2Sa 20:1-9 | ESV | STEP | Now there happened to be there a worthless man , whose name was Sheba , the son of Bichri , a Benjaminite . And he blew the trumpet and said , We have no portion in David , and we have no inheritance in the son of Jesse ; every man to his tents , O Israel !

2 Samuel 20:1-9

The Rebellion of Sheba

1 Now there happened to be there ^aa worthless man, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjaminite. And he blew the trumpet and said,

^b“We have no portion in David,
and we have no inheritance in the son of Jesse;
^cevery man to his tents, O Israel!”
2 So all the men of Israel withdrew from David and followed Sheba the son of Bichri. But the men of Judah followed their king steadfastly from the Jordan to Jerusalem.

3 And David came to his house at Jerusalem. And the king took ^dthe ten concubines whom he had left to care for the house and put them in a house under guard and provided for them, but did not go in to them. So they were shut up until the day of their death, living as if in widowhood.

4 Then the king said to ^eAmasa, “Call the men of Judah together to me within three days, and be here yourself.” 5 So Amasa went to summon Judah, but he delayed beyond the set time that had been appointed him. 6 And David said to Abishai, “Now Sheba the son of Bichri will do us more harm than Absalom. Take ^fyour lord’s servants and pursue him, lest he get himself to fortified cities and escape from us.” ^{▼▼Hebrew and snatch away our eyes} 7 And there went out after him Joab’s men and the ^hCherethites and the Pelethites, and all the mighty men. They went out from Jerusalem to pursue Sheba the son of Bichri. 8 When they were at the great stone that is in Gibeon, Amasa came to meet them. Now Joab was wearing a soldier’s garment, and over it was a belt with a sword in its sheath fastened on his thigh, and as he went forward it fell out. 9 And Joab said to Amasa, “Is it well with you, my brother?” And Joab took Amasa by the beard with his right hand ⁱto kiss him.