2 Samuel 20:1-13
THE MURDER OF AMASA... [ Continue Reading ]
THE MURDER OF AMASA... [ Continue Reading ]
And there happened to be there a man of Belial, a vain and worthless scoundrel, WHOSE NAME WAS SHEBA, THE SON OF BICHRI, A BENJAMITE, evidently one of the rabid party of Saul; AND HE BLEW A TRUMPET, as a call to all those who thought as he did on account of the strained relations between Judah and I... [ Continue Reading ]
So every man of Israel, of the ten northern tribes, WENT UP FROM AFTER DAVID, renouncing his allegiance to the king, AND FOLLOWED SHEBA, THE SON OF BICHRI; BUT THE MEN OF JUDAH CLAVE UNTO THEIR KING, FROM JORDAN EVEN TO JERUSALEM. They remained loyal, they did not permit their faithfulness to be sha... [ Continue Reading ]
And David came to his house at Jerusalem, after the outbreak of this rebellion; AND THE KING TOOK THE TEN WOMEN, HIS CONCUBINES, WHOM HE HAD LEFT TO KEEP THE HOUSE, 2 Samuel 15:16; 2 Samuel 16:21, AND PUT THEM IN WARD, in a house by themselves, AND FED, maintained, THEM, BUT WENT NOT IN UNTO THEM, f... [ Continue Reading ]
Then said the king to Amasa, Assemble me the men of Judah within three days, he was given orders to mobilize them for the purpose of punishing the rebel Sheba, AND BE THOU HERE PRESENT, for David intended formally to appoint him commander-in-chief, 2 Samuel 19:13,... [ Continue Reading ]
So Amasa went to assemble the men of Judah; but he tarried longer than the set time which he had appointed him, he delayed beyond the three days given him, the reason for this state of affairs not being mentioned.... [ Continue Reading ]
And David said to Abishai, one of his commanders, NOW SHALL SHEBA, THE SON OF BICHRI, DO US MORE HARM THAN DID ABSALOM, on account of the delay in calling him to account; TAKE THOU THY LORD'S SERVANTS, the part of the standing army stationed at Jerusalem, AND PURSUE AFTER HIM, LEST HE GET HIM FENCED... [ Continue Reading ]
And there went out after him Joab's men, for as such the standing army was known, AND THE CHERETHITES AND THE PELETHITES, 2 Samuel 8:18, AND ALL THE MIGHTY MEN; AND THEY WENT OUT OF JERUSALEM TO PURSUE AFTER SHEBA, THE SON OF BICHRI.... [ Continue Reading ]
When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, northwest of Jerusalem, AMASA WENT BEFORE THEM, coming towards them with the levy of troops which he had raised. AND JOAB'S GARMENT THAT HE HAD PUT ON WAS GIRDED UNTO HIM, his military garment being held close to his body by the girdle, AND UPON... [ Continue Reading ]
And Joab, apparently with sincere friendliness, SAID TO AMASA, ART THOU IN HEALTH, MY BROTHER? AND JOAB TOOK AMASA BY THE BEARD WITH THE RIGHT HAND TO KISS HIM, drawing down his face with a caressing gesture.... [ Continue Reading ]
But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab's hand, namely, in his left, with which he had just picked it up; SO HE, Joab, SMOTE HIM THEREWITH IN THE FIFTH RIB, in the abdomen, AND SHED OUT HIS BOWELS TO THE GROUND, AND STRUCK HIM NOT AGAIN, for there was no need for repeating the blow; AND... [ Continue Reading ]
And-one of Joab's men stood by him, Amasa, AND SAID, HE THAT FAVORETH JOAB, has pleasure and confidence in him, AND HE THAT IS FOR DAVID, LET HIM GO AFTER JOAB, the cause of David thus being identified with that of Joab.... [ Continue Reading ]
And Amasa wallowed in blood in the midst of the highway, a conspicuous object. AND WHEN THE MAN WHO HAD BEEN LEFT BEHIND BY JOAB SAW THAT ALL THE PEOPLE STOOD STILL, HE REMOVED AMASA OUT OF THE HIGHWAY INTO THE FIELD, AND CAST A CLOTH UPON HIM, so that his corpse would no longer draw attention, WHEN... [ Continue Reading ]
