2 Samuel 20
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2 Samuel 20:1-9

1And there happened to be there a worthless fellow, 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. 2So every man of Israel withdrew from following David, followed Sheba the son of Bichri: but the men of Judah held fast to their king, from Jordan even to Jerusalem. 3And David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten women his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in custody, and fed them, but went not in to them. So they were shut up to the day of their death, living in widowhood.123

4Then said the king to Amasa, Assemble to me the men of Judah within three days, and be thou here present.4 5So Amasa went to assemble the men of Judah: but he tarried longer than the set time which he had appointed him.5 6And David said to Abishai, Now shall Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than did Absalom: take thou thy lord’s servants, and pursue him, lest he get for himself fortified cities, and escape us.6 7And there went out after him Joab’s men, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and all the mighty men: and they went out of Jerusalem, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri. 8When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa went before them. And Joab’s garment that he had put on was girded to him, and upon it a belt with a sword fastened upon his loins in its sheath; and as he went forth it fell out. 9And Joab said to Amasa, Art thou in health, my brother? And Joab took Amasa by the beard with the right hand to kiss him.

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Notes

  1. 1. 2 Samuel 20:3 ward: Heb. an house of ward ↩
  2. 2. 2 Samuel 20:3 shut...: Heb. bound ↩
  3. 3. 2 Samuel 20:3 living...: Heb. in widowhood of life ↩
  4. 4. 2 Samuel 20:4 Assemble: Heb. Call ↩
  5. 5. 2 Samuel 20:5 Assemble: Heb. Call ↩
  6. 6. 2 Samuel 20:6 escape...: Heb. deliver himself from our eyes ↩

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Revised Webster's Bible — 1833 — Public Domain