Verse 7
2 Samuel 20:7
Young's Literal Translation
7
And the men of Joab go out after him, and the Cherethite, and the Pelethite, and all the mighty men, and they go out from Jerusalem to pursue after Sheba son of Bichri;
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֵּצְא֤וּ אַֽחֲרָי/ו֙ אַנְשֵׁ֣י יוֹאָ֔ב וְ/הַ/כְּרֵתִ֥י וְ/הַ/פְּלֵתִ֖י וְ/כָל הַ/גִּבֹּרִ֑ים וַ/יֵּֽצְאוּ֙ מִ/יר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם לִ/רְדֹּ֕ף אַחֲרֵ֖י שֶׁ֥בַע בֶּן בִּכְרִֽי
English Translation
And the men of Joab, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and all the mighty men went out from Jerusalem to pursue Sheba the son of Bichri.
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Chapter 20 Context
1
And there hath been called there a man of worthlessness, and his name [is] Sheba, son of Bichri, a B...
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And every man of Israel goeth up from after David, after Sheba son of Bichri, and the men of Judah h...
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3
And David cometh in unto his house at Jerusalem, and the king taketh the ten women-concubines -- who...
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4
And the king saith unto Amasa, 'Call for me the men of Judah [in] three days, and thou, stand here,'
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and Amasa goeth to call Judah, and tarrieth beyond the appointed time that he had appointed him;
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and David saith unto Abishai, 'Now doth Sheba son of Bichri do evil to us more than Absalom; thou, t...
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7
And the men of Joab go out after him, and the Cherethite, and the Pelethite, and all the mighty men,...
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they [are] near the great stone that [is] in Gibeon, and Amasa hath gone before them, and Joab [is]...
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And Joab saith to Amasa, 'Art thou [in] peace, my brother?' and the right hand of Joab layeth hold o...
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and Amasa hath not been watchful of the sword that [is] in the hand of Joab, and he smiteth him with...
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And a man hath stood by him, of the young men of Joab, and saith, 'He who hath delight in Joab, and...
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12
And Amasa is rolling himself in blood, in the midst of the highway, and the man seeth that all the p...
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13
When he hath been removed out of the highway, every man hath passed on after Joab, to pursue after S...
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14
And he passeth over through all the tribes of Israel to Abel, and to Beth-Maachah, and to all the Be...
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15
and they go in and lay siege against him, in Abel of Beth-Maachah, and cast up a mount against the c...
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And a wise woman calleth out of the city, 'Hear, hear; say, I pray you, unto Joab, Come near hither,...
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And he cometh near unto her, and the woman saith, 'Art thou Joab?' and he saith, 'I [am].' And she s...
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and she speaketh, saying, 'They spake often in former times, saying, Let them diligently ask at Abel...
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19
I [am] of the peaceable -- faithful ones of Israel; thou art seeking to destroy a city, and a mother...
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And Joab answereth and saith, 'Far be it -- far be it from me; I do not swallow up nor destroy.
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The matter [is] not so; for a man of the hill-country of Ephraim -- Sheba son of Bichri his name --...
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And the woman cometh unto all the people in her wisdom, and they cut off the head of Sheba son of Bi...
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23
And Joab [is] over all the host of Israel, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada [is] over the Cherethite, and...
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and Adoram [is] over the tribute, and Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud [is] the remembrancer,
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and Sheva [is] scribe, and Zadok and Abiathar [are] priests,
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and also, Ira the Jairite hath been minister to David.
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