“The matter is not so. But a man of the hill country of Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, has lifted up his hand against the king, even against David. Deliver him only, and I will depart from the city." The woman said to Joab, "Behold, his head shall be thrown to you over the wall."”
David's reign as king of Israel, his triumphs and failures.
Old Testament • Book #10
I am among those who are peaceable and faithful in Israel. You seek to destroy a city and a mother i...
II Samuel 20:20Joab answered, "Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy.
II Samuel 20:22Then the woman went to all the people in her wisdom. They cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichr...
II Samuel 20:23Now Joab was over all the army of Israel; and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites a...
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