2 Samuel 20:20-22
1599 Geneva Bible
20 And Joab answered, and said, God forbid, God forbid it me, that I should devour, or destroy it.
21 The [a]matter is not so, but a man of mount Ephraim (Sheba the son of Bichri by name) hath lift up his hand against the king, even against David: deliver us him only, and I will depart from the city. And the woman said unto Joab, Behold, his head shall be thrown to thee over the wall.
22 Then the woman went unto all the people with her wisdom, and they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and cast it to Joab: then he blew the trumpet, and [b]they retired from the city, every man to his tent: and Joab returned to Jerusalem unto the King.
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- 2 Samuel 20:21 Hearing his fault told him, he gave place to reason, and required only him that was author of the treason.
- 2 Samuel 20:22 Hebrew, they were scattered.
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