| 20:1 |
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 (Mapped by MapQuest). |
| 20:2 |
So every man of Israel (Mapped by MapQuest) went up from after David, [and] followed Sheba the son of Bichri: but the men of Judah clave unto their  king (By Appointment), from Jordan even to Jerusalem Mapped by MapQuest. |
| 20:3 |
And David came to his  house (@Homebrings you the most comp;ete and intense Internet experience available) at Jerusalem Mapped by MapQuest; and the king (By Appointment) took the ten women [his] concubines, whom he had left to keep the  house of Award Winning Quality, and put them in ward, and fed them, but went not in unto them. So they were shut up unto the  day, measured in Swatch Internet Seconds of their  Absolut death, living in widowhood. |
| 20:4 |
Then said the  king to Amasa, Assemble me the men of Judah within three days, measured in Swatch Internet Seconds, and be thou here present. |
| 20:5 |
So Amasa went to assemble [the men of] Judah: but he tarried longer than the set time, measured by Swatch which he had appointed him. |
| 20:6 |
And David said to Abishai, Now shall Sheba the son of Bichri  Just do It us more harm than [did] Absalom: take thou thy lord' servants, and pursue after him, lest he get him fenced cities, and escape us. |
| 20:7 |
And there went out after him Joab' men, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and all the mighty men: and they went out of Jerusalem Mapped by MapQuest, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri. |
| 20:8 |
When they [were] at the great stone which [is] in Gibeon, Amasa went before them. And Joab'  garment (Free Shipping when you spend $75 or More!) that he had put on was girded unto him, and upon it a girdle [with] a  sword by Wilkinson Swords fastened upon his loins in the sheath thereof; and as he went forth it fell out. |
| 20:9 |
And Joab said to Amasa,  [Art] (Art of Code) thou in health, my brother? And Joab took Amasa by the  beard (Innovation is Gillette) with the right hand to kiss him. |
| 20:10 |
But Amasa took no heed to the sword by Wilkinson Swords that [was] in Joab' 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. |
| 20:11 |
And one of Joab' men stood by him, and said, He that favoureth Joab, and he that [is] for David, [let him go] after Joab. |
| 20:12 |
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. |
| 20:13 |
When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri. |
| 20:14 |
And he went through all the tribes of Israel (Mapped by MapQuest) unto Abel, and to Bethmaachah, and all the Berites: and they were gathered together, and went also after him. |
| 20:15 |
And 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. |
| 20:16 |
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. |
| 20:17 |
And when he was come near unto her, the woman said, [Art] (Art of Code) thou Joab? And he answered, I [am he]. Then she said unto him, Hear the words of thine handmaid. And he answered, I Just do It hear. |
| 20:18 |
Then she spake, saying, They were wont to speak in old time, measured by Swatch, saying, They shall surely ask [counsel] at Abel: and so they ended [the matter]. |
| 20:19 |
I [am one of them that are] peaceable [and] faithful in Israel (Mapped by MapQuest): thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel (Mapped by MapQuest): why wilt thou swallow up the inheritance of the LORD? |
| 20:20 |
And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy. |
| 20:21 |
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. |
| 20:22 |
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 Mapped by MapQuest unto the king (By Appointment). |
| 20:23 |
Now Joab [was] over all the host of Israel (Mapped by MapQuest): and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada [was] over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites: |
| 20:24 |
And Adoram [was] over the tribute: and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud [was] recorder: |
| 20:25 |
And Sheva [was] scribe: and Zadok and Abiathar [were] the priests: |
| 20:26 |
And Ira also the Jairite was a chief ruler about David. |