{"id":848,"date":"2015-01-10T13:47:05","date_gmt":"2015-01-10T13:47:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/?p=848"},"modified":"2020-03-07T11:32:33","modified_gmt":"2020-03-07T16:32:33","slug":"2sa20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/2sa20\/","title":{"rendered":"2 Samuel 20"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"main\">\r\n <div class=\"chapterlabel\"><a name=\"V0\"> 20<\/a><\/div><div class=\"p\">\r\n <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V1\">1\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name <span class=\"add\">was<\/span> 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.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V2\">2\u00a0<\/a><\/span>So every man of Israel went up from after David, <span class=\"add\">and<\/span> followed Sheba the son of Bichri: but the men of Judah clave unto their king, from Jordan even to Jerusalem. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V3\">3\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten women <span class=\"add\">his<\/span> concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in ward, and fed them, but went not in unto them. So they were shut up unto the day of their death, living in widowhood. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V4\">4\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Then said the king to Amasa, Assemble me the men of Judah within three days, and be thou here present.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V5\">5\u00a0<\/a><\/span>So Amasa went to assemble <span class=\"add\">the men of<\/span> Judah: but he tarried longer than the set time which he had appointed him.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V6\">6\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And David said to Abishai, Now shall Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than <span class=\"add\">did<\/span> Absalom: take thou thy lord\u2019s servants, and pursue after him, lest he get him fenced cities, and escape us.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V7\">7\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And there went out after him Joab\u2019s 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.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V8\">8\u00a0<\/a><\/span>When they <span class=\"add\">were<\/span> at the great stone which <span class=\"add\">is<\/span> in Gibeon, Amasa went before them. And Joab\u2019s garment that he had put on was girded unto him, and upon it a girdle <span class=\"add\">with<\/span> a sword fastened upon his loins in the sheath thereof; and as he went forth it fell out.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V9\">9\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And Joab said to Amasa, <span class=\"add\">Art<\/span> thou in health, my brother? And Joab took Amasa by the beard with the right hand to kiss him.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V10\">10\u00a0<\/a><\/span>But Amasa took no heed to the sword that <span class=\"add\">was<\/span> in Joab\u2019s hand: so he smote him therewith in the fifth <span class=\"add\">rib,<\/span> and shed out his bowels to the ground, and struck him not again; and he died. So Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V11\">11\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And one of Joab\u2019s men stood by him, and said, He that favoureth Joab, and he that <span class=\"add\">is<\/span> for David, <span class=\"add\">let him go<\/span> after Joab.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V12\">12\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And Amasa wallowed in blood in the midst of the highway. And when the man saw that all the people stood still, he removed Amasa out of the highway into the field, and cast a cloth upon him, when he saw that every one that came by him stood still.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V13\">13\u00a0<\/a><\/span>When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V14\">14\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And he went through all the tribes of Israel unto Abel, and to Beth-maachah, and all the Berites: and they were gathered together, and went also after him.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V15\">15\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And they came and besieged him in Abel of Beth-maachah, and they cast up a bank against the city, and it stood in the trench: and all the people that <span class=\"add\">were<\/span> with Joab battered the wall, to throw it down. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V16\">16\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Then cried a wise woman out of the city, Hear, hear; say, I pray you, unto Joab, Come near hither, that I may speak with thee.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V17\">17\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And when he was come near unto her, the woman said, <span class=\"add\">Art<\/span> thou Joab? And he answered, I <span class=\"add\">am he.<\/span> Then she said unto him, Hear the words of thine handmaid. And he answered, I do hear.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V18\">18\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Then she spake, saying, They were wont to speak in old time, saying, They shall surely ask <span class=\"add\">counsel<\/span> at Abel: and so they ended <span class=\"add\">the matter. <\/span>  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V19\">19\u00a0<\/a><\/span>I <span class=\"add\">am one of them that are<\/span> peaceable <span class=\"add\">and<\/span> faithful in Israel: thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel: why wilt thou swallow up the inheritance of the LORD?  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V20\">20\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V21\">21\u00a0<\/a><\/span>The matter <span class=\"add\">is<\/span> not so: but a man of mount Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, hath lifted up his hand against the king, <span class=\"add\">even<\/span> against David: deliver him only, and I will depart from the city. And the woman said unto Joab, Behold, his head shall be thrown to thee over the wall.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V22\">22\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Then the woman went unto all the people in her wisdom. And they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and cast <span class=\"add\">it<\/span> out to Joab. And he blew a trumpet, and they retired from the city, every man to his tent. And Joab returned to Jerusalem unto the king. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V23\">23\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Now Joab <span class=\"add\">was<\/span> over all the host of Israel: and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada <span class=\"add\">was<\/span> over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites:  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V24\">24\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And Adoram <span class=\"add\">was<\/span> over the tribute: and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud <span class=\"add\">was<\/span> recorder:  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V25\">25\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And Sheva <span class=\"add\">was<\/span> scribe: and Zadok and Abiathar <span class=\"add\">were<\/span> the priests:  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V26\">26\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And Ira also the Jairite was a chief ruler about David. <\/div><hr \/><\/div>\r\n\r\n  <div class=\"chapters\">\r\n    <h3>2 Samuel Chapters<\/h3>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/2sa01\">1<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/2sa02\">2<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/2sa03\">3<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/2sa04\">4<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/2sa05\">5<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/2sa06\">6<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/2sa07\">7<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/2sa08\">8<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/2sa09\">9<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/2sa10\">10<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/2sa11\">11<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/2sa12\">12<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/2sa13\">13<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/2sa14\">14<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/2sa15\">15<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/2sa16\">16<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/2sa17\">17<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/2sa18\">18<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/2sa19\">19<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/2sa20\">20<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/2sa21\">21<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/2sa22\">22<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/2sa23\">23<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/2sa24\">24<\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>20 1\u00a0And there happened to be there a man of Belial, 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. 2\u00a0So every man of Israel went up from after David, and followed Sheba the son of Bichri: but the men of Judah clave unto their king, from Jordan even to Jerusalem. 3\u00a0And 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 ward, and fed them, but went not in unto them. So they were shut up unto the day of their death, living in widowhood. 4\u00a0Then said the king to Amasa, Assemble me the men of Judah within three days, and be thou here present. 5\u00a0So Amasa went to assemble the men of Judah: but he tarried longer than the set time which he had appointed him. 6\u00a0And David said to Abishai, Now shall Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than did Absalom: take thou thy lord\u2019s servants, and pursue after him, lest he get him fenced cities, and escape us. 7\u00a0And there went out after him Joab\u2019s 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. 8\u00a0When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa went before them. And Joab\u2019s garment that he had put on was girded unto him, and upon it a girdle with a sword fastened upon his loins in the sheath thereof; and as he went forth it fell out. 9\u00a0And Joab said&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[11],"class_list":["post-848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-2samuel"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/848","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=848"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/848\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3741,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/848\/revisions\/3741"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}