2 Samuel
King James Version (KJV)


“So Amasa went to assemble the men of Judah: but he tarried longer than the set time which he had appointed him.”
King James Version (KJV)
20:5 Tarried - Either, because the people being wearied out by the late war, were not forward to engage in another: or because the soldiers had more affection to Joab, than to their new general.
So Amasa went to assemble the men of Iudah; but hee taried longer then the set time which he had appointed him.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
So Amasa went to call out {the men of} Judah, but he delayed longer than the set time which he had appointed him.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
So Amasa went to call `the men of' Judah together; but he tarried longer than the set time which he had appointed him.
- American Standard Version (1901)
So Amasa went to get all the men of Judah together, but he took longer than the time David had given him.
- Basic English Bible
So Amasa went to summon Judah, but he took longer than the time allotted him.
- Berean Standard Bible Bible
So Amasa went to call together [the men of] Judah; but he delayed longer than the set time which he had appointed him.
- Darby Bible
So Amasa went to assemble the men of Juda, but he tarried beyond the set time which the king had appointed him.
- Douay-Rheims Bible
So Amasa went to call the men of Judah together: but he tarried longer than the set time which he had appointed him.
- English Revised Version
So Amasa went to call [the men of] Judah together; but he stayed longer than the set time which he had appointed him.
- World English Bible