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2 Samuel 20:4
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KJ21
Then said the king to Amasa, “Assemble me the men of Judah within three days, and be thou present here.”
ASV
Then said the king to Amasa, Call me the men of Judah together within three days, and be thou here present.
AMP
Now 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.”
AMPC
Then said the king to Amasa, Assemble the men of Judah to me within three days, and you be present here.
BRG
¶ Then said the king to Amasa, Assemble me the men of Judah within three days, and be thou here present.
CSB
The king said to Amasa, “Summon the men of Judah to me within three days and be here yourself.”
CSBA
The king said to Amasa, ‘Summon the men of Judah to me within three days and be here yourself.’
CEB
Then the king said to Amasa, “Call everyone in Judah here to me three days from now. You should be here too.”
CJB
The king said to ‘Amasa, “Summon the men of Y’hudah to come to me within three days; and you, be here too.”
CEV
David said to Amasa, “Three days from now I want you and all of Judah's army to be here!”
DARBY
And the king said to Amasa, Call me the men of Judah together within three days, and do thou attend here.
DRA
And the king said to Amasa: Assemble to me all the men of Juda against the third day, and be thou here present.
ERV
The king told Amasa, “Tell the people of Judah to meet with me in three days. You must be here, too.”
EASY
The king said to Amasa, ‘Bring all the men of Judah's tribe here to me. Three days from now, I will meet with them. You must also be here yourself.’
EHV
The king said to Amasa, “You have three days to bring all the men of Judah to me and to be here yourself.”
ESV
Then the king said to Amasa, “Call the men of Judah together to me within three days, and be here yourself.”
ESVUK
Then the king said to Amasa, “Call the men of Judah together to me within three days, and be here yourself.”
EXB
The king said to Amasa, “·Tell the men [Mobilize the army] of Judah to meet with me ·in [within] three days, and you must also be here.”
GNV
¶ Then said the King to Amasa, Assemble me the men of Judah within three days, and be thou here present.
GW
The king told Amasa, “Call the people of Judah together for me, and in three days be here yourself.”
GNT
The king said to Amasa, “Call the men of Judah together and be back here with them by the day after tomorrow.”
HCSB
The king said to Amasa, “Summon the men of Judah to me within three days and be here yourself.”
ICB
The king said to Amasa, “Tell the men of Judah to meet with me in three days. And you must also be here.”
ISV
Meanwhile, David ordered Amasa, “Muster the army of Judah here within three days, and be here yourself!”
JUB
¶ Then the king said to Amasa, Assemble me the men of Judah for the third day, and be thou here present.
KJV
Then said the king to Amasa, Assemble me the men of Judah within three days, and be thou here present.
AKJV
Then said the king to Amasa, Assemble me the men of Judah within three days, and be thou here present.
LSB
Then the king said to Amasa, “Call out the men of Judah for me within three days, and you yourself stand here.”
LEB
Then the king said to Amasa, “Summon for me the men of Judah within three days, and be here yourself.”
TLB
Then the king instructed Amasa to mobilize the army of Judah within three days and to report back at that time.
MSG
The king ordered Amasa, “Muster the men of Judah for me in three days; then report in.” Amasa went to carry out his orders, but he was late reporting back. So David told Abishai, “Sheba son of Bicri is going to hurt us even worse than Absalom did. Take your master’s servants and hunt him down before he gets holed up in some fortress city where we can’t get to him.” So under Abishai’s command, all the best men—Joab’s men and the Kerethites and Pelethites—left Jerusalem to hunt down Sheba son of Bicri. They were near the boulder at Gibeon when Amasa came their way. Joab was wearing a tunic with a sheathed sword strapped on his waist, but the sword slipped out and fell to the ground. Joab greeted Amasa, “How are you, brother?” and took Amasa’s beard in his right hand as if to kiss him. Amasa didn’t notice the sword in Joab’s other hand. Joab stuck him in the belly and his guts spilled to the ground. A second blow wasn’t needed; he was dead. Then Joab and his brother Abishai continued to chase Sheba son of Bicri.
MEV
Then the king said to Amasa, “Summon for me the men of Judah in three days, then present yourself here.”
NOG
The king told Amasa, “Call the people of Judah together for me, and in three days be here yourself.”
NABRE
Then the king said to Amasa: “Summon the Judahites for me within three days. Then present yourself here.”
NASB
Now the king said to Amasa, “Summon the men of Judah for me within three days, and be present here yourself.”
NASB1995
Then the king said to Amasa, “Call out the men of Judah for me within three days, and be present here yourself.”
NCB
Then the king said to Amasa: “Summon the men of Judah and order them to appear before me within three days.”
NCV
The king said to Amasa, “Tell the men of Judah to meet with me in three days, and you must also be here.”
NET
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.”
NIRV
The king said to Amasa, “Send for the men of Judah. Tell them to come to me within three days. And be here yourself.”
NIV
Then the king said to Amasa, “Summon the men of Judah to come to me within three days, and be here yourself.”
NIVUK
Then the king said to Amasa, ‘Summon the men of Judah to come to me within three days, and be here yourself.’
NKJV
And the king said to Amasa, “Assemble the men of Judah for me within three days, and be present here yourself.”
NLV
Then the king said to Amasa, “Call the men of Judah to come to me within three days, and you be here yourself.”
NLT
Then the king told Amasa, “Mobilize the army of Judah within three days, and report back at that time.”
NRSVA
Then the king said to Amasa, ‘Call the men of Judah together to me within three days, and be here yourself.’
NRSVACE
Then the king said to Amasa, ‘Call the men of Judah together to me within three days, and be here yourself.’
NRSVCE
Then the king said to Amasa, “Call the men of Judah together to me within three days, and be here yourself.”
NRSVUE
Then the king said to Amasa, “Call the men of Judah together to me within three days, and be here yourself.”
OJB
Then said HaMelech to Amasa, Assemble the Ish Yehudah within shloshet yamim; be thou here present.
RGT
Then the king said to Amasa, “Assemble the men of Judah for me within three days. And be present here yourself.”
RSV
Then the king said to Ama′sa, “Call the men of Judah together to me within three days, and be here yourself.”
RSVCE
Then the king said to Ama′sa, “Call the men of Judah together to me within three days, and be here yourself.”
TLV
Then the king said to Amasa, “Summon to me the men of Judah within three days and be here yourself.”
VOICE
David (to Amasa): Go and tell the men of Judah they have three days to get here, and you come with them.
WEB
Then the king said to Amasa, “Call me the men of Judah together within three days, and be here present.”
WYC
And David said to Amasa, Call thou together to me all the men of Judah into the third day, and be thou present. (And David said to Amasa, Call thou together for me all the men of Judah in three days’ time, and be thou present with them.)
YLT
And the king saith unto Amasa, `Call for me the men of Judah [in] three days, and thou, stand here,'
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