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2 Samuel 20:6

Y dijo David a Abisai: Seba hijo de Bicri nos hará ahora más mal que Absalón; toma pues tú los siervos de tu señor, y ve tras él, no sea que halle las ciudades fortificadas, y se nos vaya de delante.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Abishai;   David;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Abishai;   Amasa;   Sheba;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Joab;   Sheba;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Amasa;   Gibeon;   Joab;   Sheba;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Abner;   Cherethims;   Gibeon;   Sheba (1);   Holman Bible Dictionary - Abel-Beth-Maachah or Abel-Beth-Maacah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Joab;   Samuel, Books of;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Amasa ;   Bichri ;   Joab ;   Sheba ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Abishai;   David;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Da'vid;   She'ba;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Toe;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Abishai;   Get;   Joab;  

Parallel Translations

La Biblia de las Americas
Y David dijo a Abisai: Ahora Seba, hijo de Bicri, nos hará más daño que Absalón; toma a los siervos de tu señor y persíguelo, no sea que halle para sí ciudades fortificadas y se nos escape.
La Biblia Reina-Valera
Samuel 20:6"> 6 Y dijo David á Abisai: Seba hijo de Bichri nos hará ahora más mal que Absalom: toma pues tú los siervos de tu señor, y ve tras él, no sea que halle las ciudades fortificadas, y se nos vaya de delante.
La Biblia Reina-Valera Gomez
Y dijo David a Abisai: Seba hijo de Bicri nos hará ahora más mal que Absalón; toma tú a los siervos de tu señor, y ve tras él, no sea que halle para sí ciudades fortificadas y se nos escape.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Abishai: 2 Samuel 2:18, 2 Samuel 3:30, 2 Samuel 3:39, 2 Samuel 10:9, 2 Samuel 10:10, 2 Samuel 10:14, 2 Samuel 18:2, 2 Samuel 18:12, 2 Samuel 21:17, 2 Samuel 23:18, 1 Samuel 26:6, 1 Chronicles 11:20, 1 Chronicles 18:12

do us: 2 Samuel 19:7

thy lord's: 2 Samuel 11:11, 1 Kings 1:33

escape us: Heb. deliver himself from our eyes

Reciprocal: Joshua 10:19 - suffer them Joshua 10:20 - fenced cities 2 Samuel 19:43 - We have 2 Samuel 20:11 - He that Jeremiah 8:14 - enter Mark 3:24 - General

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And David said to Abishai,.... For it seems he would have nothing to say to Joab, being displeased with him for slaying Absalom, and having removed him from his posts; and therefore speaks to the next officer in his army, Abishai; though Josephus p says, he addressed himself to Joab, contrary to the express words of the text:

now shall Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than [did] Absalom; gain a greater party, and give more trouble to subdue him, unless suppressed in time:

take thou thy lord's servants, and pursue after him; without waiting for Amasa, and the troops he was assembling; delays in such a case as an insurrection being dangerous, which ought to be nipped in the bud, and crushed as soon as possible; in order to which, he bids him take his servants that were about him, his bodyguards, and pursue Sheba:

lest he get him fenced cities; where he may secure himself, and hold out a siege a long time, and give a great deal of trouble:

and escape us; for the present; or "escape our eyes", as the "Keri", or marginal reading is; we shall lose sight of him, and not know which way he is gone, if he is not pursued quickly.

p Antiqu. l. 7. c. 11. sect. 6.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

To Abishai - Probably, as the king was on bad terms with Joab, and wished to deprive him of his post as Captain of the host, he gave his orders to Abishai, and weakly connived at the execution of them by Joab, which was inevitable.


 
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