2nd Samuel Chapter 20 - King James Strong Number Version

1: And there happened <H7122> to be there a man <H0376> of Belial, <H1100> whose name <H8034> [was] Sheba, <H7652> the son <H1121> of Bichri, <H1075> a Benjamite: <H0376> <H3228> and he blew <H8628> a trumpet, <H7782> and said, <H0559> We have no part <H2506> in David, <H1732> neither have we inheritance <H5159> in the son <H1121> of Jesse: <H3448> every man <H0376> to his tents, <H0168> O Israel. <H3478>
2: So every man <H0376> of Israel <H3478> went up <H5927> from after <H0310> David, <H1732> [and] followed <H0310> Sheba <H7652> the son <H1121> of Bichri: <H1075> but the men <H0376> of Judah <H3063> clave <H1692> unto their king, <H4428> from Jordan <H3383> even to Jerusalem. <H3389>
3: And David <H1732> came <H0935> to his house <H1004> at Jerusalem; <H3389> and the king <H4428> took <H3947> the ten <H6235> women <H0802> [his] concubines, <H6370> whom he had left <H3240> to keep <H8104> the house, <H1004> and put <H5414> them in ward, <H4931> and fed <H3557> them, but went <H0935> not in unto them. So they were shut up <H6887> unto the day <H3117> of their death, <H4191> living <H2424> in widowhood. <H0491>
4: Then said <H0559> the king <H4428> to Amasa, <H6021> Assemble <H2199> me the men <H0376> of Judah <H3063> within three <H7969> days, <H3117> and be thou here present. <H5975>
5: So Amasa <H6021> went <H3212> to assemble <H2199> [the men of] Judah: <H3063> but he tarried longer <H0309> than the set time <H4150> which he had appointed <H3259> him.
6: And David <H1732> said <H0559> to Abishai, <H0052> Now shall Sheba <H7652> the son <H1121> of Bichri <H1075> do us more harm <H3415> than [did] Absalom: <H0053> take <H3947> thou thy lord's <H0113> servants, <H5650> and pursue <H7291> after <H0310> him, lest he get <H4672> him fenced <H1219> cities, <H5892> and escape <H5337> us. <H5869>
7: And there went out <H3318> after <H0310> him Joab's <H3097> men, <H0582> and the Cherethites, <H3774> and the Pelethites, <H6432> and all the mighty men: <H1368> and they went out <H3318> of Jerusalem, <H3389> to pursue <H7291> after <H0310> Sheba <H7652> the son <H1121> of Bichri. <H1075>
8: When they [were] at the great <H1419> stone <H0068> which [is] in Gibeon, <H1391> Amasa <H6021> went <H0935> before <H6440> them. And Joab's <H3097> garment <H4055> that he had put on <H3830> was girded <H2296> unto him, and upon it a girdle <H2289> [with] a sword <H2719> fastened <H6775> upon his loins <H4975> in the sheath <H8593> thereof; and as he went forth <H3318> it fell <H5307> out.
9: And Joab <H3097> said <H0559> to Amasa, <H6021> [Art] thou in health, <H7965> my brother? <H0251> And Joab <H3097> took <H0270> Amasa <H6021> by the beard <H2206> with the right <H3225> hand <H3027> to kiss <H5401> him.
10: But Amasa <H6021> took no heed <H8104> to the sword <H2719> that [was] in Joab's <H3097> hand: <H3027> so he smote <H5221> him therewith in the fifth <H2570> [rib], and shed out <H8210> his bowels <H4578> to the ground, <H0776> and struck him not again; <H8138> and he died. <H4191> So Joab <H3097> and Abishai <H0052> his brother <H0251> pursued <H7291> after <H0310> Sheba <H7652> the son <H1121> of Bichri. <H1075>
11: And one <H0376> of Joab's <H3097> men <H5288> stood <H5975> by him, and said, <H0559> He <H4310> that favoureth <H2654> Joab, <H3097> and he <H4310> that [is] for David, <H1732> [let him go] after <H0310> Joab. <H3097>
12: And Amasa <H6021> wallowed <H1556> in blood <H1818> in the midst <H8432> of the highway. <H4546> And when the man <H0376> saw <H7200> that all the people <H5971> stood still, <H5975> he removed <H5437> Amasa <H6021> out of the highway <H4546> into the field, <H7704> and cast <H7993> a cloth <H0899> upon him, when he saw <H7200> that every one that came <H0935> by him stood still. <H5975>
13: When he was removed <H3014> out of the highway, <H4546> all the people <H0376> went on <H5674> after <H0310> Joab, <H3097> to pursue <H7291> after <H0310> Sheba <H7652> the son <H1121> of Bichri. <H1075>
14: And he went through <H5674> all the tribes <H7626> of Israel <H3478> unto Abel, <H0059> and to Bethmaachah, <H1038> and all the Berites: <H1276> and they were gathered together, <H6950> and went <H0935> also after <H0310> him.
