2 Samuel 20:13 After Amasa had been removed from the road, everyone went on with Joab to pursue Sheba son of Bikri.

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Parallel Verses

New International Version
After Amasa had been removed from the road, everyone went on with Joab to pursue Sheba son of Bikri.

English Standard Version
When he was taken out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab to pursue Sheba the son of Bichri.

New American Standard Bible
As soon as he was removed from the highway, all the men passed on after Joab to pursue Sheba the son of Bichri.

King James Bible
When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
When he was removed from the highway, all the men passed by and followed Joab to pursue Sheba son of Bichri.

International Standard Version
After Amasa had been removed from the highway, the rest of the army followed Joab in pursuit of Bichri's son Sheba.

American Standard Version
When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And when he was removed out of the way, all the people went on following Joab to pursue after Seba the son of Bochri.

Darby Bible Translation
When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri,

Young's Literal Translation
When he hath been removed out of the highway, every man hath passed on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba son of Bichri.

Cross References

2 Samuel 20:1
And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew a trumpet, and said, We have no part in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to his tents, O Israel.

2 Samuel 20:11
And one of Joab's men stood by him, and said, He that favors Joab, and he that is for David, let him go after Joab.

2 Samuel 20:12
And Amasa wallowed in blood in the middle of the highway. And when the man saw that all the people stood still, he removed Amasa out of the highway into the field, and cast a cloth on him, when he saw that every one that came by him stood still.

2 Samuel 20:14
And he went through all the tribes of Israel to Abel, and to Bethmaachah, and all the Berites: and they were gathered together, and went also after him.

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Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

20:4-13 Joab barbarously murdered Amasa. The more plot there is in a sin, the worse it is. Joab contentedly sacrificed the interest both of the king and the kingdom to his personal revenge. But one would wonder with what face a murderer could pursue a traitor; and how, under such a load of guilt, he had courage to enter upon danger: his conscience was seared.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

11-13. He that favoureth Joab, and he that is for David, let him go after Joab—It is a striking proof of Joab's unrivalled influence over the army, that with this villainous murder perpetrated before their eyes they unanimously followed him as their leader in pursuit of Sheba. A soldier conjoined his name with David's, and such a magic spell was in the word "Joab," that all the people "went on"—Amasa's men as well as the rest. The conjunction of these two names is very significant. It shows that the one could not afford to do without the other—neither Joab to rebel against David, nor David to get rid of Joab, though hating him.