2 Samuel 20 · Verse 7

2 Samuel 20:7

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 20:7, King James Version

2 Samuel 20:7 in other translations

BSBSo Joab’s men, along with the Cherethites, the Pelethites, and all the mighty men, marched out of Jerusalem in pursuit of Sheba son of Bichri.
WEBJoab’s men went out after him with the Cherethites, the Pelethites, and all the mighty men; and they went out of Jerusalem to pursue Sheba the son of Bichri.
ASVAnd 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.
YLTAnd the men of Joab go out after him, and the Cherethite, and the Pelethite, and all the mighty men, and they go out from Jerusalem to pursue after Sheba son of Bichri;
DARBYAnd 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.
BBESo there went after Abishai, Joab and the Cherethites and the Pelethites and all the fighting-men; they went out of Jerusalem to overtake Sheba, the son of Bichri.
WebsterAnd 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.

What does 2 Samuel 20:7 mean?

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 20:7 in the original Hebrew

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וַיֵּצְא֤וּvai.ye.tze.'Uand they went outH3318
אַֽחֲרָיו֙'a.cha.Ravafter himH310
אַנְשֵׁ֣י'an.Shei[the] men ofH582
יוֹאָ֔בyo.'AvJoabH3097
וְהַכְּרֵתִ֥יve.ha.ke.re.Tiand the Kerethite[s]H3774
וְהַפְּלֵתִ֖יve.ha.pe.le.Tiand the Pelethite[s]H6432
וְכָל\־ve.kholand allH3605
הַגִּבֹּרִ֑יםha.gi.bo.Rimthe warriorsH1368
וַיֵּֽצְאוּ֙vai.ye.tze.'Uand they went outH3318
מִיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔םmi.Ru.sha.Limfrom JerusalemH3389
לִרְדֹּ֕ףlir.Dofto pursueH7291
אַחֲרֵ֖י'a.cha.ReiafterH310
שֶׁ֥בַעShe.va'ShebaH7652
בֶּן\־ben-[the] son ofH1121
בִּכְרִֽי\׃bikh.RiBicriH1075

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Cross references for 2 Samuel 20:7

  • 2 Samuel 8:18

    And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over both the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David’s sons were chief rulers.

  • 1 Kings 1:38

    So Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, went down, and caused Solomon to ride upon king David’s mule, and brought him to Gihon.

  • 2 Samuel 20:23

    Now Joab was over all the host of Israel: and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites:

  • 2 Samuel 15:18

    And all his servants passed on beside him; and all the Cherethites, and all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites, six hundred men which came after him from Gath, passed on before the king.

  • 2 Samuel 23:22-23

    These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had the name among three mighty men. He was more honourable than the thirty, but he attained not to the first three. And David set him over his guard.

  • 2 Samuel 8:16

    And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder;

  • 1 Kings 1:44

    And the king hath sent with him Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and they have caused him to ride upon the king’s mule:

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23; 8:16,18; 15:18; 23:22,23; 1Ki 1:38,44

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Context

  • 2 Samuel 20:6

    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.

  • 2 Samuel 20:7

    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 20:8

    When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa went before them. And Joab’s garment that he had put on was girded unto him, and upon it a girdle with a sword fastened upon his loins in the sheath thereof; and as he went forth it fell out.

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2 Samuel 20:7 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Entonces salieron en pos de él los hombres de Joab, y los Ceretheos y Peletheos, y todos los valientes: salieron de Jerusalem para ir tras Seba hijo de Bichri.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et les hommes de Joab sortirent après lui, et les Keréthiens, et les Peléthiens, et tous les hommes forts; et ils sortirent de Jérusalem pour poursuivre Shéba, fils de Bicri.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Da zogen die Männer Joabs aus, ihm nach, und die Kerethiter und die Pelethiter und alle die Helden; und sie zogen aus von Jerusalem, um Scheba, dem Sohne Bikris, nachzujagen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Egressi sunt ergo cum eo viri Joab, Cerethi quoque et Phelethi: et omnes robusti exierunt de Jerusalem ad persequendum Seba filium Bochri.