Verse 22
2 Samuel 20:22
King James Version
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Then the woman went unto all the people in her wisdom. And they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and cast
it out to Joab. And he blew a trumpet, and they retired from the city, every man to his tent. And Joab returned to Jerusalem unto the king.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/תָּבוֹא֩ הָ/אִשָּׁ֨ה אֶל כָּל הָ/עָ֜ם בְּ/חָכְמָתָ֗/הּ וַֽ/יִּכְרְת֞וּ אֶת רֹ֨אשׁ שֶׁ֤בַע בֶּן בִּכְרִי֙ וַ/יַּשְׁלִ֣כוּ אֶל יוֹאָ֔ב וַ/יִּתְקַע֙ בַּ/שּׁוֹפָ֔ר וַ/יָּפֻ֥צוּ מֵֽ/עַל הָ/עִ֖יר אִ֣ישׁ לְ/אֹהָלָ֑י/ו וְ/יוֹאָ֛ב שָׁ֥ב יְרוּשָׁלִַ֖ם אֶל הַ/מֶּֽלֶךְ
English Translation
And the woman came to all the people with her wisdom, and they cut off the head of Sheba son of Bichri and threw it to Joab, and he blew the trumpet, and they dispersed from the city, each to his tent, and Joab returned to Jerusalem to the king.
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Chapter 20 Context
1
And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name
was
Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamit...
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2
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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6
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...
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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26
And Ira also the Jairite was a chief ruler about David.
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