2 Samuel 20:1-9

The Revolt of Sheba

20¹ And there hath been called there a man of worthlessness, and his name 'is' Sheba, son of Bichri, a Benjamite, and he bloweth with a trumpet, and saith, 'We have no portion in David, and we have no inheritance in the son of Jesse; each to his tents, O Israel.' ² And every man of Israel goeth up from after David, after Sheba son of Bichri, and the men of Judah have cleaved to their king, from the Jordan even unto Jerusalem. ³ And David cometh in unto his house at Jerusalem, and the king taketh the ten women-concubines—whom he had left to keep the house, and putteth them in a house of ward, and sustaineth them, and unto them he hath not gone in, and they are shut up unto the day of their death, in widowhood living.

⁴ And the king saith unto Amasa, 'Call for me the men of Judah 'in' three days, and thou, stand here,' ⁵ and Amasa goeth to call Judah, and tarrieth beyond the appointed time that he had appointed him; ⁶ and David saith unto Abishai, 'Now doth Sheba son of Bichri do evil to us more than Absalom; thou, take the servants of thy lord, and pursue after him, lest he have found for himself fenced cities, and delivered himself 'from' our eye.' ⁷ And the men of Joab go out after him, and the Cherethite, and the Pelethite, and all the mighty men, and they go out from Jerusalem to pursue after Sheba son of Bichri; ⁸ they 'are' near the great stone that 'is' in Gibeon, and Amasa hath gone before them, and Joab 'is' girded; his long robe he hath put on him, and upon it a girdle—a sword 'is' fastened upon his loins in its sheath; and he hath gone out, and it falleth. ⁹ And Joab saith to Amasa, 'Art thou 'in' peace, my brother?' and the right hand of Joab layeth hold on the beard of Amasa to give a kiss to him;