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2 Samuel

Chapter 20

KJV · Textus Receptus

And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew a trumpet, and said, We have no part in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to his tents, O Israel.
2 So every man of Israel went up from after David, and followed Sheba the son of Bichri: but the men of Judah clave unto their king, from Jordan even to Jerusalem.
3 And David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten women his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in ward, and fed them, but went not in unto them. So they were shut up unto the day of their death, living in widowhood.
4 Then said the king to Amasa, Assemble me the men of Judah within three days, and be thou here present.
5 So Amasa went to assemble the men of Judah: but he tarried longer than the set time which he had appointed him.
6 And David said to Abishai, Now shall Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than did Absalom: take thou thy lord's servants, and pursue after him, lest he get him fenced cities, and escape us.
7 And there went out after him Joab's men, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and all the mighty men: and they went out of Jerusalem, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.
8 When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa went before them. And Joab's garment that he had put on was girded unto him, and upon it a girdle with a sword fastened upon his loins in the sheath thereof; and as he went forth it fell out.
9 And Joab said to Amasa, Art thou in health, my brother? And Joab took Amasa by the beard with the right hand to kiss him.
10 But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab's hand: so he smote him therewith in the fifth rib, and shed out his bowels to the ground, and struck him not again; and he died. So Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri.
11 And one of Joab's men stood by him, and said, He that favoureth Joab, and he that is for David, let him go after Joab.
12 And Amasa wallowed in blood in the midst of the highway. And when the man saw that all the people stood still, he removed Amasa out of the highway into the field, and cast a cloth upon him, when he saw that every one that came by him stood still.
13 When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.
14 And he went through all the tribes of Israel unto Abel, and to Bethmaachah, and all the Berites: and they were gathered together, and went also after him.
15 And they came and besieged him in Abel of Bethmaachah, and they cast up a bank against the city, and it stood in the trench: and all the people that were with Joab battered the wall, to throw it down.
16 Then cried a wise woman out of the city, Hear, hear; say, I pray you, unto Joab, Come near hither, that I may speak with thee.
17 And when he was come near unto her, the woman said, Art thou Joab? And he answered, I am he. Then she said unto him, Hear the words of thine handmaid. And he answered, I do hear.
18 Then she spake, saying, They were wont to speak in old time, saying, They shall surely ask counsel at Abel: and so they ended the matter.
19 I am one of them that are peaceable and faithful in Israel: thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel: why wilt thou swallow up the inheritance of the LORD?
20 And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy.
21 The matter is not so: but a man of mount Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, hath lifted up his hand against the king, even against David: deliver 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 in her wisdom. And they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and cast it out to Joab. And he blew a trumpet, and they retired from the city, every man to his tent. And Joab returned to Jerusalem unto the king.
23 Now Joab was over all the host of Israel: and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites:
24 And Adoram was over the tribute: and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder:
25 And Sheva was scribe: and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests:
26 And Ira also the Jairite was a chief ruler about David.

