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2 Samuel 20:3-5
Lexham English Bible
2 Samuel 20:3-5
Lexham English Bible
3 David went up to his house in Jerusalem, then the king took the ten concubines whom he had left to look after the house, and he put them under confinement.[a] However, he provided for them, but he did not sleep with them.[b] So they were confined until the day of their death, like a lifetime of widowhood.
Joab Assassinates Amasa
4 Then the king said to Amasa, “Summon for me the men of Judah within three days, and be here yourself.”[c] 5 So Amasa went to summon Judah, but he tarried more than the appointed time which he had set for him.
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- 2 Samuel 20:3 Literally “a house of guard”
- 2 Samuel 20:3 Literally “he did not come into them”
- 2 Samuel 20:4 Literally “and you stand here”
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