Verse 1
2 Samuel 20:1
King James Version
1
And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name
was
Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew a trumpet, and said, We have no part in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to his tents, 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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And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name
was
Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamit...
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So every man of Israel went up from after David,
and followed Sheba the son of Bichri: but the men o...
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3
And David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten women
his concubines, whom he ha...
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4
Then said the king to Amasa, Assemble me the men of Judah within three days, and be thou here presen...
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5
So Amasa went to assemble
the men of Judah: but he tarried longer than the set time which he had app...
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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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7
And there went out after him Joab’s men, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and all the mighty...
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8
When they
were at the great stone which
is in Gibeon, Amasa went before them. And Joab’s garment tha...
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9
And Joab said to Amasa,
Art thou in health, my brother? And Joab took Amasa by the beard with the ri...
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10
But Amasa took no heed to the sword that
was in Joab’s hand: so he smote him therewith in the fifth...
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11
And one of Joab’s men stood by him, and said, He that favoureth Joab, and he that
is for David,
let...
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12
And Amasa wallowed in blood in the midst of the highway. And when the man saw that all the people st...
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13
When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the...
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14
And he went through all the tribes of Israel unto Abel, and to Beth-maachah, and all the Berites: an...
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15
And they came and besieged him in Abel of Beth-maachah, and they cast up a bank against the city, an...
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16
Then cried a wise woman out of the city, Hear, hear; say, I pray you, unto Joab, Come near hither, t...
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17
And when he was come near unto her, the woman said,
Art thou Joab? And he answered, I
am he. Then sh...
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18
Then she spake, saying, They were wont to speak in old time, saying, They shall surely ask
counsel a...
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19
I
am one of them that are peaceable
and faithful in Israel: thou seekest to destroy a city and a mot...
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20
And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy.
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21
The matter
is not so: but a man of mount Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, hath lifted up hi...
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22
Then the woman went unto all the people in her wisdom. And they cut off the head of Sheba the son of...
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23
Now Joab
was over all the host of Israel: and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada
was over the Cherethites a...
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24
And Adoram
was over the tribute: and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud
was recorder:
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25
And Sheva
was scribe: and Zadok and Abiathar
were
the priests:
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And Ira also the Jairite was a chief ruler about David.
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