Dual Panel1And there happened <07122> (8738) to be there a man <0376> of Belial <01100>_, whose name <08034> [was] Sheba <07652>_, the son <01121> of Bichri <01075>_, a Benjamite <01145>_: and he blew <08628> (8799) a trumpet <07782>_, and said <0559> (8799)_, We have no part <02506> in David <01732>_, neither have we inheritance <05159> in the son <01121> of Jesse <03448>_: every <0376> man <0376> to his tents <0168>_, O Israel <03478>_.
2So every man <0376> of Israel <03478> went up <05927> (8799) from after <0310> David <01732>_, [and] followed <0310> Sheba <07652> the son <01121> of Bichri <01075>_: but the men <0376> of Judah <03063> clave <01692> (8804) unto their king <04428>_, from Jordan <03383> even to Jerusalem <03389>_.
3And David <01732> came <0935> (8799) to his house <01004> at Jerusalem <03389>_; and the king <04428> took <03947> (8799) the ten <06235> women <0802> [his] concubines <06370>_, whom he had left <03240> (8689) to keep <08104> (8800) the house <01004>_, and put <05414> (8799) them in ward <04931>_, and fed <03557> (8770) them, but went not in <0935> (8804) unto them. So they were shut up <06887> (8803) unto the day <03117> of their death <04191> (8800)_, living <02424> in widowhood <0491>_. {ward: Heb. an house of ward} {shut...: Heb. bound} {living...: Heb. in widowhood of life}
4Then said <0559> (8799) the king <04428> to Amasa <06021>_, Assemble <02199> (8685) me the men <0376> of Judah <03063> within three <07969> days <03117>_, and be thou here present <05975> (8798)_. {Assemble: Heb. Call}
5So Amasa <06021> went <03212> (8799) to assemble <02199> (8687) [the men of] Judah <03063>_: but he tarried longer <0309> (8799) (8675) <03186> (8799) than the set time <04150> which he had appointed <03259> (8804) him. {Assemble: Heb. Call}
6And David <01732> said <0559> (8799) to Abishai <052>_, Now shall Sheba <07652> the son <01121> of Bichri <01075> do us more harm <03415> (8799) than [did] Absalom <053>_: take <03947> (8798) thou thy lord's <0113> servants <05650>_, and pursue <07291> (8798) after <0310> him, lest he get <04672> (8804) him fenced <01219> (8803) cities <05892>_, and escape <05337> (8689) us <05869>_. {escape...: Heb. deliver himself from our eyes}
7And there went out <03318> (8799) after <0310> him Joab's <03097> men <0582>_, and the Cherethites <03774>_, and the Pelethites <06432>_, and all the mighty men <01368>_: and they went out <03318> (8799) of Jerusalem <03389>_, to pursue <07291> (8800) after <0310> Sheba <07652> the son <01121> of Bichri <01075>_.
8When they [were] at the great <01419> stone <068> which [is] in Gibeon <01391>_, Amasa <06021> went <0935> (8804) before <06440> them. And Joab's <03097> garment <04055> that he had put on <03830> was girded <02296> (8803) unto him, and upon it a girdle <02289> [with] a sword <02719> fastened <06775> (8794) upon his loins <04975> in the sheath <08593> thereof; and as he went forth <03318> (8804) it fell out <05307> (8799)_.
9And Joab <03097> said <0559> (8799) to Amasa <06021>_, [Art] thou in health <07965>_, my brother <0251>_? And Joab <03097> took <0270> (8799) Amasa <06021> by the beard <02206> with the right <03225> hand <03027> to kiss <05401> (8800) him.
10But Amasa <06021> took no heed <08104> (8738) to the sword <02719> that [was] in Joab's <03097> hand <03027>_: so he smote <05221> (8686) him therewith in the fifth <02570> [rib], and shed out <08210> (8799) his bowels <04578> to the ground <0776>_, and struck him not again <08138> (8804)_; and he died <04191> (8799)_. So Joab <03097> and Abishai <052> his brother <0251> pursued <07291> (8804) after <0310> Sheba <07652> the son <01121> of Bichri <01075>_. {struck...: Heb. doubled not his stroke}
11And one <0376> of Joab's <03097> men <05288> stood <05975> (8804) by him, and said <0559> (8799)_, He <04310> that favoureth <02654> (8804) Joab <03097>_, and he that [is] for David <01732>_, [let him go] after <0310> Joab <03097>_.
12And Amasa <06021> wallowed <01556> (8706) in blood <01818> in the midst <08432> of the highway <04546>_. And when the man <0376> saw <07200> (8799) that all the people <05971> stood still <05975> (8804)_, he removed <05437> (8686) Amasa <06021> out of the highway <04546> into the field <07704>_, and cast <07993> (8686) a cloth <0899> upon him, when he saw <07200> (8804) that every one that came <0935> (8802) by him stood still <05975> (8804)_.
