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2 Samuel 19:1--20:26

19:1

And it was told
<05046> (8714)

Joab
<03097>_,

Behold, the king
<04428>

weepeth
<01058> (8802)

and mourneth
<056> (8691)

for Absalom
<053>_.

19:2

And the victory
<08668>

that day
<03117>

was [turned] into mourning
<060>

unto all the people
<05971>_:

for the people
<05971>

heard
<08085> (8804)

say
<0559> (8800)

that day
<03117>

how the king
<04428>

was grieved
<06087> (8738)

for his son
<01121>_.

{victory: Heb. salvation, or, deliverance}

19:3

And the people
<05971>

gat
<0935> (8800)

them by stealth
<01589> (8691)

that day
<03117>

into the city
<05892>_,

as people
<05971>

being ashamed
<03637> (8737)

steal away
<01589> (8691)

when they flee
<05127> (8800)

in battle
<04421>_.

19:4

But the king
<04428>

covered
<03813> (8804)

his face
<06440>_,

and the king
<04428>

cried
<02199> (8799)

with a loud
<01419>

voice
<06963>_,

O my son
<01121>

Absalom
<053>_,

O Absalom
<053>_,

my son
<01121>_,

my son
<01121>_!

19:5

And Joab
<03097>

came
<0935> (8799)

into the house
<01004>

to the king
<04428>_,

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

Thou hast shamed
<03001> (8689)

this day
<03117>

the faces
<06440>

of all thy servants
<05650>_,

which this day
<03117>

have saved
<04422> (8764)

thy life
<05315>_,

and the lives
<05315>

of thy sons
<01121>

and of thy daughters
<01323>_,

and the lives
<05315>

of thy wives
<0802>_,

and the lives
<05315>

of thy concubines
<06370>_;

19:6

In that thou lovest
<0157> (8800)

thine enemies
<08130> (8802)_,

and hatest
<08130> (8800)

thy friends
<0157> (8802)_.

For thou hast declared
<05046> (8689)

this day
<03117>_,

that thou regardest neither princes
<08269>

nor servants
<05650>_:

for this day
<03117>

I perceive
<03045> (8804)_,

that if
<03863>

Absalom
<053>

had lived
<02416>_,

and all we had died
<04191> (8801)

this day
<03117>_,

then it had pleased thee well
<03477> <05869>_.

{in...: Heb. By loving, etc} {that thou regardest...: Heb. that princes or servants are not to thee}

19:7

Now therefore arise
<06965> (8798)_,

go forth
<03318> (8798)_,

and speak
<01696> (8761)

comfortably
<03820>

unto thy servants
<05650>_:

for I swear
<07650> (8738)

by the LORD
<03068>_,

if thou go not forth
<03318> (8802)_,

there will not tarry
<03885> (8799)

one
<0376>

with thee this night
<03915>_:

and that will be worse
<07489> (8804)

unto thee than all the evil
<07451>

that befell
<0935> (8804)

thee from thy youth
<05271>

until now. {comfortably...: Heb. to the heart of thy servants}

19:8

Then the king
<04428>

arose
<06965> (8799)_,

and sat
<03427> (8799)

in the gate
<08179>_.

And they told
<05046> (8689)

unto all the people
<05971>_,

saying
<0559> (8800)_,

Behold, the king
<04428>

doth sit
<03427> (8802)

in the gate
<08179>_.

And all the people
<05971>

came
<0935> (8799)

before
<06440>

the king
<04428>_:

for Israel
<03478>

had fled
<05127> (8804)

every man
<0376>

to his tent
<0168>_.

19:9

And all the people
<05971>

were at strife
<01777> (8737)

throughout all the tribes
<07626>

of Israel
<03478>_,

saying
<0559> (8800)_,

The king
<04428>

saved
<05337> (8689)

us out of the hand
<03709>

of our enemies
<0341> (8802)_,

and he delivered
<04422> (8765)

us out of the hand
<03709>

of the Philistines
<06430>_;

and now he is fled
<01272> (8804)

out of the land
<0776>

for Absalom
<053>_.

