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         <div class="label">20</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Sheba Rebels Against David</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2SA.20.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Now a troublemaker named Sheba son of Bikri, a Benjamite, happened to be there. He sounded the trumpet and shouted,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2SA.20.1"><span class="content">&#8220;We have no share in David,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2SA.20.1"><span class="content">no part in Jesse&#8217;s son!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2SA.20.1"><span class="content">Every man to his tent, Israel!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2SA.20.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2SA.20.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">So all the men of Israel deserted David to follow Sheba son of Bikri. But the men of Judah stayed by their king all the way from the Jordan to Jerusalem.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2SA.20.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2SA.20.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">When David returned to his palace in Jerusalem, he took the ten concubines he had left to take care of the palace and put them in a house under guard. He provided for them but had no sexual relations with them. They were kept in confinement till the day of their death, living as widows.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2SA.20.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2SA.20.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Then the king said to Amasa, &#8220;Summon the men of Judah to come to me within three days, and be here yourself.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2SA.20.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">But when Amasa went to summon Judah, he took longer than the time the king had set for him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2SA.20.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2SA.20.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">David said to Abishai, &#8220;Now Sheba son of Bikri will do us more harm than Absalom did. Take your master&#8217;s men and pursue him, or he will find fortified cities and escape from us.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">20:6 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">and do us serious injury</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2SA.20.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">So Joab&#8217;s men and the Kerethites and Pelethites and all the mighty warriors went out under the command of Abishai. They marched out from Jerusalem to pursue Sheba son of Bikri.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2SA.20.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2SA.20.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">While they were at the great rock in Gibeon, Amasa came to meet them. Joab was wearing his military tunic, and strapped over it at his waist was a belt with a dagger in its sheath. As he stepped forward, it dropped out of its sheath.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2SA.20.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2SA.20.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Joab said to Amasa, &#8220;How are you, my brother?&#8221; Then Joab took Amasa by the beard with his right hand to kiss him. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2SA.20.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Amasa was not on his guard against the dagger in Joab&#8217;s hand, and Joab plunged it into his belly, and his intestines spilled out on the ground. Without being stabbed again, Amasa died. Then Joab and his brother Abishai pursued Sheba son of Bikri.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2SA.20.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2SA.20.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">One of Joab&#8217;s men stood beside Amasa and said, &#8220;Whoever favors Joab, and whoever is for David, let him follow Joab!&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2SA.20.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Amasa lay wallowing in his blood in the middle of the road, and the man saw that all the troops came to a halt there. When he realized that everyone who came up to Amasa stopped, he dragged him from the road into a field and threw a garment over him. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2SA.20.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">After Amasa had been removed from the road, everyone went on with Joab to pursue Sheba son of Bikri.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2SA.20.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2SA.20.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Sheba passed through all the tribes of Israel to Abel Beth Maakah and through the entire region of the Bikrites,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">20:14 </span><span class="ft">See Septuagint and Vulgate; Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Berites.</span></span></span><span class="content"> who gathered together and followed him. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2SA.20.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">All the troops with Joab came and besieged Sheba in Abel Beth Maakah. They built a siege ramp up to the city, and it stood against the outer fortifications. While they were battering the wall to bring it down, </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2SA.20.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">a wise woman called from the city, &#8220;Listen! Listen! Tell Joab to come here so I can speak to him.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="2SA.20.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">He went toward her, and she asked, &#8220;Are you Joab?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="2SA.20.17"><span class="content">&#8220;I am,&#8221; he answered.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="2SA.20.17"><span class="content">She said, &#8220;Listen to what your servant has to say.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="2SA.20.17"><span class="content">&#8220;I&#8217;m listening,&#8221; he said.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="2SA.20.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="2SA.20.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">She continued, &#8220;Long ago they used to say, &#8216;Get your answer at Abel,&#8217; and that settled it. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="2SA.20.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">We are the peaceful and faithful in Israel. You are trying to destroy a city that is a mother in Israel. Why do you want to swallow up the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s inheritance?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="2SA.20.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="2SA.20.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">&#8220;Far be it from me!&#8221; Joab replied, &#8220;Far be it from me to swallow up or destroy! </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="2SA.20.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">That is not the case. A man named Sheba son of Bikri, from the hill country of Ephraim, has lifted up his hand against the king, against David. Hand over this one man, and I&#8217;ll withdraw from the city.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="2SA.20.21"><span class="content">The woman said to Joab, &#8220;His head will be thrown to you from the wall.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="2SA.20.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="2SA.20.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Then the woman went to all the people with her wise advice, and they cut off the head of Sheba son of Bikri and threw it to Joab. So he sounded the trumpet, and his men dispersed from the city, each returning to his home. And Joab went back to the king in Jerusalem.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">David&#8217;s Officials</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="2SA.20.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="2SA.20.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Joab was over Israel&#8217;s entire army; Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Kerethites and Pelethites; </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="2SA.20.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Adoniram</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">20:24 </span><span class="ft">Some Septuagint manuscripts (see also 1 Kings 4:6 and 5:14); Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Adoram</span></span></span><span class="content"> was in charge of forced labor; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was recorder; </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="2SA.20.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Sheva was secretary; Zadok and Abiathar were priests; </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="2SA.20.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">and Ira the Jairite</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">20:26 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew; some Septuagint manuscripts and Syriac (see also 23:38) </span><span class="fqa">Ithrite</span></span></span><span class="content"> was David&#8217;s priest.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PSA.89.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">I will establish his line forever,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PSA.89.29"><span class="content">his throne as long as the heavens endure.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PSA.89.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PSA.89.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">&#8220;If his sons forsake my law</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PSA.89.30"><span class="content">and do not follow my statutes,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PSA.89.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PSA.89.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">if they violate my decrees</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PSA.89.31"><span class="content">and fail to keep my commands,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PSA.89.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PSA.89.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">I will punish their sin with the rod,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PSA.89.32"><span class="content">their iniquity with flogging;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PSA.89.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PSA.89.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">but I will not take my love from him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PSA.89.33"><span class="content">nor will I ever betray my faithfulness.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PSA.89.33"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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