<vn='1'>And <sn="8033">there</s><sn="7122">happened</s> to be there a <sn="376">man</s> of <sn="1100">Belial</s>, whose <sn="8034">name</s> was <sn="7652">Sheba</s>, the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="1075">Bichri</s>, a <sn="1145">Benjamite</s>: and he <sn="8628">blew</s> a <sn="7782">trumpet</s>, and <sn="559">said</s>, We have <sn="369">no</s><sn="2506">part</s> in <sn="1732">David</s>, <sn="3808">neither</s> have we <sn="5159">inheritance</s> in the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="3448">Jesse</s>: every <sn="376">man</s> to his <sn="168">tents</s>, O <sn="3478">Israel</s>. </v>
<vn='2'>So <sn="3605">every</s><sn="376">man</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s> went <sn="5927">up</s> from <sn="4480 310">after</s><sn="1732">David</s>, and <sn="310">followed</s><sn="7652">Sheba</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="1075">Bichri</s>: but the <sn="376">men</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s><sn="1692">cleaved</s> unto their <sn="4428">king</s>, <sn="4480">from</s><sn="3383">Jordan</s> even <sn="5704">to</s><sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>. </v>
<vn='3'>And <sn="1732">David</s><sn="935">came</s><sn="413">to</s> his <sn="1004">house</s> at <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>; and the <sn="4428">king</s><sn="3947">took</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="6235">ten</s><sn="802">women</s> his <sn="6370">concubines</s>, <sn="834">whom</s> he had <sn="5117">left</s> to <sn="8104">keep</s> the <sn="1004">house</s>, and <sn="5414">put</s> them in <sn="1004 4931">ward</s>, and <sn="3557">fed</s> them, but <sn="935">went</s><sn="3808">not</s> in <sn="413">unto</s> them. So they <sn="1961">were</s> shut <sn="6887">up</s><sn="5704">unto</s> the <sn="3117">day</s> of their <sn="4191">death</s>, <sn="2424">living</s> in <sn="491">widowhood</s>. </v>
<vn='4'>Then <sn="559">said</s> the <sn="4428">king</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="6021">Amasa</s>, <sn="2199">Assemble</s> me <sn="*853"></s> the <sn="376">men</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s> within <sn="7969">three</s><sn="3117">days</s>, and be <sn="859">thou</s><sn="6311">here</s><sn="5975">present</s>. </v>
<vn='5'>So <sn="6021">Amasa</s><sn="1980">went</s> to <sn="2199">assemble</s> the men of <sn="*853"></s><sn="3063">Judah</s>: but he tarried <sn="3186">longer</s><sn="4480">than</s> the set <sn="4150">time</s><sn="834">which</s> he had <sn="3259">appointed</s> him. </v>
<vn='6'>And <sn="1732">David</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="52">Abishai</s>, <sn="6258">Now</s> shall <sn="7652">Sheba</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="1075">Bichri</s> do us more <sn="3415">harm</s><sn="4480">than</s> did <sn="53">Absalom</s>: <sn="3947">take</s><sn="859">thou</s><sn="*853"></s> thy <sn="113">lord</s> 's <sn="5650">servants</s>, and <sn="7291">pursue</s><sn="310">after</s> him, <sn="6435">lest</s> he <sn="4672">get</s> him <sn="1219">fenced</s><sn="5892">cities</s>, and <sn="5337 5869">escape</s> us. </v>
<vn='7'>And there went <sn="3318">out</s><sn="310">after</s> him <sn="3097">Joab</s> 's <sn="376">men</s>, and the <sn="3774">Cherethites</s>, and the <sn="6432">Pelethites</s>, and <sn="3605">all</s> the mighty <sn="1368">men</s>: and they went <sn="3318">out</s> of <sn="4480 3389">Jerusalem</s>, to <sn="7291">pursue</s><sn="310">after</s><sn="7652">Sheba</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="1075">Bichri</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>When <sn="1992">they</s> were <sn="5973">at</s> the <sn="1419">great</s><sn="68">stone</s><sn="834">which</s> is in <sn="1391">Gibeon</s>, <sn="6021">Amasa</s><sn="935">went</s><sn="6440">before</s> them. And <sn="3097">Joab</s> 's <sn="4055">garment</s> that he had put <sn="3830">on</s> was <sn="2296">girded</s><sn="5921">unto</s> him, and <sn="5921">upon</s> it a <sn="2289">girdle</s> with a <sn="2719">sword</s><sn="6775">fastened</s><sn="5921">upon</s> his <sn="4975">loins</s> in the <sn="8593">sheath</s> thereof; and as <sn="1931">he</s> went <sn="3318">forth</s> it fell <sn="5307">out</s>. </v>
