2 Samuel 20:2 “So all the men of Israel deserted David to follow Sheba son of Bichri.…”

2 Samuel 20:2

So all the men of Israel deserted David to follow Sheba son of Bichri. But the men of Judah stayed by their king all the way from the Jordan to Jerusalem.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

So every man of Israel went up from after David, and followed Sheba the son of Bichri: but the men of Judah clave unto their king, from Jordan even to Jerusalem.

World English Bible

So all the men of Israel went up from following David, and followed Sheba the son of Bichri; but the men of Judah joined with their king, from the Jordan even to Jerusalem.

American Standard Version

So all the men of Israel went up from following David, and followed Sheba the son of Bichri; but the men of Judah clave unto their king, from the Jordan even to Jerusalem.

Geneva Bible 1599

So euery man of Israel went from Dauid and followed Sheba the sonne of Bichri: but the men of Iudah claue fast vnto their King, from Iorden euen to Ierusalem.

Darby Translation

Then all the men of Israel went up from after David, following Sheba the son of Bichri. But the men of Judah clave to their king, from the Jordan even to Jerusalem.

Young's Literal Translation

And every man of Israel goeth up from after David, after Sheba son of Bichri, and the men of Judah have cleaved to their king, from the Jordan even unto Jerusalem.

Bible in Basic English

So all the men of Israel, turning away from David, went after Sheba, the son of Bichri: but the men of Judah were true to their king, going with him from Jordan as far as Jerusalem.

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Cross references

“every man”

Psalm 62:9 Psalm 118:8–10 Proverbs 17:14 2 Samuel 19:41

Psalm 62:9 · BSB

Lowborn men are but a vapor; the exalted are but a lie. Weighed on the scale, they go up; together they are but a vapor.

Psalm 118:8–10 · BSB

It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in man.

Proverbs 17:14 · BSB

To start a quarrel is to release a flood; so abandon the dispute before it breaks out.

2 Samuel 19:41 · BSB

Soon all the men of Israel came to the king and asked, “Why did our brothers, the men of Judah, take you away secretly and bring the king and his household across the Jordan, together with all of David’s men?”

“the men”

John 6:66–68 Acts 11:23

John 6:66–68 · BSB

From that time on many of His disciples turned back and no longer walked with Him.

Acts 11:23 · BSB

When he arrived and saw the grace of God, he rejoiced and encouraged them all to abide in the Lord with all their hearts.

“from Jordan”

2 Samuel 19:15 2 Chronicles 10:17 2 Samuel 19:40

2 Samuel 19:15 · BSB

So the king returned, and when he arrived at the Jordan, the men of Judah came to Gilgal to meet him and escort him across the Jordan.

2 Chronicles 10:17 · BSB

but Rehoboam still reigned over the Israelites living in the cities of Judah.

2 Samuel 19:40 · BSB

Then the king crossed over to Gilgal, and Chimham crossed over with him. All the troops of Judah and half the troops of Israel escorted the king.

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

In context

1Now a worthless man named Sheba son of Bichri, a Benjamite, happened to be there, and he blew the ram’s horn and shouted: “We have no share in David, no inheritance in Jesse’s son. Every man to his tent, O Israel!”

3When David returned to his palace in Jerusalem, he took the ten concubines he had left to take care of the palace, and he placed them in a house under guard. He provided for them, but he no longer slept with them. They were confined until the day of their death, living as widows.

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