1 And|strong="H1121" there|strong="H8033" happened|strong="H7122" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3808" there|strong="H8033" a|strong="H3068" man|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Belial|strong="H1100", whose|strong="H1121" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H8034" Sheba|strong="H7652", the|strong="H8628" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Bichri|strong="H1075", a|strong="H3068" Benjamite|strong="H1121": and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H8033" blew|strong="H8628" the|strong="H8628" trumpet|strong="H7782", and|strong="H1121" said, We|strong="H8033" have|strong="H1121" no|strong="H3808" portion|strong="H2506" in|strong="H3478" David|strong="H1732", neither|strong="H3808" have|strong="H1121" we|strong="H3068" inheritance|strong="H5159" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H8628" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jesse|strong="H3448": every|strong="H3478" man|strong="H1121" to|strong="H3478" his|strong="H1732" tents, O|strong="H3068" Israel|strong="H3478".
2 So|strong="H4480" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" from|strong="H4480" following David|strong="H1732", and|strong="H1121" followed|strong="H5927" Sheba|strong="H7652" the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Bichri|strong="H1075": but|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" clave|strong="H1692" unto|strong="H3478" their|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428", from|strong="H4480" Jordan|strong="H3383" even|strong="H5704" to|strong="H5704" Jerusalem|strong="H3389".
3 And|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732" came|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5704" his|strong="H5414" house|strong="H1004" at|strong="H1004" Jerusalem|strong="H3389"; and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5414" king|strong="H4428" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H5414" ten|strong="H6235" women his|strong="H5414" concubines|strong="H6370", whom he|strong="H3117" had|strong="H1961" left|strong="H3240" to|strong="H5704" keep|strong="H8104" the|strong="H5414" house|strong="H1004", and|strong="H4428" put|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" in|strong="H1004" ward|strong="H4931", and|strong="H4428" provided|strong="H3557" them|strong="H5414" with|strong="H1004" sustenance|strong="H3557", but|strong="H3808" went|strong="H1732" not|strong="H3808" in|strong="H1004" unto|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414". So|strong="H3947" they|strong="H3117" were|strong="H1961" shut|strong="H6887" up|strong="H5414" unto|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H4428" their|strong="H5414" death|strong="H4194", living|strong="H2424" in|strong="H1004" widowhood.
4 Then|strong="H5975" said the|strong="H3117" king|strong="H4428" to|strong="H3117" Amasa|strong="H6021", Call|strong="H2199" me|strong="H5975" the|strong="H3117" men of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" together|strong="H2199" within|strong="H3063" three|strong="H7969" days|strong="H3117", and|strong="H3063" be|strong="H3117" thou|strong="H3117" here|strong="H6311" present|strong="H5975".
5 So|strong="H4480" Amasa|strong="H6021" went|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" call|strong="H2199" the men of Judah|strong="H3063" together|strong="H2199": but he|strong="H4480" tarried longer than|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" set|strong="H3259" time|strong="H4150" which|strong="H3063" he|strong="H4480" had|strong="H3063" appointed|strong="H4150" him|strong="H4480".
6 And|strong="H1121" David|strong="H1732" said to|strong="H1121" Abishai, Now|strong="H6258" shall|strong="H1121" Sheba|strong="H7652" the|strong="H3947" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Bichri|strong="H1075" do|strong="H5869" us|strong="H6435" more|strong="H4480" harm|strong="H3415" than|strong="H4480" did|strong="H5650" Absalom: take|strong="H3947" thou|strong="H7291" thy|strong="H3947" lord’s servants|strong="H5650", and|strong="H1121" pursue|strong="H7291" after|strong="H4480" him|strong="H4672", lest|strong="H6435" he|strong="H1732" get|strong="H3947" him|strong="H4672" fenced|strong="H1219" cities|strong="H5892", and|strong="H1121" escape|strong="H5337" out|strong="H4672" of|strong="H1121" our|strong="H3947" sight|strong="H5869".
