2 Samuel 20:4
¶ Then said the king to Amasa, Assemble me the men of Judah within three days, and be thou here present.
¶ Then said the king to Amasa, †Assemble me the men of Iudah within three dayes, and be thou here present.
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- †Hebrew wordingHebr. call.
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- 2 Samuel 17:25Rank 1 from verse 4
25¶ And Absalom made Amasa captain of the host instead of Joab: which Amasa was a man’s son, whose name was Ithra an Israelite, that went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah Joab’s mother.
25¶ And Absalom made Amasa captaine of the hoste in stead of Ioab: which Amasa was a mans sonne whose name was Ithra an Israelite, that went in to Abigal the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah Ioabs mother.
- 2 Samuel 19:13Rank 2 from verse 4
13And say ye to Amasa, Art thou not of my bone, and of my flesh? God do so to me, and more also, if thou be not captain of the host before me continually in the room of Joab.
13And say ye to Amasa: Art thou not of my bone, and of my flesh? God do so to me, and more also, if thou be not captaine of the hoste before me continually in the roome of Ioab.
- 1 Chronicles 2:17Rank 3 from verse 4
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2 Samuel 20:4
Spoke, declared, reported, commanded, or expressed in words.
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A sovereign ruler; one exercising royal authority over a kingdom.
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To gather or bring together into one place or company; to meet or collect together.
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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.
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In this place, at this point, or in the present circumstance.
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Sense 1: Being in a place, at hand, or before another; now existing or current. Sense 2: A gift or offering brought or given to another. Sense 3: To bring, set, offer, or exhibit before another; to cause to appear or stand before; to lay before or make known.
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3¶ And David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten women his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in ward, and fed them, but went not in unto them. So they were shut up unto the day of their death, living in widowhood.
3¶ And Dauid came to his house at Ierusalem, and the king tooke the ten women his *concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in †ward, and fed them, but went not in vnto them: so they were †shut vp vnto the day of their death, †liuing in widowhood.
4¶ Then said the king to Amasa, Assemble me the men of Judah within three days, and be thou here present.
4¶ Then said the king to Amasa, †Assemble me the men of Iudah within three dayes, and be thou here present.
Selected passage5So Amasa went to assemble the men of Judah: but he tarried longer than the set time which he had appointed him.
5So Amasa went to assemble the men of Iudah; but hee taried longer then the set time which he had appointed him.