19:10

And Absalom
<053>_,

whom we anointed
<04886> (8804)

over us, is dead
<04191> (8804)

in battle
<04421>_.

Now therefore why speak
<02790> (8688)

ye not a word of bringing
<07725> (0)

the king
<04428>

back
<07725> (8687)_?

{speak...: Heb. are ye silent?}

19:11

And king
<04428>

David
<01732>

sent
<07971> (8804)

to Zadok
<06659>

and to Abiathar
<054>

the priests
<03548>_,

saying
<0559> (8800)_,

Speak
<01696> (8761)

unto the elders
<02205>

of Judah
<03063>_,

saying
<0559> (8800)_,

Why are ye the last
<0314>

to bring
<07725> (0)

the king
<04428>

back
<07725> (8687)

to his house
<01004>_?

seeing the speech
<01697>

of all Israel
<03478>

is come
<0935> (8804)

to the king
<04428>_,

[even] to his house
<01004>_.

19:12

Ye [are] my brethren
<0251>_,

ye [are] my bones
<06106>

and my flesh
<01320>_:

wherefore then are ye the last
<0314>

to bring back
<07725> (8687)

the king
<04428>_?

19:13

And say
<0559> (8799)

ye to Amasa
<06021>_,

[Art] thou not of my bone
<06106>_,

and of my flesh
<01320>_?

God
<0430>

do
<06213> (8799)

so to me, and more
<03254> (8686)

also, if thou be not captain
<08269>

of the host
<06635>

before
<06440>

me continually
<03117>

in the room
<08478>

of Joab
<03097>_.

19:14

And he bowed
<05186> (8686)

the heart
<03824>

of all the men
<0376>

of Judah
<03063>_,

even as [the heart of] one
<0259>

man
<0376>_;

so that they sent
<07971> (8799)

[this word] unto the king
<04428>_,

Return
<07725> (8798)

thou, and all thy servants
<05650>_.

19:15

So the king
<04428>

returned
<07725> (8799)_,

and came
<0935> (8799)

to Jordan
<03383>_.

And Judah
<03063>

came
<0935> (8804)

to Gilgal
<01537>_,

to go
<03212> (8800)

to meet
<07125> (8800)

the king
<04428>_,

to conduct
<05674> (0)

the king
<04428>

over
<05674> (8687)

Jordan
<03383>_.

19:16

And Shimei
<08096>

the son
<01121>

of Gera
<01617>_,

a Benjamite
<01145>_,

which [was] of Bahurim
<0980>_,

hasted
<04116> (8762)

and came down
<03381> (8799)

with the men
<0376>

of Judah
<03063>

to meet
<07125> (8800)

king
<04428>

David
<01732>_.

19:17

And [there were] a thousand
<0505>

men
<0376>

of Benjamin
<01145>

with him, and Ziba
<06717>

the servant
<05288>

of the house
<01004>

of Saul
<07586>_,

and his fifteen
<02568> <06240>

sons
<01121>

and his twenty
<06242>

servants
<05650>

with him; and they went over
<06743> (8804)

Jordan
<03383>

before
<06440>

the king
<04428>_.

19:18

And there went over
<05674> (8804)

a ferry boat
<05679>

to carry over
<05674> (8687)

the king's
<04428>

household
<01004>_,

and to do
<06213> (8800)

what he thought
<05869>

good
<02896>_.

And Shimei
<08096>

the son
<01121>

of Gera
<01617>

fell down
<05307> (8804)

before
<06440>

the king
<04428>_,

as he was come over
<05674> (8800)

Jordan
<03383>_;

{what...: Heb. the good in his eyes}

19:19

And said
<0559> (8799)

unto the king
<04428>_,

Let not my lord
<0113>

impute
<02803> (8799)

iniquity
<05771>

unto me, neither do thou remember
<02142> (8799)

that which thy servant
<05650>

did perversely
<05753> (8689)

the day
<03117>

that my lord
<0113>

the king
<04428>

went out
<03318> (8804)

of Jerusalem
<03389>_,

that the king
<04428>

should take
<07760> (8800)

it to his heart
<03820>_.

