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the Week of Proper 10 / Ordinary 15
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2 i Samuelit 20:5

Amasa u nis, pra, për të mbledhur njerëzit e Judës, por vonoi tej afatit të caktuar.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Abishai;   David;  

Dictionaries:

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

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Joab;   Treason;  

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

So Amasa: 2 Samuel 19:13

tarried: 1 Samuel 13:8

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 20:35 - at the time 2 Samuel 20:8 - Amasa

Gill's Notes on the Bible

So Amasa went to assemble [the men of] Judah,.... To gather, them together out of their several tribes, and bring them to Jerusalem:

but he tarried longer than the set time which he had appointed him: than the three days; whether this was owing to the remissness of Amasa, or the unwillingness of the people to serve under him, who had been Absalom's general in the late rebellion, or not having time sufficient allowed him, is not certain.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

He tarried - The cause of Amasa’s delay is not stated. It may have been the unwillingness of the men of Judah to place themselves under his orders, or it may have been caused by a wavering or hesitation in loyalty. This last is evidently insinuated in 2 Samuel 20:11, and no doubt this was the pretext, whether grounded in fact or not, by which Joab justified the murder of Amasa before David.


 
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