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2 Samuel 20:6 KJV
2 Samuel · chapter 20 · verse 6
And David said to Abishai, Now shall Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than did Absalom: take thou thy lord’s servants, and pursue after him, lest he get him fenced cities, and escape us.2 Samuel 20:6 · King James Version
2 Samuel 20:6 in context
4Then said the king to Amasa, Assemble me the men of Judah within three days, and be thou here present.
5So Amasa went to assemble the men of Judah: but he tarried longer than the set time which he had appointed him.
6And David said to Abishai, Now shall Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than did Absalom: take thou thy lord’s servants, and pursue after him, lest he get him fenced cities, and escape us.
7And there went out after him Joab’s men, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and all the mighty men: and they went out of Jerusalem, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.
8When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa went before them. And Joab’s garment that he had put on was girded unto him, and upon it a girdle with a sword fastened upon his loins in the sheath thereof; and as he went forth it fell out.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- AbishaiʼĂbîyshayAbishai, an IsraeliteH52 →
- AbsalomʼĂbîyshâlôwmAbshalom, a son of DavidH53 →
- BichriBikrîyBikri, an IsraeliteH1075 →
- lord'sʼâdôwnsovereignH113 →
- DavidDâvidDavid, the youngest son of JesseH1732 →
- ShebashebaʻSheba, the name of a place in Palestine, and of two IsraelitesH7652 →
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We have here Amasa's fall just as he began to rise. He was nephew to David (Sa2 17:25), had been Absalom's general and commander-in-chief of his rebellious army, but, that being routed, he came over into David's interest, upon a promise that he should be general of his forces instead of Joab.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 4-13