2 Samuel 20:5

5 Amasa went to carry out his orders, but he was late reporting back.

2 Samuel 20:5 In-Context

3 When David arrived home in Jerusalem, the king took the ten concubines he had left to watch the palace and placed them in seclusion, under guard. He provided for their needs but didn't visit them. They were virtual prisoners until they died, widows as long as they lived.
4 The king ordered Amasa, "Muster the men of Judah for me in three days; then report in."
5 Amasa went to carry out his orders, but he was late reporting back.
6 So David told Abishai, "Sheba son of Bicri is going to hurt us even worse than Absalom did. Take your master's servants and hunt him down before he gets holed up in some fortress city where we can't get to him."
7 So under Abishai's command, all the best men - Joab's men and the Kerethites and Pelethites - left Jerusalem to hunt down Sheba son of Bicri.
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