SEV Biblia, Chapter 20:6
Y dijo David a Abisai: Seba hijo de Bicri nos hará ahora más mal que Absalón; toma pues tú los siervos de tu señor, y ve tras él, no sea que halle las ciudades fortificadas, y se nos vaya de delante.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 6. And David said to Abishai , etc.] For it seems he would have nothing to say to Joab, being displeased with him for slaying Absalom, and having removed him from his posts; and therefore speaks to the next officer in his army, Abishai; though Josephus says, he addressed himself to Joab, contrary to the express words of the text: now shall Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than [did] Absalom ; gain a greater party, and give more trouble to subdue him, unless suppressed in time: take thou thy lord’s servants, and pursue after him ; without waiting for Amasa, and the troops he was assembling; delays in such a case as an insurrection being dangerous, which ought to be nipped in the bud, and crushed as soon as possible; in order to which, he bids him take his servants that were about him, his bodyguards, and pursue Sheba: lest he get him fenced cities ; where he may secure himself, and hold out a siege a long time, and give a great deal of trouble: and escape us ; for the present; or “escape our eyes”, as the “Keri”, or marginal reading is; we shall lose sight of him, and not know which way he is gone, if he is not pursued quickly.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 4-13 - Joab barbarously murdered Amasa. The more plot there is in a sin, the worse it is. Joab contentedly sacrificed the interest both of the kin and the kingdom to his personal revenge. But one would wonder with what face a murderer could pursue a traitor; and how, under such a load of guilt, he had courage to enter upon danger: his conscience was seared.
Original Hebrew
ויאמר 559 דוד 1732 אל 413 אבישׁי 52 עתה 6258 ירע 3415 לנו שׁבע 7652 בן 1121 בכרי 1075 מן 4480 אבשׁלום 53 אתה 859 קח 3947 את 853 עבדי 5650 אדניך 113 ורדף 7291 אחריו 310 פן 6435 מצא 4672 לו ערים 5892 בצרות 1219 והציל 5337 עיננו׃ 5869
