2 Samuel 20

¹And 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. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Kgs 12:162 Chr 10:16Deut 13:131 Sam 2:121 Sam 22:7-81 Sam 30:222 Chr 10:62 Sam 15:102 Sam 19:41-432 Sam 23:6

²So 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. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Acts 11:23John 6:66-682 Chr 10:172 Sam 19:152 Sam 19:40-41Prov 17:14Ps 118:8-10Ps 62:9

³And 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. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:2 Sam 16:21-222 Sam 15:16Gen 40:3

⁴Then said the king to Amasa, Assemble me the men of Judah within three days, and be thou here present. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:2 Sam 17:252 Sam 19:131 Chr 2:17

⁵So Amasa went to assemble the men of Judah: but he tarried longer than the set time which he had appointed him. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Sam 13:82 Sam 19:13

⁶And David said to Abishai, Now shall Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than did Absalom: take thou thy lord’s servants, and pursue after him, lest he get him fenced cities, and escape us. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Kgs 1:332 Sam 11:112 Sam 21:171 Chr 11:201 Chr 18:121 Sam 26:62 Sam 10:142 Sam 10:9-102 Sam 18:122 Sam 18:2

⁷And there went out after him Joab’s 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. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:2 Sam 8:181 Kgs 1:382 Sam 15:182 Sam 20:231 Kgs 1:442 Sam 23:22-232 Sam 8:16

⁸When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa went before them. And Joab’s 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. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:2 Sam 3:302 Sam 2:132 Sam 20:4-5

⁹And Joab said to Amasa, Art thou in health, my brother? And Joab took Amasa by the beard with the right hand to kiss him. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Luke 22:47-48Matt 26:48-49Mic 7:2Prov 26:24-26Ps 55:21

¹⁰But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab’s hand: so he smote him therewith in the fifth rib, 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. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:2 Sam 2:232 Sam 3:27Judg 3:211 Chr 12:21 Kgs 2:31-341 Kgs 2:5-61 Sam 26:82 Sam 20:9Acts 1:18-19Gen 4:8

¹¹And one of Joab’s men stood by him, and said, He that favoureth Joab, and he that is for David, let him go after Joab. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:2 Sam 20:132 Kgs 9:322 Sam 20:212 Sam 20:42 Sam 20:6-7

¹²And 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. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Prov 24:21-22Ps 9:162 Sam 17:25Ps 55:23

¹³When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Sam 6:122 Kgs 18:172 Sam 20:12-13Isa 36:2Isa 62:10Isa 7:3Jer 31:21Judg 21:19Mark 10:46Num 20:19

¹⁴And 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. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:2 Kgs 15:291 Kgs 15:202 Chr 16:4Josh 18:25Num 21:16

¹⁵And 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 were with Joab battered the wall, to throw it down. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:2 Kgs 19:32Jer 32:241 Kgs 15:202 Kgs 15:29Ezek 4:2Isa 37:33Jer 33:4Jer 6:6Luke 19:43

¹⁶Then 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. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:2 Sam 14:2Eccl 9:14-181 Sam 25:31 Sam 25:32-33

¹⁷And when he was come near unto her, the woman said, Art thou Joab? And he answered, I am he. Then she said unto him, Hear the words of thine handmaid. And he answered, I do hear. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Sam 25:242 Sam 14:12

¹⁸Then she spake, saying, They were wont to speak in old time, saying, They shall surely ask counsel at Abel: and so they ended the matter. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Deut 20:10-11

¹⁹I am one of them that are peaceable and faithful in Israel: thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel: why wilt thou swallow up the inheritance of the Lord? Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Sam 26:192 Sam 21:31 Tim 2:22 Sam 17:161 Cor 15:542 Cor 5:4Deut 32:9Exod 19:5-6Ezek 16:45-49Gen 18:23

²⁰And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:2 Sam 20:102 Sam 23:17Jer 17:9Job 21:16Job 22:18Luke 10:29Prov 28:13

²¹The matter is not so: but a man of mount Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, hath lifted up his hand against the king, even 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. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Sam 24:61 Sam 26:92 Kgs 10:72 Kgs 5:222 Sam 17:2-32 Sam 20:12 Sam 23:18Jer 4:15Jer 50:19Josh 24:33

²²Then the woman went unto all the people in her wisdom. And they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and cast it 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. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:2 Sam 20:1Eccl 7:192 Sam 11:6-212 Sam 18:162 Sam 2:282 Sam 20:162 Sam 3:28-39Eccl 8:11Eccl 9:13-18

²³Now Joab was over all the host of Israel: and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites: Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:2 Sam 8:16-181 Chr 18:15-171 Kgs 4:3-6

²⁴And Adoram was over the tribute: and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder: Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Kgs 12:181 Kgs 4:31 Kgs 4:6

²⁵And Sheva was scribe: and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests: Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Kgs 4:42 Sam 8:171 Chr 18:16

²⁶And Ira also the Jairite was a chief ruler about David. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:2 Sam 23:38Exod 2:141 Chr 11:402 Chr 35:152 Sam 8:18Exod 2:16Exod 24:11Gen 41:43Gen 41:45Judg 10:4-5