19:20

For thy servant
<05650>

doth know
<03045> (8804)

that I have sinned
<02398> (8804)_:

therefore, behold, I am come
<0935> (8804)

the first
<07223>

this day
<03117>

of all the house
<01004>

of Joseph
<03130>

to go down
<03381> (8800)

to meet
<07125> (8800)

my lord
<0113>

the king
<04428>_.

19:21

But Abishai
<052>

the son
<01121>

of Zeruiah
<06870>

answered
<06030> (8799)

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

Shall not Shimei
<08096>

be put to death
<04191> (8714)

for this, because he cursed
<07043> (8765)

the LORD'S
<03068>

anointed
<04899>_?

19:22

And David
<01732>

said
<0559> (8799)_,

What have I to do with you, ye sons
<01121>

of Zeruiah
<06870>_,

that ye should this day
<03117>

be adversaries
<07854>

unto me? shall there any man
<0376>

be put to death
<04191> (8714)

this day
<03117>

in Israel
<03478>_?

for do not I know
<03045> (8804)

that I [am] this day
<03117>

king
<04428>

over Israel
<03478>_?

19:23

Therefore the king
<04428>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto Shimei
<08096>_,

Thou shalt not die
<04191> (8799)_.

And the king
<04428>

sware
<07650> (8735)

unto him.

19:24

And Mephibosheth
<04648>

the son
<01121>

of Saul
<07586>

came down
<03381> (8804)

to meet
<07125> (8800)

the king
<04428>_,

and had neither
<03808>

dressed
<06213> (8804)

his feet
<07272>_,

nor trimmed
<06213> (8804)

his beard
<08222>_,

nor washed
<03526> (8765)

his clothes
<0899>_,

from the day
<03117>

the king
<04428>

departed
<03212> (8800)

until the day
<03117>

he came
<0935> (8804)

[again] in peace
<07965>_.

19:25

And it came to pass, when he was come
<0935> (8804)

to Jerusalem
<03389>

to meet
<07125> (8800)

the king
<04428>_,

that the king
<04428>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto him, Wherefore wentest
<01980> (8804)

not thou with me, Mephibosheth
<04648>_?

19:26

And he answered
<0559> (8799)_,

My lord
<0113>_,

O king
<04428>_,

my servant
<05650>

deceived
<07411> (8765)

me: for thy servant
<05650>

said
<0559> (8804)_,

I will saddle
<02280> (8799)

me an ass
<02543>_,

that I may ride
<07392> (8799)

thereon, and go
<03212> (8799)

to the king
<04428>_;

because thy servant
<05650>

[is] lame
<06455>_.

19:27

And he hath slandered
<07270> (8762)

thy servant
<05650>

unto my lord
<0113>

the king
<04428>_;

but my lord
<0113>

the king
<04428>

[is] as an angel
<04397>

of God
<0430>_:

do
<06213> (8798)

therefore [what is] good
<02896>

in thine eyes
<05869>_.

19:28

For all [of] my father's
<01>

house
<01004>

were but
<03808>

dead
<04194>

men
<0582>

before my lord
<0113>

the king
<04428>_:

yet didst thou set
<07896> (8799)

thy servant
<05650>

among them that did eat
<0398> (8802)

at thine own table
<07979>_.

What right
<06666>

therefore have
<03426>

I yet to cry
<02199> (8800)

any more unto the king
<04428>_?

{dead...: Heb. men of death}

19:29

And the king
<04428>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto him, Why speakest
<01696> (8762)

thou any more of thy matters
<01697>_?

I have said
<0559> (8804)_,

Thou and Ziba
<06717>

divide
<02505> (8799)

the land
<07704>_.

19:30

And Mephibosheth
<04648>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto the king
<04428>_,

Yea, let him take
<03947> (8799)

all, forasmuch
<0310>

as
<0834>

my lord
<0113>

the king
<04428>

is come again
<0935> (8804)

in peace
<07965>

unto his own house
<01004>_.

