ASV_Strong : 2 Samuel 20
1. And there happened[H7122] to be there a base[H1100] fellow[H376], whose name[H8034] was Sheba[H7652], the son[H1121] of Bichri[H1075], a Benjamite[H1145]: and he blew[H8628] the trumpet[H7782], and said[H559], We have no portion[H2506] in David[H1732], neither have we inheritance[H5159] in the son[H1121] of Jesse[H3448]: every[H376] man[H376] to his tents[H168], O Israel[H3478].
2. So all the men[H376] of Israel[H3478] went up[H5927] from following[H310] David[H1732], and followed[H310] Sheba[H7652] the son[H1121] of Bichri[H1075]; but the men[H376] of Judah[H3063] clave[H1692] unto their king[H4428], from the Jordan[H3383] even to Jerusalem[H3389].
3. And David[H1732] came[H935] to his house[H1004] at Jerusalem[H3389]; and the king[H4428] took[H3947] the ten[H6235] women[H802] his concubines[H6370], whom he had left[H3240] to keep[H8104] the house[H1004], and put[H5414] them in ward[H4931], and provided them with sustenance[H3557], but went not in[H935] unto them[H6887]. So they were shut up unto the day[H3117] of their death[H4191], living[H2424] in widowhood[H491].
4. Then said[H559] the king[H4428] to Amasa[H6021], Call[H2199] me the men[H376] of Judah[H3063] together within three[H7969] days[H3117], and be thou here present[H5975].
5. So Amasa[H6021] went[H3212] to call[H2199] the men of Judah[H3063] together[H309]; but he tarried longer than the set time[H4150] which he had appointed him[H3259].
6. And David[H1732] said[H559] to Abishai[H52], Now will Sheba[H7652] the son[H1121] of Bichri[H1075] do us more harm[H3415] than did Absalom[H53]: take[H3947] thou thy lord[H113]'s servants[H5650], and pursue[H7291] after[H310] him[H4672], lest he get him fortified[H1219] cities[H5892], and escape[H5337] out of our sight[H5869].
7. And there went out[H3318] after[H310] him Joab[H3097]'s men[H582], and the Cherethites[H3774] and the Pelethites[H6432], and all the mighty men[H1368]; and they went out[H3318] of Jerusalem[H3389], to pursue[H7291] after[H310] Sheba[H7652] the son[H1121] of Bichri[H1075].
8. When they were at the great[H1419] stone[H68] which is in Gibeon[H1391], Amasa[H6021] came[H935] to meet[H6440] them[H3097]. And Joab was girded[H2296] with his apparel[H4055] of war that he had put on[H3830], and thereon was a girdle[H2289] with a sword[H2719] fastened[H6775] upon his loins[H4975] in the sheath[H8593] thereof[H3318]; and as he went forth it fell out[H3318].
9. And Joab[H3097] said[H559] to Amasa[H6021], Is it well[H7965] with thee[H251], my brother? And Joab[H3097] took[H270] Amasa[H6021] by the beard[H2206] with his right[H3225] hand[H3027] to kiss him[H5401].
10. But Amasa[H6021] took no heed[H8104] to the sword[H2719] that was in Joab[H3097]'s hand[H3027]: so he smote[H5221] him therewith in the body[H2570], and shed out[H8210] his bowels[H4578] to the ground[H776], and struck him not again[H8138]; and he died[H4191]. And Joab[H3097] and Abishai[H52] his brother[H251] pursued[H7291] after[H310] Sheba[H7652] the son[H1121] of Bichri[H1075].
11. And there stood[H5975] by him one[H376] of Joab[H3097]'s young men[H5288], and said[H559], He[H4310] that favoreth[H2654] Joab[H3097], and he that is for David[H1732], let him follow[H310] Joab[H3097].
