Verse 1
2 Samuel 20:1
Bible in Basic English
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Now by chance there was present a good-for-nothing person named Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he, sounding the horn, said, We have no part in David, or any interest in the son of Jesse: let every man go to his tent, O Israel.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/שָׁ֨ם נִקְרָ֜א אִ֣ישׁ בְּלִיַּ֗עַל וּ/שְׁמ֛/וֹ שֶׁ֥בַע בֶּן בִּכְרִ֖י אִ֣ישׁ יְמִינִ֑י וַ/יִּתְקַ֣ע בַּ/שֹּׁפָ֗ר וַ֠/יֹּאמֶר אֵֽין לָ֨/נוּ חֵ֜לֶק בְּ/דָוִ֗ד וְ/לֹ֤א נַֽחֲלָה לָ֨/נוּ֙ בְּ/בֶן יִשַׁ֔י אִ֥ישׁ לְ/אֹהָלָ֖י/ו יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
English Translation
And there was called a man Belial, and his name was Sheba son of Bichri, a man of Benjamin, and he sounded the trumpet and said, "We have no share in David, and we do not have a heritage in the son of Jesse; to your tents, O Israel!"
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Chapter 20 Context
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Now by chance there was present a good-for-nothing person named Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamit...
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So all the men of Israel, turning away from David, went after Sheba, the son of Bichri: but the men...
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And David came to his house at Jerusalem: and the king took the ten women to whom he had given the c...
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Then the king said to Amasa, Get all the men of Judah together, and in three days be here yourself.
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So Amasa went to get all the men of Judah together, but he took longer than the time David had given...
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And David said to Abishai, Sheba, the son of Bichri, will do us more damage than Absalom did; so tak...
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So there went after Abishai, Joab and the Cherethites and the Pelethites and all the fighting-men; t...
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When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa came face to face with them. Now Joab ha...
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And Joab said to Amasa, Is it well, my brother? And with his right hand he took him by the hair of h...
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But Amasa did not see danger from the sword which was now in Joab's left hand, and Joab put it throu...
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And one of Joab's young men, taking his place at Amasa's side, said, Whoever is for Joab and for Dav...
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And Amasa was stretched out in a pool of blood in the middle of the highway. And when the man saw th...
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When he had been taken off the road, all the people went on after Joab in search of Sheba, the son o...
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And Sheba went through all the tribes of Israel, to Abel of Beth-maacah; and all the Bichrites came...
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And Joab and his men got him shut up in Abel of Beth-maacah, and put up an earthwork against the tow...
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Then a wise woman got up on the wall, and crying out from the town, said, Give ear, give ear; say no...
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And he came near, and the woman said, Are you Joab? And he said in answer, I am. Then she said, Give...
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Then she said, In the old days, there was a saying, Let them put the question in Abel and in Dan, sa...
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Your purpose is the destruction of a mother-town in Israel: why would you put an end to the heritage...
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And Joab, answering her, said, Far, far be it from me to be a cause of death or destruction;
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Not so: but a man of the hill-country of Ephraim, Sheba, son of Bichri, by name, has taken up arms a...
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Then the woman in her wisdom had talk with all the town. And they had Sheba's head cut off and sent...
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Now Joab was over all the army; and Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, was at the head of the Cherethites...
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And Adoram was overseer of the forced work; and Jehoshaphat, the son of Ahilud, was the recorder;
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And Sheva was the scribe, and Zadok and Abiathar were priests;
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And in addition, Ira the Jairite was a priest to David.
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