so; but a man from the hill country of Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, has raised his hand against the king, against David. Deliver him only, and I will depart from the city. The woman said to Joab, Behold, his head shall be thrown to you over the wall.
  • 2 Kgs 9:32 : 32 And he lifted up his face to the window, and said, Who is on my side? Who? And there looked out to him two or three eunuchs.
  • 2 Sam 20:4 : 4 Then the king said to Amasa, Gather the men of Judah for me in three days, and be here yourself.
  • 2 Sam 20:6-7 : 6 And David said to Abishai, Now Sheba the son of Bichri will do us more harm than Absalom did; take your master’s servants and pursue him, lest he find fortified cities and escape from us. 7 So Joab's men, the Cherethites, the Pelethites, and all the mighty men went out after him, and they left Jerusalem to pursue Sheba the son of Bichri.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2 Sam 20:12-14
    3 verses
    81%

    12 Amasa lay wallowing in his blood in the middle of the road, and when the man saw that all the people stopped, he moved Amasa from the road into the field and threw a cloth over him, because everyone who came by stopped.

    13 Once he was removed from the road, all the people continued after Joab, pursuing Sheba the son of Bichri.

    14 Sheba passed through all the tribes of Israel to Abel and to Bethmaachah, and all the Berites gathered together and followed him.

  • 2 Sam 20:5-10
    6 verses
    80%

    5 So Amasa went to gather the men of Judah, but he delayed beyond the appointed time.

    6 And David said to Abishai, Now Sheba the son of Bichri will do us more harm than Absalom did; take your master’s servants and pursue him, lest he find fortified cities and escape from us.

    7 So Joab's men, the Cherethites, the Pelethites, and all the mighty men went out after him, and they left Jerusalem to pursue Sheba the son of Bichri.

    8 When they reached the great stone in Gibeon, Amasa came to meet them. Now Joab was wearing his military garment, with a belt and a sword fastened at his waist in its sheath; as he went forward, it fell out.

    9 And Joab said to Amasa, Are you well, my brother? And Joab took Amasa by the beard with his right hand to kiss him.

    10 But Amasa did not notice the sword in Joab’s hand, so Joab struck him in the stomach, spilling his intestines to the ground. He did not strike him again, and Amasa died. Joab and his brother Abishai then pursued Sheba the son of Bichri.

  • 2 Sam 19:13
    75%

    13 And say to Amasa, Are you not of my bone and my flesh? God do so to me, and more also, if you are not captain of the host before me continually in the place of Joab.

  • 2 Sam 18:14-15
    2 verses
    75%

    14 Then Joab said, I cannot linger thus with you. And he took three spears in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom, while he was still alive in the midst of the oak.

    15 And ten young men who carried Joab's armor surrounded and struck Absalom, and killed him.

  • 2 Sam 20:2
    74%

    2 So all the men of Israel left David and followed Sheba the son of Bichri, but the men of Judah stayed loyal to their king, from the Jordan even to Jerusalem.

  • 1 Kgs 2:31-32
    2 verses
    74%

    31 And the king said unto him, Do as he has said, and strike him down and bury him, that you may take away the innocent blood which Joab shed, from me and from the house of my father.

    32 And the Lord will return his blood upon his own head, who struck down two men more righteous and better than he, and killed them with the sword, my father David not knowing of it: namely, Abner the son of Ner, captain of the army of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the army of Judah.

  • 2 Sam 18:11-12
    2 verses
    74%

    11 And Joab said to the man who told him, And, behold, you saw him, and why did you not strike him there to the ground? and I would have given you ten shekels of silver, and a belt.

    12 And the man said to Joab, Though I should receive a thousand shekels of silver in my hand, yet would I not raise my hand against the king's son: for in our hearing the king charged you and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Beware that none touch the young man Absalom.

  • 2 Sam 20:20-21
    2 verses
    73%

    20 Joab answered, Far be it from me, far be it from me, to swallow up or destroy.

    21 The matter is not so; but a man from the hill country of Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, has raised his hand against the king, against David. Deliver him only, and I will depart from the city. The woman said to Joab, Behold, his head shall be thrown to you over the wall.

  • 2 Sam 11:25
    73%

    25 Then David said to the messenger, Thus you shall say to Joab: Do not let this thing trouble you, for the sword devours one as well as another. Strengthen your attack against the city, and overthrow it. So encourage him.

  • 1 Chr 21:4
    73%

    4 Nevertheless the king's word prevailed against Joab. So Joab went out and went throughout all Israel, and came back to Jerusalem.