12. And Amasa[H6021] lay wallowing[H1556] in his blood[H1818] in the midst[H8432] of the highway[H4546]. And when the man[H376] saw[H7200] that all the people[H5971] stood still[H5975], he carried[H5437] Amasa[H6021] out of the highway[H4546] into the field[H7704], and cast[H7993] a garment[H899] over him[H7200], when he saw that every one that came[H935] by him stood still[H5975].
13. When he was removed[H3014] out of the highway[H4546], all the people[H376] went on[H5674] after[H310] Joab[H3097], to pursue[H7291] after[H310] Sheba[H7652] the son[H1121] of Bichri[H1075].
14. And he went[H5674] through all the tribes[H7626] of Israel[H3478] unto Abel[H59], and to Beth-maacah[H1038], and all the Berites[H1276]: and they were gathered together[H6950], and went[H935] also after him[H310].
15. And they came[H935] and besieged[H6696] him in Abel[H59] of Beth-maacah[H1038], and they cast up[H8210] a mound[H5550] against the city[H5892], and it stood[H5975] against the rampart[H2426]; and all the people[H5971] that were with Joab[H3097] battered[H7843] the wall[H2346], to throw it down[H5307].
16. Then cried[H7121] a wise[H2450] woman[H802] out of the city[H5892], Hear[H8085], hear[H8085]; say[H559], I pray you[H3097], unto Joab, Come near[H7126] hither[H1696], that I may speak with thee.
17. And he came near[H7126] unto her[H802]; and the woman said[H559], Art thou Joab[H3097]? And he answered[H559], I am[H559]. Then she said unto him[H8085], Hear the words[H1697] of thy handmaid[H519]. And he answered[H559], I do hear[H8085].
18. Then she spake[H559], saying[H559], They were wont[H1696] to speak[H1696] in old time[H7223], saying[H559], They shall surely[H7592] ask[H7592] counsel at Abel[H59]: and so they ended the matter[H8552].
19. I am of them that are peaceable[H7999] and faithful[H539] in Israel[H3478]: thou seekest[H1245] to destroy[H4191] a city[H5892] and a mother[H517] in Israel[H3478]: why wilt thou swallow up[H1104] the inheritance[H5159] of Jehovah[H3068]?
20. And Joab[H3097] answered[H6030] and said[H559], Far be it[H2486], far be it[H2486] from me[H1104], that I should swallow up or destroy[H7843].
21. The matter[H1697] is not so[H376]: but a man of the hill-country[H2022] of Ephraim[H669], Sheba[H7652] the son[H1121] of Bichri[H1075] by name[H8034], hath lifted up[H5375] his hand[H3027] against the king[H4428], even against David[H1732]; deliver[H5414] him only[H3212], and I will depart from the city[H5892]. And the woman[H802] said[H559] unto Joab[H3097], Behold[H7218], his head shall be thrown[H7993] to thee over[H1157] the wall[H2346].
22. Then the woman[H802] went[H935] unto all the people[H5971] in her wisdom[H2451]. And they cut off[H3772] the head[H7218] of Sheba[H7652] the son[H1121] of Bichri[H1075], and threw[H7993] it out to Joab[H3097]. And he blew[H8628] the trumpet[H7782], and they were dispersed[H6327] from the city[H5892], every man[H376] to his tent[H168]. And Joab[H3097] returned[H7725] to Jerusalem[H3389] unto the king[H4428].
23. Now Joab[H3097] was over all the host[H6635] of Israel[H3478]; and Benaiah[H1141] the son[H1121] of Jehoiada[H3077] was over the Cherethites[H3774] and over the Pelethites[H6432];
24. and Adoram[H151] was over the men subject to taskwork[H4522]; and Jehoshaphat[H3092] the son[H1121] of Ahilud[H286] was the recorder[H2142];
25. and Sheva[H7864] was scribe[H5608]; and Zadok[H6659] and Abiathar[H54] were priests[H3548];
26. and also Ira[H5896] the Jairite[H2972] was chief minister[H3548] unto David[H1732].
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