2 Samuel 20:11 BSB — MannaFest

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!”

BSB

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ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

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Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

He that favoreth Joab ... - This speech, addressed to Amasa’s followers as well as Joab’s, shows very distinctly that the rivalry between Joab and Amasa, and David’s purpose to make Amasa captain in Joab’s room, were well known; and shows also the real reason why Joab killed Amasa. What is added, “and he that is for David,” was intended to identify Joab’s cause with David’s, and also to insinuate that Amasa had not been loyal to David (2Sa 20:5 note).

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְאִישׁ֙	ve.'Ish	and a man	H376 →
עָמַ֣ד	'a.Mad	he stood	H5975 →
עָלָ֔יו	'a.Lav	over him	H5921 →
מִֽנַּעֲרֵ֖י	mi.na.'a.Rei	one of [the] young men of	H5288 →
יוֹאָ֑ב	yo.'Av	Joab	H3097 →
וַיֹּ֗אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
מִי֩	mi	who?	H4310 →
אֲשֶׁ֨ר	'a.Sher	[is [the] one] who	H834 →
חָפֵ֧ץ	cha.Fetz	he delights	H2654 →
בְּיוֹאָ֛ב	be.yo.'Av	in Joab	H3097 →
וּמִ֥י	u.Mi	and who?	H4310 →
אֲשֶׁר־	'a.Sher-	[is [the] one] who	H834 →
לְדָוִ֖ד	le.da.Vid	[belongs] to David	H1732 →
אַחֲרֵ֥י	'a.cha.Rei	after	H310 →
יוֹאָֽב׃	yo.'Av	Joab	H3097 →

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The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
2 Samuel 20:4
Then the king said to Amasa, “Summon the men of Judah to come to me within three days, and be here yourself.”
leads to
- 2 Samuel 19:13
  And say to Amasa, ‘Aren’t you my flesh and blood? May God punish me, and ever so severely, if from this time you are not the commander of my army in place of Joab!’”
- 2 Samuel 17:25
  Absalom had appointed Amasa over the army in place of Joab. Amasa was the son of a man named Ithra, the Ishmaelite who had married Abigail, the daughter of Nahash and sister of Zeruiah…
Through
2 Kings 9:32
He looked up at the window and called out, “Who is on my side? Who?” And two or three eunuchs looked down at him.
leads to
- 2 Chronicles 11:12
  He also put shields and spears in all the cities and strengthened them greatly. So Judah and Benjamin belonged to him.
- Psalms 118:6
  The LORD is on my side; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
- Esther 2:15
  Now Esther was the daughter of Abihail, the uncle from whom Mordecai had adopted her as his own daughter. And when it was her turn to go to the king, she did not ask…
- Psalms 124:1–2
  If the LORD had not been on our side— let Israel now declare—
- Acts 12:20
  Now Herod was in a furious dispute with the people of Tyre and Sidon, and they convened before him. Having secured the support of Blastus, the king’s chamberlain, they asked for peace, because their…
Through
2 Samuel 20:13
As soon as Amasa’s body was removed from the road, all the men went on with Joab to pursue Sheba son of Bichri.
leads to
- Judges 21:19
  “But look,” they said, “there is a yearly feast to the LORD in Shiloh, which is north of Bethel east of the road that goes up from Bethel to Shechem, and south of Lebonah.”