2 Samuel 20
20:1And a man was encountered there, a mischievous son, and his name was Sheba son of Bichri, a man of Benjamin. And he trumped the trumpet, and said, There is not to us a portion among David, nor an inheritance in the son of Jesse. Each man to his tents, O Israel.
20:2And ascended every man of Israel from behind David to follow after Sheba son of Bichri. But the men of Judah cleaved to their king from the Jordan and unto Jerusalem.
20:3And David entered unto his house in Jerusalem, and the king took the ten women of his concubines, whom he left behind to guard the house; and he gave them for house guard, and he nourished them, but he did not enter to them. And they were held until the days of their death living as widows.
20:4And the king said to Amasa, Call to me men of Judah in three days, but you stand here!
20:5And Amasa went to summon Judah, and he passed time beyond the time which David ordered him.
20:6And David said to Abishai, Now Sheba son of Bichri shall do us evil above Absalom. And now take with yourself the servants of your master, and pursue after him! so that he should not find for himself fortified cities, and he should shadow our eyes.
20:7And the men of Joab went forth after him, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and all the mighty ones. And they went forth from Jerusalem, to pursue after Sheba son of Bichri.
20:8And they were by the great stone in Gibeon. And Amasa entered in front of them. And Joab being girded with his uniform garment, and upon him was a sword being tied around being teamed up on his loin in its sheath. And the sword came forth and fell.
20:9And Joab said to Amasa, Are you in health, my brother? And the right hand of Joab constrained the beard of Amasa to kiss him.
20:10And Amasa did not guard from the sword, of the one in the hand of Joab. And Joab hit him with it in his flank, and his belly poured out upon the ground, and it was not repeated a second time to him, and he died. And Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba son of Bichri.
20:11And a man stood by him, one of the servants of Joab. And he said, Who is the one wanting Joab, and who is the one wanting David? Be behind Joab.
20:12And Amasa having died, and being befouled in the blood, was in the middle of the road. And a man beheld that all the people stood. And he returned Amasa from the road to the field, and cast upon him a cloak, for he beheld that every one coming stopped by him.
20:13And it came to pass when he removed him from out of the road, all the people of Israel went by after Joab, to pursue after Sheba son of Bichri.
20:14And he went through among all the tribes of Israel, to Abel and Beth-maacah. And they were assembled, and they came after him.
20:15And they came and assaulted against him in Abel and Beth-maacah. And they cast a seige mound against the city, and it stood in the area around the wall. And all the people with Joab purposed to throw down the wall.
20:16And a wise woman yelled out from the city, and said, Hearken indeed! hearken! Say indeed to Joab, Approach unto here! and I will speak to him.
20:17And he drew near to her. And the woman said, Are you Joab? And he said, I am. And she said to him, Hear the words of your maidservant! And he said, I am listening.
20:18And she said, saying, They spoke a word at first, saying, By asking they shall ask in Abel; and thus they ceased.
20:19I am peaceable of ones supporting Israel. But you seek to kill a city, even a mother-city in Israel. Why do you swallow down the inheritance of the lord?
20:20And Joab answered and said, May it not be to me to swallow it, and shall I utterly destroy it?
20:21The word is not so. For a man from mount Ephraim, Sheba son of Bichri is his name, lifted up his hand against king David. Give him to me only, and I shall go forth from the city. And the woman said to Joab, Behold, I will toss his head to you over the wall.
20:22And the woman went in to all the people, and she spoke to all the city in her wisdom. And they removed the head of Sheba son of Bichri, and they tossed it to Joab. And he trumped with the horn, and they scattered from the city, each man to his tents. And Joab returned to Jerusalem to the king.
20:23And Joab was over all the force of Israel. And Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites.
20:24And Adoram was over the tribute. And Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was recording.
20:25And Sheva was scribe, And Zadok and Abiathar were priests.
20:26And indeed Ira the Jarite was priest to David.