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1 # And there happened <07122> (8738) to be there a man <0376> of Belial <01100>, whose name <08034> was Sheba <07652>, the son <01121> of Bichri <01075>, a Benjamite <01145>: and he blew <08628> (8799) a trumpet <07782> , and said <0559> (8799), We have no part <02506> in David <01732>, neither have we inheritance <05159> in the son <01121> of Jesse <03448>: every <0376> man <0376> to his tents <0168>, O Israel <03478>.
2 So every man <0376> of Israel <03478> went up <05927> (8799) from after <0310> David <01732>, and followed <0310> Sheba <07652> the son <01121> of Bichri <01075>: but the men <0376> of Judah <03063> clave <01692> (8804) unto their king <04428>, from Jordan <03383> even to Jerusalem <03389>.
3 And David <01732> came <0935> (8799) to his house <01004> at Jerusalem <03389>; and the king <04428> took <03947> (8799) the ten <06235> women <0802> his concubines <06370>, whom he had left <03240> (8689) to keep <08104> (8800) the house <01004>, and put <05414> (8799) them in ward <04931>, and fed <03557> (8770) them, but went not in <0935> (8804) unto them. So they were shut up <06887> (8803) unto the day <03117> of their death <04191> (8800), living <02424> in widowhood <0491>.
4 # Then said <0559> (8799) the king <04428> to Amasa <06021>, Assemble <02199> (8685) me the men <0376> of Judah <03063> within three <07969> days <03117>, and be thou here present <05975> (8798).
5 So Amasa <06021> went <03212> (8799) to assemble <02199> (8687) the men of Judah <03063>: but he tarried longer <0309> (8799) (8675) <03186> (8799) than the set time <04150> which he had appointed <03259> (8804) him.
6 And David <01732> said <0559> (8799) to Abishai <052>, Now shall Sheba <07652> the son <01121> of Bichri <01075> do us more harm <03415> (8799) than did Absalom <053>: take <03947> (8798) thou thy lord's <0113> servants <05650>, and pursue <07291> (8798) after <0310> him, lest he get <04672> (8804) him fenced <01219> (8803) cities <05892>, and escape <05337> (8689) us <05869>.
7 And there went out <03318> (8799) after <0310> him Joab's <03097> men <0582>, and the Cherethites <03774> , and the Pelethites <06432>, and all the mighty men <01368>: and they went out <03318> (8799) of Jerusalem <03389>, to pursue <07291> (8800) after <0310> Sheba <07652> the son <01121> of Bichri <01075>.
8 When they were at the great <01419> stone <068> which is in Gibeon <01391>, Amasa <06021> went <0935> (8804) before <06440> them. And Joab's <03097> garment <04055> that he had put on <03830> was girded <02296> (8803) unto him, and upon it a girdle <02289> with a sword <02719> fastened <06775> (8794) upon his loins <04975> in the sheath <08593> thereof; and as he went forth <03318> (8804) it fell out <05307> (8799).
9 And Joab <03097> said <0559> (8799) to Amasa <06021>, Art thou in health <07965>, my brother <0251> ? And Joab <03097> took <0270> (8799) Amasa <06021> by the beard <02206> with the right <03225> hand <03027> to kiss <05401> (8800) him.
10 But Amasa <06021> took no heed <08104> (8738) to the sword <02719> that was in Joab's <03097> hand <03027>: so he smote <05221> (8686) him therewith in the fifth <02570> rib, and shed out <08210> (8799) his bowels <04578> to the ground <0776>, and struck him not again <08138> (8804); and he died <04191> (8799). So Joab <03097> and Abishai <052> his brother <0251> pursued <07291> (8804) after <0310> Sheba <07652> the son <01121> of Bichri <01075>.
11 And one <0376> of Joab's <03097> men <05288> stood <05975> (8804) by him, and said <0559> (8799), He <04310> that favoureth <02654> (8804) Joab <03097>, and he that is for David <01732>, let him go after <0310> Joab <03097>.
12 And Amasa <06021> wallowed <01556> (8706) in blood <01818> in the midst <08432> of the highway <04546> . And when the man <0376> saw <07200> (8799) that all the people <05971> stood still <05975> (8804), he removed <05437> (8686) Amasa <06021> out of the highway <04546> into the field <07704>, and cast <07993> (8686) a cloth <0899> upon him, when he saw <07200> (8804) that every one that came <0935> (8802) by him stood still <05975> (8804).
