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Good News Translation

2 Samuel 20:13

After the body had been removed from the road, everyone followed Joab in pursuit of Sheba.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Abishai;   Joab;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Abelbethmaachah;   Sheba;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Joab;   Sheba;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Sheba (1);   Holman Bible Dictionary - Abel-Beth-Maachah or Abel-Beth-Maacah;   Berite;   Gibeon;   Rizpah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Joab;   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;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
When he was removed from the highway, all the men passed by and followed Joab to pursue Sheba son of Bichri.
Hebrew Names Version
When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Yo'av, to pursue after Sheva the son of Bikhri.
King James Version
When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.
Lexham English Bible
After he was removed from the highway, all the men passed by after Joab to pursue after Sheba the son of Bicri.
English Standard Version
When he was taken out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab to pursue Sheba the son of Bichri.
New Century Version
After Amasa's body was taken off the road, all the men followed Joab to chase Sheba son of Bicri.
New English Translation
Once he had removed Amasa from the path, everyone followed Joab to pursue Sheba son of Bicri.
Amplified Bible
When [the body of] Amasa was removed from the highway, everyone followed after Joab to pursue Sheba the son of Bichri.
New American Standard Bible
As soon as he was removed from the road, all the men went on after Joab to pursue Sheba the son of Bichri.
Geneva Bible (1587)
When hee was remoued out of the way, euerie man went after Ioab, to followe after Sheba the sonne of Bichri.
Legacy Standard Bible
As soon as he was removed from the highway, all the men passed on after Joab to pursue Sheba the son of Bichri.
Contemporary English Version
After this, no one else stopped. They all walked straight past him on their way to help Joab capture Sheba.
Complete Jewish Bible
Once he had been removed from the road, all the troops went on after Yo'av, to pursue Sheva the son of Bikhri.
Darby Translation
When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri,
Easy-to-Read Version
Once the body was out of the way, the people simply passed it by and joined up with Joab to go after Sheba son of Bicri.
George Lamsa Translation
When he was dragged out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab, to pursue Shamoa, the son of Bichri.
Literal Translation
When he was taken from the highway, every man passed on after Joab to pursue Sheba the son of Bichri.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Now whan he was put out of the waye, euery man wete after Ioab, to folowe vpon Seba the sonne of Bichri.
American Standard Version
When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.
Bible in Basic English
When he had been taken off the road, all the people went on after Joab in search of Sheba, the son of Bichri.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And assoone as he was remoued out of the way, al the people went after Ioab, to folow after Seba the sonne of Bichri.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.
King James Version (1611)
When he was remoued out of the high way, all the people went on after Ioab, to pursue after Sheba the sonne of Bichri.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And when he was quickly removed from the road, every man of Israel passed after Joab to pursue after Sabee the son of Bochori.
English Revised Version
When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.
Berean Standard Bible
As soon as Amasa's body was removed from the road, all the men went on with Joab to pursue Sheba son of Bichri.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor whanne he was remouyd fro the weie, ech man passide suynge Joab to pursue Siba, the sone of Bochri.
Young's Literal Translation
When he hath been removed out of the highway, every man hath passed on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba son of Bichri.
Update Bible Version
When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.
Webster's Bible Translation
When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.
World English Bible
When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.
New King James Version
When he was removed from the highway, all the people went on after Joab to pursue Sheba the son of Bichri.
New Living Translation
With Amasa's body out of the way, everyone went on with Joab to capture Sheba son of Bicri.
New Life Bible
After he was taken out of the road, all the men went on and followed Joab to go after Sheba the son of Bichri.
New Revised Standard
Once he was removed from the highway, all the people went on after Joab to pursue Sheba son of Bichri.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
When he had removed him out of the highway, every man passed on, after Joab, to pursue Sheba son of Bichri.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And when he was removed out of the way, all the people went on following Joab to pursue after Seba the son of Bochri.
Revised Standard Version
When he was taken out of the highway, all the people went on after Jo'ab to pursue Sheba the son of Bichri.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
As soon as he was removed from the highway, all the men passed on after Joab to pursue Sheba the son of Bichri.

Contextual Overview

4 The king said to Amasa, "Call the men of Judah together and be back here with them by the day after tomorrow." 5 Amasa went to call them, but he did not get back by the time the king had told him to. 6 So the king said to Abishai, "Sheba will give us more trouble than Absalom. Take my men and go after him, or else he may occupy some fortified towns and escape from us." 7 So Joab's men, the royal bodyguards, and all the other soldiers left Jerusalem with Abishai to go after Sheba. 8 When they reached the large rock at Gibeon, Amasa met them. Joab was dressed for battle, with a sword in its sheath fastened to his belt. As he came forward, the sword fell out. 9 Joab said to Amasa, "How are you, my friend?" and took hold of his beard with his right hand in order to kiss him. 10 Amasa was not on guard against the sword that Joab was holding in his other hand, and Joab stabbed him in the belly, and his insides spilled out on the ground. He died immediately, and Joab did not have to strike again. Then Joab and his brother Abishai went on after Sheba. 11 One of Joab's men stood by Amasa's body and called out, "Everyone who is for Joab and David follow Joab!" 12 Amasa's body, covered with blood, was lying in the middle of the road. Joab's man saw that everybody was stopping, so he dragged the body from the road out into the field and threw a blanket over it. 13 After the body had been removed from the road, everyone followed Joab in pursuit of Sheba.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the highway: 2 Samuel 20:12, 2 Samuel 20:13, Numbers 20:19, Judges 21:19, 1 Samuel 6:12, 2 Kings 18:17, Proverbs 16:17, Isaiah 7:3, Isaiah 36:2, Isaiah 62:10, Jeremiah 31:21, Mark 10:46

Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 2:23 - stood still 2 Samuel 20:11 - He that

Cross-References

Genesis 12:1
The Lord said to Abram, "Leave your country, your relatives, and your father's home, and go to a land that I am going to show you.
Genesis 12:9
Then he moved on from place to place, going toward the southern part of Canaan.
Genesis 20:3
One night God appeared to him in a dream and said, "You are going to die, because you have taken this woman; she is already married."
Genesis 20:5
Abraham himself said that she was his sister, and she said the same thing. I did this with a clear conscience, and I have done no wrong."
Genesis 20:11
Abraham answered, "I thought that there would be no one here who has reverence for God and that they would kill me to get my wife.
1 Samuel 23:21
Saul answered, "May the Lord bless you for being so kind to me!
Psalms 64:5
They encourage each other in their evil plots; they talk about where they will place their traps. "No one can see them," they say.
Acts 5:9
So Peter said to her, "Why did you and your husband decide to put the Lord's Spirit to the test? The men who buried your husband are at the door right now, and they will carry you out too!"
Hebrews 11:8
It was faith that made Abraham obey when God called him to go out to a country which God had promised to give him. He left his own country without knowing where he was going.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

When he was removed out of the highway,.... Into the field, and covered over with a cloth, that he could not be seen:

all the people went on after Joab; made no stop at all, knowing nothing of the matter, or what had happened:

to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri; these were the troops that Amasa had been assembling, which followed one another after him; for Joab and Abishai, with their men, were at Gibeon first.


 
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