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ASV
American Standard Version
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
And
there
happened
to
be
there
a base
fellow,
whose
name
was
Sheba ,
the
son of Bichri, a Benjamite :
and he blew the trumpet,
and said,
We have no portion
in David, neither
have
we
inheritance in the
son of
Jesse:
every man to his tents
, O Israel .
Now
a worthless
man
named
Sheba son of Bichri, a Benjamite ,
happened
to
be
there,
and he blew the ram’s
horn
and shouted:
“
We have no share
in David, no
inheritance in Jesse’s
son .
Every man to his tent
, O Israel !”
So all the men of Israel went
up
from
following
David ,
and
followed
Sheba the
son of Bichri ;
but the men of Judah clave
unto
their king ,
from the Jordan even
to Jerusalem.
So all the men of Israel deserted
David to
follow
Sheba son of Bichri .
But the men of Judah stayed
by
their king all
the
way
from the Jordan to Jerusalem.
And
David came
to his house
at
Jerusalem ;
and
the
king
took the ten women
his
concubines ,
whom
he had left to keep
the house
, and put
them in ward,
and
provided them with
sustenance
, but went
not
in
unto
them. So
they were shut
up
unto
the day of their death, living in
widowhood
.
When
David returned
to his palace
in
Jerusalem ,
he
took the ten concubines he had left to care
for
the palace
, and he
placed
them in a
house
under
guard.
He
provided for
them, but he
no
longer
slept
with
them. They were confined
until
the day of their death, living as
widows
.
Then said
the king to Amasa, Call
me
the men of Judah together
within three days, and be thou
here present
.
Then the king said
to Amasa, “Summon
the men of Judah to
come
to
me
within three days, and be here yourself
. ”
So Amasa went to call
`the
men
of'
Judah together;
but he tarried
longer than the set
time which
he
had
appointed
him.
So Amasa went to summon
Judah ,
but he took
longer than the time allotted
him.
And David said to Abishai, Now will
Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than did
Absalom :
take thou
thy
lord's
servants ,
and pursue after
him, lest
he get
him
fortified cities ,
and escape
out
of
our
sight
.
And David said to Abishai, “
Now Sheba the son of Bichri will
do us more harm than Absalom .
Take your
lord’s
servants and pursue him, or
he will
find
fortified cities and elude
us
. ”
And
there
went
out
after
him
Joab's
men, and
the Cherethites and
the Pelethites, and all the mighty men ;
and
they
went
out of Jerusalem ,
to
pursue
after
Sheba the
son of Bichri.
So
Joab’s
men, along
with
the Cherethites ,
the Pelethites, and all the mighty men ,
marched
out of Jerusalem in
pursuit
of
Sheba son of Bichri.
When
they were at the great stone which
is
in Gibeon, Amasa came
to
meet
them. And
Joab was girded
with
his
apparel
of
war
that
he
had
put
on
, and
thereon
was
a
girdle
with a sword
fastened
upon
his loins
in
the
sheath
thereof;
and as he went
forth
it
fell
out
.
And
while
they were at the great stone in Gibeon, Amasa joined
them. Now
Joab was dressed
in
military
attire
, with a dagger
strapped
to
his belt.
And as he stepped
forward,
he
slipped
the
dagger
from
its
sheath
.
And
Joab
said
to
Amasa,
Is
it
well with
thee
, my brother? And
Joab took
Amasa by
the
beard
with his right hand to kiss him.
“Are
you
well, my brother? ”
Joab asked
Amasa .
And
with his right hand Joab
grabbed
Amasa
by
the
beard
to kiss him.
But
Amasa took
no
heed
to
the
sword
that
was in Joab's
hand :
so
he
smote
him therewith
in the body,
and shed
out his bowels
to
the ground ,
and struck
him
not again ;
and
he
died
. And
Joab and Abishai
his brother pursued after
Sheba the
son of Bichri.
Amasa was not
on
guard
against
the
dagger
in Joab’s
hand ,
and
Joab
stabbed
him in the stomach
and spilled
out his intestines
on
the ground .
And Joab
did
not need
to
strike
him
again ,
for
Amasa
was
dead
. Then
Joab and his brother Abishai
pursued Sheba son of Bichri.
And
there
stood
by
him
one of Joab's
young men ,
and said, He
that
favoreth
Joab, and he
that
is for David, let him follow Joab .
One of Joab’s
young men stood
near
Amasa
and said, “Whoever
favors
Joab, and whoever
is for David, let him follow Joab !”
And
Amasa lay
wallowing
in his blood in the midst
of the highway.
And when the man saw that all the people
stood
still
, he carried
Amasa
out
of
the highway
into
the field ,
and cast
a garment over him,
when
he
saw
that
every
one
that
came
by
him
stood
still
.
