Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
2 Samuel 20:5
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So Amasa went to summon Judah, but he took longer than the time allotted him.
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So Amasa went to assemble [the men of] Judah: but he tarried longer than the set time which he had appointed him.
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So Amasa went to call the men of Judah together, but he stayed longer than the set time which had been appointed to him.
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So Amasa went to call [the men of] Judah together; but he tarried longer than the set time which he had appointed him.
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2 Samuel 20
3 When David returned to his palace in Jerusalem, he took the ten concubines he had left to take care of the palace, and he placed them in a house under guard. He provided for them, but he no longer slept with them. They were confined until the day of their death, living as widows.
4 Then the king said to Amasa, “Summon the men of Judah to come to me within three days, and be here yourself.”
5 So Amasa went to summon Judah, but he took longer than the time allotted him.
6 And David said to Abishai, “Now Sheba the son of Bichri will do us more harm than Absalom. Take your lord’s servants and pursue him, or he will find fortified cities and elude us.”
7 So Joab’s men, along with the Cherethites, the Pelethites, and all the mighty men, marched out of Jerusalem in pursuit of Sheba son of Bichri.
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