<vn='9'>And <sn="3097">Joab</s><sn="559">said</s> to <sn="6021">Amasa</s>, Art <sn="859">thou</s> in <sn="7965">health</s>, my <sn="251">brother</s>? And <sn="3097">Joab</s><sn="270">took</s><sn="6021">Amasa</s> by the <sn="2206">beard</s> with the <sn="3225">right</s><sn="3027">hand</s> to <sn="5401">kiss</s> him. </v>
<vn='10'>But <sn="6021">Amasa</s> took <sn="3808">no</s><sn="8104">heed</s> to the <sn="2719">sword</s><sn="834">that</s> was in <sn="3097">Joab</s> 's <sn="3027">hand</s>: so he <sn="5221">smote</s> him therewith <sn="413">in</s> the <sn="2570">fifth</s> rib, and shed <sn="8210">out</s> his <sn="4578">bowels</s> to the <sn="776">ground</s>, and <sn="8138">struck</s> him <sn="3808">not</s> again; and he <sn="4191">died</s>. So <sn="3097">Joab</s> and <sn="52">Abishai</s> his <sn="251">brother</s><sn="7291">pursued</s><sn="310">after</s><sn="7652">Sheba</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="1075">Bichri</s>. </v>
<vn='11'>And <sn="376">one</s> of Joab's <sn="4480 5288 3097">men</s><sn="5975">stood</s><sn="5921">by</s> him, and <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="4310">He</s><sn="834">that</s><sn="2654">favoreth</s><sn="3097">Joab</s>, and <sn="4310">he</s><sn="834">that</s> is for <sn="1732">David</s>, let him go <sn="310">after</s><sn="3097">Joab</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>And <sn="6021">Amasa</s><sn="1556">wallowed</s> in <sn="1818">blood</s> in the <sn="8432">midst</s> of the <sn="4546">highway</s>. And when the <sn="376">man</s><sn="7200">saw</s><sn="3588">that</s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5971">people</s> stood <sn="5975">still</s>, he <sn="5437">removed</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="6021">Amasa</s> out <sn="4480">of</s> the <sn="4546">highway</s> into the <sn="7704">field</s>, and <sn="7993">cast</s> a <sn="899">cloth</s><sn="5921">upon</s> him, <sn="834">when</s> he <sn="7200">saw</s> that <sn="3605">every</s> one that <sn="935">came</s><sn="5921">by</s> him stood <sn="5975">still</s>. </v>
<vn='13'><sn="834">When</s> he was <sn="3014">removed</s> out <sn="4480">of</s> the <sn="4546">highway</s>, <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="376">people</s> went <sn="5674">on</s><sn="310">after</s><sn="3097">Joab</s>, to <sn="7291">pursue</s><sn="310">after</s><sn="7652">Sheba</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="1075">Bichri</s>. </v>
<vn='14'>And he went <sn="5674">through</s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="7626">tribes</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s> unto <sn="59">Abel</s>, and to <sn="1038">Beth</s> -maachah, and <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="1276">Berites</s>: and they were gathered <sn="7035">together</s>, and <sn="935">went</s><sn="637">also</s><sn="310">after</s> him. </v>
<vn='15'>And they <sn="935">came</s> and <sn="6696 5921">besieged</s> him in Abel of <sn="62">Beth</s> -maachah, and they cast <sn="8210">up</s> a <sn="5550">bank</s><sn="413">against</s> the <sn="5892">city</s>, and it <sn="5975">stood</s> in the <sn="2426">trench</s>: and <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5971">people</s><sn="834">that</s> were <sn="854">with</s><sn="3097">Joab</s><sn="7843">battered</s> the <sn="2346">wall</s>, to throw it <sn="5307">down</s>. </v>
<vn='16'>Then <sn="7121">cried</s> a <sn="2450">wise</s><sn="802">woman</s> out <sn="4480">of</s> the <sn="5892">city</s>, <sn="8085">Hear</s>, <sn="8085">hear</s>; <sn="559">say</s>, I pray <sn="4994">you</s>, <sn="413">unto</s><sn="3097">Joab</s>, Come <sn="7126">near</s><sn="5704 2008">hither</s>, that I may <sn="1696">speak</s><sn="413">with</s> thee. </v>