When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab to pursue after Sheba, the son of Bichri. The act of Joab in removing his rival in this manner is inexcusable. The higher the public office which a person holds, the more he must be able to overlook ingratitude and slights.... [ Continue Reading ]
And he, Joab, WENT THROUGH ALL THE TRIBES OF ISRAEL, moving ever northward through the country of the ten tribes, UNTO ABEL AND TO BETH-MAACHAH, in the territory of Naphtali, AND ALL THE BARITES; AND THEY WERE GATHERED TOGETHER AND WENT ALSO AFTER HIM, his army was continually increased by the addit... [ Continue Reading ]
THE DEATH OF SHEBA... [ Continue Reading ]
And they came and besieged him, Sheba, IN ABEL OF BETH-MAACHAH, AND THEY CAST UP A BANK, threw up a high embankment, AGAINST THE CITY, AND IT STOOD IN THE TRENCH, it reached the height of, and was joined to, the outer wall or works of the fortress; AND ALL THE PEOPLE THAT WERE WITH JOAB BATTERED THE... [ Continue Reading ]
Then cried a wise woman out of the city, Hear, hear! Say, I pray you, unto Joab, Come near hither that I may speak with thee.... [ Continue Reading ]
And when he, acting upon her suggestion, WAS COME NEAR UNTO HER, THE WOMAN SAID, ART THOU JOAB? AND HE ANSWERED, I AM HE. THEN SHE SAID UNTO HIM, HEAR THE WORDS OF THINE HANDMAID. AND HE ANSWERED, I DO HEAR.... [ Continue Reading ]
Then she spake, saying, They were wont to speak in old time, saying, it was a proverbial saying, THEY SHALL SURELY ASK COUNSEL AT ABEL; AND SO THEY ENDED THE MATTER. The discretion and wisdom of the city's inhabitants were so widely known that their advice was acted upon without question. So in this... [ Continue Reading ]
I am one of them that are peaceable and faithful in Israel, for she speaks in the name of the entire city. THOU SEEKEST TO DESTROY A CITY AND A MOTHER IN ISRAEL, one of the chief cities of the nation; WHY WILT THOU SWALLOW UP THE INHERITANCE OF THE LORD?... [ Continue Reading ]
And Joab, struck by the sensibility of the argument, ANSWERED AND SAID, FAR BE IT, FAR BE IT FROM ME THAT I SHOULD SWALLOW UP OR DESTROY, in a ruthless and senseless manner.... [ Continue Reading ]
The matter is not so, he had no intention of being willfully cruel; BUT A MAN OF MOUNT EPHRAIM, SHEBA, THE SON OF BICHRI, BY NAME, HATH LIFTED UP HIS HAND AGAINST THE KING, EVEN AGAINST DAVID; DELIVER HIM ONLY, AND I WILL DEPART FROM THE CITY. AND THE WOMAN SAID UNTO JOAB, BEHOLD, HIS HEAD SHALL BE... [ Continue Reading ]
Then the woman went unto all the people, the citizens of Abel, IN HER WISDOM, laying the proposition of Joab before them, which she persuaded them to accept. AND THEY CUT OFF THE HEAD OF SHEBA, THE SON OF BICHRI, AND CAST IT OUT TO JOAB. AND HE, his purpose having been attained, BLEW A TRUMPET, AND... [ Continue Reading ]
Now, Joab was over all the host of Israel, the commander-in-chief of the armies; AND BENAIAH, THE SON OF JEHOIADA, WAS OVER THE CHERETHITES AND OVER THE PELETHITES, the king's body-guard, including his runners and the official executioners;... [ Continue Reading ]
and Adoram was over the tribute, overseer of the public works; AND JEHOSHAPHAT, THE SON OF AHILUD, WAS RECORDER; chancellor;... [ Continue Reading ]
and Sheva was scribe, secretary of state; AND ZADOK AND ABIATHAR WERE THE PRIESTS;... [ Continue Reading ]
and Ira, also, the Jairite was a chief ruler about David, confidential couselor. In spite of many mistakes of men the work of the Lord, also in His Church, must go forward according to His intentions.... [ Continue Reading ]