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2 Samuel 20:5

King James Version (KJV)

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So Amasa went to assemble [the men of] Judah: but he tarried longer than the set time which he had appointed him.

2 Samuel 20:5 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on 2 Samuel 20:5

Theological / Devotional

He tarried longer. No cause is given for Amasa’s delay in mustering the army. The wily Joab still had a great hold on the people, and he could hardly be expected to do much to expedite the organization of a fighting force that was to be under the command of his rival and successor. Amasa probably did his best, but may have been thwarted on every hand by officers and men who were still loyal to Joab and by the difficulties inherent in the general unrest and division then prevailing.

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