  • 2 Sam 1:15
    73%

    15 And David called one of the young men and said, Go near, and strike him. And he smote him that he died.

  • 2 Sam 2:21-22
    2 verses
    73%

    21 And Abner said to him, Turn aside to your right hand or to your left, and take hold of one of the young men, and take his armor. But Asahel would not turn aside from following him.

    22 And Abner said again to Asahel, Turn aside from following me: why should I strike you to the ground? How could I face Joab your brother?

  • 1 Kgs 2:5
    72%

    5 Moreover, you know also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, and what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, to Abner the son of Ner, and to Amasa the son of Jether, whom he killed, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war on his belt that was about his loins, and in his shoes on his feet.

  • 2 Sam 3:29-31
    3 verses
    72%

    29 Let it rest on the head of Joab, and on all his father's house; and let there not fail from the house of Joab one who has an issue, or who is a leper, or who leans on a staff, or who falls by the sword, or who lacks bread.

    30 So Joab and Abishai his brother killed Abner because he had killed their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle.

    31 And David said to Joab and to all the people who were with him, Tear your clothes and gird yourselves with sackcloth, and mourn before Abner. And King David himself followed the bier.

  • 2 Sam 14:1
    72%

    1 Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king's heart was toward Absalom.

  • 1 Chr 27:34
    72%

    34 And after Ahithophel was Jehoiada the son of Benaiah, and Abiathar; and the general of the king's army was Joab.

  • 2 Sam 11:18
    72%

    18 Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war,

  • 2 Sam 2:24
    72%

    24 Joab also and Abishai pursued Abner: and the sun went down when they came to the hill of Ammah, that is before Giah by the way of the wilderness of Gibeon.

  • 2 Sam 11:22
    72%

    22 So the messenger went, and came and told David all that Joab had sent by him.

  • 1 Chr 11:20
    72%

    20 And Abishai, the brother of Joab, was chief of the three. He lifted up his spear against three hundred men, slew them, and had a name among the three.

  • 2 Sam 2:27
    71%

    27 And Joab said, As God lives, if you had not spoken, surely by morning the people had gone up every man from pursuing his brother.

  • 1 Chr 19:11
    71%

    11 And the rest of the people he delivered to the hand of Abishai his brother, and they set themselves in array against the children of Ammon.

  • 2 Sam 17:24-25
    2 verses
    71%

    24 Then David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom passed over Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.

    25 And Absalom made Amasa captain of the army instead of Joab: Amasa was the son of a man whose name was Ithra, an Israelite, who went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah, Joab's mother.

  • 2 Sam 3:26
    71%

    26 And when Joab had gone out from David, he sent messengers after Abner, who brought him back from the well of Sirah; but David did not know it.

  • 1 Kgs 11:15
    71%

    15 For it came to pass, when David was in Edom, and Joab the captain of the army had gone up to bury the slain, after he had killed every male in Edom.

  • 2 Sam 2:30
    71%

    30 And Joab returned from pursuing Abner: and when he had gathered all the people together, nineteen of David's servants and Asahel were missing.

  • 2 Sam 3:24
    71%

    24 Then Joab came to the king and said, What have you done? Behold, Abner came to you; why is it that you have sent him away, and he is quite gone?

  • 2 Sam 2:13-15
    3 verses
    71%

    13 And Joab the son of Zeruiah, and the servants of David, went out, and met by the pool of Gibeon: and they sat down, one on one side of the pool, and the other on the other side of the pool.

    14 And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men now arise and compete before us. And Joab said, Let them arise.

    15 Then there arose and went over by number twelve of Benjamin, belonging to Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and twelve of the servants of David.

  • 2 Sam 11:16
    71%

    16 So it happened, when Joab observed the city, that he assigned Uriah to a place where he knew there were valiant men.

  • 1 Sam 26:15
    71%

    15 And David said to Abner, "Are you not a valiant man? And who is like you in Israel? Why then have you not kept watch over your lord the king? For there came one of the people in to destroy the king your lord."

  • 2 Sam 20:17
    71%

    17 When he came near her, the woman asked, Are you Joab? He answered, I am. Then she said, Listen to the words of your servant. And he answered, I am listening.

  • 2 Sam 17:9
    70%

    9 Behold, he is hidden now in some pit, or in some other place: and it will come to pass, when some of them are overthrown at the first, that whoever hears it will say, There is a slaughter among the people that follow Absalom.

  • 2 Sam 14:32
    70%

    32 And Absalom answered Joab, Behold, I sent to you, saying, Come here, that I may send you to the king, to say, Why did I come from Geshur? it would have been better for me to still be there: now therefore let me see the king's face; and if there is any iniquity in me, let him kill me.