13 When he was removed <03014> (8689) out of the highway <04546>, all the people <0376> went on <05674> (8804) after <0310> Joab <03097>, to pursue <07291> (8800) after <0310> Sheba <07652> the son <01121> of Bichri <01075>.
14 # And he went <05674> (8799) through all the tribes <07626> of Israel <03478> unto Abel <059>, and to Bethmaachah <01038>, and all the Berites <01276>: and they were gathered together <06950> (8735) (8675) <07035> (8735), and went <0935> (8799) also after <0310> him.
15 And they came <0935> (8799) and besieged <06696> (8799) him in Abel <059> of Bethmaachah <01038> , and they cast up <08210> (8799) a bank <05550> against the city <05892>, and it stood <05975> (8799) in the trench <02426> : and all the people <05971> that were with Joab <03097> battered <07843> (8688) the wall <02346>, to throw it down <05307> (8687).
16 Then cried <07121> (8799) a wise <02450> woman <0802> out of the city <05892>, Hear <08085> (8798), hear <08085> (8798); say <0559> (8798), I pray you, unto Joab <03097>, Come near <07126> (8798) hither, that I may speak <01696> (8762) with thee.
17 And when he was come near <07126> (8799) unto her, the woman <0802> said <0559> (8799), Art thou Joab <03097>? And he answered <0559> (8799), I am he. Then she said <0559> (8799) unto him, Hear <08085> (8798) the words <01697> of thine handmaid <0519>. And he answered <0559> (8799), I do hear <08085> (8802).
18 Then she spake <0559> (8799), saying <0559> (8800), They were wont <01696> (8763) to speak <01696> (8762) in old time <07223>, saying <0559> (8800), They shall surely <07592> (8800) ask <07592> (8762) counsel at Abel <059>: and so they ended <08552> (8689) the matter.
19 I am one of them that are peaceable <07999> (8803) and faithful <0539> (8803) in Israel <03478> : thou seekest <01245> (8764) to destroy <04191> (8687) a city <05892> and a mother <0517> in Israel <03478>: why wilt thou swallow up <01104> (8762) the inheritance <05159> of the LORD <03068>?
20 And Joab <03097> answered <06030> (8799) and said <0559> (8799), Far be it <02486>, far be it <02486> from me, that I should swallow up <01104> (8762) or destroy <07843> (8686).
21 The matter <01697> is not so: but a man <0376> of mount <02022> Ephraim <0669>, Sheba <07652> the son <01121> of Bichri <01075> by name <08034>, hath lifted up <05375> (8804) his hand <03027> against the king <04428> , even against David <01732>: deliver <05414> (8798) him only, and I will depart <03212> (8799) from the city <05892> . And the woman <0802> said <0559> (8799) unto Joab <03097>, Behold, his head <07218> shall be thrown <07993> (8716) to thee over <01157> the wall <02346>.
22 Then the woman <0802> went <0935> (8799) unto all the people <05971> in her wisdom <02451>. And they cut off <03772> (8799) the head <07218> of Sheba <07652> the son <01121> of Bichri <01075>, and cast <07993> (8686) it out to Joab <03097>. And he blew <08628> (8799) a trumpet <07782>, and they retired <06327> (8799) from the city <05892>, every man <0376> to his tent <0168>. And Joab <03097> returned <07725> (8804) to Jerusalem <03389> unto the king <04428>.
23 # Now Joab <03097> was over all the host <06635> of Israel <03478>: and Benaiah <01141> the son <01121> of Jehoiada <03077> was over the Cherethites <03774> (8675) <03746> and over the Pelethites <06432>:
24 And Adoram <0151> was over the tribute <04522>: and Jehoshaphat <03092> the son <01121> of Ahilud <0286> was recorder <02142> (8688):
25 And Sheva <07864> (8675) <07724> was scribe <05608> (8802): and Zadok <06659> and Abiathar <054> were the priests <03548>:
26 And Ira <05896> also the Jairite <02972> was a chief ruler <03548> about David <01732>.