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1. A man of no worth happened to be there whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite. He sounded the horn and said, "We have no share in David! We have no share in the son of Jesse! Every man to his tents, O Israel!"
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1. And there H8033 happened H7122 to be there a man H376 of Belial H1100 , whose name H8034 was Sheba H7652 , the son H1121 of Bichri H1075 , a Benjamite H1145 : and he blew H8628 a trumpet H7782 , and said H559 , We have no H369 part H2506 in David H1732 , neither H3808 have we inheritance H5159 in the son H1121 of Jesse H3448 : every man H376 to his tents H168 , O Israel H3478 .
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2. So all the men of Israel stopped following David, and followed Sheba the son of Bichri. But the men of Judah were not moved from following their king, from the Jordan to Jerusalem.
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2. So every H3605 man H376 of Israel H3478 went up H5927 from after H4480 H310 David H1732 , and followed H310 Sheba H7652 the son H1121 of Bichri H1075 : but the men H376 of Judah H3063 cleaved H1692 unto their king H4428 , from H4480 Jordan H3383 even to H5704 Jerusalem H3389 .
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3. Then David came to his house at Jerusalem. The king took his ten women whom he had left to take care of the house, and had a prison soldier watch them. David gave them food, but did not go in to them. So they were shut up until the day of their death, living as women whose husbands had died.
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3. And David H1732 came H935 to H413 his house H1004 at Jerusalem H3389 ; and the king H4428 took H3947 H853 the ten H6235 women H802 his concubines H6370 , whom H834 he had left H5117 to keep H8104 the house H1004 , and put H5414 them in ward H1004 H4931 , and fed H3557 them , but went H935 not H3808 in unto H413 them . So they were H1961 shut up H6887 unto H5704 the day H3117 of their death H4191 , living H2424 in widowhood H491 .
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4. Then the king said to Amasa, "Call the men of Judah to come to me within three days, and you be here yourself."
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4. Then said H559 the king H4428 to H413 Amasa H6021 , Assemble H2199 me H853 the men H376 of Judah H3063 within three H7969 days H3117 , and be thou H859 here H6311 present H5975 .
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5. So Amasa went to call out the men of Judah. But he took longer than the time which had been given him.
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5. So Amasa H6021 went H1980 to assemble H2199 the men of H853 Judah H3063 : but he tarried longer H3186 than H4480 the set time H4150 which H834 he had appointed H3259 him.
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6. David said to Abishai, "Now Bichri's son Sheba will bring us more trouble than Absalom. Take your lord's servants and go after him. Or he might find strong cities for himself, and get away from us."
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6. And David H1732 said H559 to H413 Abishai H52 , Now H6258 shall Sheba H7652 the son H1121 of Bichri H1075 do us more harm H3415 than H4480 did Absalom H53 : take H3947 thou H859 H853 thy lord H113 's servants H5650 , and pursue H7291 after H310 him, lest H6435 he get H4672 him fenced H1219 cities H5892 , and escape H5337 H5869 us.
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7. So Joab's men went out after him. With them went the Cherethites, the Pelethites and all the strong men. They left Jerusalem to go after Sheba the son of Bichri.
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7. And there went out H3318 after H310 him Joab H3097 's men H376 , and the Cherethites H3774 , and the Pelethites H6432 , and all H3605 the mighty men H1368 : and they went out H3318 of Jerusalem H4480 H3389 , to pursue H7291 after H310 Sheba H7652 the son H1121 of Bichri H1075 .
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8. Amasa came to meet them at the large stone in Gibeon. Now Joab was dressed in soldier's clothing. Over his clothing was a belt with a sword in its holder tied at his side. As he walked, the sword fell out.
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8. When they H1992 were at H5973 the great H1419 stone H68 which H834 is in Gibeon H1391 , Amasa H6021 went H935 before H6440 them . And Joab H3097 's garment H4055 that he had put on H3830 was girded H2296 unto H5921 him , and upon H5921 it a girdle H2289 with a sword H2719 fastened H6775 upon H5921 his loins H4975 in the sheath H8593 thereof ; and as he H1931 went forth H3318 it fell out H5307 .
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9. Joab said to Amasa, "Is it well with you, my brother?" And he took Amasa by the hair of his face with his right hand to kiss him.
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9. And Joab H3097 said H559 to Amasa H6021 , Art thou H859 in health H7965 , my brother H251 ? And Joab H3097 took H270 Amasa H6021 by the beard H2206 with the right H3225 hand H3027 to kiss H5401 him.
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10. But Amasa did not see the sword which was in Joab's hand. So Joab hit him in the stomach with it, and poured his inside parts out on the ground. He did not hit him again, and Amasa died. Then Joab and his brother Abishai went after Sheba the son of Bichri.
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10. But Amasa H6021 took no H3808 heed H8104 to the sword H2719 that H834 was in Joab H3097 's hand H3027 : so he smote H5221 him therewith in H413 the fifth H2570 rib , and shed out H8210 his bowels H4578 to the ground H776 , and struck H8138 him not H3808 again ; and he died H4191 . So Joab H3097 and Abishai H52 his brother H251 pursued H7291 after H310 Sheba H7652 the son H1121 of Bichri H1075 .
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11. Now one of Joab's young men stood by him and said, "Whoever favors Joab and whoever is for David, let him follow Joab."
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11. And one H376 of Joab's men H4480 H5288 H3097 stood H5975 by H5921 him , and said H559 , He H4310 that H834 favoreth H2654 Joab H3097 , and he H4310 that H834 is for David H1732 , let him go after H310 Joab H3097 .
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12. But Amasa lay in his blood in the center of the road. When the man saw that all the people stood still, he took Amasa out of the road and into the field. And he threw a covering over him.
