2Samuel 20
20And there happened to be there a rebel, whose name was Sheba the son of Bichri, a Benjamite. And he blew a trumpet, and said: "We have no share in David, Nor do we have inheritance in the son of Jesse; Every man to his tents, O Israel!"H7122H376H1100H8034H7652H1121H1075H1145H8628H7782H559H2506H1732H5159H1121H3448H376H376H168H34782So every man of Israel deserted David, and followed Sheba the son of Bichri. But the men of Judah, from the Jordan as far as Jerusalem, remained loyal to their king.H376H3478H5927H310H1732H310H7652H1121H1075H376H3063H1692H4428H3383H33893Now David came to his house at Jerusalem. And the king took the ten women, his concubines whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in seclusion and supported them, but did not go in to them. So they were shut up to the day of their death, living in widowhood.H1732H935H1004H3389H4428H3947H6235H802H6370H3240H8104H1004H5414H4931H3557H935H6887H3117H4191H2424H4914And the king said to Amasa, "Assemble the men of Judah for me within three days, and be present here yourself."H559H4428H6021H2199H376H3063H7969H3117H59755So Amasa went to assemble the men of Judah. But he delayed longer than the set time which David had appointed him.H6021H3212H2199H3063H309H3186H4150H32596And David said to Abishai, "Now Sheba the son of Bichri will do us more harm than Absalom. Take your lord's servants and pursue him, lest he find for himself fortified cities, and escape us."H1732H559H52H7652H1121H1075H3415H53H3947H113H5650H7291H310H4672H1219H5892H5337H58697So Joab's men, with the Cherethites, the Pelethites, and all the mighty men, went out after him. And they went out of Jerusalem to pursue Sheba the son of Bichri.H3318H310H3097H582H3774H6432H1368H3318H3389H7291H310H7652H1121H10758When they were at the large stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa came before them. Now Joab was dressed in battle armor; on it was a belt with a sword fastened in its sheath at his hips; and as he was going forward, it fell out.H1419H68H1391H6021H935H6440H3097H4055H3830H2296H2289H2719H6775H4975H8593H3318H53079Then Joab said to Amasa, "Are you in health, my brother?" And Joab took Amasa by the beard with his right hand to kiss him.H3097H559H6021H7965H251H3097H270H6021H2206H3225H3027H540110But Amasa did not notice the sword that was in Joab's hand. And he struck him with it in the stomach, and his entrails poured out on the ground; and he did not strike him again. Thus he died. Then Joab and Abishai his brother pursued Sheba the son of Bichri.H6021H8104H2719H3097H3027H5221H2570H8210H4578H776H8138H4191H3097H52H251H7291H310H7652H1121H107511Meanwhile one of Joab's men stood near Amasa, and said, "Whoever favors Joab and whoever is for David—follow Joab!"H376H3097H5288H5975H559H4310H2654H3097H1732H310H309712But Amasa wallowed in his blood in the middle of the highway. And when the man saw that all the people stood still, he moved Amasa from the highway to the field and threw a garment over him, when he saw that everyone who came upon him halted.H6021H1556H1818H8432H4546H376H7200H5971H5975H5437H6021H4546H7704H7993H899H7200H935H597513When he was removed from the highway, all the people went on after Joab to pursue Sheba the son of Bichri.H3014H4546H376H5674H310H3097H7291H310H7652H1121H107514And he went through all the tribes of Israel to Abel and Beth Maachah and all the Berites. So they were gathered together and also went after Sheba.H5674H7626H3478H59H1038H1276H6950H7035H935H31015Then they came and besieged him in Abel of Beth Maachah; and they cast up a siege mound against the city, and it stood by the rampart. And all the people who were with Joab battered the wall to throw it down.H935H6696H59H1038H8210H5550H5892H5975H2426H5971H3097H7843H2346H530716Then a wise woman cried out from the city, "Hear, Hear! Please say to Joab, 'Come nearby, that I may speak with you.'"H7121H2450H802H5892H8085H8085H559H3097H7126H169617When he had come near to her, the woman said, "Are you Joab?" He answered, "I am." Then she said to him, "Hear the words of your maidservant." And he answered, "I am listening."H7126H802H559H3097H559H559H8085H1697H519H559H808518So she spoke, saying, "They used to talk in former times, saying, 'They shall surely seek guidance at Abel,' and so they would end disputes.H559H559H1696H1696H7223H559H7592H7592H59H855219"I am among the peaceable and faithful in Israel. You seek to destroy a city and a mother in Israel. Why would you swallow up the inheritance of the LORD?"H7999H539H3478H1245H4191H5892H517H3478H1104H5159H306820And Joab answered and said, "Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy!H3097H6030H559H2486H2486H1104H784321"That is not so. But a man from the mountains of Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, has raised his hand against the king, against David. Deliver him only, and I will depart from the city." So the woman said to Joab, "Watch, his head will be thrown to you over the wall."H1697H376H2022H669H7652H1121H1075H8034H5375H3027H4428H1732H5414H3212H5892H802H559H3097H7218H7993H1157H234622Then the woman in her wisdom went to all the people. And they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and threw it out to Joab. Then he blew a trumpet, and they withdrew from the city, every man to his tent. So Joab returned to the king at Jerusalem.H802H935H5971H2451H3772H7218H7652H1121H1075H7993H3097H8628H7782H6327H5892H376H168H3097H7725H3389H442823And Joab was over all the army of Israel; Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites;H3097H6635H3478H1141H1121H3077H3774H3746H643224Adoram was in charge of revenue; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder;H151H4522H3092H1121H286H214225Sheva was scribe; Zadok and Abiathar were the priests;H7864H7724H5608H6659H54H354826and Ira the Jairite was a chief minister under David.H5896H2972H3548H1732
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