King James Version (KJV) With Strong Codes

1. And there[H8033] happened[H7122] to be there a man[H376] of Belial,[H1100] whose name[H8034] was Sheba,[H7652] the son[H1121] of Bichri,[H1075] a Benjamite:[H1145] and he blew[H8628] a trumpet,[H7782] and said,[H559] We have no[H369] part[H2506] in David,[H1732] neither[H3808] have we inheritance[H5159] in the son[H1121] of Jesse:[H3448] every man[H376] to his tents,[H168] O Israel.[H3478]

2. So every[H3605] man[H376] of Israel[H3478] went up[H5927] from after[H4480] [H310] David,[H1732] and followed[H310] Sheba[H7652] the son[H1121] of Bichri:[H1075] but the men[H376] of Judah[H3063] cleaved[H1692] unto their king,[H4428] from[H4480] Jordan[H3383] even to[H5704] Jerusalem.[H3389]

3. And David[H1732] came[H935] to[H413] his house[H1004] at Jerusalem;[H3389] and the king[H4428] took[H3947] [H853] the ten[H6235] women[H802] his concubines,[H6370] whom[H834] he had left[H5117] to keep[H8104] the house,[H1004] and put[H5414] them in ward,[H1004] [H4931] and fed[H3557] them, but went[H935] not[H3808] in unto[H413] them. So they were[H1961] shut up[H6887] unto[H5704] the day[H3117] of their death,[H4191] living[H2424] in widowhood.[H491]

4. Then said[H559] the king[H4428] to[H413] Amasa,[H6021] Assemble[H2199] me[H853] the men[H376] of Judah[H3063] within three[H7969] days,[H3117] and be thou[H859] here[H6311] present.[H5975]

5. So Amasa[H6021] went[H1980] to assemble[H2199] the men of[H853] Judah:[H3063] but he tarried longer[H3186] than[H4480] the set time[H4150] which[H834] he had appointed[H3259] him.

6. And David[H1732] said[H559] to[H413] Abishai,[H52] Now[H6258] shall Sheba[H7652] the son[H1121] of Bichri[H1075] do us more harm[H3415] than[H4480] did Absalom:[H53] take[H3947] thou[H859] [H853] thy lord's[H113] servants,[H5650] and pursue[H7291] after[H310] him, lest[H6435] he get[H4672] him fenced[H1219] cities,[H5892] and escape[H5337] [H5869] us.

7. And there went out[H3318] after[H310] him Joab's[H3097] men,[H376] and the Cherethites,[H3774] and the Pelethites,[H6432] and all[H3605] the mighty men:[H1368] and they went out[H3318] of Jerusalem,[H4480] [H3389] to pursue[H7291] after[H310] Sheba[H7652] the son[H1121] of Bichri.[H1075]

8. When they[H1992] were at[H5973] the great[H1419] stone[H68] which[H834] is in Gibeon,[H1391] Amasa[H6021] went[H935] before[H6440] them. And Joab's[H3097] garment[H4055] that he had put on[H3830] was girded[H2296] unto[H5921] him, and upon[H5921] it a girdle[H2289] with a sword[H2719] fastened[H6775] upon[H5921] his loins[H4975] in the sheath[H8593] thereof; and as he[H1931] went forth[H3318] it fell out.[H5307]

9. And Joab[H3097] said[H559] to Amasa,[H6021] Art thou[H859] in health,[H7965] my brother?[H251] And Joab[H3097] took[H270] Amasa[H6021] by the beard[H2206] with the right[H3225] hand[H3027] to kiss[H5401] him.

10. But Amasa[H6021] took no[H3808] heed[H8104] to the sword[H2719] that[H834] was in Joab's[H3097] hand:[H3027] so he smote[H5221] him therewith in[H413] the fifth[H2570] rib, and shed out[H8210] his bowels[H4578] to the ground,[H776] and struck[H8138] him not[H3808] again; and he died.[H4191] So Joab[H3097] and Abishai[H52] his brother[H251] pursued[H7291] after[H310] Sheba[H7652] the son[H1121] of Bichri.[H1075]

11. And one[H376] of Joab's men[H4480] [H5288] [H3097] stood[H5975] by[H5921] him, and said,[H559] He[H4310] that[H834] favoreth[H2654] Joab,[H3097] and he[H4310] that[H834] is for David,[H1732] let him go after[H310] Joab.[H3097]

