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Sheba’s Rebellion

20 A good-for-nothing man by the name of Sheba, Bichri’s son, from the tribe of Benjamin happened to be at Gilgal. He blew a ram’s horn to announce,

“We have no share in David’s kingdom.
We won’t receive an inheritance from Jesse’s son.
    Everyone to his own tent, Israel!”

So all the people of Israel left David to follow Sheba, Bichri’s son. But the people of Judah remained loyal to their king on his way from the Jordan River to Jerusalem.

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