Asante Twi

1Na Belial nipa bi wɔ hɔ a ne din de Seba, Bikri babarima, Benyaminni: na ɔhyɛnee totorobɛnto, na ɔkaa sɛ, Yɛnni kyɛfa wɔ Dawid mu, na yɛnni agyapadeɛ wɔ Yese ba no mu: Israel, obiara nkɔ ne ntomadan mu.Under pastoral review
2Enti Israel mmarima nyinaa firii Dawid akyi kɔdii Seba, Bikri babarima akyi: na Yuda mmarima deɛ, wɔfamm wɔn hene ho, firi Yordan de bɛsii Yerusalem.Under pastoral review
3Na Dawid baa ne fie wɔ Yerusalem; na ɔhene faa mmaa edu a wɔyɛ mpenanom a ɔgyaa wɔn sɛ wɔnhwɛ efie no, na ɔde wɔn guu banbɔ fie mu, na ɔhwɛɛ wɔn, na wankɔ wɔn ho. Enti wɔtoo wɔn mu kɔsii wɔn wu da, na wɔtenaa ase sɛ opremfoɔ baa.Under pastoral review
4Afei ɔhene ka kyerɛɛ Amasa sɛ, Frɛ Yuda mmarima boa wɔn ano ma me nnansa ntam, na wo nso bra ha.Under pastoral review
5Enti Amasa kɔeɛ sɛ ɔrekɔfrɛ Yuda aboa wɔn ano: nanso ɔkyɛree sene ɛberɛ a wɔahyɛ no no.Under pastoral review
6Na Dawid ka kyerɛɛ Abisai sɛ, Afei Seba, Bikri babarima bɛyɛ yɛn bɔne asene Absalom: fa wo wura nkoa, na taa n'akyi, na anyɛ saa a ɔbɛnya nkuro a wɔabɔ ho ban, na wafiri yɛn ani so.Under pastoral review
7Na Yoab mmarima, ne Keretifoɔ, ne Peletifoɔ, ne ahoɔdenfoɔ nyinaa firii adi dii n'akyi: na wɔfirii Yerusalem sɛ wɔrekɔtaa Seba, Bikri babarima akyi.Under pastoral review
8Ɛberɛ a wɔwɔ ɛboɔ kɛseɛ a ɛwɔ Gibeon no ho no, Amasa baa wɔn anim. Na Yoab atadeɛ a ɔhyɛ no, wabɔ mu abɔsoɔ, na akofena bɔ so wɔ n'asene mu wɔ ne bɔha mu; na ɔrekɔ no, ɛfirii mu tɔeɛ.Under pastoral review
9Na Yoab bisaa Amasa sɛ, Wo ho yɛ anaa, me nua? Na Yoab de ne nsa nifa sɔɔ Amasa abɔgyesɛ mu sɛ ɔrefe n'ano.Under pastoral review
10Na Amasa amfa akofena a ɛkura Yoab no anyɛ hwee: enti ɔde bɔɔ ne mfe a ɛtɔ so enum ase, na ne nsono guu fam, na wammɔ no bio; na ɔwuiɛ. Na Yoab ne ne nua Abisai taa Seba, Bikri babarima akyi.Under pastoral review
11Na Yoab mmarima no mu baako gyinaa ne ho, na ɔkaa sɛ, Deɛ ɔpɛ Yoab asɛm, na deɛ ɔyɛ Dawid dea no, ɔnni Yoab akyi.Under pastoral review
12Na Amasa da ne mogya mu wɔ ɛkwan tempɔn no mfimfini. Na ɛberɛ a ɔbarima no hunuu sɛ nkurɔfoɔ no nyinaa gyina dinn no, ɔtwee Amasa firii ɛkwan tempɔn no so kɔɔ afuo mu, na ɔtoo ntoma guu ne so, ɛberɛ a ɔhunuu sɛ obiara a ɔba ne ho no gyina dinn no.Under pastoral review
13Ɛberɛ a wɔyii no firii ɛkwan tempɔn no so no, nkurɔfoɔ no nyinaa toaa so dii Yoab akyi, sɛ wɔrekɔtaa Seba, Bikri babarima akyi.Under pastoral review
14Na ɔfaa Israel mmusuakuo nyinaa mu kɔɔ Abel, ne Betmaaka, ne Berifoɔ nyinaa: na wɔboaa wɔn ho ano, na wɔdii n'akyi nso.Under pastoral review
15Na wɔbaeɛ bɛtuaa no wɔ Abel a ɛwɔ Betmaaka, na wɔhyɛɛ epie tiaa kuro no, na ɛgyinaa banbɔ ɔfasuo no ho: na nkurɔfoɔ a wɔka Yoab ho nyinaa rebubu ɔfasuo no sɛ wɔbɛtu agu.Under pastoral review
16Afei ɔbaa nyansafoɔ bi teaam firii kuro no mu sɛ, Montie, montie; mesrɛ mo, monka nkyerɛ Yoab sɛ, Twe bɛn ha, na me ne wo nkasa.Under pastoral review
17Na ɛberɛ a ɔtwe bɛnee no no, ɔbaa no bisaa sɛ, Wone Yoab anaa? Na ɔbuaa sɛ, Me ne no. Afei ɔka kyerɛɛ no sɛ, Tie w'afenaa nsɛm. Na ɔbuaa sɛ, Meretie.Under pastoral review
18Afei ɔkasaa sɛ, Tete no na wɔka sɛ, Wɔbɛbisa abisa wɔ Abel ampa: na saa na wɔde wie asɛm.Under pastoral review
19Meyɛ Israel mu asomdwoeɛfoɔ ne nokwafoɔ no mu baako: worehwehwɛ sɛ wobɛsɛe kuro ne ɛna wɔ Israel: adɛn nti na wobɛmene AWURADE agyapadeɛ?Under pastoral review
20Na Yoab buaeɛ, na ɔkaa sɛ, Ɛmpare me, ɛmpare me, sɛ mɛmene anaa mɛsɛe.Under pastoral review
21Ɛnte saa: na ɔbarima bi a ɔfiri bepɔ Efraim so, a ne din de Seba, Bikri babarima na wama ne nsa so atia ɔhene, atia Dawid mpo: momfa ɔno nko ara mma, na mɛfiri kuro no ho akɔ. Na ɔbaa no ka kyerɛɛ Yoab sɛ, Hwɛ, wɔbɛto ne ti afiri ɔfasuo no so ama wo.Under pastoral review
22Afei ɔbaa no de ne nyansa kɔɔ nkurɔfoɔ no nyinaa nkyɛn. Na wɔtwaa Seba, Bikri babarima ti, na wɔto maa Yoab. Na ɔhyɛnee totorobɛnto, na wɔbɔɔ ahwete firii kuro no ho, obiara kɔɔ ne ntomadan mu. Na Yoab sane kɔɔ Yerusalem ɔhene nkyɛn.Under pastoral review
23Na Yoab na ɔhwɛ Israel asraadɔm nyinaa so: na Benaia, Yehoiada babarima na ɔhwɛ Keretifoɔ ne Peletifoɔ so:Under pastoral review
24Na Adoram na ɔhwɛ toɔ so: na Yehosafat, Ahilud babarima yɛ abakɔsɛm twerɛfoɔ:Under pastoral review
25Na Sewa yɛ ɔtwerɛfoɔ: na Sadok ne Abiatar yɛ asɔfoɔ:Under pastoral review
26Na Ira, Yairini nso yɛ ɔbapɔmma wɔ Dawid nkyɛn.Under pastoral review

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