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22 Then the woman spoke to all the people in the city. She told them her wise advice. So they cut off Sheba's head and they threw it off the wall to Joab.

Then Joab made a loud noise with his trumpet. So his soldiers went away from the city. Each of them went to his own home. Joab returned to King David in Jerusalem.

David's officers

23 Joab was the officer who led all Israel's army.

Jehoiada's son Benaiah was the leader of the king's personal guards.[a]

24 Adoniram ruled over the men who had to work for the king.

Ahilud's son Jehoshaphat wrote a report of everything that the king did.

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Footnotes

  1. 20:23 The Pelethites and the Kerethites were David's own special guards.