2 Samuel 20:2 meaning and explanation
So all the men of Israel deserted David to follow Sheba son of Bichri. But the men of Judah stayed by their king all the way from the Jordan to Jerusalem.
2 Samuel 20:2, Berean Standard Bible
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Sheba's cry in verse 1 follows Absalom's recent rebellion, and the narrator reports its effect: the northern tribes break from David, while Judah escorts him from the Jordan back to Jerusalem. The Hebrew word for "deserted" carries the sense of abandoning a covenant loyalty.
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