2 Samuel 19:41-20:13

  41 H376 And, behold, all the men H3478 of Israel H935 [H8802] came H4428 to the king, H559 [H8799] and said H4428 to him, H251 Why have our brethren H376 the men H3063 of Judah H1589 [H8804] stolen thee away, H5674 [H8686] and have brought H4428 the king, H1004 and his household, H1732 and all David's H582 men H3383 with him, over Jordan?

  42 H376 And all the men H3063 of Judah H6030 [H8799] answered H376 the men H3478 of Israel, H4428 Because the king H7138 is near of kin H2734 [H8804] to us: why then are ye angry H1697 for this matter? H398 [H8804] have we eaten H398 [H8800] at all H4428 at the king's H5375 [H8765] cost? or hath he given H5379 us any gift?

  43 H376 And the men H3478 of Israel H6030 [H8799] answered H376 the men H3063 of Judah, H559 [H8799] and said, H6235 We have ten H3027 parts H4428 in the king, H589 and we H1732 have also more right in David H7043 [H8689] than ye: why then did ye despise H1697 us, that our advice H7223 should not be first H7725 [H8687] had in bringing back H4428 our king? H1697 And the words H376 of the men H3063 of Judah H7185 [H8799] were fiercer H1697 than the words H376 of the men H3478 of Israel.

  1 H7122 [H8738] And there happened H1100 to be there a worthless H376 fellow, H8034 whose name H7652 was Sheba, H1121 the son H1075 of Bichri, H1145 a Benjamite: H8628 [H8799] and he blew H7782 a shofar, H559 [H8799] and said, 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 [H8799] withdrew H310 from following H1732 David, H310 followed H7652 Sheba H1121 the son H1075 of Bichri: H376 but the men H3063 of Judah H1692 [H8804] held fast H4428 to their king, H3383 from Jordan H3389 even to Jerusalem.

  3 H1732 And David H935 [H8799] came H1004 to his house H3389 at Jerusalem; H4428 and the king H3947 [H8799] took H6235 the ten H802 women H6370 his concubines, H3240 [H8689] whom he had left H8104 [H8800] to keep H1004 the house, H5414 [H8799] and put H4931 them in custody, H3557 [H8770] and fed H935 [H8804] them, but went not in H6887 [H8803] to them. So they were shut up H3117 to the day H4191 [H8800] of their death, H2424 living H491 in widowhood.

  4 H559 [H8799] Then said H4428 the king H6021 to Amasa, H2199 [H8685] Assemble H376 to me the men H3063 of Judah H7969 within three H3117 days, H5975 [H8798] and be thou here present.

  5 H6021 So Amasa H3212 [H8799] went H2199 [H8687] to assemble H3063 the men of Judah: H309 H3186 [H8799] but he tarried longer H4150 than the set time H3259 [H8804] which he had appointed him.

  6 H1732 And David H559 [H8799] said H52 to Abishai, H7652 Now shall Sheba H1121 the son H1075 of Bichri H3415 [H8799] do us more harm H53 than did Absalom: H3947 [H8798] take H113 thou thy lord's H5650 servants, H7291 H310 [H8798] and pursue H4672 [H8804] him, lest he get H1219 [H8803] for himself fortified H5892 cities, H5337 [H8689] and escape H5869 us.

  7 H3318 [H8799] And there went out H310 after H3097 him Joab's H582 men, H3774 and the Cherethites, H6432 and the Pelethites, H1368 and all the mighty men: H3318 [H8799] and they went out H3389 of Jerusalem, H7291 [H8800] to pursue 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 [H8804] went H6440 at the face of H3097 them. And Joab's H4055 garment H3830 that he had put on H2296 [H8803] was girded H2289 to him, and upon it a belt H2719 with a sword H6775 [H8794] fastened H4975 upon his loins H8593 in its sheath; H3318 [H8804] and as he went forth H5307 [H8799] it fell out.

  9 H3097 And Joab H559 [H8799] said H6021 to Amasa, H7965 Art thou in health, H251 my brother? H3097 And Joab H270 [H8799] took H6021 Amasa H2206 by the beard H3225 with the right H3027 hand H5401 [H8800] to kiss him.

  10 H6021 But Amasa H8104 [H8738] took no heed H2719 to the sword H3097 that was in Joab's H3027 hand: H5221 [H8686] so he smote H2570 him in the fifth H8210 [H8799] rib, and shed out H4578 his bowels H776 to the earth, H8138 [H8804] and struck him not again; H4191 [H8799] and he died. H3097 So Joab H52 and Abishai H251 his brother H7291 [H8804] pursued H310 after H7652 Sheba H1121 the son H1075 of Bichri.

  11 H376 And one H3097 of Joab's H5288 men H5975 [H8804] stood H559 [H8799] by him, and said, H4310 He H2654 [H8804] that favoureth H3097 Joab, H1732 and he that is for David, H310 let him go after H3097 Joab.

  12 H6021 And Amasa H1556 [H8706] wallowed H1818 in blood H8432 in the midst H4546 of the highway. H376 And when the man H7200 [H8799] saw H5971 that all the people H5975 [H8804] stood still, H5437 [H8686] he removed H6021 Amasa H4546 out of the highway H7704 into the field, H7993 [H8686] and cast H899 a cloth H7200 [H8804] upon him, when he saw H935 [H8802] that every one that came H5975 [H8804] by him stood still.

  13 H3014 [H8689] When he was removed H4546 out of the highway, H376 all the people H5674 [H8804] went on H310 after H3097 Joab, H7291 [H8800] to pursue H310 after H7652 Sheba H1121 the son H1075 of Bichri.