2 Samuel 20:11 “One of Joab’s young men stood near Amasa and said, “Whoever favors Joa…”

2 Samuel 20:11

One of Joab’s young men stood near Amasa and said, “Whoever favors Joab, and whoever is for David, let him follow Joab!”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And one of Joab’s men stood by him, and said, He that favoureth Joab, and he that is for David, let him go after Joab.

World English Bible

One of Joab’s young men stood by him, and said, “He who favors Joab, and he who is for David, let him follow Joab!”

American Standard Version

And there stood by him one of Joab’s young men, and said, He that favoreth Joab, and he that is for David, let him follow Joab.

Geneva Bible 1599

And one of Ioabs men stoode by him, and saide, He that fauoureth Ioab, and hee that is of Dauids part, let him go after Ioab.

Darby Translation

And one of Joab's young men stood by [Amasa] and said, He that favours Joab, and he that is for David, let him follow Joab.

Young's Literal Translation

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!'

Bible in Basic English

And one of Joab's young men, taking his place at Amasa's side, said, Whoever is for Joab and for David, let him go after Joab!

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Cross references

“He that”

2 Samuel 20:13 2 Samuel 20:21 2 Samuel 20:6 2 Samuel 20:7

2 Samuel 20:13 · BSB

As soon as Amasa’s body was removed from the road, all the men went on with Joab to pursue Sheba son of Bichri.

2 Samuel 20:21 · BSB

That is not the case. But a man named Sheba son of Bichri, from the hill country of Ephraim, has lifted up his hand against the king, against David. Deliver him alone, and I will depart from the city.” “Look,” the woman…

2 Samuel 20:6 · BSB

And David said to Abishai, “Now Sheba the son of Bichri will do us more harm than Absalom. Take your lord’s servants and pursue him, or he will find fortified cities and elude us. ”

2 Samuel 20:7 · BSB

So Joab’s men, along with the Cherethites, the Pelethites, and all the mighty men, marched out of Jerusalem in pursuit of Sheba son of Bichri.

“for David”

2 Samuel 20:4 2 Kings 9:32

2 Samuel 20:4 · BSB

Then the king said to Amasa, “Summon the men of Judah to come to me within three days, and be here yourself.”

2 Kings 9:32 · BSB

He looked up at the window and called out, “Who is on my side? Who?” And two or three eunuchs looked down at him.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

10Amasa was not on guard against the dagger in Joab’s hand, and Joab stabbed him in the stomach and spilled out his intestines on the ground. And Joab did not need to strike him again, for Amasa was dead. Then Joab and his brother Abishai pursued Sheba son of Bichri.

12But Amasa wallowed in his blood in the middle of the road, and when the man saw that all the troops were stopping there, he dragged the body off the road into a field and threw a garment over it.

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