7 And|strong="H1121" there|strong="H3605" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" after|strong="H7291" him|strong="H3318" Joab|strong="H3097"’s men|strong="H1368", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" Cherethites|strong="H3774" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" Pelethites|strong="H6432", and|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" mighty|strong="H1368" men|strong="H1368": and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3605" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H1121" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", to|strong="H3318" pursue|strong="H7291" after|strong="H7291" Sheba|strong="H7652" the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Bichri|strong="H1075".
8 When|strong="H3318" they|strong="H1992" were|strong="H1992" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" great|strong="H1419" stone which|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" in|strong="H5921" Gibeon|strong="H1391", Amasa|strong="H6021" came|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" meet|strong="H6440" them|strong="H1992". And|strong="H1419" Joab|strong="H3097" was|strong="H1931" girded|strong="H2296" with|strong="H5973" his|strong="H6440" apparel|strong="H3830" of|strong="H6440" war|strong="H2719" that|strong="H1931" he|strong="H1931" had|strong="H3097" put|strong="H2296" on|strong="H5921", and|strong="H1419" thereon|strong="H5921" was|strong="H1931" a|strong="H3068" girdle|strong="H2290" with|strong="H5973" a|strong="H3068" sword|strong="H2719" fastened|strong="H6775" upon|strong="H5921" his|strong="H6440" loins|strong="H4975" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" sheath|strong="H8593" thereof|strong="H6440"; and|strong="H1419" as|strong="H3318" he|strong="H1931" went|strong="H3318" forth|strong="H3318" it|strong="H1931" fell|strong="H5307" out|strong="H3318".
9 And|strong="H3027" Joab|strong="H3097" said to|strong="H3027" Amasa|strong="H6021", Is|strong="H3027" it|strong="H7965" well|strong="H7965" with|strong="H3027" thee|strong="H3027", my|strong="H3027" brother? And|strong="H3027" Joab|strong="H3097" took|strong="H3027" Amasa|strong="H6021" by|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3027" beard|strong="H2206" with|strong="H3027" his|strong="H3027" right|strong="H3225" hand|strong="H3027" to|strong="H3027" kiss|strong="H5401" him|strong="H3027".
10 But|strong="H3808" Amasa|strong="H6021" took|strong="H4191" no|strong="H3808" heed|strong="H8104" to|strong="H4191" the|strong="H5221" sword|strong="H2719" that|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" in|strong="H4191" Joab|strong="H3097"’s hand|strong="H3027": so|strong="H3808" he|strong="H3027" smote|strong="H5221" him|strong="H5221" therewith in|strong="H4191" the|strong="H5221" belly|strong="H2570", and|strong="H1121" shed|strong="H8210" out|strong="H8210" his|strong="H8104" bowels|strong="H4578" to|strong="H4191" the|strong="H5221" ground, and|strong="H1121" struck|strong="H5221" him|strong="H5221" not|strong="H3808" again|strong="H8138"; and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3027" died|strong="H4191". And|strong="H1121" Joab|strong="H3097" and|strong="H1121" Abishai his|strong="H8104" brother pursued|strong="H7291" after|strong="H7291" Sheba|strong="H7652" the|strong="H5221" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Bichri|strong="H1075".
11 And|strong="H1732" there stood by|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921" one|strong="H4310" of|strong="H5921" Joab|strong="H3097"’s young|strong="H5288" men|strong="H5288", and|strong="H1732" said, He|strong="H1732" that|strong="H5288" favoureth|strong="H2654" Joab|strong="H3097", and|strong="H1732" he|strong="H1732" that|strong="H5288" is|strong="H4310" for|strong="H5921" David|strong="H1732", let him|strong="H5921" follow Joab|strong="H3097".
