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2 Samuel 20:21-23
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21 That’s not the way things are. There is a man from the hill country of Ephraim named Sheba son of Bikri. He has rebelled[a] against King David. Give me just this one man, and I will leave the city.” The woman said to Joab, “This very minute[b] his head will be thrown over the wall to you!”

22 Then the woman went to all the people with her wise advice and they cut off Sheba’s head[c] and threw it out to Joab. Joab[d] blew the trumpet, and his men[e] dispersed from the city, each going to his own home.[f] Joab returned to the king in Jerusalem.

23 Now Joab was the general in command of all the army of Israel. Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Kerethites and the Perethites.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 20:21 tn Heb “lifted his hand.”
  2. 2 Samuel 20:21 tn Heb “Look!”
  3. 2 Samuel 20:22 tn Heb “the head of Sheba son of Bikri.”
  4. 2 Samuel 20:22 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Joab) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  5. 2 Samuel 20:22 tn Heb “they”; the referent (Joab’s men) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  6. 2 Samuel 20:22 tn Heb “his tents.”
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