2 Samuel 20:6

KJV1611 – Modern English

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.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    So David said to Abishai, "Now Sheba, son of Bichri, will do us more harm than Absalom did. Take your lord's servants and pursue him quickly, or he may find fortified cities and escape from us."

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And David said to Abishai, Now shall Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than did Absalom: take thou thy lord's servants, and pursue after him, lest he get him fenced cities, and escape us.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And David{H1732} said{H559} to Abishai,{H52} Now will Sheba{H7652} the son{H1121} of Bichri{H1075} do us more harm{H3415} than did Absalom:{H53} take{H3947} thou thy lord's{H113} servants,{H5650} and pursue{H7291} after{H310} him, lest he get{H4672} him fortified{H1219} cities,{H5892} and escape{H5337} out of our sight.{H5869}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And David{H1732} said{H559}{(H8799)} to Abishai{H52}, Now shall Sheba{H7652} the son{H1121} of Bichri{H1075} do us more harm{H3415}{(H8799)} than did Absalom{H53}: take{H3947}{(H8798)} thou thy lord's{H113} servants{H5650}, and pursue{H7291}{(H8798)} after{H310} him, lest he get{H4672}{(H8804)} him fenced{H1219}{(H8803)} cities{H5892}, and escape{H5337}{(H8689)} us{H5869}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    And Dauid sayde vnto Abisai: Now shall Seba the sonne of Bichri do vs more harme then Absalom. Take thou yi lordes seruauntes, and folowe vpon him, yt he fynde not some stroge cities for him, and so escape out of oure sighte.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Then Dauid sayd to Abishai, Now shal Sheba the sonne of Bichri doe vs more harme then did Absalom: take thou therefore thy lords seruants and followe after him, lest he get him walled cities, and escape vs.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And Dauid saide to Abisai: Now shal Seba the sonne of Bichri do vs more harme then did Absalom: Take thou therefore thy lordes seruauntes, and folowe after him, lest he get him walled cities, and escape vs.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And David said to Abishai, Now shall Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than [did] Absalom: take thou thy lord's servants, and pursue after him, lest he get him fenced cities, and escape us.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    David said to Abishai, Now will Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than did Absalom: take your lord's servants, and pursue after him, lest he get him fortified cities, and escape out of our sight.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    and David saith unto Abishai, `Now doth Sheba son of Bichri do evil to us more than Absalom; thou, take the servants of thy lord, and pursue after him, lest he have found for himself fenced cities, and delivered himself `from' our eye.'

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And David said to Abishai, Now will Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than did Absalom: take thou thy lord's servants, and pursue after him, lest he get him fortified cities, and escape out of our sight.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And David said to Abishai, Now will Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than did Absalom: take thou thy lord's servants, and pursue after him, lest he get him fortified cities, and escape out of our sight.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And David said to Abishai, Sheba, the son of Bichri, will do us more damage than Absalom did; so take some of your lord's servants and go after him, before he makes himself safe in the walled towns, and gets away before our eyes.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    David said to Abishai, "Now Sheba the son of Bichri will do us more harm than did Absalom. Take your lord's servants, and pursue after him, lest he get himself fortified cities, and escape out of our sight."

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Then David said to Abishai,“Now Sheba son of Bicri will cause greater disaster for us than Absalom did! Take your lord’s servants and pursue him. Otherwise he will secure fortified cities for himself and get away from us.”

Referenced Verses

  • 2 Sam 11:11 : 11 And Uriah said to David, The ark and Israel and Judah are dwelling in tents, and my lord Joab and the servants of my lord are encamped in the open fields. Shall I then go to my house to eat and to drink and to lie with my wife? As you live, and as your soul lives, I will not do this thing.
  • 2 Sam 21:17 : 17 But Abishai, the son of Zeruiah, came to his aid and struck the Philistine and killed him. Then David's men swore to him, saying, You shall no more go out with us to battle, lest you quench the lamp of Israel.
  • 1 Kgs 1:33 : 33 The king also said to them, Take with you the servants of your lord, and cause Solomon my son to ride upon my own mule, and bring him down to Gihon.
  • 1 Chr 11:20 : 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.
  • 1 Chr 18:12 : 12 Moreover, Abishai the son of Zeruiah slew eighteen thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt.
  • 2 Sam 23:18 : 18 And Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief among the three. And he lifted up his spear against three hundred and killed them, and had a name among the three.
  • 2 Sam 18:2 : 2 And David sent a third of the people under the command of Joab, a third under the command of Abishai the son of Zeruiah, Joab's brother, and a third under the command of Ittai the Gittite. And the king said to the people, I will surely go out with you myself also.
  • 2 Sam 18:12 : 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 19:7 : 7 Now therefore arise, go out, and speak kindly to your servants; for I swear by the LORD, if you do not go out, not one will stay with you this night; and that will be worse for you than all the evil that has befallen you from your youth until now.
  • 1 Sam 26:6 : 6 Then David answered and said to Ahimelech the Hittite and Abishai the son of Zeruiah, Joab's brother, "Who will go down with me to the camp of Saul?" And Abishai said, "I will go down with you."
  • 2 Sam 2:18 : 18 And there were three sons of Zeruiah there, Joab and Abishai and Asahel: and Asahel was as fleet of foot as a wild gazelle.
  • 2 Sam 3:30 : 30 So Joab and Abishai his brother killed Abner because he had killed their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle.
  • 2 Sam 3:39 : 39 And I am this day weak, though anointed king; and these men, the sons of Zeruiah, are too harsh for me. The LORD shall reward the evildoer according to his wickedness.
  • 2 Sam 10:9-9 : 9 When Joab saw that the front of the battle was against him before and behind, he chose all the elite men of Israel, and set them in array against the Syrians. 10 And the rest of the people he entrusted to the hand of Abishai his brother, that he might set them in array against the children of Ammon.
  • 2 Sam 10:14 : 14 And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians had fled, they also fled before Abishai, and entered into the city. So Joab returned from the children of Ammon, and came to Jerusalem.

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    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.

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

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    13 And there came a messenger to David, saying, The hearts of the men of Israel are with Absalom.

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    1 And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite; and he blew a trumpet and said, We have no part in David, nor any inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to his tents, O Israel.

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    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.

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    16 And Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite, who was of Bahurim, hurried and came down with the men of Judah to meet King David.

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