And 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. 1Ki 12:162Ch 10:16Deu 13:131Sa 2:121Sa 22:7-81Sa 30:222Ch 10:62Sa 15:10 So 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. Act 11:23Jhn 6:66-682Ch 10:172Sa 19:152Sa 19:40-41Pro 17:14Psa 118:8-10Psa 62:9
¶ And 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. 1 3 2 2Sa 16:21-222Sa 15:16Gen 40:3
¶ Then said the king to Amasa, Assemble me the men of Judah within three days, and be thou here present. 4 2Sa 17:252Sa 19:131Ch 2:17 So Amasa went to assemble the men of Judah: but he tarried longer than the set time which he had appointed him. 5 1Sa 13:82Sa 19:13 And 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. 6 1Ki 1:332Sa 11:112Sa 21:171Ch 11:201Ch 18:121Sa 26:62Sa 10:142Sa 10:9-10 And 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. 2Sa 8:181Ki 1:382Sa 15:182Sa 20:231Ki 1:442Sa 23:22-232Sa 8:16 When 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. 2Sa 3:302Sa 2:132Sa 20:4-5 And Joab said to Amasa, Art thou in health, my brother? And Joab took Amasa by the beard with the right hand to kiss him. Luk 22:47-48Mat 26:48-49Mic 7:2Pro 26:24-26Psa 55:21 But 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. 7 2Sa 2:232Sa 3:27Jdg 3:211Ch 12:21Ki 2:31-341Ki 2:5-61Sa 26:82Sa 20:9 And 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. 2Sa 20:132Ki 9:322Sa 20:212Sa 20:42Sa 20:6-7 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. Pro 24:21-22Psa 9:162Sa 17:25Psa 55:23 When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri. 1Sa 6:122Ki 18:172Sa 20:12-13Isa 36:2Isa 62:10Isa 7:3Jdg 21:19Jer 31:21
¶ 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. 2Ki 15:291Ki 15:202Ch 16:4Jos 18:25Num 21:16 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 were with Joab battered the wall, to throw it down. 8 9 2Ki 19:32Jer 32:241Ki 15:202Ki 15:29Ezk 4:2Isa 37:33Jer 33:4Jer 6:6
¶ 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. 2Sa 14:2Ecc 9:14-181Sa 25:31Sa 25:32-33 And 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. 1Sa 25:242Sa 14:12 Then 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. 10 Deu 20:10-11 I 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? 1Sa 26:192Sa 21:31Ti 2:22Sa 17:161Co 15:542Co 5:4Deu 32:9Exo 19:5-6 And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy. 2Sa 20:102Sa 23:17Jer 17:9Job 21:16Job 22:18Luk 10:29Pro 28:13 The 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. 11 1Sa 24:61Sa 26:92Ki 10:72Ki 5:222Sa 17:2-32Sa 20:12Sa 23:18Jdg 18:4-8 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 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. 12 2Sa 20:1Ecc 7:192Sa 11:6-212Sa 18:162Sa 2:282Sa 20:162Sa 3:28-39Ecc 8:11
¶ Now Joab was over all the host of Israel: and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites: 2Sa 8:16-181Ch 18:15-171Ki 4:3-6 And Adoram was over the tribute: and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder: 13 1Ki 12:181Ki 4:31Ki 4:6 And Sheva was scribe: and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests: 1Ki 4:42Sa 8:171Ch 18:16 And Ira also the Jairite was a chief ruler about David. 14 2Sa 23:38Exo 2:141Ch 11:402Ch 35:152Sa 8:18Exo 2:16Exo 24:11Gen 41:43