KJV_Strongs(i)
15
H935
And they came
[H8799]
H6696
and besieged
[H8799]
H59
him in Abel
H1038
of Bethmaachah
H8210
, and they cast up
[H8799]
H5550
a bank
H5892
against the city
H5975
, and it stood
[H8799]
H2426
in the trench
H5971
: and all the people
H3097
that were with Joab
H7843
battered
[H8688]
H2346
the wall
H5307
, to throw it down
[H8687]
.
16
H7121
Then cried
[H8799]
H2450
a wise
H802
woman
H5892
out of the city
H8085
, Hear
[H8798]
H8085
, hear
[H8798]
H559
; say
[H8798]
H3097
, I pray you, unto Joab
H7126
, Come near
[H8798]
H1696
hither, that I may speak
[H8762]
with thee.
17
H7126
And when he was come near
[H8799]
H802
unto her, the woman
H559
said
[H8799]
H3097
, Art thou Joab
H559
? And he answered
[H8799]
H559
, I am he . Then she said
[H8799]
H8085
unto him, Hear
[H8798]
H1697
the words
H519
of thine handmaid
H559
. And he answered
[H8799]
H8085
, I do hear
[H8802]
.
18
H559
Then she spake
[H8799]
H559
, saying
[H8800]
H1696
, They were wont
[H8763]
H1696
to speak
[H8762]
H7223
in old time
H559
, saying
[H8800]
H7592
, They shall surely
[H8800]
H7592
ask
[H8762]
H59
counsel at Abel
H8552
: and so they ended
[H8689]
the matter .
19
H7999
I am one of them that are peaceable
[H8803]
H539
and faithful
[H8803]
H3478
in Israel
H1245
: thou seekest
[H8764]
H4191
to destroy
[H8687]
H5892
a city
H517
and a mother
H3478
in Israel
H1104
: why wilt thou swallow up
[H8762]
H5159
the inheritance
H3068
of the LORD?
20
H3097
And Joab
H6030
answered
[H8799]
H559
and said
[H8799]
H2486
, Far be it
H2486
, far be it
H1104
from me, that I should swallow up
[H8762]
H7843
or destroy
[H8686]
.
21
H1697
The matter
H376
is not so: but a man
H2022
of mount
H669
Ephraim
H7652
, Sheba
H1121
the son
H1075
of Bichri
H8034
by name
H5375
, hath lifted up
[H8804]
H3027
his hand
H4428
against the king
H1732
, even against David
H5414
: deliver
[H8798]
H3212
him only, and I will depart
[H8799]
H5892
from the city
H802
. And the woman
H559
said
[H8799]
H3097
unto Joab
H7218
, Behold, his head
H7993
shall be thrown
[H8716]
H1157
to thee over
H2346
the wall.
22
H802
Then the woman
H935
went
[H8799]
H5971
unto all the people
H2451
in her wisdom
H3772
. And they cut off
[H8799]
H7218
the head
H7652
of Sheba
H1121
the son
H1075
of Bichri
H7993
, and cast
[H8686]
H3097
it out to Joab
H8628
. And he blew
[H8799]
H7782
a trumpet
H6327
, and they retired
[H8799]
H5892
from the city
H376
, every man
H168
to his tent
H3097
. And Joab
H7725
returned
[H8804]
H3389
to Jerusalem
H4428
unto the king.