King James Version
2 Samuel 20:13 in the King James Version says “When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.” — study this verse from 2 Samuel chapter 20 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.”
2 Samuel 20:13 · King James Version
And one of Joab's men stood by him, and said, He that favoureth Joab, and he that is for David, let him go after Joab.
And Amasa wallowed in blood in the midst 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 upon him, when he saw that every one that came by him stood still.
When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.
And he went through all the tribes of Israel unto Abel, and to Bethmaachah, and all the Berites: and they were gathered together , and went also after him.
And they came and besieged him in Abel of Bethmaachah, and they cast up a bank against the city, and it stood in the trench: and all the people that were with Joab battered the wall, to throw it down. in the trench: or, against the outmost wall battered: Heb. marred to throw down
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who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“out of the highway”
H4546a thoroughfare (as turnpiked), literally or figuratively; specifically a viaduct, a staircase
“went on”
H5674to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“all the people”
H376a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
“after”
H310properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
“to pursue”
H7291to run after (usually with hostile intent; figuratively [of time] gone by)
“after”
H310properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
“the son”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
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