Verse 1
2 Samuel 20:1
Noah Webster Bible
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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 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 Benjamini...
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So every man of Israel, withdrawing from David, followed Sheba the son of Bichri: but the men of Jud...
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And David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten women his concubines, whom he ha...
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Then said the king to Amasa, Assemble to me the men of Judah within three days, and be thou here pre...
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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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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 went before them. And Joab's garment tha...
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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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But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab's hand: so he smote him in the fifth rib , and...
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And one of Joab's men stood by him, and said, He that favoreth Joab, and he that is for David, let h...
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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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When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the...
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And he went through all the tribes of Israel to Abel, and to Beth-maachah, and all the Berites: and...
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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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Then cried a wise woman out of the city, Hear, hear; say, I pray you, to Joab, Come near hither, tha...
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And when he was come near to her, the woman said, Art thou Joab? And he answered, I am he . Then she...
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Then she spoke, saying, They were wont to speak in old time, saying, They will surely ask counsel at...
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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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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, hath lifted up hi...
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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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Now 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 tribute: and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder:
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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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