19:31

And Barzillai
<01271>

the Gileadite
<01569>

came down
<03381> (8804)

from Rogelim
<07274>_,

and went over
<05674> (8799)

Jordan
<03383>

with the king
<04428>_,

to conduct
<07971> (8763)

him over Jordan
<03383>_.

19:32

Now Barzillai
<01271>

was a very
<03966>

aged
<02204> (8804)

man, [even] fourscore
<08084>

years
<08141>

old
<01121>_:

and he had provided the king
<04428>

of sustenance
<03557> (8773)

while he lay
<07871>

at Mahanaim
<04266>_;

for he [was] a very
<03966>

great
<01419>

man
<0376>_.

19:33

And the king
<04428>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto Barzillai
<01271>_,

Come thou over
<05674> (8798)

with me, and I will feed
<03557> (8773)

thee with me in Jerusalem
<03389>_.

19:34

And Barzillai
<01271>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto the king
<04428>_,

How long
<03117>

have I to live
<08141> <02416>_,

that I should go up
<05927> (8799)

with the king
<04428>

unto Jerusalem
<03389>_?

{How...: Heb. How many days are the years of my life}

19:35

I [am] this day
<03117>

fourscore
<08084>

years
<08141>

old
<01121>_:

[and] can I discern
<03045> (8799)

between good
<02896>

and evil
<07451>_?

can thy servant
<05650>

taste
<02938> (8799)

what
<0834>

I eat
<0398> (8799)

or what
<0834>

I drink
<08354> (8799)_?

can I hear
<08085> (8799)

any more the voice
<06963>

of singing men
<07891> (8802)

and singing women
<07891> (8802)_?

wherefore then should thy servant
<05650>

be yet a burden
<04853>

unto my lord
<0113>

the king
<04428>_?

19:36

Thy servant
<05650>

will go
<05674> (0)

a little way
<04592>

over
<05674> (8799)

Jordan
<03383>

with the king
<04428>_:

and why should the king
<04428>

recompense
<01580> (8799)

it me with such a reward
<01578>_?

19:37

Let thy servant
<05650>_,

I pray thee, turn back again
<07725> (8799)_,

that I may die
<04191> (8799)

in mine own city
<05892>_,

[and be buried] by the grave
<06913>

of my father
<01>

and of my mother
<0517>_.

But behold thy servant
<05650>

Chimham
<03643>_;

let him go over
<05674> (8799)

with my lord
<0113>

the king
<04428>_;

and do
<06213> (8798)

to him what shall seem good
<02896> <05869>

unto thee.

19:38

And the king
<04428>

answered
<0559> (8799)_,

Chimham
<03643>

shall go
<05674> (8799)

over with me, and I will do
<06213> (8799)

to him that which shall seem good
<02896> <05869>

unto thee: and whatsoever thou shalt require
<0977> (8799)

of me, [that] will I do
<06213> (8799)

for thee. {require: Heb. choose}

19:39

And all the people
<05971>

went over
<05674> (8799)

Jordan
<03383>_.

And when the king
<04428>

was come over
<05674> (8804)_,

the king
<04428>

kissed
<05401> (8799)

Barzillai
<01271>_,

and blessed
<01288> (8762)

him; and he returned
<07725> (8799)

unto his own place
<04725>_.

19:40

Then the king
<04428>

went on
<05674> (8799)

to Gilgal
<01537>_,

and Chimham
<03643>

went on
<05674> (8804)

with him: and all the people
<05971>

of Judah
<03063>

conducted
<05674> (8689) (8675) <05674> (8686)

the king
<04428>_,

and also half
<02677>

the people
<05971>

of Israel
<03478>_.

{Chimham: Heb. Chimhan}

19:41

And, behold, all the men
<0376>

of Israel
<03478>

came
<0935> (8802)

to the king
<04428>_,

and said
<0559> (8799)

unto the king
<04428>_,

Why have our brethren
<0251>

the men
<0376>

of Judah
<03063>

stolen thee away
<01589> (8804)_,

and have brought
<05674> (8686)

the king
<04428>_,

and his household
<01004>_,

and all David's
<01732>

men
<0582>

with him, over Jordan
<03383>_?