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12. And Amasa H6021 wallowed H1556 in blood H1818 in the midst H8432 of the highway H4546 . And when the man H376 saw H7200 that H3588 all H3605 the people H5971 stood still H5975 , he removed H5437 H853 Amasa H6021 out of H4480 the highway H4546 into the field H7704 , and cast H7993 a cloth H899 upon H5921 him, when H834 he saw H7200 that every H3605 one that came H935 by H5921 him stood still H5975 .
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13. After he was taken out of the road, all the men went on and followed Joab to go after Sheba the son of Bichri.
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13. When H834 he was removed H3014 out of H4480 the highway H4546 , all H3605 the people H376 went on H5674 after H310 Joab H3097 , to pursue H7291 after H310 Sheba H7652 the son H1121 of Bichri H1075 .
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14. Sheba passed through all the families of Israel to Abel Bethmaacah. Then all the Berites gathered together and followed him into the city.
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14. And he went through H5674 all H3605 the tribes H7626 of Israel H3478 unto Abel H59 , and to Beth H1038 -maachah , and all H3605 the Berites H1276 : and they were gathered together H7035 , and went H935 also H637 after H310 him.
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15. And all the men who were with Joab came and gathered their armies around him in Abel Bethmaacah. They built up a hill of dirt against the wall of the city. And they were trying their best to make the wall fall down.
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15. And they came H935 and besieged H6696 H5921 him in Abel of Beth H62 -maachah , and they cast up H8210 a bank H5550 against H413 the city H5892 , and it stood H5975 in the trench H2426 : and all H3605 the people H5971 that H834 were with H854 Joab H3097 battered H7843 the wall H2346 , to throw it down H5307 .
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16. Then a wise woman called from the city, "Listen! I beg you, tell Joab to come here that I may speak with him."
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16. Then cried H7121 a wise H2450 woman H802 out of H4480 the city H5892 , Hear H8085 , hear H8085 ; say H559 , I pray you H4994 , unto H413 Joab H3097 , Come near H7126 hither H5704 H2008 , that I may speak H1696 with H413 thee.
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17. So he came to her, and the woman said, "Are you Joab?" He answered, "I am." Then she said to him, "Listen to the words of your woman servant." And he answered, "I am listening."
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17. And when he was come near H7126 unto H413 her , the woman H802 said H559 , Art thou H859 Joab H3097 ? And he answered H559 , I H589 am he . Then she said H559 unto him Hear H8085 the words H1697 of thine handmaid H519 . And he answered H559 , I H595 do hear H8085 .
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18. Then she said, "In the past they used to say, 'Let them ask for words of wisdom at Abel.' And so they would stop fighting.
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18. Then she spoke H559 , saying H559 , They were wont H1696 to speak H1696 in old time H7223 , saying H559 , They shall surely ask H7592 H7592 counsel at Abel H59 : and so H3651 they ended H8552 the matter .
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19. I am one of peace and faith in Israel. You want to destroy a city and a mother in Israel. Why would you swallow up the gift of the Lord?"
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19. I H595 am one of them that are peaceable H7999 and faithful H539 in Israel H3478 : thou H859 seekest H1245 to destroy H4191 a city H5892 and a mother H517 in Israel H3478 : why H4100 wilt thou swallow up H1104 the inheritance H5159 of the LORD H3068 ?
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20. Joab answered, "Far be it from me! Far be it that I should swallow up or destroy!
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20. And Joab H3097 answered H6030 and said H559 , Far be it H2486 , far be it H2486 from me, that H518 I should swallow up H1104 or H518 destroy H7843 .
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21. That is not true. But a man from the hill country of Ephraim has turned against King David. His name is Sheba the son of Bichri. Give up only him, and I will leave the city." And the woman said to Joab, "See, his head will be thrown to you over the wall."
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21. The matter H1697 is not H3808 so H3651 : but H3588 a man H376 of mount H4480 H2022 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 H905 , and I will depart H1980 from H4480 H5921 the city H5892 . And the woman H802 said H559 unto H413 Joab H3097 , Behold H2009 , his head H7218 shall be thrown H7993 to H413 thee over H1157 the wall H2346 .
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22. Then the woman went to all the people with her plan. And they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri and threw it to Joab. So he sounded the horn and they left the city, every man going to his home. Joab returned to the king at Jerusalem.
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22. Then the woman H802 went H935 unto H413 all H3605 the people H5971 in her wisdom H2451 . And they cut off H3772 H853 the head H7218 of Sheba H7652 the son H1121 of Bichri H1075 , and cast it out H7993 to H413 Joab H3097 . And he blew H8628 a trumpet H7782 , and they retired H6327 from H4480 H5921 the city H5892 , every man H376 to his tent H168 . And Joab H3097 returned H7725 to Jerusalem H3389 unto H413 the king H4428 .
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23. Now Joab was the captain of the whole army of Israel. Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was captain of the Cherethites and the Pelethites.
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23. Now Joab H3097 was over H413 all H3605 the host H6635 of Israel H3478 : and Benaiah H1141 the son H1121 of Jehoiada H3077 was over H5921 the Cherethites H3774 and over H5921 the Pelethites H6432 :
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24. Adoram was captain of those who were made to work. Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud wrote down the things that happened.
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24. And Adoram H151 was over H5921 the tribute H4522 : and Jehoshaphat H3092 the son H1121 of Ahilud H286 was recorder H2142 :
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25. Sheva was the teacher. Zadok and Abiathar were religious leaders.
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25. And Sheva H7724 was scribe H5608 : and Zadok H6659 and Abiathar H54 were the priests H3548 :
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26. And Ira the Jairite was a religious leader to David also.
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26. And Ira H5896 also H1571 the Jairite H2972 was H1961 a chief ruler H3548 about David H1732 .
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