<vn='17'>And when he was come <sn="7126">near</s><sn="413">unto</s> her, the <sn="802">woman</s><sn="559">said</s>, Art <sn="859">thou</s><sn="3097">Joab</s>? And he <sn="559">answered</s>, <sn="589">I</s> am he. Then she <sn="559">said</s> unto him <sn="8085">Hear</s> the <sn="1697">words</s> of thine <sn="519">handmaid</s>. And he <sn="559">answered</s>, <sn="595">I</s> do <sn="8085">hear</s>. </v>
<vn='18'>Then she <sn="559">spoke</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, They were <sn="1696">wont</s> to <sn="1696">speak</s> in old <sn="7223">time</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, They shall surely <sn="7592 7592">ask</s> counsel at <sn="59">Abel</s>: and <sn="3651">so</s> they <sn="8552">ended</s> the matter. </v>
<vn='19'><sn="595">I</s> am one of them that are <sn="7999">peaceable</s> and <sn="539">faithful</s> in <sn="3478">Israel</s>: <sn="859">thou</s><sn="1245">seekest</s> to <sn="4191">destroy</s> a <sn="5892">city</s> and a <sn="517">mother</s> in <sn="3478">Israel</s>: <sn="4100">why</s> wilt thou swallow <sn="1104">up</s> the <sn="5159">inheritance</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>? </v>
<vn='20'>And <sn="3097">Joab</s><sn="6030">answered</s> and <sn="559">said</s>, Far be <sn="2486">it</s>, far be <sn="2486">it</s> from me, <sn="518">that</s> I should swallow <sn="1104">up</s><sn="518">or</s><sn="7843">destroy</s>. </v>
<vn='21'>The <sn="1697">matter</s> is <sn="3808">not</s><sn="3651">so</s>: <sn="3588">but</s> a <sn="376">man</s> of <sn="4480 2022">mount</s><sn="669">Ephraim</s>, <sn="7652">Sheba</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="1075">Bichri</s> by <sn="8034">name</s>, hath lifted <sn="5375">up</s> his <sn="3027">hand</s> against the <sn="4428">king</s>, even against <sn="1732">David</s>: <sn="5414">deliver</s> him <sn="905">only</s>, and I will <sn="1980">depart</s><sn="4480 5921">from</s> the <sn="5892">city</s>. And the <sn="802">woman</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="3097">Joab</s>, <sn="2009">Behold</s>, his <sn="7218">head</s> shall be <sn="7993">thrown</s><sn="413">to</s> thee <sn="1157">over</s> the <sn="2346">wall</s>. </v>
<vn='22'>Then the <sn="802">woman</s><sn="935">went</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5971">people</s> in her <sn="2451">wisdom</s>. And they cut <sn="3772">off</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="7218">head</s> of <sn="7652">Sheba</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="1075">Bichri</s>, and cast it <sn="7993">out</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="3097">Joab</s>. And he <sn="8628">blew</s> a <sn="7782">trumpet</s>, and they <sn="6327">retired</s><sn="4480 5921">from</s> the <sn="5892">city</s>, every <sn="376">man</s> to his <sn="168">tent</s>. And <sn="3097">Joab</s><sn="7725">returned</s> to <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="4428">king</s>. </v>
<vn='23'>Now <sn="3097">Joab</s> was <sn="413">over</s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="6635">host</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>: and <sn="1141">Benaiah</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="3077">Jehoiada</s> was <sn="5921">over</s> the <sn="3774">Cherethites</s> and <sn="5921">over</s> the <sn="6432">Pelethites</s>: </v>
<vn='24'>And <sn="151">Adoram</s> was <sn="5921">over</s> the <sn="4522">tribute</s>: and <sn="3092">Jehoshaphat</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="286">Ahilud</s> was <sn="2142">recorder</s>: </v>
<vn='25'>And <sn="7724">Sheva</s> was <sn="5608">scribe</s>: and <sn="6659">Zadok</s> and <sn="54">Abiathar</s> were the <sn="3548">priests</s>: </v>
<vn='26'>And <sn="5896">Ira</s><sn="1571">also</s> the <sn="2972">Jairite</s><sn="1961">was</s> a chief <sn="3548">ruler</s> about <sn="1732">David</s>. </v>