Verse 20

2 Samuel 20:20

World English Bible

20 Joab answered, “Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy.

Original Language Text

hebrew

וַ/יַּ֥עַן יוֹאָ֖ב וַ/יֹּאמַ֑ר חָלִ֤ילָ/ה חָלִ֨ילָ/ה֙ לִ֔/י אִם אֲבַלַּ֖ע וְ/אִם אַשְׁחִֽית

English Translation

And Joab answered and said, "Far be it from me; if I would swallow up or destroy."

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Chapter 20 Context

1 There happened to be there a wicked fellow, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite; an... Focus ↗

2 So all the men of Israel went up from following David, and followed Sheba the son of Bichri; but the... Focus ↗

3 David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten women his concubines, whom he had le... Focus ↗

4 Then the king said to Amasa, “Call me the men of Judah together within three days, and be here prese... Focus ↗

5 So Amasa went to call the men of Judah together; but he stayed longer than the set time which he had... Focus ↗

6 David said to Abishai, “Now Sheba the son of Bichri will do us more harm than Absalom did. Take your... Focus ↗

7 Joab’s men went out after him, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites, and all the mighty men; and t... Focus ↗

8 When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa came to meet them. Joab was clothed in h... Focus ↗

9 Joab said to Amasa, “Is it well with you, my brother?” Joab took Amasa by the beard with his right h... Focus ↗

10 But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab’s hand. So he struck him with it in the body, a... Focus ↗

11 One of Joab’s young men stood by him, and said, “He who favors Joab, and he who is for David, let hi... Focus ↗

12 Amasa lay wallowing in his blood in the middle of the highway. When the man saw that all the people... Focus ↗

13 When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab, to pursue Sheba the son o... Focus ↗

14 He went through all the tribes of Israel to Abel, and to Beth Maacah, and all the Berites. They were... Focus ↗

15 They came and besieged him in Abel of Beth Maacah, and they cast up a mound against the city, and it... Focus ↗

16 Then a wise woman cried out of the city, “Hear, hear! Please say to Joab, ‘Come near here, that I ma... Focus ↗

17 He came near to her; and the woman said, “Are you Joab?” He answered, “I am.” Then she said to him,... Focus ↗

18 Then she spoke, saying, “They used to say in old times, ‘They shall surely ask counsel at Abel;’ and... Focus ↗

19 I am among those who are peaceable and faithful in Israel. You seek to destroy a city and a mother i... Focus ↗

20 Joab answered, “Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy.

21 The matter is not so. But a man of the hill country of Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, has... Focus ↗

22 Then the woman went to all the people in her wisdom. They cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichr... Focus ↗

23 Now Joab was over all the army of Israel, Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and o... Focus ↗

24 Adoram was over the men subject to forced labor, Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was the recorder, Focus ↗

25 Sheva was scribe, and Zadok and Abiathar were priests, Focus ↗

26 and Ira the Jairite was chief minister to David. Focus ↗

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