12 And|strong="H5971" Amasa|strong="H6021" lay|strong="H1556" wallowing|strong="H1556" in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" blood|strong="H1818" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" midst|strong="H8432" of|strong="H7704" the|strong="H3605" highway|strong="H4546". And|strong="H5971" when|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" man|strong="H3605" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" stood|strong="H5975" still|strong="H5975", he|strong="H3588" carried|strong="H5437" Amasa|strong="H6021" out|strong="H7993" of|strong="H7704" the|strong="H3605" highway|strong="H4546" into|strong="H8432" the|strong="H3605" field|strong="H7704", and|strong="H5971" cast|strong="H7993" a|strong="H3068" garment over|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921", when|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" every|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588" came|strong="H5971" by|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921" stood|strong="H5975" still|strong="H5975".
13 When|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3605" was|strong="H1121" removed|strong="H5674" out|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" highway|strong="H4546", all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1121" went|strong="H5674" on|strong="H5674" after|strong="H4480" Joab|strong="H3097", to|strong="H1121" pursue|strong="H7291" after|strong="H4480" Sheba|strong="H7652" the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Bichri|strong="H1075".
14 And|strong="H3478" he|strong="H3605" went|strong="H3478" through|strong="H5674" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H7626" Israel|strong="H3478" unto|strong="H3478" Abel, and|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" Beth-maacah|strong="H1038", and|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Berites|strong="H1276": and|strong="H3478" they|strong="H3478" were|strong="H3478" gathered|strong="H3478" together, and|strong="H3478" went|strong="H3478" also|strong="H3478" after him|strong="H3605".
15 And|strong="H5971" they|strong="H5921" came|strong="H5971" and|strong="H5971" besieged|strong="H6696" him|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" Abel of|strong="H5892" Beth-maacah|strong="H1038", and|strong="H5971" they|strong="H5921" cast|strong="H5307" up|strong="H5975" a|strong="H3068" mount|strong="H5550" against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892", and|strong="H5971" it|strong="H5921" stood|strong="H5975" against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" rampart|strong="H2426": and|strong="H5971" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" that|strong="H5971" were|strong="H5971" with|strong="H5921" Joab|strong="H3097" battered|strong="H7843" the|strong="H3605" wall|strong="H2346", to|strong="H5921" throw|strong="H8210" it|strong="H5921" down|strong="H5307".
16 Then|strong="H1696" cried|strong="H7121" a|strong="H3068" wise|strong="H2450" woman out|strong="H4480" of|strong="H5892" the|strong="H8085" city|strong="H5892", Hear|strong="H8085", hear|strong="H8085"; say|strong="H1696", I|strong="H5704" pray|strong="H4994" you|strong="H5704", unto|strong="H1696" Joab|strong="H3097", Come|strong="H7126" near|strong="H7126" hither|strong="H2008", that|strong="H8085" I|strong="H5704" may|strong="H4994" speak|strong="H1696" with|strong="H1696" thee|strong="H4994".
17 And|strong="H8085" he|strong="H7126" came|strong="H7126" near|strong="H7126" unto|strong="H8085" her|strong="H8085", and|strong="H8085" the|strong="H8085" woman said|strong="H1697", Art thou|strong="H8085" Joab|strong="H3097"? And|strong="H8085" he|strong="H7126" answered|strong="H1697", I|strong="H1697" am. Then|strong="H7126" she said|strong="H1697" unto|strong="H8085" him|strong="H8085", Hear|strong="H8085" the|strong="H8085" words|strong="H1697" of|strong="H1697" thine handmaid. And|strong="H8085" he|strong="H7126" answered|strong="H1697", I|strong="H1697" do|strong="H1697" hear|strong="H8085".
18 Then|strong="H1696" she|strong="H3651" spake|strong="H1696", saying|strong="H1696", they|strong="H3651" were|strong="H7223" wont|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" speak|strong="H1696" in|strong="H1696" old|strong="H7223" time|strong="H7223", saying|strong="H1696", They|strong="H3651" shall surely|strong="H3651" ask|strong="H7592" counsel at|strong="H3651" Abel: and|strong="H7223" so|strong="H3651" they|strong="H3651" ended|strong="H8552" the matter.
