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New Etext of Bible eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 4,609 pages of information about New Etext of Bible.

10:020:002 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.

10:020:003 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.

10:020:004 Then said the king to Amasa, Assemble me the men of Judah
           within three days, and be thou here present.

10:020:005 So Amasa went to assemble the men of Judah:  but he tarried
           longer than the set time which he had appointed him.

10:020:006 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.

10:020:007 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.

10:020:008 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.

10:020:009 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.

10:020:010 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.

10:020:011 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.

10:020:012 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.

10:020:013 When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on
           after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.

10:020:014 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.

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