Parallel Verses
Amplified
When [the body of] Amasa was removed from the highway, everyone followed 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 Version
When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.
Holman 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.
A Conservative Version
When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.
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.
Bible in Basic English
When he had been taken off the road, all the people went on after Joab in search of Sheba, the son of Bichri.
Darby Translation
When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri,
Julia Smith Translation
When he was taken away from the highway every man passed by after Joab to pursue after Sheba son of Bichri.
King James 2000
When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.
Lexham Expanded Bible
After he was removed from the highway, all the men passed by after Joab to pursue after Sheba the son of Bicri.
Modern King James verseion
When he was moved out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And as soon as he was tumbled out of the way, all the people went after Joab to follow after Sheba the son of Bichri.
NET Bible
Once he had removed Amasa from the path, everyone followed Joab to pursue Sheba son of Bicri.
New Heart English Bible
When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.
The Emphasized Bible
When he had removed him out of the highway, every man passed on, after Joab, to pursue Sheba son of Bichri.
Webster
When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.
World English Bible
When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.
Youngs 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.
Interlinear
'achar
אחר
'achar
Usage: 488
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in 2 Samuel 20:13
Verse Info
Context Readings
Joab Assassinates Amasa
12 But Amasa was wallowing in his blood in the middle of the highway. And when the man saw that all the people who came by stopped [to look], he moved Amasa from the highway into the field and threw a garment over him when he saw that everyone who came by Amasa stopped. 13 When [the body of] Amasa was removed from the highway, everyone followed after Joab to pursue Sheba the son of Bichri. 14 Now Joab went through all the tribes of Israel to Abel, even Beth-maacah, and all the Berites; and they assembled and also went after Sheba.
Cross References
Numbers 20:19
Again, the Israelites said to him, “We will go by the highway [trade route], and if I and my livestock drink any of your water, then I will pay for it. Only let me pass through on foot, nothing else.”
Judges 21:19
So they said, “Listen, there is the yearly feast of the Lord at Shiloh, which is on the north side of Bethel, on the east side of the highway that goes up from Bethel to Shechem, and on the south side of Lebonah.”
1 Samuel 6:12
And the cows went straight toward Beth-shemesh along the highway, lowing as they went, and did not turn away to the right or the left. And the Philistine lords (governors) followed them to the border of Beth-shemesh.
2 Samuel 20:12-13
But Amasa was wallowing in his blood in the middle of the highway. And when the man saw that all the people who came by stopped [to look], he moved Amasa from the highway into the field and threw a garment over him when he saw that everyone who came by Amasa stopped.
2 Kings 18:17
Then the king of Assyria sent
Proverbs 16:17
The highway of the upright turns away and departs from evil;
He who guards his way protects his life (soul).
Isaiah 7:3
Then the Lord said to Isaiah, “Go out to meet Ahaz [king of Judah], you and your son
Isaiah 36:2
And the king of Assyria sent the Rabshakeh [his military commander] from Lachish [the Judean fortress commanding the road from Egypt] to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem with a large army. And he stood by the canal of the Upper Pool on the highway to the Fuller’s Field.
Isaiah 62:10
Go through, go through the gates,
Clear the way for the people;
Build up, build up the highway,
Remove the stones, lift up a banner over the peoples.
Jeremiah 31:21
“Place for yourself road signs [toward Canaan],
Make for yourself guideposts;
Turn your thought and attention to the highway,
To the way by which you went [into exile].
Retrace your steps, O virgin of Israel,
Return to these your cities.
Mark 10:46
Then they came to Jericho. And as He was leaving Jericho with His disciples and a large crowd, a blind beggar, Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, was sitting beside the road [as was his custom].