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13 Then ask Amasa, ‘Aren’t you my own flesh and blood? So may God deal with me, no matter how severely, if from this day forward you don’t take Joab’s place as commander of my army.’

14 By doing things like this,[a] he persuaded all the men of Judah to unite in support of him.[b] They sent the king this message: “Come on back, you and all of your army!” 15 So the king returned to Israel as far as the Jordan River.[c]

Shimei is Shown Mercy

The men of Judah went out as far as Gilgal to greet the king and escort him across the Jordan River

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 19:14 The Heb. lacks By doing things like this
  2. 2 Samuel 19:14 The Heb. lacks in support of him
  3. 2 Samuel 19:15 The Heb. lacks River; and so throughout the chapter