Verse 20
2 Samuel 20:20
Young's Literal Translation
20
And Joab answereth and saith, 'Far be it -- far be it from me; I do not swallow up nor destroy.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יַּ֥עַן יוֹאָ֖ב וַ/יֹּאמַ֑ר חָלִ֤ילָ/ה חָלִ֨ילָ/ה֙ לִ֔/י אִם אֲבַלַּ֖ע וְ/אִם אַשְׁחִֽית
English Translation
And Joab answered and said, "Far be it from me; if I would swallow up or destroy."
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Chapter 20 Context
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And there hath been called there a man of worthlessness, and his name [is] Sheba, son of Bichri, a B...
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And every man of Israel goeth up from after David, after Sheba son of Bichri, and the men of Judah h...
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And David cometh in unto his house at Jerusalem, and the king taketh the ten women-concubines -- who...
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And the king saith unto Amasa, 'Call for me the men of Judah [in] three days, and thou, stand here,'
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and Amasa goeth to call Judah, and tarrieth beyond the appointed time that he had appointed him;
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and David saith unto Abishai, 'Now doth Sheba son of Bichri do evil to us more than Absalom; thou, t...
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And the men of Joab go out after him, and the Cherethite, and the Pelethite, and all the mighty men,...
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they [are] near the great stone that [is] in Gibeon, and Amasa hath gone before them, and Joab [is]...
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And Joab saith to Amasa, 'Art thou [in] peace, my brother?' and the right hand of Joab layeth hold o...
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and Amasa hath not been watchful of the sword that [is] in the hand of Joab, and he smiteth him with...
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And a man hath stood by him, of the young men of Joab, and saith, 'He who hath delight in Joab, and...
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And Amasa is rolling himself in blood, in the midst of the highway, and the man seeth that all the p...
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When he hath been removed out of the highway, every man hath passed on after Joab, to pursue after S...
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And he passeth over through all the tribes of Israel to Abel, and to Beth-Maachah, and to all the Be...
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and they go in and lay siege against him, in Abel of Beth-Maachah, and cast up a mount against the c...
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And a wise woman calleth out of the city, 'Hear, hear; say, I pray you, unto Joab, Come near hither,...
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And he cometh near unto her, and the woman saith, 'Art thou Joab?' and he saith, 'I [am].' And she s...
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and she speaketh, saying, 'They spake often in former times, saying, Let them diligently ask at Abel...
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I [am] of the peaceable -- faithful ones of Israel; thou art seeking to destroy a city, and a mother...
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And Joab answereth and saith, 'Far be it -- far be it from me; I do not swallow up nor destroy.
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The matter [is] not so; for a man of the hill-country of Ephraim -- Sheba son of Bichri his name --...
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And the woman cometh unto all the people in her wisdom, and they cut off the head of Sheba son of Bi...
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And Joab [is] over all the host of Israel, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada [is] over the Cherethite, and...
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and Adoram [is] over the tribute, and Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud [is] the remembrancer,
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and Sheva [is] scribe, and Zadok and Abiathar [are] priests,
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and also, Ira the Jairite hath been minister to David.
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