Add parallel Print Page Options

12 Amasa's dead body was lying in the road. His blood was all around it. All the soldiers who came there stopped when they saw the body. So the man pulled Amasa's dead body off the road into a field. He covered it with a cloth. 13 After he had removed Amasa's dead body from the road, the soldiers all followed Joab. They continued to chase after Bicri's son, Sheba.

14 Sheba travelled through the land of all Israel's tribes. He arrived at Abel Beth Maakah.[a] All the people of Bicri's clan also came to the city. They joined Sheba there.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. 20:14 The city called Abel Beth Maakah was more than 160 kilometres north of Jerusalem. It was near the city of Dan, which was at the north border of Israel's land.