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Chapter 20
And
there
happened
to
be
there
a
man
of
Belial,
whose
name
was
Sheba,
the
son
of
Bichri,
a
Benjamite:
and
he
blew
a
trumpet,
and
said,
We
have
no
part
in
David,
neither
have
we
inheritance
in
the
son
of
Jesse:
every
man
to
his
tents,
O
Israel.
2
So
every
man
of
Israel
went
up
from
after
David,
and
followed
Sheba
the
son
of
Bichri:
but
the
men
of
Judah
clave
unto
their
king,
from
Jordan
even
to
Jerusalem.
3
And
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
ward,
and
fed
them,
but
went
not
in
unto
them.
So
they
were
shut
up
unto
the
day
of
their
death,
living
in
widowhood.
4
Then
said
the
king
to
Amasa,
Assemble
me
the
men
of
Judah
within
three
days,
and
be
thou
here
present.
5
So
Amasa
went
to
assemble
the
men
of
Judah:
but
he
tarried
longer
than
the
set
time
which
he
had
appointed
him.
6
And
David
said
to
Abishai,
Now
shall
Sheba
the
son
of
Bichri
do
us
more
harm
than
did
Absalom:
take
thou
thy
lord’s
servants,
and
pursue
after
him,
lest
he
get
him
fenced
cities,
and
escape
us.
7
And
there
went
out
after
him
Joab’s
men,
and
the
Cherethites,
and
the
Pelethites,
and
all
the
mighty
men:
and
they
went
out
of
Jerusalem,
to
pursue
after
Sheba
the
son
of
Bichri.
8
When
they
were
at
the
great
stone
which
is
in
Gibeon,
Amasa
went
before
them.
And
Joab’s
garment
that
he
had
put
on
was
girded
unto
him,
and
upon
it
a
girdle
with
a
sword
fastened
upon
his
loins
in
the
sheath
thereof;
and
as
he
went
forth
it
fell
out.
9
And
Joab
said
to
Amasa,
Art
thou
in
health,
my
brother?
And
Joab
took
Amasa
by
the
beard
with
the
right
hand
to
kiss
him.
10
But
Amasa
took
no
heed
to
the
sword
that
was
in
Joab’s
hand:
so
he
smote
him
therewith
in
the
fifth
rib,
and
shed
out
his
bowels
to
the
ground,
and
struck
him
not
again;
and
he
died.
So
Joab
and
Abishai
his
brother
pursued
after
Sheba
the
son
of
Bichri.
11
And
one
of
Joab’s
men
stood
by
him,
and
said,
He
that
favoureth
Joab,
and
he
that
is
for
David,
let
him
go
after
Joab.
12
And
Amasa
wallowed
in
blood
in
the
midst
of
the
highway.
And
when
the
man
saw
that
all
the
people
stood
still,
he
removed
Amasa
out
of
the
highway
into
the
field,
and
cast
a
cloth
upon
him,
when
he
saw
that
every
one
that
came
by
him
stood
still.
13
When
he
was
removed
out
of
the
highway,
all
the
people
went
on
after
Joab,
to
pursue
after
Sheba
the
son
of
Bichri.
14
And
he
went
through
all
the
tribes
of
Israel
unto
Abel,
and
to
Beth-maachah,
and
all
the
Berites:
and
they
were
gathered
together,
and
went
also
after
him.
15
And
they
came
and
besieged
him
in
Abel
of
Beth-maachah,
and
they
cast
up
a
bank
against
the
city,
and
it
stood
in
the
trench:
and
all
the
people
that
were
with
Joab
battered
the
wall,
to
throw
it
down.
16
Then
cried
a
wise
woman
out
of
the
city,
Hear,
hear;
say,
I
pray
you,
unto
Joab,
Come
near
hither,
that
I
may
speak
with
thee.
17
And
when
he
was
come
near
unto
her,
the
woman
said,
Art
thou
Joab?
And
he
answered,
I
am
he.
Then
she
said
unto
him,
Hear
the
words
of
thine
handmaid.
And
he
answered,
I
do
hear.
18
Then
she
spake,
saying,
They
were
wont
to
speak
in
old
time,
saying,
They
shall
surely
ask
counsel
at
Abel:
and
so
they
ended
the
matter.
19
I
am
one
of
them
that
are
peaceable
and
faithful
in
Israel:
thou
seekest
to
destroy
a
city
and
a
mother
in
Israel:
why
wilt
thou
swallow
up
the
inheritance
of
the
Lord?
20
And
Joab
answered
and
said,
Far
be
it,
far
be
it
from
me,
that
I
should
swallow
up
or
destroy.
21
The
matter
is
not
so:
but
a
man
of
mount
Ephraim,
Sheba
the
son
of
Bichri
by
name,
hath
lifted
up
his
hand
against
the
king,
even
against
David:
deliver
him
only,
and
I
will
depart
from
the
city.
And
the
woman
said
unto
Joab,
Behold,
his
head
shall
be
thrown
to
thee
over
the
wall.
22
Then
the
woman
went
unto
all
the
people
in
her
wisdom.
And
they
cut
off
the
head
of
Sheba
the
son
of
Bichri,
and
cast
it
out
to
Joab.
And
he
blew
a
trumpet,
and
they
retired
from
the
city,
every
man
to
his
tent.
And
Joab
returned
to
Jerusalem
unto
the
king.
23
Now
Joab
was
over
all
the
host
of
Israel:
and
Benaiah
the
son
of
Jehoiada
was
over
the
Cherethites
and
over
the
Pelethites:
24
And
Adoram
was
over
the
tribute:
and
Jehoshaphat
the
son
of
Ahilud
was
recorder:
25
And
Sheva
was
scribe:
and
Zadok
and
Abiathar
were
the
priests:
26
And
Ira
also
the
Jairite
was
a
chief
ruler
about
David.
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