Verse 5

So Amasa went out to call Judah together. But in doing so he took longer than the time that the king had allotted him.

Referenced Verses

• 1 Sam 13:8 : 8 He waited for seven days, the time period indicated by Samuel. But Samuel did not come to Gilgal, and the army began to abandon Saul.
• 2 Sam 19:13 : 13 Say to Amasa,‘Are you not my flesh and blood? God will punish me severely, if from this time on you are not the commander of my army in place of Joab!’”