Verse 1
2 Samuel 20:1
Literal Standard Version
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And there happened to be a man of worthlessness there, and his name is Sheba, son of Bichri, a Benjamite, and he blows with a horn and says, “We have no portion in David, and we have no inheritance in the son of Jesse; each goes 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 a man of worthlessness there, and his name is Sheba, son of Bichri, a Benja...
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And every man of Israel goes up from after David, after Sheba son of Bichri, and the men of Judah ha...
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And David comes to his house at Jerusalem. And the king takes the ten women-concubines whom he had l...
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And the king says to Amasa, “Call the men of Judah for me within three days, and you, stand here,”
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and Amasa goes to call Judah, and tarries beyond the appointed time that he had appointed him;
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and David says to Abishai, “Now Sheba son of Bichri does evil to us more than Absalom; you, take the...
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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 has gone before them, and Joab is girded;...
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And Joab says to Amasa, “Are you in peace, my brother?” And the right hand of Joab lays hold on the...
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and Amasa has not been watchful of the sword that is in the hand of Joab, and he strikes him with it...
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And a man has stood by him, of the young men of Joab, and says, “He who has delight in Joab, and he...
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12
And Amasa is rolling himself in blood, in the midst of the highway, and the man sees that all the pe...
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When he has been removed out of the highway, every man has passed on after Joab, to pursue after She...
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14
And he passes over through all the tribes of Israel to Abel, and to Beth-Maachah, and to all the Ber...
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and they go in and lay siege against him, in Abel of Beth-Maachah, and cast up a mound against the c...
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And a wise woman calls out of the city, “Hear! Hear! Please say to Joab, Come near here, and I speak...
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And he comes near to her, and the woman says, “Are you Joab?” And he says, “I am.” And she says to h...
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18
And she speaks, saying, “They spoke often in former times, saying, Let them diligently inquire at Ab...
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19
I am of the peaceable, faithful ones of Israel; you are seeking to destroy a city and mother in Isra...
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And Joab answers and says, “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 is his name—has l...
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And the woman comes to all the people in her wisdom, and they cut off the head of Sheba son of Bichr...
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And Joab is over all the host of Israel, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada is over the Cherethite, and ove...
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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 has been minister to David.
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