2 Samuel 20:2 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“So every man of Israel went up from after David, and followed Sheba the son of Bichri: but the men of Judah clave unto their king, from Jordan even to Jerusalem.”
2 Samuel 20:2 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
2 Samuel 20:2 in 6 Bible Translations
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2 Samuel 20:2 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“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.”
2 Samuel 20:2 — World English Bible
2 Samuel 20:2 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“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. ”
2 Samuel 20:2 — American Standard Version
2 Samuel 20:2 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And every man of Israel goeth up from after David, after Sheba son of Bichri, and the men of Judah have cleaved to their king, from the Jordan even unto Jerusalem.”
2 Samuel 20:2 — Young's Literal Translation
2 Samuel 20:2 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“Then all the men of Israel went up from after David, following Sheba the son of Bichri. But the men of Judah clave to their king, from the Jordan even to Jerusalem. ”
2 Samuel 20:2 — Darby Translation
2 Samuel 20:2 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“So euery man of Israel went from Dauid and followed Sheba the sonne of Bichri: but the men of Iudah claue fast vnto their King, from Iorden euen to Ierusalem.”
2 Samuel 20:2 — Geneva Bible
2 Samuel 20:2 in Context — 2 Samuel 20
1 And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew a trumpet, and said, We have no part in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to his tents, O Israel.
2 So every man of Israel went up from after David, and followed Sheba the son of Bichri: but the men of Judah clave unto their king, from 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 fed them, 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, Assemble me the men of Judah within three days, and be thou here present.
What Does 2 Samuel 20:2 Mean?
2 Samuel 20:2 is a verse from the Book of 2 Samuel, part of the Old Testament. It appears in 2 Samuel chapter 20. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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