1And there happened to be there a worthless fellow, 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.stylus1 Kings 12:16, 1 Kings 12:16, 2 Chronicles 10:16, Deuteronomy 13:13, 2 Chronicles 10:162So every man of Israel withdrew from following David, followed Sheba the son of Bichri: but the men of Judah held fast to their king, from Jordan even to Jerusalem.stylusActs 11:23, John 6:66, John 6:68, Acts 11:23, John 6:663And 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 custody, and fed them, but went not in to them. So they were shut up to the day of their death, living in widowhood.stylus2 Samuel 16:21, 2 Samuel 16:22, 2 Samuel 16:21, 2 Samuel 16:22, 2 Samuel 15:164Then said the king to Amasa, Assemble to me the men of Judah within three days, and be thou here present.stylus2 Samuel 17:25, 2 Samuel 19:13, 2 Samuel 17:25, 2 Samuel 19:13, 1 Chronicles 2:175So Amasa went to assemble the men of Judah: but he tarried longer than the set time which he had appointed him.stylus1 Samuel 13:8, 2 Samuel 19:13, 1 Samuel 13:8, 2 Samuel 19:136And 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 him, lest he get for himself fortified cities, and escape us.stylus2 Samuel 11:11, 2 Samuel 21:17, 1 Kings 1:33, 2 Samuel 11:11, 2 Samuel 21:177And 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.stylus2 Samuel 8:18, 2 Samuel 8:18, 1 Kings 1:38, 1 Kings 1:38, 2 Samuel 20:238When 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 to him, and upon it a belt with a sword fastened upon his loins in its sheath; and as he went forth it fell out.stylus2 Samuel 3:30, 2 Samuel 3:30, 2 Samuel 2:13, 2 Samuel 2:13, 2 Samuel 20:49And Joab said to Amasa, Art thou in health, my brother? And Joab took Amasa by the beard with the right hand to kiss him.stylusMatthew 26:48, Matthew 26:49, Luke 22:47, Luke 22:48, Matthew 26:4810But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab’s hand: so he smote him in the fifth rib, and shed out his inward parts to the ground, and struck him not again; and he died. So Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri.stylus2 Samuel 2:23, 2 Samuel 2:23, 2 Samuel 3:27, 2 Samuel 3:27, Judges 3:2111And 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.stylus2 Samuel 20:13, 2 Samuel 20:13, 2 Samuel 20:6, 2 Samuel 20:7, 2 Samuel 20:412And 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.stylusProverbs 24:21, Proverbs 24:22, Psalms 9:16, Proverbs 24:21, Proverbs 24:2213When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.stylusIsaiah 36:2, Mark 10:46, Numbers 20:19, Isaiah 7:3, Judges 21:1914And he went through all the tribes of Israel to Abel, and to Bethmaachah, and all the Berites: and they were gathered together, and went also after him.stylus2 Kings 15:29, 2 Kings 15:29, 1 Kings 15:20, 2 Chronicles 16:4, Joshua 18:2515And they came and besieged him in Abel of Bethmaachah, 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.stylus2 Kings 19:32, 2 Kings 19:32, Jeremiah 32:24, Jeremiah 32:24, 1 Kings 15:2016Then cried a wise woman out of the city, Hear, hear; say, I pray you, to Joab, Come here, that I may speak with thee.stylus2 Samuel 14:2, 2 Samuel 14:2, Ecclesiastes 9:14, Ecclesiastes 9:18, Ecclesiastes 9:1417And when he was come near to her, the woman said, Art thou Joab? And he answered, I am he . Then she said to him, Hear the words of thy handmaid. And he answered, I do hear.stylus1 Samuel 25:24, 2 Samuel 14:12, 1 Samuel 25:24, 2 Samuel 14:1218Then she spoke, saying, They were accustomed to speak in old time, saying, They shall surely ask counsel at Abel: and so they ended the matter .stylusDeuteronomy 20:10, Deuteronomy 20:11, Deuteronomy 20:10, Deuteronomy 20:1119I 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?stylus1 Samuel 26:19, 1 Samuel 26:19, 2 Samuel 21:3, 2 Samuel 21:3, 2 Samuel 17:1620And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy.stylusProverbs 28:13, Job 21:16, 2 Samuel 23:17, Luke 10:29, 2 Samuel 20:1021The 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 to Joab, Behold, his head shall be thrown to thee over the wall.stylusJeremiah 50:19, 1 Samuel 26:9, 2 Samuel 20:1, Jeremiah 4:15, 2 Samuel 23:1822Then the woman went to 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 to the king.stylus2 Samuel 20:1, Ecclesiastes 7:19, 2 Samuel 20:1, Ecclesiastes 7:19, 2 Samuel 18:1623Now Joabwas over all the host of Israel: and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites:stylus2 Samuel 8:16, 2 Samuel 8:18, 2 Samuel 8:16, 2 Samuel 8:18, 1 Chronicles 18:1524And Adoram was over the forced labour: and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder:stylus1 Kings 4:3, 1 Kings 12:18, 1 Kings 4:3, 1 Kings 12:18, 1 Kings 4:625And Sheva was scribe: and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests:stylus2 Samuel 8:17, 1 Kings 4:4, 2 Samuel 8:17, 1 Kings 4:4, 1 Chronicles 18:1626And Ira also the Jairite was a chief ruler of David.stylus2 Samuel 23:38, Exodus 2:14, 2 Samuel 23:38, Exodus 2:14, Genesis 41:45
