Verse 1
2 Samuel 20:1
Darby Translation
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And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjaminite; and he blew a trumpet, and said, We have no portion in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to his tents, 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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And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamini...
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Then all the men of Israel went up from after David, following 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, concubines, whom he had l...
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And the king said to Amasa, Call me the men of Judah together within three days, and do thou attend...
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So Amasa went to call together [the men of] Judah; but he delayed longer than the set time which he...
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And David said to Abishai, Now shall Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than did Absalom. Take...
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And there went out after him Joab's men, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and all the mighty...
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When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa came before them. And Joab was girded wi...
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And Joab said to Amasa, Art thou well, my brother? And Joab took Amasa by the beard with the right h...
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And Amasa had taken no notice of the sword that was in Joab's hand: so he smote him with it in the b...
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And one of Joab's young men stood by [Amasa] and said, He that favours Joab, and he that is for Davi...
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Now Amasa wallowed in blood in the midst of the highway. And when the man saw that all the people st...
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When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the...
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who went through all the tribes of Israel to Abel, and to Beth-Maacah, and all the Berim; and they g...
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And they came and besieged him in Abel-Beth-Maacah, and they cast up a bank against the city, and it...
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And a wise woman cried out of the city, Hear, hear: say, I pray you, unto Joab, Come near hither, th...
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And he came near to her; and the woman said, Art thou Joab? And he said, I [am he]. And she said to...
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And she spoke saying, They were wont to speak in old time saying, Just inquire in Abel; and so they...
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I am peaceable [and] faithful in Israel: thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel. Why...
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And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy.
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The matter is not so; but a man of mount Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, has lifted up his...
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Then the woman went to all the people in her wisdom. And they cut off the head of Sheba the son of B...
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And Joab was over all the host of Israel; and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites a...
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and Adoram was over the levy; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder;
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and Sheva was scribe; and Zadok and Abiathar were priests;
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and Ira also, the Jairite, was David's chief ruler.
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