2 Samuel 20:1-13

2 Samuel 20:1-13

[1] And there happened  to be there a man  of Belial,  whose name  was Sheba,  the son  of Bichri,  and he blew  a trumpet,  and said,  We have no part  in David,  neither have we inheritance  in the son  of Jesse:  every  to his tents,  O Israel.  [2] So every man  of Israel  went up  from after  David,  and followed  Sheba  the son  of Bichri:  but the men  of Judah  clave  unto their king,  from Jordan  even to Jerusalem.  [3] And David  came  to his house  at Jerusalem;  and the king  took  the ten  women  his concubines,  whom he had left  to keep  the house,  and put  them in ward,  and fed  them, but went not in  unto them. So they were shut up  unto the day  living  in widowhood.  [4] Then said  the king  to Amasa,  Assemble  me the men  of Judah  within three  days,  and be thou here present.  [5] So Amasa  to assemble  the men of Judah:  but he tarried longer  than the set time  which he had appointed  him. [6] And David  said  to Abishai,  Now shall Sheba  the son  of Bichri  do us more harm  than did Absalom:  take  thou thy lord's  servants,  and pursue  after  him, lest he get  him fenced  cities,  and escape  us.  [7] And there went out  after  him Joab's  and the Cherethites,  and the Pelethites,  and all the mighty men:  and they went out  of Jerusalem,  to pursue  after  Sheba  the son  of Bichri.  [8] When they were at the great  stone  which is in Gibeon,  Amasa  went  before  them. And Joab's  garment  that he had put on  was girded  with a sword  fastened  upon his loins  in the sheath  thereof; and as he went forth  it fell out.  [9] And Joab  said  to Amasa,  Art thou in health,  my brother?  And Joab  took  Amasa  by the beard  with the right  hand  to kiss  him. [10] But Amasa  took no heed  to the sword  that was in Joab's  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.  [11] And one  of Joab's  men  by him, and said,  He  that favoureth  Joab,  and he that is for David,  let him go after  Joab.  [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.  [13] When he was removed  out of the highway,  all the people  went on  after  Joab,  to pursue  after  Sheba  the son  of Bichri.