1And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name was Seba, the son of Bochri, a man of Jemini: and he sounded the trumpet, and said: We have no part in David, nor inheritance in the son of Isai: return to thy dwellings, O Israel.

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1 Kings 12:16, 1 Kings 12:16, 2 Chronicles 10:16, Deuteronomy 13:13, 2 Chronicles 10:16

2And all Israel departed from David, and followed Seba the son of Bochri: but the men of Juda stuck to their king from the Jordan unto Jerusalem.

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Acts 11:23, John 6:66, John 6:68, Acts 11:23, John 6:66

3And when the king was come into his house at Jerusalem, he took the ten women his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them inward, allowing them provisions: and he went not in unto them, but they were shut up unto the day of their death living in widowhood.

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2 Samuel 16:21, 2 Samuel 16:22, 2 Samuel 16:21, 2 Samuel 16:22, 2 Samuel 15:16

4And the king said to Amasa: Assemble to me all the men of Juda against the third day, and be thou here present.

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2 Samuel 17:25, 2 Samuel 19:13, 2 Samuel 17:25, 2 Samuel 19:13, 1 Chronicles 2:17

5So Amasa went to assemble the men of Juda, but he tarried beyond the set time which the king had appointed him.

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1 Samuel 13:8, 2 Samuel 19:13, 1 Samuel 13:8, 2 Samuel 19:13

6And David said to Abisai: Now will Seba the son of Bochri do us more harm than did Absalom: take thou therefore the servants of thy lord, and pursue after him, lest he find fenced cities, and escape us.

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2 Samuel 11:11, 2 Samuel 21:17, 1 Kings 1:33, 2 Samuel 11:11, 2 Samuel 21:17

7So Joab's men went out with him, and the Cerethi and the Phelethi: and all the valiant men went out of Jerusalem to pursue after Seba the son of Bochri.

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2 Samuel 8:18, 2 Samuel 8:18, 1 Kings 1:38, 1 Kings 1:38, 2 Samuel 20:23

8And when they were at the great stone which is in Gabaon, Amasa coming met them. And Joab had on a close coat of equal length with his habit, and over it was girded with a sword hanging down to his flank, in a scabbard, made in such manner as to come out with the least motion and strike.

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2 Samuel 3:30, 2 Samuel 3:30, 2 Samuel 2:13, 2 Samuel 2:13, 2 Samuel 20:4

9And Joab said to Amasa: God save thee, my brother. And he took Amasa by the chin with his right hand to kiss him.

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Matthew 26:48, Matthew 26:49, Luke 22:47, Luke 22:48, Matthew 26:48

10But Amasa did not take notice of the sword, which Joab had, and he struck him in the side, and shed out his bowels to the ground, and gave him not a second wound, and he died. And Joab, and Abisai his brother pursued after Seba the son of Bochri.

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2 Samuel 2:23, 2 Samuel 2:23, 2 Samuel 3:27, 2 Samuel 3:27, Judges 3:21

11In the mean time some men of Joab's company stopping at the dead body of Amasa, said: Behold he that would have been in Joab's stead the companion of David.

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2 Samuel 20:13, 2 Samuel 20:13, 2 Samuel 20:6, 2 Samuel 20:7, 2 Samuel 20:4

12And Amasa imbrued with blood, lay in the midst of the way. A certain man saw this that all the people stood still to look upon him, so he removed Amasa out of the highway into the field, and covered him with a garment, that they who passed might, not stop on his account.

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Proverbs 24:21, Proverbs 24:22, Psalms 9:16, Proverbs 24:21, Proverbs 24:22

13And when he was removed out of the way, all the people went on following Joab to pursue after Seba the son of Bochri.

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Isaiah 36:2, Mark 10:46, Numbers 20:19, Isaiah 7:3, Judges 21:19

14Now he had passed through all the tribes of Israel unto Abela and Bethmaacha: and all the chosen men were gathered together unto him.

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2 Kings 15:29, 2 Kings 15:29, 1 Kings 15:20, 2 Chronicles 16:4, Joshua 18:25

15And they came, and besieged him in Abela, and in Bethmaacha, and they cast up works round the city, and the city was besieged: and all the people that were with Joab, laboured to throw down the walls.

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2 Kings 19:32, 2 Kings 19:32, Jeremiah 32:24, Jeremiah 32:24, 1 Kings 15:20

16And a wise woman cried out from the city: Hear, hear, and say to Joab: Come near hither, and I will speak with thee.

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2 Samuel 14:2, 2 Samuel 14:2, Ecclesiastes 9:14, Ecclesiastes 9:18, Ecclesiastes 9:14

17And when he was come near to her, she said to him: Art thou Joab? And he answered: I am. And she spoke thus to him: Hear the words of thy handmaid. He answered: I do hear.

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1 Samuel 25:24, 2 Samuel 14:12, 1 Samuel 25:24, 2 Samuel 14:12

18And she again said: A saying was used in the old proverb: They that inquire, let them inquire in Abela: and so they made an end.

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Deuteronomy 20:10, Deuteronomy 20:11, Deuteronomy 20:10, Deuteronomy 20:11

19Am not I she that answer truth in Israel, and thou seekest to destroy the city, and to overthrow a mother in Israel? Why wilt thou throw down the inheritance of the Lord?

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1 Samuel 26:19, 1 Samuel 26:19, 2 Samuel 21:3, 2 Samuel 21:3, 2 Samuel 17:16

20And Joab answering said: God forbid, God forbid that I should, I do not throw down, nor destroy.

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Proverbs 28:13, Job 21:16, 2 Samuel 23:17, Luke 10:29, 2 Samuel 20:10

21The matter is not so, but a man of mount Ephraim, Seba the son of Bochri by name, hath lifted up his hand against king David: deliver him only, and we will depart from the city. And the woman said to Joab: Behold his head shall be thrown to thee from the wall.

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Jeremiah 50:19, 1 Samuel 26:9, 2 Samuel 20:1, Jeremiah 4:15, 2 Samuel 23:18

22So she went to all the people, and spoke to them wisely: and they cut off the head of Seba the son of Bochri, and cast it out to Joab. And he sounded the trumpet, and they departed from the city, every one to their home: and Joab returned to Jerusalem to the king.

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2 Samuel 20:1, Ecclesiastes 7:19, 2 Samuel 20:1, Ecclesiastes 7:19, 2 Samuel 18:16

23So Joab was over all the army of Israel: and Banaias the son of Joiada was over the Cerethites and Phelethites,

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2 Samuel 8:16, 2 Samuel 8:18, 2 Samuel 8:16, 2 Samuel 8:18, 1 Chronicles 18:15

24But Aduram over the tributes: and Josaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder.

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1 Kings 4:3, 1 Kings 12:18, 1 Kings 4:3, 1 Kings 12:18, 1 Kings 4:6

25And Siva was scribe: and Sadoc and Abiathar, priests.

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2 Samuel 8:17, 1 Kings 4:4, 2 Samuel 8:17, 1 Kings 4:4, 1 Chronicles 18:16

26And Ira the Jairite was the priest of David.

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2 Samuel 23:38, Exodus 2:14, 2 Samuel 23:38, Exodus 2:14, Genesis 41:45