19:42

And all the men
<0376>

of Judah
<03063>

answered
<06030> (8799)

the men
<0376>

of Israel
<03478>_,

Because the king
<04428>

[is] near of kin
<07138>

to us: wherefore then be ye angry
<02734> (8804)

for this matter
<01697>_?

have we eaten
<0398> (8804)

at all
<0398> (8800)

of the king's
<04428>

[cost]? or hath he given
<05375> (8765)

us any gift
<05379>_?

19:43

And the men
<0376>

of Israel
<03478>

answered
<06030> (8799)

the men
<0376>

of Judah
<03063>_,

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

We have ten
<06235>

parts
<03027>

in the king
<04428>_,

and we
<0589>

have also more [right] in David
<01732>

than ye: why then did ye despise
<07043> (8689)

us, that our advice
<01697>

should not be first
<07223>

had in bringing back
<07725> (8687)

our king
<04428>_?

And the words
<01697>

of the men
<0376>

of Judah
<03063>

were fiercer
<07185> (8799)

than the words
<01697>

of the men
<0376>

of Israel
<03478>_.

{despise...: Heb. set us at light}

20:1

And there happened
<07122> (8738)

to be there a man
<0376>

of Belial
<01100>_,

whose name
<08034>

[was] Sheba
<07652>_,

the son
<01121>

of Bichri
<01075>_,

a Benjamite
<01145>_:

and he blew
<08628> (8799)

a trumpet
<07782>_,

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

We have no part
<02506>

in David
<01732>_,

neither have we inheritance
<05159>

in the son
<01121>

of Jesse
<03448>_:

every
<0376>

man
<0376>

to his tents
<0168>_,

O Israel
<03478>_.

20:2

So every man
<0376>

of Israel
<03478>

went up
<05927> (8799)

from after
<0310>

David
<01732>_,

[and] followed
<0310>

Sheba
<07652>

the son
<01121>

of Bichri
<01075>_:

but the men
<0376>

of Judah
<03063>

clave
<01692> (8804)

unto their king
<04428>_,

from Jordan
<03383>

even to Jerusalem
<03389>_.

20:3

And David
<01732>

came
<0935> (8799)

to his house
<01004>

at Jerusalem
<03389>_;

and the king
<04428>

took
<03947> (8799)

the ten
<06235>

women
<0802>

[his] concubines
<06370>_,

whom he had left
<03240> (8689)

to keep
<08104> (8800)

the house
<01004>_,

and put
<05414> (8799)

them in ward
<04931>_,

and fed
<03557> (8770)

them, but went not in
<0935> (8804)

unto them. So they were shut up
<06887> (8803)

unto the day
<03117>

of their death
<04191> (8800)_,

living
<02424>

in widowhood
<0491>_.

{ward: Heb. an house of ward} {shut...: Heb. bound} {living...: Heb. in widowhood of life}

20:4

Then said
<0559> (8799)

the king
<04428>

to Amasa
<06021>_,

Assemble
<02199> (8685)

me the men
<0376>

of Judah
<03063>

within three
<07969>

days
<03117>_,

and be thou here present
<05975> (8798)_.

{Assemble: Heb. Call}

20:5

So Amasa
<06021>

went
<03212> (8799)

to assemble
<02199> (8687)

[the men of] Judah
<03063>_:

but he tarried longer
<0309> (8799) (8675) <03186> (8799)

than the set time
<04150>

which he had appointed
<03259> (8804)

him. {Assemble: Heb. Call}

20:6

And David
<01732>

said
<0559> (8799)

to Abishai
<052>_,

Now shall Sheba
<07652>

the son
<01121>

of Bichri
<01075>

do us more harm
<03415> (8799)

than [did] Absalom
<053>_:

take
<03947> (8798)

thou thy lord's
<0113>

servants
<05650>_,

and pursue
<07291> (8798)

after
<0310>

him, lest he get
<04672> (8804)

him fenced
<01219> (8803)

cities
<05892>_,

and escape
<05337> (8689)

us
<05869>_.

{escape...: Heb. deliver himself from our eyes}

20:7

And there went out
<03318> (8799)

after
<0310>

him Joab's
<03097>

men
<0582>_,

and the Cherethites
<03774>_,

and the Pelethites
<06432>_,

and all the mighty men
<01368>_:

and they went out
<03318> (8799)

of Jerusalem
<03389>_,

to pursue
<07291> (8800)

after
<0310>

Sheba
<07652>

the son
<01121>

of Bichri
<01075>_.

20:8

When they [were] at the great
<01419>

stone
<068>

which [is] in Gibeon
<01391>_,

Amasa
<06021>

went
<0935> (8804)

before
<06440>

them. And Joab's
<03097>

garment
<04055>

that he had put on
<03830>

was girded
<02296> (8803)

unto him, and upon it a girdle
<02289>

[with] a sword
<02719>

fastened
<06775> (8794)

upon his loins
<04975>

in the sheath
<08593>

thereof; and as he went forth
<03318> (8804)

it fell out
<05307> (8799)_.

20:9

And Joab
<03097>

said
<0559> (8799)

to Amasa
<06021>_,

[Art] thou in health
<07965>_,

my brother
<0251>_?

And Joab
<03097>

took
<0270> (8799)

Amasa
<06021>

by the beard
<02206>

with the right
<03225>

hand
<03027>

to kiss
<05401> (8800)

him.

20:10

But Amasa
<06021>

took no heed
<08104> (8738)

to the sword
<02719>

that [was] in Joab's
<03097>

hand
<03027>_:

so he smote
<05221> (8686)

him therewith in the fifth
<02570>

[rib], and shed out
<08210> (8799)

his bowels
<04578>

to the ground
<0776>_,

and struck him not again
<08138> (8804)_;

and he died
<04191> (8799)_.

So Joab
<03097>

and Abishai
<052>

his brother
<0251>

pursued
<07291> (8804)

after
<0310>

Sheba
<07652>

the son
<01121>

of Bichri
<01075>_.

{struck...: Heb. doubled not his stroke}

20:11

And one
<0376>

of Joab's
<03097>

men
<05288>

stood
<05975> (8804)

by him, and said
<0559> (8799)_,

He
<04310>

that favoureth
<02654> (8804)

Joab
<03097>_,

and he that [is] for David
<01732>_,

[let him go] after
<0310>

Joab
<03097>_.

20:12

And Amasa
<06021>

wallowed
<01556> (8706)

in blood
<01818>

in the midst
<08432>

of the highway
<04546>_.

And when the man
<0376>

saw
<07200> (8799)

that all the people
<05971>

stood still
<05975> (8804)_,

he removed
<05437> (8686)

Amasa
<06021>

out of the highway
<04546>

into the field
<07704>_,

and cast
<07993> (8686)

a cloth
<0899>

upon him, when he saw
<07200> (8804)

that every one that came
<0935> (8802)

by him stood still
<05975> (8804)_.

20:13

When he was removed
<03014> (8689)

out of the highway
<04546>_,

all the people
<0376>

went on
<05674> (8804)

after
<0310>

Joab
<03097>_,

to pursue
<07291> (8800)

after
<0310>

Sheba
<07652>

the son
<01121>

of Bichri
<01075>_.

20:14

And he went
<05674> (8799)

through all the tribes
<07626>

of Israel
<03478>

unto Abel
<059>_,

and to Bethmaachah
<01038>_,

and all the Berites
<01276>_:

and they were gathered together
<06950> (8735) (8675) <07035> (8735)_,

and went
<0935> (8799)

also after
<0310>

him.

20:15

And they came
<0935> (8799)

and besieged
<06696> (8799)

him in Abel
<059>

of Bethmaachah
<01038>_,

and they cast up
<08210> (8799)

a bank
<05550>

against the city
<05892>_,

and it stood
<05975> (8799)

in the trench
<02426>_:

and all the people
<05971>

that [were] with Joab
<03097>

battered
<07843> (8688)

the wall
<02346>_,

to throw it down
<05307> (8687)_.