13When he was removed <03014> (8689) out of the highway <04546>_, all the people <0376> went on <05674> (8804) after <0310> Joab <03097>_, to pursue <07291> (8800) after <0310> Sheba <07652> the son <01121> of Bichri <01075>_.
14And he went <05674> (8799) through all the tribes <07626> of Israel <03478> unto Abel <059>_, and to Bethmaachah <01038>_, and all the Berites <01276>_: and they were gathered together <06950> (8735) (8675) <07035> (8735)_, and went <0935> (8799) also after <0310> him.
15And they came <0935> (8799) and besieged <06696> (8799) him in Abel <059> of Bethmaachah <01038>_, and they cast up <08210> (8799) a bank <05550> against the city <05892>_, and it stood <05975> (8799) in the trench <02426>_: and all the people <05971> that [were] with Joab <03097> battered <07843> (8688) the wall <02346>_, to throw it down <05307> (8687)_. {in the trench: or, against the outmost wall} {battered: Heb. marred to throw down}
16Then cried <07121> (8799) a wise <02450> woman <0802> out of the city <05892>_, Hear <08085> (8798)_, hear <08085> (8798)_; say <0559> (8798)_, I pray you, unto Joab <03097>_, Come near <07126> (8798) hither, that I may speak <01696> (8762) with thee.
17And when he was come near <07126> (8799) unto her, the woman <0802> said <0559> (8799)_, [Art] thou Joab <03097>_? And he answered <0559> (8799)_, I [am he]. Then she said <0559> (8799) unto him, Hear <08085> (8798) the words <01697> of thine handmaid <0519>_. And he answered <0559> (8799)_, I do hear <08085> (8802)_.
18Then she spake <0559> (8799)_, saying <0559> (8800)_, They were wont <01696> (8763) to speak <01696> (8762) in old time <07223>_, saying <0559> (8800)_, They shall surely <07592> (8800) ask <07592> (8762) [counsel] at Abel <059>_: and so they ended <08552> (8689) [the matter]. {They were...: or, They plainly spoke in the beginning, saying, Surely they will ask of Abel, and so make and end}
19I [am one of them that are] peaceable <07999> (8803) [and] faithful <0539> (8803) in Israel <03478>_: thou seekest <01245> (8764) to destroy <04191> (8687) a city <05892> and a mother <0517> in Israel <03478>_: why wilt thou swallow up <01104> (8762) the inheritance <05159> of the LORD <03068>_?
20And Joab <03097> answered <06030> (8799) and said <0559> (8799)_, Far be it <02486>_, far be it <02486> from me, that I should swallow up <01104> (8762) or destroy <07843> (8686)_.
21The matter <01697> [is] not so: but a man <0376> of mount <02022> Ephraim <0669>_, Sheba <07652> the son <01121> of Bichri <01075> by name <08034>_, hath lifted up <05375> (8804) his hand <03027> against the king <04428>_, [even] against David <01732>_: deliver <05414> (8798) him only, and I will depart <03212> (8799) from the city <05892>_. And the woman <0802> said <0559> (8799) unto Joab <03097>_, Behold, his head <07218> shall be thrown <07993> (8716) to thee over <01157> the wall <02346>_. {by name: Heb. by his name}
22Then the woman <0802> went <0935> (8799) unto all the people <05971> in her wisdom <02451>_. And they cut off <03772> (8799) the head <07218> of Sheba <07652> the son <01121> of Bichri <01075>_, and cast <07993> (8686) [it] out to Joab <03097>_. And he blew <08628> (8799) a trumpet <07782>_, and they retired <06327> (8799) from the city <05892>_, every man <0376> to his tent <0168>_. And Joab <03097> returned <07725> (8804) to Jerusalem <03389> unto the king <04428>_. {retired: Heb. were scattered}
23Now Joab <03097> [was] over all the host <06635> of Israel <03478>_: and Benaiah <01141> the son <01121> of Jehoiada <03077> [was] over the Cherethites <03774> (8675) <03746> and over the Pelethites <06432>_:
24And Adoram <0151> [was] over the tribute <04522>_: and Jehoshaphat <03092> the son <01121> of Ahilud <0286> [was] recorder <02142> (8688)_: {recorder: or, remembrancer}
25And Sheva <07864> (8675) <07724> [was] scribe <05608> (8802)_: and Zadok <06659> and Abiathar <054> [were] the priests <03548>_:
26And Ira <05896> also the Jairite <02972> was a chief ruler <03548> about David <01732>_. {a chief...: or, a prince}