2 Samuel 20

1 ♥ 📝 A nd there happened^H7122 to be there a base^H1100 fellow,^H376 whose name^H8034 was Sheba,^H7652 the son^H1121 of Bichri,^H1075 a Benjamite:^H1145 and he blew^H8628 the trumpet,^H7782 and said,^H559 We have no portion^H2506 in David,^H1732 neither have we inheritance^H5159 in the son^H1121 of Jesse:^H3448 every^H376 man^H376 to his tents,^H168 O Israel.^H3478

2 ♥ 📝 So all the men^H376 of Israel^H3478 went up^H5927 from following^H310 David,^H1732 and followed^H310 Sheba^H7652 the son^H1121 of Bichri;^H1075 but the men^H376 of Judah^H3063 clave^H1692 unto their king,^H4428 from the Jordan^H3383 even to Jerusalem.^H3389

3 ♥ 📝 And David^H1732 came^H935 to his house^H1004 at Jerusalem;^H3389 and the king^H4428 took^H3947 the ten^H6235 women^H802 his concubines,^H6370 whom he had left^H3240 to keep^H8104 the house,^H1004 and put^H5414 them in ward,^H4931 and provided them with sustenance,^H3557 but went not in^H935 unto them. So they were shut up^H6887 unto the day^H3117 of their death,^H4191 living^H2424 in widowhood.^H491

4 ♥ 📝 Then said^H559 the king^H4428 to Amasa,^H6021 Call^H2199 me the men^H376 of Judah^H3063 together within three^H7969 days,^H3117 and be thou here present.^H5975

5 ♥ 📝 So Amasa^H6021 went^H3212 to call^H2199 [the men of] Judah^H3063 together; but he tarried longer^H309 than the set time^H4150 which he had appointed^H3259 him.

6 ♥ 📝 And David^H1732 said^H559 to Abishai,^H52 Now will Sheba^H7652 the son^H1121 of Bichri^H1075 do us more harm^H3415 than did Absalom:^H53 take^H3947 thou thy lord's^H113 servants,^H5650 and pursue^H7291 after^H310 him, lest he get^H4672 him fortified^H1219 cities,^H5892 and escape^H5337 out of our sight.^H5869

7 ♥ 📝 And there went out^H3318 after^H310 him Joab's^H3097 men,^H582 and the Cherethites^H3774 and the Pelethites,^H6432 and all the mighty men;^H1368 and they went out^H3318 of Jerusalem,^H3389 to pursue^H7291 after^H310 Sheba^H7652 the son^H1121 of Bichri.^H1075

8 ♥ 📝 When they were at the great^H1419 stone^H68 which is in Gibeon,^H1391 Amasa^H6021 came^H935 to meet^H6440 them. And Joab^H3097 was girded^H2296 with his apparel^H4055 of war that he had put on,^H3830 and thereon was a girdle^H2289 with a sword^H2719 fastened^H6775 upon his loins^H4975 in the sheath^H8593 thereof; and as he went forth^H3318 it fell out.^H3318

9 ♥ 📝 And Joab^H3097 said^H559 to Amasa,^H6021 Is it well^H7965 with thee, my brother?^H251 And Joab^H3097 took^H270 Amasa^H6021 by the beard^H2206 with his right^H3225 hand^H3027 to kiss^H5401 him.

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

11 ♥ 📝 And there stood^H5975 by him one^H376 of Joab's^H3097 young men,^H5288 and said,^H559 He^H4310 that favoreth^H2654 Joab,^H3097 and he that is for David,^H1732 let him follow^H310 Joab.^H3097

12 ♥ 📝 And Amasa^H6021 lay wallowing^H1556 in his blood^H1818 in the midst^H8432 of the highway.^H4546 And when the man^H376 saw^H7200 that all the people^H5971 stood still,^H5975 he carried^H5437 Amasa^H6021 out of the highway^H4546 into the field,^H7704 and cast^H7993 a garment^H899 over him, when he saw^H7200 that every one that came^H935 by him stood still.^H5975

13 ♥ 📝 When he was removed^H3014 out of the highway,^H4546 all 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^H5674 through all the tribes^H7626 of Israel^H3478 unto Abel,^H59 and to Beth-maacah,^H1038 and all the Berites:^H1276 and they were gathered together,^H6950 and went^H935 also after^H310 him.

15 ♥ 📝 And they came^H935 and besieged^H6696 him in Abel^H59 of Beth-maacah,^H1038 and they cast up^H8210 a mound^H5550 against the city,^H5892 and it stood^H5975 against the rampart;^H2426 and all the people^H5971 that were with Joab^H3097 battered^H7843 the wall,^H2346 to throw it down.^H5307

16 ♥ 📝 Then cried^H7121 a wise^H2450 woman^H802 out of the city,^H5892 Hear,^H8085 hear;^H8085 say,^H559 I pray you, unto Joab,^H3097 Come near^H7126 hither, that I may speak^H1696 with thee.

17 ♥ 📝 And he came near^H7126 unto her; and the woman^H802 said,^H559 Art thou Joab?^H3097 And he answered,^H559 I am. Then she said^H559 unto him, Hear^H8085 the words^H1697 of thy handmaid.^H519 And he answered,^H559 I do hear.^H8085

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

19 ♥ 📝 I am of them that are peaceable^H7999 and faithful^H539 in Israel:^H3478 thou seekest^H1245 to destroy^H4191 a city^H5892 and a mother^H517 in Israel:^H3478 why wilt thou swallow up^H1104 the inheritance^H5159 of Jehovah?^H3068

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

21 ♥ 📝 The matter^H1697 is not so: but a man^H376 of the hill-country^H2022 of 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, and I will depart^H3212 from the city.^H5892 And the woman^H802 said^H559 unto Joab,^H3097 Behold, his head^H7218 shall be thrown^H7993 to thee over^H1157 the wall.^H2346

22 ♥ 📝 Then the woman^H802 went^H935 unto all the people^H5971 in her wisdom.^H2451 And they cut off^H3772 the head^H7218 of Sheba^H7652 the son^H1121 of Bichri,^H1075 and threw^H7993 it out to Joab.^H3097 And he blew^H8628 the trumpet,^H7782 and they were dispersed^H6327 from the city,^H5892 every man^H376 to his tent.^H168 And Joab^H3097 returned^H7725 to Jerusalem^H3389 unto the king.^H4428

23 ♥ 📝 Now Joab^H3097 was over all the host^H6635 of Israel;^H3478 and Benaiah^H1141 the son^H1121 of Jehoiada^H3077 was over the Cherethites^H3774 and over the Pelethites;^H6432

24 ♥ 📝 and Adoram^H151 was over the men subject to taskwork;^H4522 and Jehoshaphat^H3092 the son^H1121 of Ahilud^H286 was the recorder;^H2142

25 ♥ 📝 and Sheva^H7864 was scribe;^H5608 and Zadok^H6659 and Abiathar^H54 were priests;^H3548

26 ♥ 📝 and also Ira^H5896 the Jairite^H2972 was chief minister^H3548 unto David.^H1732