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12 Amasa was still wallowing in his blood in the middle of the highway. Someone saw that all the people were stopping when they came upon Amasa and saw him, so he dragged Amasa off the highway into the field and threw a garment over him. 13 When Amasa was removed from the highway, everyone followed Joab to pursue Sheba son of Bikri.

14 Sheba passed through all the tribes of Israel to Abel Beth Ma’akah, and all the Berites[a] were gathered together and they followed him.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 20:14 The Hebrew reads Berites. The Greek and Latin versions read Bikrites. There is no other reference to Berites in the Bible.