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The Rebellion of Sheba

¹And there happened to be there a rebel, whose name was Sheba the son of Bichri, a Benjamite. And he blew a trumpet, and said:
⚓“We have no share in David,
Nor do we have inheritance in the son of Jesse;
⚓Every man to his tents, O Israel!”
²So every man of Israel deserted David, and followed Sheba the son of Bichri. But the ⚓men of Judah, from the Jordan as far as Jerusalem, remained loyal to their king.
³Now David came to his house at Jerusalem. And the king took the ten women, ⚓his concubines whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in seclusion and supported them, but did not go in to them. So they were shut up to the day of their death, living in widowhood.
⁴And the king said to Amasa, ⚓“Assemble the men of Judah for me within three days, and be present here yourself.” ⁵So Amasa went to assemble the men of Judah. But he delayed longer than the set time which David had appointed him. ⁶And David said to ⚓Abishai, “Now Sheba the son of Bichri will do us more harm than Absalom. Take ⚓your lord’s servants and pursue him, lest he find for himself fortified cities, and escape us.” ⁷So Joab’s men, with the ⚓Cherethites, the Pelethites, and ⚓all the mighty men, went out after him. And they went out of Jerusalem to pursue Sheba the son of Bichri. ⁸When they were at the large stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa came before them. Now Joab was dressed in battle armor; on it was a belt with a sword fastened in its sheath at his hips; and as he was going forward, it fell out. ⁹Then Joab said to Amasa, “Are you in health, my brother?” ⚓And Joab took Amasa by the beard with his right hand to kiss him. ¹⁰But Amasa did not notice the sword that was in Joab’s hand. And ⚓he struck him with it ⚓in the stomach, and his entrails poured out on the ground; and he did not strike him again. Thus he died.
Then Joab and Abishai his brother pursued Sheba the son of Bichri. ¹¹Meanwhile one of Joab’s men stood near Amasa, and said, “Whoever favors Joab and whoever is for David—follow Joab!” ¹²But Amasa wallowed in his blood in the middle of the highway. And when the man saw that all the people stood still, he moved Amasa from the highway to the field and threw a garment over him, when he saw that everyone who came upon him halted. ¹³When he was removed from the highway, all the people went on after Joab to pursue Sheba the son of Bichri.
¹⁴And he went through all the tribes of Israel to ⚓Abel and Beth Maachah and all the Berites. So they were gathered together and also went after Sheba. ¹⁵Then they came and besieged him in Abel of Beth Maachah; and they ⚓cast up a siege mound against the city, and it stood by the rampart. And all the people who were with Joab battered the wall to throw it down.
¹⁶Then a wise woman cried out from the city, “Hear, hear! Please say to Joab, ‘Come nearby, that I may speak with you.’ ” ¹⁷When he had come near to her, the woman said, “Are you Joab?”
He answered, “I am.”
Then she said to him, “Hear the words of your maidservant.”
And he answered, “I am listening.”
¹⁸So she spoke, saying, “They used to talk in former times, saying, ‘They shall surely seek guidance at Abel,’ and so they would end disputes. ¹⁹I am among the peaceable and faithful in Israel. You seek to destroy a city and a mother in Israel. Why would you swallow up ⚓the inheritance of the Lord?”
²⁰And Joab answered and said, “Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy! ²¹That is not so. But a man from the mountains of Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, has raised his hand against the king, against David. Deliver him only, and I will depart from the city.”
So the woman said to Joab, “Watch, his head will be thrown to you over the wall.” ²²Then the woman ⚓in her wisdom went to all the people. And they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and threw it out to Joab. Then he blew a trumpet, and they withdrew from the city, every man to his tent. So Joab returned to the king at Jerusalem.

David’s Government Officers

²³And ⚓Joab was over all the army of Israel; Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; ²⁴Adoram was⚓in charge of revenue; ⚓Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder; ²⁵Sheva was scribe; ⚓Zadok and Abiathar were the priests; ²⁶⚓and Ira the Jairite was a chief minister under David.

