World English Bible
2 Samuel 20:5
“So Amasa went to call [the men of] Judah together; but he stayed longer than the set time which he had appointed him.”
Verse in context — 2 Samuel 20
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.
Then the king said to Amasa, "Call me the men of Judah together within three days, and be here present.
So Amasa went to call [the men of] Judah together; but he stayed longer than the set time which he had appointed him.
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.
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.
About 2 Samuel
David’s reign as king, his triumphs and failures, and God’s covenant with him.
Explore all chapters of 2 Samuel →