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Chinese NCV (Simplified)

撒母耳记下 20:2

於是以色列眾人都上山去,不跟隨大衛,卻跟隨了比基利的兒子示巴;猶大人卻緊緊跟隨他們的王,從約旦河直到耶路撒冷。

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Abishai;   Citizens;   David;   Judah;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Judah, the Tribe of;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Sheba;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Benjamin;   Sheba;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Sexuality, Human;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Joab;   Sheba;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Rehoboam;   Sheba (1);   Holman Bible Dictionary - Abel-Beth-Maachah or Abel-Beth-Maacah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Benjamin;   Samuel, Books of;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Bichri ;   Sheba ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - David;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Da'vid;   She'ba;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Samuel, Books of;  

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
於 是 以 色 列 人 都 离 开 大 卫 , 跟 随 比 基 利 的 儿 子 示 巴 。 但 犹 大 人 从 约 但 河 直 到 耶 路 撒 冷 , 都 紧 紧 跟 随 他 们 的 王 。

Contextual Overview

1 It happened that a troublemaker named Sheba son of Bicri from the tribe of Benjamin was there. He blew the trumpet and said: "We have no share in David! We have no part in the son of Jesse! People of Israel, let's go home!" 2 So all the Israelites left David and followed Sheba son of Bicri. But the people of Judah stayed with their king all the way from the Jordan River to Jerusalem. 3 David came back to his palace in Jerusalem. He had left ten of his slave women there to take care of the palace. Now he put them in a locked house. He gave them food, but he did not have sexual relations with them. So they lived like widows until they died.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

every man: 2 Samuel 19:41, Psalms 62:9, Psalms 118:8-10, Proverbs 17:14

the men: John 6:66-68, Acts 11:23

from Jordan: 2 Samuel 19:15, 2 Samuel 19:40, 2 Samuel 19:41, 2 Chronicles 10:17

Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 3:12 - my hand 2 Samuel 22:44 - delivered Psalms 53:3 - Every Ecclesiastes 9:18 - sinner Ephesians 4:31 - clamour

Cross-References

Genesis 12:15
The Egyptian officers saw her and told the king of Egypt how beautiful she was. They took her to the king's palace, and
Genesis 20:11
Then Abraham answered, "I thought no one in this place respected God and that someone would kill me to get Sarah.
Genesis 20:12
And it is true that she is my sister. She is the daughter of my father, but she is not the daughter of my mother.
Genesis 20:13
When God told me to leave my father's house and wander in many different places, I told Sarah, ‘You must do a special favor for me. Everywhere we go tell people I am your brother.'"
Genesis 26:1
Now there was a time of hunger in the land, besides the time of hunger that happened during Abraham's life. So Isaac went to the town of Gerar to see Abimelech king of the Philistines.
Genesis 26:7
His wife Rebekah was very beautiful, and the men of that place asked Isaac about her. Isaac said, "She is my sister," because he was afraid to tell them she was his wife. He thought they might kill him so they could have her.
Genesis 26:16
And Abimelech said to Isaac, "Leave our country because you have become much more powerful than we are."
2 Chronicles 19:2
Jehu son of Hanani, a seer, went out to meet him and said to the king, "Why did you help evil people? Why do you love those who hate the Lord ? That is the reason the Lord is angry with you.
2 Chronicles 20:37
Then Eliezer son of Dodavahu from the town of Mareshah spoke against Jehoshaphat. He said, "Jehoshaphat, because you joined with Ahaziah, the Lord will destroy what you have made." The ships were wrecked so they could not sail out to trade.
2 Chronicles 32:31
But one time the leaders of Babylon sent messengers to Hezekiah, asking him about a strange sign that had happened in the land. When they came, God left Hezekiah alone to test him so he could know everything that was in Hezekiah's heart.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

So every man of Israel went up from after David,.... Those that met him on the road departed from him, and went no further with him:

[and] followed Sheba the son of Bichri; and made him their captain, who was the author of their mutiny and sedition:

but the men of Judah clave unto their king, from Jordan to Jerusalem: never left him, after they had conducted him over Jordan, until they had brought him safely to Jerusalem.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

From Jordan ... - The men of Israel only escorted David from Jordan to Gilgal, and there left him; but the men of Judah in a body went with him all the way to Jerusalem.


 
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