1
H7122
And there happened
[H8738]
H376
to be there a man
H1100
of Belial
H8034
, whose name
H7652
was Sheba
H1121
, the son
H1075
of Bichri
H1145
, a Benjamite
H8628
: and he blew
[H8799]
H7782
a trumpet
H559
, and said
[H8799]
H2506
, We have no part
H1732
in David
H5159
, neither have we inheritance
H1121
in the son
H3448
of Jesse
H376
: every
H376
man
H168
to his tents
H3478
, O Israel.
2
H376
So every man
H3478
of Israel
H5927
went up
[H8799]
H310
from after
H1732
David
H310
, and followed
H7652
Sheba
H1121
the son
H1075
of Bichri
H376
: but the men
H3063
of Judah
H1692
clave
[H8804]
H4428
unto their king
H3383
, from Jordan
H3389
even to Jerusalem.
3
H1732
And David
H935
came
[H8799]
H1004
to his house
H3389
at Jerusalem
H4428
; and the king
H3947
took
[H8799]
H6235
the ten
H802
women
H6370
his concubines
H3240
, whom he had left
[H8689]
H8104
to keep
[H8800]
H1004
the house
H5414
, and put
[H8799]
H4931
them in ward
H3557
, and fed
[H8770]
H935
them, but went not in
[H8804]
H6887
unto them. So they were shut up
[H8803]
H3117
unto the day
H4191
of their death
[H8800]
H2424
, living
H491
in widowhood.
4
H559
Then said
[H8799]
H4428
the king
H6021
to Amasa
H2199
, Assemble
[H8685]
H376
me the men
H3063
of Judah
H7969
within three
H3117
days
H5975
, and be thou here present
[H8798]
.
5
H6021
So Amasa
H3212
went
[H8799]
H2199
to assemble
[H8687]
H3063
the men of Judah
H309
: but he tarried longer
[H8799]
[H8675]
H3186
[H8799]
H4150
than the set time
H3259
which he had appointed
[H8804]
him.
6
H1732
And David
H559
said
[H8799]
H52
to Abishai
H7652
, Now shall Sheba
H1121
the son
H1075
of Bichri
H3415
do us more harm
[H8799]
H53
than did Absalom
H3947
: take
[H8798]
H113
thou thy lord's
H5650
servants
H7291
, and pursue
[H8798]
H310
after
H4672
him, lest he get
[H8804]
H1219
him fenced
[H8803]
H5892
cities
H5337
, and escape
[H8689]
H5869
us.
7
H3318
And there went out
[H8799]
H310
after
H3097
him Joab's
H582
men
H3774
, and the Cherethites
H6432
, and the Pelethites
H1368
, and all the mighty men
H3318
: and they went out
[H8799]
H3389
of Jerusalem
H7291
, to pursue
[H8800]
H310
after
H7652
Sheba
H1121
the son
H1075
of Bichri.
8
H1419
When they were at the great
H68
stone
H1391
which is in Gibeon
H6021
, Amasa
H935
went
[H8804]
H6440
before
H3097
them. And Joab's
H4055
garment
H3830
that he had put on
H2296
was girded
[H8803]
H2289
unto him, and upon it a girdle
H2719
with a sword
H6775
fastened
[H8794]
H4975
upon his loins
H8593
in the sheath
H3318
thereof; and as he went forth
[H8804]
H5307
it fell out
[H8799]
.
9
H3097
And Joab
H559
said
[H8799]
H6021
to Amasa
H7965
, Art thou in health
H251
, my brother
H3097
? And Joab
H270
took
[H8799]
H6021
Amasa
H2206
by the beard
H3225
with the right
H3027
hand
H5401
to kiss
[H8800]
him.
10
H6021
But Amasa
H8104
took no heed
[H8738]
H2719
to the sword
H3097
that was in Joab's
H3027
hand
H5221
: so he smote
[H8686]
H2570
him therewith in the fifth
H8210
rib, and shed out
[H8799]
H4578
his bowels
H776
to the ground
H8138
, and struck him not again
[H8804]
H4191
; and he died
[H8799]
H3097
. So Joab
H52
and Abishai
H251
his brother
H7291
pursued
[H8804]
H310
after
H7652
Sheba
H1121
the son
H1075
of Bichri.
11
H376
And one
H3097
of Joab's
H5288
men
H5975
stood
[H8804]
H559
by him, and said
[H8799]
H4310
, He
H2654
that favoureth
[H8804]
H3097
Joab
H1732
, and he that is for David
H310
, let him go after
H3097
Joab.
12
H6021
And Amasa
H1556
wallowed
[H8706]
H1818
in blood
H8432
in the midst
H4546
of the highway
H376
. And when the man
H7200
saw
[H8799]
H5971
that all the people
H5975
stood still
[H8804]
H5437
, he removed
[H8686]
H6021
Amasa
H4546
out of the highway
H7704
into the field
H7993
, and cast
[H8686]
H899
a cloth
H7200
upon him, when he saw
[H8804]
H935
that every one that came
[H8802]
H5975
by him stood still
[H8804]
.
13
H3014
When he was removed
[H8689]
H4546
out of the highway
H376
, all the people
H5674
went on
[H8804]
H310
after
H3097
Joab
H7291
, to pursue
[H8800]
H310
after
H7652
Sheba
H1121
the son
H1075
of Bichri.
14
H5674
And he went
[H8799]
H7626
through all the tribes
H3478
of Israel
H59
unto Abel
H1038
, and to Bethmaachah
H1276
, and all the Berites
H6950
: and they were gathered together
[H8735]
[H8675]
H7035
[H8735]
H935
, and went
[H8799]
H310
also after him.
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.
23
H3097
Now Joab
H6635
was over all the host
H3478
of Israel
H1141
: and Benaiah
H1121
the son
H3077
of Jehoiada
H3774
was over the Cherethites
[H8675]
H3746
H6432
and over the Pelethites:
24
H151
And Adoram
H4522
was over the tribute
H3092
: and Jehoshaphat
H1121
the son
H286
of Ahilud
H2142
was recorder
[H8688]
: