1 And there H8033 W-ADV happened H7122 to be there a man H376 NMS of Belial H1100 , whose name H8034 was Sheba H7652 , the son H1121 of Bichri H1075 , a Benjamite H1145 : and he blew H8628 a trumpet H7782 , and said H559 W-VQY3MS , We have no H369 ADV part H2506 CMS in David H1732 , neither H3808 W-NPAR have we inheritance H5159 in the son H1121 of Jesse H3448 : every man H376 NMS to his tents H168 , O Israel H3478 LMS .
2 So every H3605 NMS man H376 NMS of Israel H3478 went up H5927 W-VHY3MS from after H310 David H1732 , and followed H310 PREP Sheba H7652 the son H1121 of Bichri H1075 : but the men H376 NMS of Judah H3063 cleaved H1692 unto their king H4428 , from H4480 PREP Jordan H3383 D-EFS even to H5704 W-PREP Jerusalem H3389 .
3 And David H1732 came H935 W-VQY3MS to H413 PREP his house H1004 NMS-3MS at Jerusalem H3389 ; and the king H4428 D-NMS took H3947 W-VQY3MS the ten H6235 women H802 GFP his concubines H6370 , whom H834 RPRO he had left H5117 to keep H8104 L-VQFC the house H1004 D-NMS , and put H5414 them in ward H1004 CMS , and fed H3557 them , but went H935 not H3808 NADV in unto H413 PREP them . So they were H1961 shut up H6887 unto H5704 PREP the day H3117 NMS of their death H4191 , living H2424 in widowhood H491 .
4 Then said H559 W-VQY3MS the king H4428 D-NMS to H413 PREP Amasa H6021 , Assemble H2199 me the men H376 NMS of Judah H3063 within three H7969 BMS days H3117 NMP , and be thou H859 W-PPRO-2MS here H6311 ADV present H5975 .
5 So Amasa H6021 went H1980 W-VQY3MS to assemble H2199 the men of Judah H3063 : but he tarried longer H3186 than H4480 PREP the set time H4150 which H834 RPRO he had appointed H3259 him .
6 And David H1732 MMS said H559 W-VQY3MS to H413 PREP Abishai H52 , Now H6258 ADV shall Sheba H7652 the son H1121 of Bichri H1075 do us more harm H3415 than H4480 PREP did Absalom H53 : take H3947 VQI2MS thou H859 PPRO-2MS thy lord H113 \'s servants H5650 , and pursue H7291 after H310 PREP-3MS him , lest H6435 CONJ he get H4672 VQPMS him fenced H1219 cities H5892 GFP , and escape H5337 us .
7 And there went out H3318 W-VQY3MP after H310 him Joab H3097 \'s men H376 CMP , and the Cherethites H3774 , and the Pelethites H6432 , and all H3605 W-CMS the mighty men H1368 D-AMP : and they went out H3318 of Jerusalem H3389 , to pursue H7291 after H310 PREP Sheba H7652 the son H1121 of Bichri H1075 .
8 When they H1992 PPRO-3MP were at H5973 PREP the great H1419 D-AFS stone H68 which H834 RPRO is in Gibeon H1391 , Amasa H6021 went H935 VQPMS before H6440 L-CMP-3MP them . And Joab H3097 \'s garment H4055 that he had put on H3830 was girded H2296 unto H5921 PREP him , and upon H5921 PREP it a girdle H2289 with a sword H2719 GFS fastened H6775 upon H5921 PREP his loins H4975 in the sheath H8593 thereof ; and as he H1931 W-PPRO-3MS went forth H3318 VQQ3MS it fell out H5307 .
9 And Joab H3097 said H559 W-VQY3MS to Amasa H6021 , Art thou H859 PPRO-2MS in health H7965 , my brother H251 ? And Joab H3097 took H270 Amasa H6021 by the beard H2206 with the right H3225 hand H3027 CFS to kiss H5401 him .
10 But Amasa H6021 took no H3808 ADV heed H8104 to the sword H2719 that H834 RPRO was in Joab H3097 \'s hand H3027 B-CFS : so he smote H5221 him therewith in H413 PREP the fifth H2570 rib , and shed out H8210 his bowels H4578 to the ground H776 NFS-3FS , and struck H8138 him not H3808 W-NADV again ; and he died H4191 . So Joab H3097 and Abishai H52 his brother H251 CMS-3MS pursued H7291 after H310 PREP Sheba H7652 the son H1121 of Bichri H1075 .
11 And one H376 W-NMS of Joab\'s men H5288 stood H5975 by H5921 PREP-3MS him , and said H559 W-VQY3MS , He H4310 W-IPRO that H834 RPRO favoreth H2654 Joab H3097 , and he H4310 W-IPRO that H834 RPRO is for David H1732 L-NAME , let him go after H310 PREP Joab H3097 .
12 And Amasa H6021 wallowed H1556 in blood H1818 in the midst H8432 B-NMS of the highway H4546 . And when the man H376 D-NMS saw H7200 W-VIY3MS that H3588 CONJ all H3605 NMS the people H5971 stood still H5975 , he removed H5437 Amasa H6021 out of H4480 PREP the highway H4546 into the field H7704 D-NMS , and cast H7993 a cloth H899 upon H5921 PREP-3MS him , when H834 K-RPRO he saw H7200 W-VIY3MS that every H3605 NMS one that came H935 by H5921 PREP-3MS him stood still H5975 .
13 When H834 K-RPRO he was removed H3014 out of H4480 PREP the highway H4546 , all H3605 NMS the people H376 NMS went on H5674 VQQ3MS after H310 PREP Joab H3097 , to pursue H7291 after H310 PREP Sheba H7652 the son H1121 of Bichri H1075 .
14 And he went through H5674 all H3605 B-CMS the tribes H7626 of Israel H3478 unto Abel H59 , and to Beth H1038 - maachah , and all H3605 W-CMS the Berites H1276 : and they were gathered together H7035 , and went H935 W-VQY3MP also H637 CONJ after H310 him .
15 And they came H935 W-VQY3MP and besieged H6696 him in Abel of Beth H62 - maachah , and they cast up H8210 a bank H5550 against H413 PREP the city H5892 D-GFS , and it stood H5975 in the trench H2426 : and all H3605 W-CMS the people H5971 that H834 RPRO were with H854 PREP Joab H3097 battered H7843 the wall H2346 , to throw it down H5307 .
16 Then cried H7121 W-VQY2MS a wise H2450 woman H802 NFS out of H4480 PREP the city H5892 D-GFS , Hear H8085 VQI2MP , hear H8085 VQI2MP ; say H559 , I pray you H4994 IJEC , unto H413 PREP Joab H3097 , Come near H7126 hither H5704 PREP , that I may speak H1696 W-VPI1MS with H413 PREP thee .
17 And when he was come near H7126 W-VQY3MS unto H413 PREP-3FS her , the woman H802 D-NFS said H559 W-VQY3MS , Art thou H859 Joab H3097 ? And he answered H559 W-VQY3MS , I H589 PPRO-1MS am he . Then she said H559 W-VQY3MS unto him Hear H8085 VQI2MS the words H1697 CMP of thine handmaid H519 . And he answered H559 W-VQY3MS , I H595 PPRO-1MS do hear H8085 VQI2MS .
18 Then she spoke H559 W-VQY3FS , saying H559 L-VQFC , They were wont H1696 VPFC to speak H1696 in old time H7223 , saying H559 L-VQFC , They shall surely ask H7592 counsel at Abel H59 : and so H3651 they ended H8552 the matter .
19 I H595 PPRO-1MS am one of them that are peaceable H7999 and faithful H539 in Israel H3478 : thou H859 PPRO-2MS seekest H1245 to destroy H4191 a city H5892 GFS and a mother H517 in Israel H3478 : why H4100 L-IPRO wilt thou swallow up H1104 the inheritance H5159 of the LORD H3068 NAME-4MS ?
20 And Joab H3097 answered H6030 W-VQY3MS and said H559 W-VQY3MS , Far be it H2486 IJEC-3FS , far be it H2486 IJEC-3FS from me , that H518 PART I should swallow up H1104 or H518 PART destroy H7843 .
21 The matter H1697 D-NMS is not H3808 NADV so H3651 ADV : but H3588 CONJ a man H376 NMS of mount H2022 Ephraim H669 , Sheba H7652 the son H1121 of Bichri H1075 by name H8034 CMS-3MS , hath lifted up H5375 VQQ3MS his hand H3027 CFS-3MS against the king H4428 , even against David H1732 : deliver H5414 him only H905 L-CMS-3MS , and I will depart H1980 from M-PREP the city H5892 D-GFS . And the woman H802 D-NFS said H559 W-VQY3FS unto H413 PREP Joab H3097 , Behold H2009 IJEC , his head H7218 CMS-3MS shall be thrown H7993 to H413 PREP thee over H1157 PREP the wall H2346 .
22 Then the woman H802 D-NFS went H935 W-VQY3FS unto H413 PREP all H3605 NMS the people H5971 in her wisdom H2451 . And they cut off H3772 the head H7218 NMS of Sheba H7652 the son H1121 of Bichri H1075 , and cast it out H7993 to H413 PREP Joab H3097 . And he blew H8628 a trumpet H7782 , and they retired H6327 from the city H5892 D-GFS , every man H376 NMS to his tent H168 . And Joab H3097 returned H7725 VQQ3MS to Jerusalem H3389 unto H413 PREP the king H4428 .
23 Now Joab H3097 was over H413 PREP all H3605 NMS the host H6635 of Israel H3478 : and Benaiah H1141 the son H1121 of Jehoiada H3077 was over H5921 PREP the Cherethites H3774 and over H5921 PREP the Pelethites H6432 :
24 And Adoram H151 was over H5921 PREP the tribute H4522 : and Jehoshaphat H3092 the son H1121 of Ahilud H286 was recorder H2142 :
25 And Sheva H7724 was scribe H5608 : and Zadok H6659 and Abiathar H54 were the priests H3548 :
26 And Ira H5896 also H1571 W-CONJ the Jairite H2972 was H1961 VQQ3MS a chief ruler H3548 NMS about David H1732 .