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2nd Samuel Chapter 20 verse 5 Holy Bible

ASV 2ndSamuel 20:5

So Amasa went to call `the men of' Judah together; but he tarried longer than the set time which he had appointed him.
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BBE 2ndSamuel 20:5

So Amasa went to get all the men of Judah together, but he took longer than the time David had given him.
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DARBY 2ndSamuel 20:5

So Amasa went to call together [the men of] Judah; but he delayed longer than the set time which he had appointed him.
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KJV 2ndSamuel 20:5

So Amasa went to assemble the men of Judah: but he tarried longer than the set time which he had appointed him.
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WBT 2ndSamuel 20:5

So Amasa went to assemble the men of Judah: but he tarried longer than the set time which he had appointed him.
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WEB 2ndSamuel 20:5

So Amasa went to call [the men of] Judah together; but he stayed longer than the set time which he had appointed him.
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YLT 2ndSamuel 20:5

and Amasa goeth to call Judah, and tarrieth beyond the appointed time that he had appointed him;
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 5. - He tarried longer than the set time. But not longer than was to be expected. For the appointment was so surprising that everybody must have been agape with astonishment. They would naturally have expected that Amasa would he punished. Instead of this, he is commissioned to gather the militia in David's name. And men would hesitate about joining such a leader. Was he really loyal? or would he embark them in a new rebellion? And what would Joab do? He was not a man likely to bear such a slight tamely, and David ought to have foreseen that he was sowing for himself a crop of discord and enmity.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(5) He tarried longer.--No cause is assigned for this, and various conjectures have been made. The simplest explanation may be drawn from the fact that, in 2Samuel 20:8, Amasa is met on his return at Gibeon. He had therefore gone quite out of the bounds of Judah into Benjamin, and had consumed more time in consequence of exceeding his instructions. The fact suggests great doubt of his fitness for the place David had promised him. Joab appears to insinuate (in 2Samuel 20:11) that Amasa was not really loyal.