2 Samuel 20 · Verse 11

2 Samuel 20:11

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.

2 Samuel 20:11, King James Version

2 Samuel 20:11 in other translations

BSB	One of Joab’s young men stood near Amasa and said, “Whoever favors Joab, and whoever is for David, let him follow Joab!”
WEB	One of Joab’s young men stood by him, and said, “He who favors Joab, and he who is for David, let him follow Joab!”
ASV	And there stood by him one of Joab’s young men, and said, He that favoreth Joab, and he that is for David, let him follow Joab.
YLT	And a man hath stood by him, of the young men of Joab, and saith, ‘He who hath delight in Joab, and he who is for David--after Joab!'
DARBY	And one of Joab's young men stood by Amasa and said, He that favours Joab, and he that is for David, let him follow Joab.
BBE	And one of Joab's young men, taking his place at Amasa's side, said, Whoever is for Joab and for David, let him go after Joab!
Webster	And one of Joab's men stood by him, and said, He that favoreth Joab, and he that is for David, let him go after Joab.

What does 2 Samuel 20:11 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Samuel 20:11-13

11-13. He that favoureth Joab, and he that is for David, let him go after Joab--It is a striking proof of Joab's unrivalled influence over the army, that with this villainous murder perpetrated before their eyes they unanimously followed him as their leader in pursuit of Sheba. A soldier conjoined his name with David's, and such a magic spell was in the word "Joab," that all the people "went on"--Amasa's men as well as the rest. The conjunction of these two names is very significant. It shows that the one could not afford to do without the other--neither Joab to rebel against David, nor David to get rid of Joab, though hating him. 2Sa 20:14, 15. Joab Pursues Sheba unto Abel.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 11 He that favoureth Joab - As if he had said, There is now no other commander besides Joab; and Joab is steadily attached to David: let those therefore who are loyal follow Joab.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Samuel 20:4-13

Joab barbarously murdered Amasa. The more plot there is in a sin, the worse it is. Joab contentedly sacrificed the interest both of the king and the kingdom to his personal revenge. But one would wonder with what face a murderer could pursue a traitor; and how, under such a load of guilt, he had courage to enter upon danger: his conscience was seared.

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2 Samuel 20:11 in the original Hebrew

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וְאִישׁ֙ve.'Ishand a manH376

עָמַ֣ד'a.Madhe stoodH5975

עָלָ֔יו'a.Lavover himH5921

מִֽנַּעֲרֵ֖יmi.na.'a.Reione of [the] young men ofH5288

יוֹאָ֑בyo.'AvJoabH3097

וַיֹּ֗אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559

מִי֩miwho?H4310

אֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.Sher[is [the] one] whoH834

חָפֵ֧ץcha.Fetzhe delightsH2654

בְּיוֹאָ֛בbe.yo.'Avin JoabH3097

וּמִ֥יu.Miand who?H4310

אֲשֶׁר\־'a.Sher-[is [the] one] whoH834

לְדָוִ֖דle.da.Vid[belongs] to DavidH1732

אַחֲרֵ֥י'a.cha.ReiafterH310

יוֹאָֽב\׃yo.'AvJoabH3097

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 2 Samuel 20:11

2 Samuel 20:13
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 20:4
Then said the king to Amasa, Assemble me the men of Judah within three days, and be thou here present.
2 Kings 9:32
And he lifted up his face to the window, and said, Who is on my side? who? And there looked out to him two or three eunuchs.
2 Samuel 20:6-7
And David said to Abishai, Now shall Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than did Absalom: take thou thy lord’s servants, and pursue after him, lest he get him fenced cities, and escape us. And there went out after him Joab’s men, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and all the mighty men: and they went out of Jerusalem, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.
2 Samuel 20:21
The matter is not so: but a man of mount Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, hath lifted up his hand against the king, even against David: deliver him only, and I will depart from the city. And the woman said unto Joab, Behold, his head shall be thrown to thee over the wall.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

He that.
6,7,13,21
for David.
4; 2Ki 9:32

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

2 Samuel 20:10
But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab’s hand: so he smote him therewith in the fifth rib, and shed out his bowels to the ground, and struck him not again; and he died. So Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri.
2 Samuel 20:11
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.
2 Samuel 20:12
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.

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2 Samuel 20:11 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Y uno de los criados de Joab se paró junto á él, diciendo: Cualquiera que amare á Joab y á David vaya en pos de Joab.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Et l’un des jeunes hommes de Joab se tint près d’Amasa, et dit: Quiconque prend plaisir en Joab et quiconque est pour David, qu’il suive Joab!
German Elberfelder 1871	Und ein Mann von den Knaben Joabs blieb bei Amasa stehen und sprach: Wer Joab lieb hat und wer für David ist, folge Joab nach!
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Interea quidam viri, cum stetissent juxta cadaver Amasæ, de sociis Joab, dixerunt: Ecce qui esse voluit pro Joab comes David.