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


In Context

1 There happened to be there a base fellow, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew the trumpet, and said, |We have no portion in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse. Every man to his tents, Israel!|

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

3 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 custody, and provided them with sustenance, but didn't go in to them. So they were shut up to the day of their death, living in widowhood.

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

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

6 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.|

2 Samuel 20:4 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

20:4Then the king said to Amasa, "Summon the men of Judah to come to me within three days, and be here yourself."

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:4Then said the king to Amasa, Assemble me the men of Judah within three days, and be thou here present.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

20:4And the king said to Amasa: Assemble to me all the men of Juda against the third day, and be thou here present.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

20:4Then said the king to Amasa, Call me the men of Judah together within three days, and be thou here present.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:4And the king said to Amasa, Call me the men of Judah together within three days, and do thou attend here.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

20:4Then said the king to Amasa, Call me the men of Judah together within three days, and be thou here present.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:4Then said the king to Amasa, Assemble to me the men of Judah within three days, and be thou here present.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

20:4And the king saith unto Amasa, 'Call for me the men of Judah in three days, and thou, stand here,'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:4Then said the king to Amasa, Assemble me the men of Judah within three days, and be you here present.