^20:2So all the men of Israel deserted⁵ David and followed Sheba son of Bicri. But the men of Judah stuck by their king all the way from the Jordan River⁶ to Jerusalem.⁷

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Footnotes

5 Heb “went up from after.”
6 The word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied in the translation for clarity.
7 For location see ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; .

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

So all the men of Israel withdrew from David and followed Sheba the son of Bichri. But the men of Judah followed their king steadfastly from the Jordan to Jerusalem.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

So all the men of Israel deserted David to follow Sheba son of Bikri. But the men of Judah stayed by their king all the way from the Jordan to Jerusalem.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

So all the men of Israel deserted David and followed Sheba son of Bichri, but the men of Judah from the Jordan all the way to Jerusalem remained loyal to their king.

NLTNew Living Translation

So all the men of Israel deserted David and followed Sheba son of Bicri. But the men of Judah stayed with their king and escorted him from the Jordan River to Jerusalem.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Then all the men of Israel went up from following after David, following instead after Sheba the son of Bicri, but the men of Judah stuck to their king from the Jordan up to Jerusalem.

KJV 1900King James Version

So every man of Israel went up from after David, and followed Sheba the son of Bichri: but the men of Judah clave unto their king, from Jordan even to Jerusalem.

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