19 I|strong="H4100" am|strong="H3068" of|strong="H3068" them|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3068" are|strong="H3478" peaceable|strong="H7999" and|strong="H3478" faithful in|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478": thou|strong="H4100" seekest|strong="H1245" to|strong="H3478" destroy|strong="H1104" a|strong="H3068" city|strong="H5892" and|strong="H3478" a|strong="H3068" mother in|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478": why|strong="H4100" wilt thou|strong="H4100" swallow|strong="H1104" up|strong="H1104" the|strong="H3068" inheritance|strong="H5159" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" LORD|strong="H3068"?
20 And|strong="H6030" Joab|strong="H3097" answered|strong="H6030" and|strong="H6030" said|strong="H6030", Far|strong="H2486" be it|strong="H2486", far|strong="H2486" be it|strong="H2486" from|strong="H2486" me|strong="H6030", that|strong="H6030" I should swallow|strong="H1104" up|strong="H1104" or|strong="H1104" destroy|strong="H7843".
21 The|strong="H5921" matter|strong="H1697" is|strong="H8034" not|strong="H3808" so|strong="H3651": but|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3068" man|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" hill|strong="H2022" country|strong="H2022" of|strong="H1121" Ephraim|strong="H8034", Sheba|strong="H7652" the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Bichri|strong="H1075" by|strong="H3027" name|strong="H8034", hath|strong="H4428" lifted|strong="H5375" up|strong="H5375" his|strong="H5375" hand|strong="H3027" against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428", even|strong="H3588" against|strong="H5921" David|strong="H1732": deliver|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" only|strong="H3588", and|strong="H1121" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H4428" depart|strong="H3212" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" city|strong="H5892". And|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" woman|strong="H8034" said|strong="H1697" unto|strong="H5414" Joab|strong="H3097", Behold|strong="H2009", his|strong="H5375" head|strong="H7218" shall|strong="H1121" be|strong="H3808" thrown|strong="H7993" to|strong="H3212" thee|strong="H5414" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" wall|strong="H2346".
22 Then|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3605" woman went|strong="H5971" unto|strong="H7725" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" in|strong="H5921" her|strong="H3605" wisdom|strong="H2451". And|strong="H1121" they|strong="H5921" cut|strong="H3772" off|strong="H3772" the|strong="H3605" head|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1121" Sheba|strong="H7652" the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Bichri|strong="H1075", and|strong="H1121" threw|strong="H7993" it|strong="H5921" out|strong="H7993" to|strong="H7725" Joab|strong="H3097". And|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3605" blew|strong="H8628" the|strong="H3605" trumpet|strong="H7782", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H5921" were|strong="H5971" dispersed|strong="H6327" from|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892", every|strong="H3605" man|strong="H1121" to|strong="H7725" his|strong="H3605" tent. And|strong="H1121" Joab|strong="H3097" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" unto|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428".
23 Now|strong="H3478" Joab|strong="H3097" was|strong="H3478" over|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" host|strong="H6635" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478": and|strong="H1121" Benaiah|strong="H1141" the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jehoiada|strong="H3077" was|strong="H3478" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" Cherethites and|strong="H1121" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" Pelethites|strong="H6432":
24 and|strong="H1121" Adoram was|strong="H1121" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" tribute|strong="H4522": and|strong="H1121" Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ahilud was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" recorder|strong="H2142":
25 and|strong="H3548" Sheva|strong="H7864" was|strong="H3548" scribe|strong="H5608": and|strong="H3548" Zadok|strong="H6659" and|strong="H3548" Abiathar were priests|strong="H3548":
26 and|strong="H3548" Ira|strong="H5896" also|strong="H1571" the|strong="H1961" Jairite|strong="H2972" was|strong="H1961" priest|strong="H3548" unto|strong="H1732" David|strong="H1732".