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Young's Literal Translation

2 Samuel 20:13

When he hath been removed out of the highway, every man hath passed on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba son of Bichri.

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.
Good News Translation
After the body had been removed from the road, everyone followed Joab in pursuit of Sheba.
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.
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 And the king saith unto Amasa, `Call for me the men of Judah [in] three days, and thou, stand here,' 5 and Amasa goeth to call Judah, and tarrieth beyond the appointed time that he had appointed him; 6 and David saith unto Abishai, `Now doth Sheba son of Bichri do evil to us more than Absalom; thou, take the servants of thy lord, and pursue after him, lest he have found for himself fenced cities, and delivered himself [from] our eye.' 7 And the men of Joab go out after him, and the Cherethite, and the Pelethite, and all the mighty men, and they go out from Jerusalem to pursue after Sheba son of Bichri; 8 they [are] near the great stone that [is] in Gibeon, and Amasa hath gone before them, and Joab [is] girded; his long robe he hath put on him, and upon it a girdle -- a sword [is] fastened upon his loins in its sheath; and he hath gone out, and it falleth. 9 And Joab saith to Amasa, `Art thou [in] peace, my brother?' and the right hand of Joab layeth hold on the beard of Amasa to give a kiss to him; 10 and Amasa hath not been watchful of the sword that [is] in the hand of Joab, and he smiteth him with it unto the fifth [rib], and sheddeth out his bowels to the earth, and he hath not repeated [it] to him, and he dieth; and Joab and Abishai his brother have pursued after Sheba son of Bichri. 11 And a man hath stood by him, of the young men of Joab, and saith, `He who hath delight in Joab, and he who [is] for David -- after Joab!' 12 And Amasa is rolling himself in blood, in the midst of the highway, and the man seeth that all the people have stood still, and he bringeth round Amasa out of the highway to the field, and casteth over him a garment, when he hath seen that every one who hath come by him -- hath stood still. 13 When he hath been removed out of the highway, every man hath passed on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba son of Bichri.

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
And Jehovah saith unto Abram, `Go for thyself, from thy land, and from thy kindred, and from the house of thy father, unto the land which I shew thee.
Genesis 12:9
And Abram journeyeth, going on and journeying towards the south.
Genesis 20:3
And God cometh in unto Abimelech in a dream of the night, and saith to him, `Lo, thou [art] a dead man, because of the woman whom thou hast taken -- and she married to a husband.'
Genesis 20:5
hath not he himself said to me, She [is] my sister! and she, even she herself, said, He [is] my brother; in the integrity of my heart, and in the innocency of my hands, I have done this.'
Genesis 20:11
And Abraham saith, `Because I said, `Surely the fear of God is not in this place, and they have slain me for the sake of my wife;
1 Samuel 23:21
And Saul saith, `Blessed [are] ye of Jehovah, for ye have pity on me;
Psalms 64:5
They strengthen for themselves an evil thing, They recount of the hiding of snares, They have said, `Who doth look at it?'
Acts 5:9
And Peter said unto her, `How was it agreed by you, to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? lo, the feet of those who did bury thy husband [are] at the door, and they shall carry thee forth;'
Hebrews 11:8
By faith Abraham, being called, did obey, to go forth to the place that he was about to receive for an inheritance, and he went forth, not knowing whither he doth go;

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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