2 Samuel 20:5

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“So Amasa went to summon Judah, but he took longer than the time allotted him.”

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BSBPD

“So Amasa went to summon Judah, but he took longer than the time allotted him.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“So Amasa went to assemble the men of Judah: but he tarried longer than the set time which he had appointed him.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“So Amasa went to call the men of Judah together; but he tarried longer than the set time which he had appointed him.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and Amasa goeth to call Judah, and tarrieth beyond the appointed time that he had appointed him;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo 2 Samuel 20:5 — 3 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 1 Samuel 13:8And Saul waited seven days for the time appointed by Samuel, but Samuel did not come to Gilgal, and the troops began to desert Saul.
  2. 1 Samuel 20:35In the morning Jonathan went out to the field for the appointment with David, and a small boy was with him.
  3. 2 Samuel 19:13And say to Amasa, ‘Aren’t you my flesh and blood? May God punish me, and ever so severely, if from this time you are not the commander of my army in place of Joab!’”

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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