12. And Amasa[H6021] wallowed[H1556] in blood[H1818] in the midst[H8432] of the highway.[H4546] And when the man[H376] saw[H7200] that[H3588] all[H3605] the people[H5971] stood still,[H5975] he removed[H5437] [H853] Amasa[H6021] out of[H4480] the highway[H4546] into the field,[H7704] and cast[H7993] a cloth[H899] upon[H5921] him, when[H834] he saw[H7200] that every[H3605] one that came[H935] by[H5921] him stood still.[H5975]

13. When[H834] he was removed[H3014] out of[H4480] the highway,[H4546] all[H3605] 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 through[H5674] all[H3605] the tribes[H7626] of Israel[H3478] unto Abel,[H59] and to Beth-maachah,[H1038] and all[H3605] the Berites:[H1276] and they were gathered together,[H7035] and went[H935] also[H637] after[H310] him.

15. And they came[H935] and besieged[H6696] [H5921] him in Abel of Beth-maachah,[H62] and they cast up[H8210] a bank[H5550] against[H413] the city,[H5892] and it stood[H5975] in the trench:[H2426] and all[H3605] the people[H5971] that[H834] were with[H854] Joab[H3097] battered[H7843] the wall,[H2346] to throw it down.[H5307]

16. Then cried[H7121] a wise[H2450] woman[H802] out of[H4480] the city,[H5892] Hear,[H8085] hear;[H8085] say,[H559] I pray you,[H4994] unto[H413] Joab,[H3097] Come near[H7126] hither,[H5704] [H2008] that I may speak[H1696] with[H413] thee.

17. And when he was come near[H7126] unto[H413] her, the woman[H802] said,[H559] Art thou[H859] Joab?[H3097] And he answered,[H559] I[H589] am he. Then she said[H559] unto him Hear[H8085] the words[H1697] of thine handmaid.[H519] And he answered,[H559] I[H595] do hear.[H8085]

18. Then she spoke,[H559] saying,[H559] They were wont[H1696] to speak[H1696] in old time,[H7223] saying,[H559] They shall surely ask[H7592] [H7592] counsel at Abel:[H59] and so[H3651] they ended[H8552] the matter.

19. I[H595] am one of them that are peaceable[H7999] and faithful[H539] in Israel:[H3478] thou[H859] seekest[H1245] to destroy[H4191] a city[H5892] and a mother[H517] in Israel:[H3478] why[H4100] wilt thou swallow up[H1104] the inheritance[H5159] of the LORD?[H3068]

20. And Joab[H3097] answered[H6030] and said,[H559] Far be it,[H2486] far be it[H2486] from me, that[H518] I should swallow up[H1104] or[H518] destroy.[H7843]

21. The matter[H1697] is not[H3808] so:[H3651] but[H3588] a man[H376] of mount[H4480] [H2022] 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,[H905] and I will depart[H1980] from[H4480] [H5921] the city.[H5892] And the woman[H802] said[H559] unto[H413] Joab,[H3097] Behold,[H2009] his head[H7218] shall be thrown[H7993] to[H413] thee over[H1157] the wall.[H2346]

22. Then the woman[H802] went[H935] unto[H413] all[H3605] the people[H5971] in her wisdom.[H2451] And they cut off[H3772] [H853] the head[H7218] of Sheba[H7652] the son[H1121] of Bichri,[H1075] and cast it out[H7993] to[H413] Joab.[H3097] And he blew[H8628] a trumpet,[H7782] and they retired[H6327] from[H4480] [H5921] the city,[H5892] every man[H376] to his tent.[H168] And Joab[H3097] returned[H7725] to Jerusalem[H3389] unto[H413] the king.[H4428]

23. Now Joab[H3097] was over[H413] all[H3605] the host[H6635] of Israel:[H3478] and Benaiah[H1141] the son[H1121] of Jehoiada[H3077] was over[H5921] the Cherethites[H3774] and over[H5921] the Pelethites: [H6432]

24. And Adoram[H151] was over[H5921] the tribute:[H4522] and Jehoshaphat[H3092] the son[H1121] of Ahilud[H286] was recorder: [H2142]

25. And Sheva[H7724] was scribe:[H5608] and Zadok[H6659] and Abiathar[H54] were the priests: [H3548]

26. And Ira[H5896] also[H1571] the Jairite[H2972] was[H1961] a chief ruler[H3548] about David.[H1732]