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2 Samuel 20:1-22

And there happened
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to be there a man
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of Belial
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whose name
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[was] Sheba
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the son
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of Bichri
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a Benjamite
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and he blew
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a trumpet
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and said
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We have no part
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in David
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neither have we inheritance
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in the son
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of Jesse
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every
<0376>
man
<0376>
to his tents
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O Israel
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So every man
<0376>
of Israel
<03478>
went up
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from after
<0310>
David
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[and] followed
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Sheba
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the son
<01121>
of Bichri
<01075>_:
but the men
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of Judah
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clave
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unto their king
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from Jordan
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even to Jerusalem
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And David
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came
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to his house
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at Jerusalem
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and the king
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took
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the ten
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women
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[his] concubines
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whom he had left
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to keep
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the house
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and put
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them in ward
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and fed
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them, but went not in
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unto them. So they were shut up
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unto the day
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of their death
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living
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in widowhood
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{ward: Heb. an house of ward} {shut...: Heb. bound} {living...: Heb. in widowhood of life}
Then said
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the king
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to Amasa
<06021>_,
Assemble
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me the men
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of Judah
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within three
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days
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and be thou here present
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{Assemble: Heb. Call}
So Amasa
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went
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to assemble
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[the men of] Judah
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but he tarried longer
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than the set time
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which he had appointed
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him. {Assemble: Heb. Call}
And David
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said
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to Abishai
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Now shall Sheba
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the son
<01121>
of Bichri
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do us more harm
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than [did] Absalom
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take
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thou thy lord's
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servants
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and pursue
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after
<0310>
him, lest he get
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him fenced
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cities
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and escape
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us
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{escape...: Heb. deliver himself from our eyes}
And there went out
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after
<0310>
him Joab's
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men
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and the Cherethites
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and the Pelethites
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and all the mighty men
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and they went out
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of Jerusalem
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to pursue
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after
<0310>
Sheba
<07652>
the son
<01121>
of Bichri
<01075>_.
When they [were] at the great
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stone
<068>
which [is] in Gibeon
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Amasa
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went
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before
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them. And Joab's
<03097>
garment
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that he had put on
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was girded
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unto him, and upon it a girdle
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[with] a sword
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fastened
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upon his loins
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in the sheath
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thereof; and as he went forth
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it fell out
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And Joab
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said
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to Amasa
<06021>_,
[Art] thou in health
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my brother
<0251>_?
And Joab
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took
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Amasa
<06021>
by the beard
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with the right
<03225>
hand
<03027>
to kiss
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him.
But Amasa
<06021>
took no heed
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to the sword
<02719>
that [was] in Joab's
<03097>
hand
<03027>_:
so he smote
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him therewith in the fifth
<02570>
[rib], and shed out
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his bowels
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to the ground
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and struck him not again
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and he died
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So Joab
<03097>
and Abishai
<052>
his brother
<0251>
pursued
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after
<0310>
Sheba
<07652>
the son
<01121>
of Bichri
<01075>_.
{struck...: Heb. doubled not his stroke}
And one
<0376>
of Joab's
<03097>
men
<05288>
stood
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by him, and said
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He
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that favoureth
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Joab
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and he that [is] for David
<01732>_,
[let him go] after
<0310>
Joab
<03097>_.
And Amasa
<06021>
wallowed
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in blood
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in the midst
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of the highway
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And when the man
<0376>
saw
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that all the people
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stood still
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he removed
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Amasa
<06021>
out of the highway
<04546>
into the field
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and cast
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a cloth
<0899>
upon him, when he saw
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that every one that came
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by him stood still
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When he was removed
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out of the highway
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all the people
<0376>
went on
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after
<0310>
Joab
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to pursue
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after
<0310>
Sheba
<07652>
the son
<01121>
of Bichri
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And he went
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through all the tribes
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of Israel
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unto Abel
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and to Bethmaachah
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and all the Berites
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and they were gathered together
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and went
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also after
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him.
And they came
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and besieged
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him in Abel
<059>
of Bethmaachah
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and they cast up
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a bank
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against the city
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and it stood
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in the trench
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and all the people
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that [were] with Joab
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battered
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the wall
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to throw it down
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{in the trench: or, against the outmost wall} {battered: Heb. marred to throw down}
Then cried
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a wise
<02450>
woman
<0802>
out of the city
<05892>_,
Hear
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hear
<08085> (8798)_;
say
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I pray you, unto Joab
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Come near
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hither, that I may speak
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with thee.
And when he was come near
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unto her, the woman
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said
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[Art] thou Joab
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And he answered
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I [am he]. Then she said
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unto him, Hear
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the words
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of thine handmaid
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And he answered
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I do hear
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Then she spake
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saying
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They were wont
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to speak
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in old time
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saying
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They shall surely
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ask
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[counsel] at Abel
<059>_:
and so they ended
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[the matter]. {They were...: or, They plainly spoke in the beginning, saying, Surely they will ask of Abel, and so make and end}
I [am one of them that are] peaceable
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[and] faithful
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in Israel
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thou seekest
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to destroy
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a city
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and a mother
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in Israel
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why wilt thou swallow up
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the inheritance
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of the LORD
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And Joab
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answered
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and said
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Far be it
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far be it
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from me, that I should swallow up
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or destroy
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The matter
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[is] not so: but a man
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of mount
<02022>
Ephraim
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Sheba
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the son
<01121>
of Bichri
<01075>
by name
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hath lifted up
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his hand
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against the king
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[even] against David
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deliver
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him only, and I will depart
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from the city
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And the woman
<0802>
said
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unto Joab
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Behold, his head
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shall be thrown
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to thee over
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the wall
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{by name: Heb. by his name}
Then the woman
<0802>
went
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unto all the people
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in her wisdom
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And they cut off
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the head
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of Sheba
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the son
<01121>
of Bichri
<01075>_,
and cast
<07993> (8686)
[it] out to Joab
<03097>_.
And he blew
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a trumpet
<07782>_,
and they retired
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from the city
<05892>_,
every man
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to his tent
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And Joab
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returned
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to Jerusalem
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unto the king
<04428>_.
{retired: Heb. were scattered}


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