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Chapter 20
And
there
happened
to
bee
there
a
man
of
Belial,
whose
name
was
Sheba
the
sonne
of
Bichri,
a
Beniamite,
&
hee
blew
a
trumpet,
and
said,
Wee
haue
no
part
in
Dauid,
neither
haue
we
inheritance
in
the
sonne
of
Iesse:
euery
man
to
his
tents,
O
Israel.
2
So
euery
man
of
Israel
went
vp
from
after
Dauid,
and
followed
Sheba
the
sonne
of
Bichri:
but
the
men
of
Iudah
claue
vnto
their
king,
from
Iordane
euen
to
Ierusalem.
3
And
Dauid
came
to
his
house
at
Ierusalem,
and
the
king
tooke
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
vnto
them:
so
they
were
shut
vp
vnto
the
day
of
their
death,
liuing
in
widowhood.
4
Then
said
the
king
to
Amasa,
Assemble
me
the
men
of
Iudah
within
three
dayes,
and
be
thou
here
present.
5
So
Amasa
went
to
assemble
the
men
of
Iudah;
but
hee
taried
longer
then
the
set
time
which
he
had
appointed
him.
6
And
Dauid
said
to
Abishai,
Now
shall
Sheba
the
sonne
of
Bichri
doe
vs
more
harme
then
did
Absalom:
take
thou
thy
lords
seruants,
and
pursue
after
him,
lest
he
get
him
fenced
cities,
and
escape
vs.
7
And
there
went
out
after
him
Ioabs
men,
and
the
Cherethites,
and
the
Pelethites,
and
all
the
mighty
men:
and
they
went
out
of
Ierusalem,
to
pursue
after
Sheba
the
sonne
of
Bichri.
8
When
they
were
at
the
great
stone
which
is
in
Gibeon,
Amasa
went
before
them:
and
Ioabs
garment
that
he
had
put
on,
was
girded
vnto
him,
and
vpon
it
a
girdle
with
a
sword
fastned
vpon
his
loynes
in
the
sheath
thereof,
and
as
hee
went
forth,
it
fell
out.
9
And
Ioab
saide
to
Amasa,
Art
thou
in
health,
my
brother?
And
Ioab
tooke
Amasa
by
the
beard
with
the
right
hand
to
kisse
him.
10
But
Amasa
tooke
no
heed
to
the
sword
that
was
in
Ioabs
hand:
so
hee
smote
him
therewith
in
the
fifth
rib,
and
shed
out
his
bowels
to
the
ground,
and
strake
him
not
againe,
and
he
died:
so
Ioab
and
Abishai
his
brother
pursued
after
Sheba
the
sonne
of
Bichri.
11
And
one
of
Ioabs
men
stood
by
him,
and
said,
He
that
fauoureth
Ioab,
and
hee
that
is
for
Dauid,
let
him
goe
after
Ioab.
12
And
Amasa
wallowed
in
blood
in
the
mids
of
the
high
way:
and
when
the
man
saw
that
all
the
people
stood
still,
he
remoued
Amasa
out
of
the
high
way
into
the
field,
and
cast
a
cloth
vpon
him,
when
hee
saw
that
euery
one
that
came
by
him,
stood
still.
13
When
he
was
remoued
out
of
the
high
way,
all
the
people
went
on
after
Ioab,
to
pursue
after
Sheba
the
sonne
of
Bichri.
14
And
hee
went
thorow
all
the
tribes
of
Israel
vnto
Abel,
and
to
Bethmaachah,
and
all
the
Berites:
and
they
were
gathered
together,
and
went
also
after
him.
15
And
they
came
and
besieged
him
in
Abel
of
Bethmaachah,
and
they
cast
vp
a
banke
against
the
citie,
and
it
stood
in
the
trench:
and
all
the
people
that
were
with
Ioab,
battered
the
wall,
to
throw
it
downe.
16
Then
cried
a
wise
woman
out
of
the
citie,
Heare,
heare;
say,
I
pray
you,
vnto
Ioab,
Come
neere
hither,
that
I
may
speake
with
thee.
17
And
when
he
was
come
neere
vnto
her,
the
woman
said,
Art
thou
Ioab?
And
he
answered,
I
am
he:
Then
shee
said
vnto
him,
Heare
the
words
of
thine
handmaid.
And
he
answered,
I
doe
heare.
18
Then
she
spake,
saying,
They
were
wont
to
speake
in
old
time,
saying,
They
shall
surely
aske
counsell
at
Abel:
and
so
they
ended
the
matter.
19
I
am
one
of
them
that
are
peaceable
and
faithfull
in
Israel:
thou
seekest
to
destroy
a
citie,
and
a
mother
in
Israel:
Why
wilt
thou
swallow
vp
the
inheritance
of
the
Lord?
20
And
Ioab
answered
and
saide,
Farre
be
it,
farre
be
it
from
me,
that
I
should
swallow
vp
or
destroy.
21
The
matter
is
not
so:
but
a
man
of
mount
Ephraim
(Sheba
the
sonne
of
Bichri
by
name)
hath
lift
vp
his
hand
against
the
king,
euen
against
Dauid:
deliuer
him
onely,
and
I
will
depart
from
the
city.
And
the
woman
said
vnto
Ioab,
Behold,
his
head
shall
be
throwen
to
thee
ouer
the
wall.
22
Then
the
woman
went
vnto
all
the
people
in
her
wisedome,
and
they
cut
off
the
head
of
Sheba
the
sonne
of
Bichri,
and
cast
it
out
to
Ioab:
and
hee
blew
a
trumpet,
and
they
retired
from
the
citie,
euery
man
to
his
tent:
&
Ioab
returned
to
Ierusalem
vnto
the
king.
23
Now
Ioab
was
ouer
all
the
hoste
of
Israel,
and
Benaiah
the
sonne
of
Iehoiada
was
ouer
the
Cherethites,
and
ouer
the
Pelethites.
24
And
Adoram
was
ouer
the
tribute,
and
Iehoshaphat
the
sonne
of
Ahilud
was
Recorder.
25
And
Sheua
was
scribe,
and
Zadok,
and
Abiathar
were
the
Priests.
26
And
Ira
also
the
Iairite,
was
a
chiefe
ruler
about
Dauid.
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