2 Samuel
2 Samuel 20
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2 Samuel 20 — Scripture text (King James Version)
And there happened to be there a man of , whose name was , the son of , a : and he blew a , and said, We have no part in , neither have we inheritance in the son of : every man to his tents, O . So every man of went up from after , and followed the son of : but the men of clave unto their king, from even to . And came to his house at ; and the king took the ten women his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and 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. Then said the king to , Assemble me the men of within three days, and be thou here present. So went to assemble the men of : but he tarried longer than the set time which he had appointed him. And said to , Now shall the son of do us more harm than did : take thou thy lord’s servants, and pursue after him, lest he get him fenced cities, and escape us. And there went out after him ’s men, and the , and the , and all the mighty men: and they went out of , to pursue after the son of . When they were at the great stone which is in , Amasa went before them. And ’s garment that he had was girded unto him, and upon it a girdle with a fastened upon his loins in the sheath thereof; and as he went forth it fell out. And said to , Art thou in health, my brother? And took by the beard with the right hand to kiss him. But took no heed to the that was in ’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 and his brother pursued after the son of . And one of ’s men stood by him, and said, He that favoureth , and he that is for , let him go after . And wallowed in blood in the midst of the highway. And when the man saw that all the people stood still, he removed 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. When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went after , to pursue after the son of . And he went through all the tribes of unto , and to -maachah, and all the : and they were gathered together, and went also after him. And they came and besieged him in of Beth-maachah, and they cast up a bank against the city, and it stood in the trench: and all the people that were with battered the wall, to throw it down. Then cried a wise woman out of the city, Hear, hear; say, I pray you, unto , Come near hither, that I may speak with thee. And when he was come near unto her, the woman said, Art thou ? And he answered, I am he. Then she said unto him, Hear the words of thine handmaid. And he answered, I do hear. Then she spake, saying, They were wont to speak in old time, saying, They shall surely ask counsel at : and so they ended the matter. I am one of them that are peaceable and faithful in : thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother in : why wilt thou swallow up the inheritance of the LORD? And answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy. The matter is not so: but a man of mount , the son of by name, hath lifted up his hand against the king, even against : deliver him only, and I will depart from the city. And the woman said unto , Behold, his head shall be thrown to thee over the wall. Then the woman went unto all the people in her . And they cut off the head of the son of , and cast it out to . And he blew a , and they retired from the city, every man to his tent. And returned to unto the king. Now was over all the host of : and the son of was over the and over the : And was over the tribute: and the son of was recorder: And was scribe: and and were the priests: And also the was a chief ruler about .