But
Amasa wallowed
in his blood in the middle
of the road,
and when the man saw that all the troops
were
stopping
there
, he dragged
the body
off
the road
into
a
field and threw
a garment over it
.
When
he
was removed out
of
the highway
, all the people
went on after
Joab ,
to pursue after
Sheba the
son of Bichri.
As
soon
as
Amasa’s
body
was removed from
the road
, all the men
went on with
Joab to pursue Sheba son of Bichri.
And
he
went
through all the tribes of Israel unto
Abel,
and
to Beth-maacah ,
and all
the Berites :
and
they
were
gathered together ,
and went
also
after
him.
Sheba
passed
through all the tribes of Israel to Abel-
beth-maacah and through
the entire
region
of
the
Berites ,
who
gathered together and followed
him.
And they
came and besieged him
in Abel of
Beth-maacah ,
and they
cast
up
a mound
against
the
city,
and
it
stood
against the rampart ;
and
all the people
that
were
with Joab battered
the wall ,
to throw
it down.
And Joab’s
troops
came and besieged Sheba
in Abel -
beth-maacah and built
a siege
ramp
against the outer
rampart of
the
city.
As
all the troops
with Joab were
battering
the wall to topple
it ,
Then
cried
a wise woman out of
the city, Hear,
hear;
say,
I
pray
you,
unto
Joab ,
Come near
hither,
that I may speak with thee
.
a wise woman called
out from
the city, “Listen!
Listen!
Please
tell
Joab to
come here
so
that I may speak with him
. ”
And
he came
near unto
her ;
and
the woman said
, Art
thou
Joab? And
he
answered,
I am .
Then
she
said
unto
him
, Hear
the words of thy
handmaid
. And
he answered ,
I
do
hear
.
When
he had
come
near to
her ,
the woman asked
, “Are
you
Joab? ”
“
I am, ”
he
replied.
“Listen
to
the words of your
servant,”
she
said
. “I
am
listening,”
he answered.
Then she
spake,
saying
, They were
wont
to speak
in
old
time,
saying
, They
shall
surely
ask
`
counsel '
at Abel :
and so
they
ended
`the
matter'
.
Then the
woman
said
, “Long
ago
they used
to say
, ‘Seek
counsel at Abel ,’
and that
is
how
disputes
were
settled
.
I am of
them
that
are
peaceable and faithful in Israel :
thou
seekest
to destroy a city and
a mother in Israel :
why wilt
thou
swallow up the inheritance of
Jehovah
?
I am among
the
peaceable and faithful in Israel ,
but
you
are
trying
to destroy a city that
is
a mother in Israel .
Why would
you
swallow up the LORD’s
inheritance? ”
And
Joab
answered
and
said,
Far be it ,
far be it from me ,
that
I
should
swallow up or destroy .
“
Far be it !”
Joab
declared.
“
Far be it from me to
swallow up or destroy !
The
matter
is not so:
but a man of the hill -
country of Ephraim, Sheba
the
son
of
Bichri
by
name,
hath
lifted up his hand against the king, even
against David ;
deliver him only
, and I will depart from the city. And
the woman said
unto
Joab,
Behold
, his head shall
be thrown to thee
over the wall.
That
is not the
case.
But a man named
Sheba
son
of Bichri,
from
the hill country of Ephraim, has
lifted up his hand against the king, against David .
Deliver him alone
, and I will depart from the city. ”
“Look,”
the woman replied
, “
his head will
be thrown to you
over the wall. ”
Then the woman went unto
all the people in
her wisdom.
And they cut off the head of Sheba the
son of Bichri ,
and threw it out
to Joab. And
he blew the trumpet,
and they
were
dispersed from the city, every
man
to his tent
. And Joab returned to Jerusalem
unto
the king.
Then the woman went to
all the people with
her wise
counsel,
and they cut off the head of Sheba son of Bichri and threw it to Joab. So
he blew the ram’s
horn
and his
men
dispersed from the city, each
to his own
home
. And Joab returned to the king in
Jerusalem
.
Now Joab was over all
the host
of Israel; and
Benaiah the
son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and over
the
Pelethites;
Now Joab was over the whole
army
of Israel; Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and Pelethites;
and
Adoram was over
the men
subject
to
taskwork
; and
Jehoshaphat the
son of Ahilud was the recorder;
Adoram was in
charge
of
the forced
labor
; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the recorder;
and
Sheva was scribe; and
Zadok and Abiathar were priests;
Sheva was the
scribe; Zadok and Abiathar were priests;
and also
Ira the Jairite was chief
minister
unto
David
.
and Ira the Jairite was David’s
priest
.
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