When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.
Parallel translations
- WEB When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab, to pursue Sheba the son of Bichri.
- BSB As soon as Amasa’s body was removed from the road, all the men went on with Joab to pursue Sheba son of Bichri.
- NKJV When he was removed from the highway, all the people went on after Joab to pursue Sheba the son of Bichri.
- NASB As soon as he was removed from the road, all the men went on after Joab to pursue Sheba the son of Bichri.
- NLT With Amasa’s body out of the way, everyone went on with Joab to capture Sheba son of Bicri.
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Quick answer
Once Amasa's body was removed, all the people followed Joab to pursue Sheba. It matters because Joab's leadership prevailed and the campaign resumed.
Overview
With the gruesome obstacle out of sight, the troops pressed on after Sheba under Joab's command. The army's renewed unity, despite Amasa's murder, shows Joab's firm grip on power. The verse returns the focus to the central task of suppressing the rebellion.
Cross-references & the web
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- Mark 10:46And they came to Jericho: and as he went out of Jericho with his disciples and a great number of people, blind Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, sat by the highway side begging.
- 1 Sam 6:12And the kine took the straight way to the way of Bethshemesh, and went along the highway, lowing as they went, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left; and the lords of the Philistines went after them unto the border of Bethshemesh.
- Isa 36:2And the king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem unto king Hezekiah with a great army. And he stood by the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller’s field.
- Num 20:19And the children of Israel said unto him, We will go by the high way: and if I and my cattle drink of thy water, then I will pay for it: I will only, without doing anything else, go through on my feet.
- 2 Kgs 18:17And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rabsaris and Rabshakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great host against Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. And when they were come up, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is in the highway of the fuller’s field.
- 2 Sam 20:12–13And 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.
- Judg 21:19Then they said, Behold, there is a feast of the LORD in Shiloh yearly in a place which is on the north side of Bethel, on the east side of the highway that goeth up from Bethel to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah.
- Isa 7:3Then said the LORD unto Isaiah, Go forth now to meet Ahaz, thou, and Shearjashub thy son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller’s field;
- Prov 16:17The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.
- Jer 31:21Set thee up waymarks, make thee high heaps: set thine heart toward the highway, even the way which thou wentest: turn again, O virgin of Israel, turn again to these thy cities.
- Isa 62:10Go through, go through the gates; prepare ye the way of the people; cast up, cast up the highway; gather out the stones; lift up a standard for the people.
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