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Senpa fav xeeb

¹Txawm cia li muaj ib niag neeg phem tsis zoo npe hu ua Senpa uas yog Npili uas yog xeem Npeeyamee tus tub. Nws tshuab raj kub yaj thiab hais tias, “Peb tsis muaj feem hauv Davi. Peb tsis muaj qub txeeg qub teg hauv Yexi tus tub. Cov Yixayee, sawvdaws nyias rov qab mus rau hauv nyias tsev ntaub.” ²Ua li no mas cov neeg Yixayee sawvdaws tawm ntawm Davi mus raws Senpa uas yog Npili tus tub. Tiamsis cov Yuda raws nraim lawv tus vajntxwv ntawm tus dej Yaladee mus txog lub nroog Yeluxalees.
³Davi kuj los txog nws lub tsev hauv Yeluxalees mas vajntxwv coj kaum tus hluas nkauj uas nws muab tseg cia zov nws lub tsev mus kaw cia rau hauv ib lub tsev tso tub rog zov huvsi. Nws pub rau noj rau haus tiamsis nws tsis mus nrog pw li. Cov pojniam ntawd raug muab kaw nyob yam nkaus li tej poj ntsuam mus txog hnub tuag li.
⁴Vajntxwv txawm hais rau Amaxa tias, “Cia li hu cov neeg Yuda kom tuaj txhij rau hauv peb hnub no, thiab koj los tuaj thiab.” ⁵Mas Amaxa mus hu cov Yuda, tiamsis nws ua qeeb qeeb twb dhau lub sijhawm uas teem cia lawm. ⁶Davi thiaj hais rau Anpisai tias, “Nimno Npili tus tub Senpa yuav ua phem rau peb heev dua li Axaloo ua. Cia li coj kuv cov tub teg tub taws mus caum nws tsam ces nws mus nyob rau hauv tej moos uas muaj ntsa loog lawm ces nws yuav khiav dim peb mus.” ⁷Yau‑a cov neeg thiab cov Khelethi thiab cov Pelethi⚓ thiab cov tub rog uas muaj zog huvsi nrog Anpisai mus. Lawv tawm hauv Yeluxalees caum Npili tus tub Senpa. ⁸Thaum lawv nyob ntawm lub pob tsuas loj uas nyob ntawm Kinpe‑oo mas Amaxa tuaj ntsib lawv. Yau‑a hnav cev tsoos tub rog uas sia txoj siv tawv ris hnab ntaj thiab rab ntaj rau ntawm duav. Thaum Yau‑a tuaj ze zog nws rab ntaj txawm cia li hlauv kiag. ⁹Yau‑a txawm hais rau Amaxa tias, “Tijlaug nyob zoo lov?” Yau‑a txawm xuas txhais tes xis ntsiab nkaus Amaxa hwj txwv yuav nwj. ¹⁰Tiamsis Amaxa tsis nco pom rab ntaj hauv Yau‑a txhais tes. Yau‑a txawm xuas ntaj nkaug Amaxa plab mas hnyuv hlauv kiag rau hauv av. Twb tsis txog nkaug zaum ob ces nws twb tuag lawm.
Yau‑a thiab nws tus kwv Anpisai thiaj caum Npili tus tub Senpa mus. ¹¹Yau‑a ib tug tub rog los sawv ze ntawm Amaxa mas hais tias, “Leejtwg pom zoo rau Yau‑a, leejtwg tuaj Davi tog, cia li nrog Yau‑a mus.” ¹²Amaxa lub cev tuag xyab luas tsau ntshav tsawv hauv txojkev. Tus tub rog ntawd pom tias cov neeg sawvdaws tuaj nres rau qhov ntawd. Nws kuj coj Amaxa lub cev tuag ntawm txojkev mus pov tseg rau tom teb thiab muab khaubncaws los npog rau. ¹³Thaum uas muab Amaxa lub cev tuag coj ntawm txojkev mus pov tseg lawm mas cov neeg sawvdaws kuj nrog Yau‑a mus caum Npili tus tub Senpa.
¹⁴Senpa hla cov xeem Yixayee sawvdaws mus txog lub moos Anpee hauv Npe Ma‑akha, mas Npili cum kuj tuaj ua ke nrog nws mus. ¹⁵Cov neeg uas nrog Yau‑a kuj tuaj vij nws hauv lub moos Anpee hauv Npe Ma‑akha. Lawv tsub av rau sab ntsa loog nraud mus nto plaws saum ntsa loog. Lawv tabtom tsoo tej ntsa loog kom pob. ¹⁶Ces txawm muaj ib tug pojniam ntse ntsuav qw hauv moos tuaj hais tias, “Thov mloog, thov mloog. Hais kom Yau‑a tuaj ntawm no, kuv yuav nrog nws hais lus.” ¹⁷Yau‑a thiaj li txav ze zog mas tus pojniam ntawd hais tias, “Koj yog Yau‑a lov?” Yau‑a teb tias, “Yog lauj.” Tus pojniam ntawd txawm hais tias, “Thov koj mloog kuv uas yog koj tus nkauj qhev li lus.” Yau‑a teb tias, “Kuv tabtom mloog los maj.” ¹⁸Tus pojniam thiaj hais tias, “Yav thaum ub lawv txeev hais tias, ‘Cia lawv mus sablaj rau ntawm Anpee,’ ces lawv thiaj hais hum qhov ntawd. ¹⁹Kuv yog ib tug uas nyiam kev thaj yeeb thiab kev ncaj ncees rau hauv cov Yixayee. Koj xav ua rau ib lub moos uas zoo li leej niam hauv cov Yixayee puam tsuaj. Ua li cas koj yuav muab Yawmsaub qub txeeg qub teg nqos tag huvsi?” ²⁰Yau‑a teb tias, “Qhov uas kuv yuav nqos lossis ua rau puam tsuaj mas thov kom nyob deb ntawm kuv, nyob deb kuv heev hwv lauj! ²¹Qhov no tsis muaj tseeb. Muaj ib tug yawg nyob pem toj siab Efa‑i tebchaws, yog Npili tus tub Senpa, nws tau tsa nws txhais tes sawv twv rau vajntxwv Davi. Cia li muab kiag nws tib leeg rau kuv mas kuv yuav thim tub rog rov qab ntawm lub moos no.” Tus pojniam txawm hais rau Yau‑a tias, “Kuv yuav muab tus yawg ntawd lub taubhau laim saum ntsa loog tuaj rau koj.” ²²Tus pojniam ntawd mus hais nws tej tswvyim rau cov pejxeem sawvdaws. Mas lawv txawm txiav Npili tus tub Senpa lub taubhau muab laim rau Yau‑a. Yau‑a thiaj tshuab raj kub yaj ces lawv txawm tawm ntawm lub moos ntawd nyias mus rau nyias vaj nyias tsev. Yau‑a kuj rov qab mus cuag vajntxwv hauv lub nroog Yeluxalees.

Davi cov nom tswv

²³Yau‑a yog tus uas kav tag nrho Yixayee cov tub rog sawvdaws, thiab Yehauyada tus tub Npenaya yog tus uas kav cov Khelethi thiab cov Pelethi.^w ²⁴Adaulas yog tus uas saib cov uas raug yuam ua haujlwm. Ahilu tus tub Yehausafa yog tus uas sau ntawv keeb kwm. ²⁵Seva yog tus tub sau ntawv. Xadau thiab Anpiyatha ua pov thawj. ²⁶Ila uas yog Ya‑i cum kuj ua Davi tus pov thawj.