15: And they came <H0935> and besieged <H6696> him in Abel <H0059> of Bethmaachah, <H1038> and they cast up <H8210> a bank <H5550> against the city, <H5892> and it stood <H5975> in the trench: <H2426> and all the people <H5971> that [were] with Joab <H3097> battered <H7843> the wall, <H2346> to throw it down. <H5307>
16: Then cried <H7121> a wise <H2450> woman <H0802> out of the city, <H5892> Hear, <H8085> hear; <H8085> say, <H0559> I pray you, unto Joab, <H3097> Come near <H7126> hither, that I may speak <H1696> with thee.
17: And when he was come near <H7126> unto her, the woman <H0802> said, <H0559> [Art] thou Joab? <H3097> And he answered, <H0559> I [am he]. Then she said <H0559> unto him, Hear <H8085> the words <H1697> of thine handmaid. <H0519> And he answered, <H0559> I do hear. <H8085>
18: Then she spake, <H0559> saying, <H0559> They were wont <H1696> to speak <H1696> in old time, <H7223> saying, <H0559> They shall surely <H7592> ask <H7592> [counsel] at Abel: <H0059> and so they ended <H8552> [the matter].
19: I [am one of them that are] peaceable <H7999> [and] faithful <H0539> in Israel: <H3478> thou seekest <H1245> to destroy <H4191> a city <H5892> and a mother <H0517> in Israel: <H3478> why wilt thou swallow up <H1104> the inheritance <H5159> of the LORD? <H3068>
20: And Joab <H3097> answered <H6030> and said, <H0559> Far be it, <H2486> far be it <H2486> from me, that I should swallow up <H1104> or destroy. <H7843>
21: The matter <H1697> [is] not so: but a man <H0376> of mount <H2022> Ephraim, <H0669> Sheba <H7652> the son <H1121> of Bichri <H1075> by name, <H8034> hath lifted up <H5375> his hand <H3027> against the king, <H4428> [even] against David: <H1732> deliver <H5414> him only, and I will depart <H3212> from the city. <H5892> And the woman <H0802> said <H0559> unto Joab, <H3097> Behold, his head <H7218> shall be thrown <H7993> to thee over <H1157> the wall. <H2346>
22: Then the woman <H0802> went <H0935> unto all the people <H5971> in her wisdom. <H2451> And they cut off <H3772> the head <H7218> of Sheba <H7652> the son <H1121> of Bichri, <H1075> and cast <H7993> [it] out to Joab. <H3097> And he blew <H8628> a trumpet, <H7782> and they retired <H6327> from the city, <H5892> every man <H0376> to his tent. <H0168> And Joab <H3097> returned <H7725> to Jerusalem <H3389> unto the king. <H4428>
23: Now Joab <H3097> [was] over all the host <H6635> of Israel: <H3478> and Benaiah <H1141> the son <H1121> of Jehoiada <H3077> [was] over the Cherethites <H3774> <H3746> and over the Pelethites: <H6432>
24: And Adoram <H0151> [was] over the tribute: <H4522> and Jehoshaphat <H3092> the son <H1121> of Ahilud <H0286> [was] recorder: <H2142>
25: And Sheva <H7864> <H7724> [was] scribe: <H5608> and Zadok <H6659> and Abiathar <H0054> [were] the priests: <H3548>
26: And Ira <H5896> also the Jairite <H2972> was a chief ruler <H3548> about David. <H1732>