2 Samuel 20:2

2 And every man of Israel goeth up from after David, after Sheba son of Bichri, and the men of Judah have cleaved to their king, from the Jordan even unto Jerusalem.

2 Samuel 20:2 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 20:2

So every man of Israel went up from after David
Those that met him on the road departed from him, and went no further with him:

[and] followed Sheba the son of Bichri;
and made him their captain, who was the author of their mutiny and sedition:

but the men of Judah clave unto their king, from Jordan to Jerusalem:
never left him, after they had conducted him over Jordan, until they had brought him safely to Jerusalem.

2 Samuel 20:2 In-Context

1 And there hath been called there a man of worthlessness, and his name [is] Sheba, son of Bichri, a Benjamite, and he bloweth with a trumpet, and saith, `We have no portion in David, and we have no inheritance in the son of Jesse; each to his tents, O Israel.'

2 And every man of Israel goeth up from after David, after Sheba son of Bichri, and the men of Judah have cleaved to their king, from the Jordan even unto Jerusalem.

3 And David cometh in unto his house at Jerusalem, and the king taketh the ten women-concubines -- whom he had left to keep the house, and putteth them in a house of ward, and sustaineth them, and unto them he hath not gone in, and they are shut up unto the day of their death, in widowhood living.

4 And the king saith unto Amasa, `Call for me the men of Judah [in] three days, and thou, stand here,'

5 and Amasa goeth to call Judah, and tarrieth beyond the appointed time that he had appointed him;