5So Amasa went to call the men of Judah together; but he tarried longer than the set time which he had appointed him.


In Context

2 So all the men of Israel went up from following David, and followed Sheba the son of Bichri; but the men of Judah clave unto their king, from the Jordan even to Jerusalem.

3 And David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten women his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in ward, and provided them with sustenance, but went not in unto them. So they were shut up unto the day of their death, living in widowhood.

4 Then said the king to Amasa, Call me the men of Judah together within three days, and be thou here present.

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

6 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.

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

2 Samuel 20:5 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

20:5But when Amasa went to summon Judah, he took longer than the time the king had set for him.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:5So Amasa went to assemble [the men of] Judah: but he tarried longer than the set time which he had appointed him.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

20:5So Amasa went to assemble the men of Juda, but he tarried beyond the set time which the king had appointed him.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:5So Amasa went to call together the men of Judah; but he delayed longer than the set time which he had appointed him.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

20:5So Amasa went to call the men of Judah together: but he tarried longer than the set time which he had appointed him.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:5So Amasa went to assemble the men of Judah: but he tarried longer than the set time which he had appointed him.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

20:5and Amasa goeth to call Judah, and tarrieth beyond the appointed time that he had appointed him;

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:5So Amasa went to call [the men of] Judah together; but he stayed longer than the set time which he had appointed him.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:5So Amasa went to assemble the men of Judah: but he tarried longer than the set time which he had appointed him.