2 Samuel 20:4

Contextual Overview

⁴The king said to Amasa, “Summon the men of Judah to me within three days and be here yourself.” ⁴ Then said the king to `Amasa, Call me the men of Yehudah together within three days, and be here present. ⁴ Then said the king to Amasa, Assemble me the men of Judah within three days, and be thou here present. ⁴ Then the king said to Amasa, "Summon for me the men of Judah within three days, and be here yourself." ⁴ Then the king said to Amasa, "Call the men of Judah together to me within three days, and be here yourself." ⁴ The king said to Amasa, "Tell the men of Judah to meet with me in three days, and you must also be here." ⁴ Then the king said to Amasa, "Call the men of Judah together for me in three days, and you be present here with them too." ⁴Now the king said to Amasa [the commander of his army], "Summon the [fighting] men of Judah to me within three days, and be present here yourself."⁴ Now the king said to Amasa, "Summon the men of Judah for me within three days, and be present here yourself."⁴ Then sayde the King to Amasa, Assemble me the men of Iudah within three dayes, and be thou here present.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Amasa: 2 Samuel 17:25, 2 Samuel 19:13, 1 Chronicles 2:17

Assemble: Heb. Call

Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 20:8 - Amasa 2 Samuel 20:11 - for David 1 Chronicles 12:18 - came upon Amasai

Cross-References

Genesis 19:24
Then the LORD rained on Sedom and on `Amorah sulfur and fire from the LORD out of the sky.

Genesis 19:24
Then the Lord rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven;

Genesis 19:24
Yahweh rained down from heaven upon Sodom and Gomorrah brimstone and fire from Yahweh.

Genesis 19:24
The Lord sent a rain of burning sulfur down from the sky on Sodom and Gomorrah

Genesis 19:24
Then the Lord rained down sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah. It was sent down from the sky by the Lord .

Genesis 19:24
Then the LORD rained down brimstone (flaming sulfur) and fire on Sodom and on Gomorrah from the LORD out of heaven,

Genesis 19:24
Then the LORD rained brimstone and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah from the LORD out of heaven,

Genesis 19:24
Then the Lord rained vpon Sodom and vpon Gomorah brimstone, & fire from the Lord out of heauen,

Genesis 19:24
And Yahweh rained on Sodom and Gomorrah brimstone and fire from Yahweh out of heaven,

Genesis 19:24
and the Lord sent burning sulfur down like rain on Sodom and Gomorrah.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then said the king to Amasa,.... Whom he had promised to make general of his army, 2 Samuel 19:13; and by the following order declared him such:

assemble me the men of Judah within three days; which was done by the sound of the trumpet, or by the proclamation of a herald; it seems that the men of Judah, who attended David to Jerusalem, were gone to their respective cities and places of abode, or there would have been no occasion for such a summons; though it is strange they should, when the men of Israel appeared so inclinable to a new rebellion:

and be thou here present; to take the command of them.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

To Amasa ... - Evidently feeling his way toward fulfilling the promise to Amasa (marginal reference).

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Samuel 20:4. Then said the king to Amasa — Thus he invests him with the command of the army, and sends him to collect the men of Judah, and to come back to receive his orders in relation to Sheba, in three days. It appears that Amasa found more difficulty in collecting his country-men than was at first supposed; and this detaining him beyond the three days, David, fearing that Sheba's rebellion would get head, sent Abishai, who it appears was accompanied by Joab, to pursue after Sheba.

Amasa, it seems, got up with them at Gibeon, 2 Samuel 20:8, where he was treacherously murdered by the execrable Joab.