WEBVTT 00:00.950 --> 00:06.470 Chapter 20 And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name was Sheba, 00:06.830 --> 00:08.810 the son of Bichri, a Benjamite. 00:09.050 --> 00:14.030 And he blew a trumpet, and said, We have no part in David, neither have we 00:14.030 --> 00:15.650 inheritance in the son of Jesse. 00:16.210 --> 00:18.090 Every man to his tents, O Israel. 00:18.310 --> 00:23.250 So every man of Israel went up from after David, and followed Sheba, the son of 00:23.250 --> 00:23.670 Bichri. 00:23.970 --> 00:28.250 But the men of Judah clave unto their king, from Jordan even to Jerusalem. 00:28.250 --> 00:33.410 And David came to his house at Jerusalem, and the king took the ten women his 00:33.410 --> 00:38.230 concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in ward, and fed them, 00:38.550 --> 00:40.210 but went not in unto them. 00:40.930 --> 00:44.870 So they were shut up unto the day of their death, living in widowhood. 00:45.730 --> 00:50.370 Then said the king to Amasa, Assemble me the men of Judah within three days, 00:50.890 --> 00:52.150 and be thou here present. 00:52.370 --> 00:56.910 So Amasa went to assemble the men of Judah, but he tarried longer than the set 00:56.910 --> 00:58.390 time which he had appointed him. 00:59.170 --> 01:04.510 And David said to Abishai, Now shall Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than did 01:04.510 --> 01:04.990 Absalom. 01:06.010 --> 01:09.890 Take thou thy lord's servants, and pursue after him, lest he get him 01:09.890 --> 01:11.590 fenced cities, and escape us. 01:11.850 --> 01:15.930 And there went out after him Joab's men, and the Carathites, and the Pelathites, 01:15.990 --> 01:17.270 and all the mighty men. 01:17.890 --> 01:21.990 And they went out of Jerusalem, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri. 01:22.710 --> 01:27.470 When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa went before them, 01:27.890 --> 01:32.570 and Joab's garment that he had put on was girded unto him, and upon it a girdle, 01:32.730 --> 01:35.810 with a sword fastened upon his loins, in the sheath thereof. 01:36.350 --> 01:38.390 And as he went forth, it fell out. 01:38.850 --> 01:43.010 And Joab said to Amasa, Art thou in health, my brother? 01:43.350 --> 01:46.710 And Joab took Amasa by the beard with the right hand to kiss him. 01:46.970 --> 01:50.290 But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab's hand. 01:51.010 --> 01:55.690 So he smote him therewith in the fifth rib, and shed out his bowels to the 01:55.690 --> 01:59.430 ground, and struck him not again, and he died. 02:00.250 --> 02:04.410 So Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri. 02:05.150 --> 02:10.230 And one of Joab's men stood by him, and said, He that favoreth Joab, 02:10.550 --> 02:14.390 and he that is for David, let him go after Joab. 02:14.690 --> 02:17.830 And Amasa wallowed in blood in the midst of the highway. 02:18.290 --> 02:22.870 And when the man saw that all the people stood still, he removed Amasa out of the 02:22.870 --> 02:27.570 highway, into the field, and cast a cloth upon him, when he saw that every one that 02:27.570 --> 02:29.050 came by him stood still. 02:29.910 --> 02:34.270 When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab to 02:34.270 --> 02:36.330 pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri. 02:37.230 --> 02:41.350 And he went through all the tribes of Israel unto Abel, and to Bethmaica, 02:41.690 --> 02:42.610 and all the Berites. 02:43.150 --> 02:46.150 And they were gathered together, and went also after him. 02:46.670 --> 02:51.710 And they came and besieged him in Abel of Bethmaica, and they cast up a bank against 02:51.710 --> 02:56.290 the city, and it stood in the trench, and all the people that were with Joab 02:56.290 --> 02:58.190 battered the wall to throw it down. 02:59.010 --> 03:04.630 Then cried a wise woman out of the city, Here, here, say I pray you unto Joab, 03:04.950 --> 03:08.290 Come near hither, that I may speak with thee. 03:08.450 --> 03:12.130 And when he was come near unto her, the woman said, Art thou Joab? 03:12.290 --> 03:14.010 And he answered, I am he. 03:14.290 --> 03:17.510 Then she said unto him, Hear the words of thine handmaid. 03:17.730 --> 03:19.570 And he answered, I do hear. 03:19.570 --> 03:24.650 Then she spake, saying, They will want to speak in old time, saying, They shall 03:24.650 --> 03:26.450 surely ask counsel at Abel. 03:26.970 --> 03:28.590 And so they ended the matter. 03:29.270 --> 03:32.650 I am one of them that are peaceable and faithful in Israel. 03:33.270 --> 03:37.230 Thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel. 03:37.570 --> 03:40.830 Why wilt thou swallow up the inheritance of the Lord? 03:41.250 --> 03:47.650 And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me that I should swallow up 03:47.650 --> 03:48.590 or destroy. 03:48.590 --> 03:50.610 The matter is not so. 03:51.230 --> 03:58.090 But a man of Mount Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, hath lifted up his hand 03:58.090 --> 04:01.370 against the king, even against David. 04:02.070 --> 04:06.050 Deliver him only, and I will depart from the city. 04:06.370 --> 04:11.550 And the woman said unto Joab, Behold, his head shall be thrown to thee over the 04:11.550 --> 04:11.970 wall. 04:12.190 --> 04:16.310 Then the woman went unto all the people in her wisdom, and they cut off the head of 04:16.310 --> 04:19.450 Sheba the son of Bichri, and cast it out to Joab. 04:20.090 --> 04:24.270 And he blew a trumpet, and they retired from the city, every man to his tent. 04:24.770 --> 04:27.410 And Joab returned to Jerusalem unto the king. 04:28.510 --> 04:34.210 Now Joab was over all the host of Israel, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over 04:34.210 --> 04:38.710 the Carathites and over the Pelathites, and Adoram was over the Tribute, 04:39.310 --> 04:43.970 and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilad was recorder, and Sheba was scribe, 04:44.210 --> 04:46.450 and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests. 04:46.450 --> 04:50.590 And Ira also the Jairite was a chief ruler about David.