{in the trench: or, against the outmost wall} {battered: Heb. marred to throw down}

20:16

Then cried
<07121> (8799)

a wise
<02450>

woman
<0802>

out of the city
<05892>_,

Hear
<08085> (8798)_,

hear
<08085> (8798)_;

say
<0559> (8798)_,

I pray you, unto Joab
<03097>_,

Come near
<07126> (8798)

hither, that I may speak
<01696> (8762)

with thee.

20:17

And when he was come near
<07126> (8799)

unto her, the woman
<0802>

said
<0559> (8799)_,

[Art] thou Joab
<03097>_?

And he answered
<0559> (8799)_,

I [am he]. Then she said
<0559> (8799)

unto him, Hear
<08085> (8798)

the words
<01697>

of thine handmaid
<0519>_.

And he answered
<0559> (8799)_,

I do hear
<08085> (8802)_.

20:18

Then she spake
<0559> (8799)_,

saying
<0559> (8800)_,

They were wont
<01696> (8763)

to speak
<01696> (8762)

in old time
<07223>_,

saying
<0559> (8800)_,

They shall surely
<07592> (8800)

ask
<07592> (8762)

[counsel] at Abel
<059>_:

and so they ended
<08552> (8689)

[the matter]. {They were...: or, They plainly spoke in the beginning, saying, Surely they will ask of Abel, and so make and end}

20:19

I [am one of them that are] peaceable
<07999> (8803)

[and] faithful
<0539> (8803)

in Israel
<03478>_:

thou seekest
<01245> (8764)

to destroy
<04191> (8687)

a city
<05892>

and a mother
<0517>

in Israel
<03478>_:

why wilt thou swallow up
<01104> (8762)

the inheritance
<05159>

of the LORD
<03068>_?

20:20

And Joab
<03097>

answered
<06030> (8799)

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

Far be it
<02486>_,

far be it
<02486>

from me, that I should swallow up
<01104> (8762)

or destroy
<07843> (8686)_.

20:21

The matter
<01697>

[is] not so: but a man
<0376>

of mount
<02022>

Ephraim
<0669>_,

Sheba
<07652>

the son
<01121>

of Bichri
<01075>

by name
<08034>_,

hath lifted up
<05375> (8804)

his hand
<03027>

against the king
<04428>_,

[even] against David
<01732>_:

deliver
<05414> (8798)

him only, and I will depart
<03212> (8799)

from the city
<05892>_.

And the woman
<0802>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto Joab
<03097>_,

Behold, his head
<07218>

shall be thrown
<07993> (8716)

to thee over
<01157>

the wall
<02346>_.

{by name: Heb. by his name}

20:22

Then the woman
<0802>

went
<0935> (8799)

unto all the people
<05971>

in her wisdom
<02451>_.

And they cut off
<03772> (8799)

the head
<07218>

of Sheba
<07652>

the son
<01121>

of Bichri
<01075>_,

and cast
<07993> (8686)

[it] out to Joab
<03097>_.

And he blew
<08628> (8799)

a trumpet
<07782>_,

and they retired
<06327> (8799)

from the city
<05892>_,

every man
<0376>

to his tent
<0168>_.

And Joab
<03097>

returned
<07725> (8804)

to Jerusalem
<03389>

unto the king
<04428>_.

{retired: Heb. were scattered}

20:23

Now Joab
<03097>

[was] over all the host
<06635>

of Israel
<03478>_:

and Benaiah
<01141>

the son
<01121>

of Jehoiada
<03077>

[was] over the Cherethites
<03774> (8675) <03746>

and over the Pelethites
<06432>_:

20:24

And Adoram
<0151>

[was] over the tribute
<04522>_:

and Jehoshaphat
<03092>

the son
<01121>

of Ahilud
<0286>

[was] recorder
<02142> (8688)_:

{recorder: or, remembrancer}

20:25

And Sheva
<07864> (8675) <07724>

[was] scribe
<05608> (8802)_:

and Zadok
<06659>

and Abiathar
<054>

[were] the priests
<03548>_:

20:26

And Ira
<05896>

also the Jairite
<02972>

was a chief ruler
<03548>

about David
<01732>_.

{a chief...: or, a prince}