20:1 And there happened 71228738 to be there a man 376 of Belial 1100, whose name 8034 [was] Sheba 7652, the son 1121 of Bichri 1075, a Benjamite 1145: and he blew 86288799 a trumpet 7782, and said 5598799, We have no part 2506 in David 1732, neither have we inheritance 5159 in the son 1121 of Jesse 3448: every 376 man 376 to his tents 168, O Israel 3478.
20:3 And David 1732 came 9358799 to his house 1004 at Jerusalem 3389; and the king 4428 took 39478799 the ten 6235 women 802 [his] concubines 6370, whom he had left 32408689 to keep 81048800 the house 1004, and put 54148799 them in ward 4931, and fed 35578770 them, but went not in 9358804 unto them. So they were shut up 68878803 unto the day 3117 of their death 41918800, living 2424 in widowhood 491.(ward: Heb. an house of ward)(shut…: Heb. bound)(living…: Heb. in widowhood of life)
20:7 And there went out 33188799 after 310 him Joab's 3097 men 582, and the Cherethites 3774, and the Pelethites 6432, and all the mighty men 1368: and they went out 33188799 of Jerusalem 3389, to pursue 72918800 after 310 Sheba 7652 the son 1121 of Bichri 1075.
20:8 When they [were] at the great 1419 stone 68 which [is] in Gibeon 1391, Amasa 6021 went 9358804 before 6440 them. And Joab's 3097 garment 4055 that he had put on 3830 was girded 22968803 unto him, and upon it a girdle 2289 [with] a sword 2719 fastened 67758794 upon his loins 4975 in the sheath 8593 thereof; and as he went forth 33188804 it fell out 53078799.
20:10 But Amasa 6021 took no heed 81048738 to the sword 2719 that [was] in Joab's 3097 hand 3027: so he smote 52218686 him therewith in the fifth 2570 [rib], and shed out 82108799 his bowels 4578 to the ground 776, and struck him not again 81388804; and he died 41918799. So Joab 3097 and Abishai 52 his brother 251 pursued 72918804 after 310 Sheba 7652 the son 1121 of Bichri 1075.(struck…: Heb. doubled not his stroke)
20:14 And he went 56748799 through all the tribes 7626 of Israel 3478 unto Abel 59, and to Bethmaachah 1038, and all the Berites 1276: and they were gathered together 69508735867570358735, and went 9358799 also after 310 him.
20:15 And they came 9358799 and besieged 66968799 him in Abel 59 of Bethmaachah 1038, and they cast up 82108799 a bank 5550 against the city 5892, and it stood 59758799 in the trench 2426: and all the people 5971 that [were] with Joab 3097 battered 78438688 the wall 2346, to throw it down 53078687.(in the trench: or, against the outmost wall)(battered: Heb. marred to throw down)
20:17 And when he was come near 71268799 unto her, the woman 802 said 5598799, [Art] thou Joab 3097? And he answered 5598799, I [am he]. Then she said 5598799 unto him, Hear 80858798 the words 1697 of thine handmaid 519. And he answered 5598799, I do hear 80858802.
20:18 Then she spake 5598799, saying 5598800, They were wont 16968763 to speak 16968762 in old time 7223, saying 5598800, They shall surely 75928800 ask 75928762 [counsel] at Abel 59: and so they ended 85528689 [the matter].(They were…: or, They plainly spake in the beginning, saying, Surely they will ask of Abel, and so make an end)
20:19 I [am one of them that are] peaceable 79998803 [and] faithful 5398803 in Israel 3478: thou seekest 12458764 to destroy 41918687 a city 5892 and a mother 517 in Israel 3478: why wilt thou swallow up 11048762 the inheritance 5159 of the LORD 3068?
20:21 The matter 1697 [is] not so: but a man 376 of mount 2022 Ephraim 669, Sheba 7652 the son 1121 of Bichri 1075 by name 8034, hath lifted up 53758804 his hand 3027 against the king 4428, [even] against David 1732: deliver 54148798 him only, and I will depart 32128799 from the city 5892. And the woman 802 said 5598799 unto Joab 3097, Behold, his head 7218 shall be thrown 79938716 to thee over 1157 the wall 2346.(by name: Heb. by his name)
20:22 Then the woman 802 went 9358799 unto all the people 5971 in her wisdom 2451. And they cut off 37728799 the head 7218 of Sheba 7652 the son 1121 of Bichri 1075, and cast 79938686 [it] out to Joab 3097. And he blew 86288799 a trumpet 7782, and they retired 63278799 from the city 5892, every man 376 to his tent 168. And Joab 3097 returned 77258804 to Jerusalem 3389 unto the king 4428.(retired: Heb. were scattered)
20:23 Now Joab 3097 [was] over all the host 6635 of Israel 3478: and Benaiah 1141 the son 1121 of Jehoiada 3077 [was] over the Cherethites 377486753746 and over the Pelethites 6432:
20:24 And Adoram 151 [was] over the tribute 4522: and Jehoshaphat 3092 the son 1121 of Ahilud 286 [was] recorder 21428688:(recorder: or, remembrancer)
