2Samuel:20

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ylt @2Samuel:20:1 @And there hath been called there a man of worthlessness , and his name [is ] Sheba , son of Bichri , a Benjamite , and he bloweth with a trumpet , and saith , 'We have no portion in David , and we have no inheritance in the son of Jesse ; each to his tents , O Israel .' ylt @2Samuel:20:2 @And every man of Israel goeth up from after David , after Sheba son of Bichri , and the men of Judah have cleaved to their king , from the Jordan even unto Jerusalem . ylt @2Samuel:20:3 @And David cometh in unto his house at Jerusalem , and the king taketh the ten women-concubines -- whom he had left to keep the house , and putteth them in a house of ward , and sustaineth them , and unto them he hath not gone in , and they are shut up unto the day of their death , in widowhood living . ylt @2Samuel:20:4 @And the king saith unto Amasa , 'Call for me the men of Judah [in ] three days , and thou , stand here ,' ylt @2Samuel:20:5 @and Amasa goeth to call Judah , and tarrieth beyond the appointed time that he had appointed him ; ylt @2Samuel:20:6 @and David saith unto Abishai , 'Now doth Sheba son of Bichri do evil to us more than Absalom ; thou , take the servants of thy lord , and pursue after him , lest he have found for himself fenced cities , and delivered himself [from ] our eye .' ylt @2Samuel:20:7 @And the men of Joab go out after him , and the Cherethite , and the Pelethite , and all the mighty men , and they go out from Jerusalem to pursue after Sheba son of Bichri ; ylt @2Samuel:20:8 @they [are ] near the great stone that [is ] in Gibeon , and Amasa hath gone before them , and Joab [is ] girded ; his long robe he hath put on him , and upon it a girdle -- a sword [is ] fastened upon his loins in its sheath ; and he hath gone out , and it falleth . ylt @2Samuel:20:9 @And Joab saith to Amasa , 'Art thou [in ] peace , my brother ?' and the right hand of Joab layeth hold on the beard of Amasa to give a kiss to him ; ylt @2Samuel:20:10 @and Amasa hath not been watchful of the sword that [is ] in the hand of Joab , and he smiteth him with it unto the fifth [rib ], and sheddeth out his bowels to the earth , and he hath not repeated [it ] to him , and he dieth ; and Joab and Abishai his brother have pursued after Sheba son of Bichri . ylt @2Samuel:20:11 @And a man hath stood by him , of the young men of Joab , and saith , 'He who hath delight in Joab , and he who [is ] for David -- after Joab !' ylt @2Samuel:20:12 @And Amasa is rolling himself in blood , in the midst of the highway , and the man seeth that all the people have stood still , and he bringeth round Amasa out of the highway to the field , and casteth over him a garment , when he hath seen that every one who hath come by him -- hath stood still . ylt @2Samuel:20:13 @When he hath been removed out of the highway , every man hath passed on after Joab , to pursue after Sheba son of Bichri . ylt @2Samuel:20:14 @And he passeth over through all the tribes of Israel to Abel , and to Beth-Maachah , and to all the Berites , and they are assembled , and go in also after him , ylt @2Samuel:20:15 @and they go in and lay siege against him , in Abel of Beth-Maachah , and cast up a mount against the city , and it standeth in a trench , and all the people who are [are ] with Joab are destroying , to cause the wall to fall . ylt @2Samuel:20:16 @And a wise woman calleth out of the city , 'Hear , hear ; say , I pray you , unto Joab , Come near hither , and I speak unto thee .' ylt @2Samuel:20:17 @And he cometh near unto her , and the woman saith , 'Art thou Joab ?' and he saith , 'I [am ].' And she saith to him , 'Hear the words of thy handmaid ;' and he saith , 'I am hearing .' ylt @2Samuel:20:18 @and she speaketh , saying , 'They spake often in former times , saying , Let them diligently ask at Abel , and so they finished . ylt @2Samuel:20:19 @I [am ] of the peaceable -- faithful ones of Israel ; thou art seeking to destroy a city , and a mother in Israel ; why dost thou swallow up the inheritance of Jehovah ? ylt @2Samuel:20:20 @And Joab answereth and saith , 'Far be it -- far be it from me ; I do not swallow up nor destroy . ylt @2Samuel:20:21 @The matter [is ] not so ; for a man of the hill-country of Ephraim -- Sheba son of Bichri his name -- hath lifted up his hand against the king , against David ; give ye up him by himself , and I go away from the city .' And the woman saith unto Joab , 'Lo , his head is cast unto thee over the wall .' ylt @2Samuel:20:22 @And the woman cometh unto all the people in her wisdom , and they cut off the head of Sheba son of Bichri , and cast [it ] unto Joab , and he bloweth with a trumpet , and they are scattered from the city , each to his tents , and Joab hath turned back to Jerusalem unto the king . ylt @2Samuel:20:23 @And Joab [is ] over all the host of Israel , and Benaiah son of Jehoiada [is ] over the Cherethite , and over the Pelethite , ylt @2Samuel:20:24 @and Adoram [is ] over the tribute , and Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud [is ] the remembrancer , ylt @2Samuel:20:25 @and Sheva [is ] scribe , and Zadok and Abiathar [are ] priests , ylt @2Samuel:20:26 @and also , Ira the Jairite hath been minister to David .

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