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When Joab’s forces arrived, they attacked Abel-beth-maacah. They built a siege ramp against the town’s fortifications and began battering down the wall.

Mar 17

Meanwhile, Sheba traveled through all the tribes of Israel and eventually came to the town of Abel-beth-maacah. All the members of his own clan, the Bicrites, assembled for battle and followed him into the town.

Mar 17

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highlighted 2 Samuel 20:11 NLT

One of Joab’s young men shouted to Amasa’s troops, “If you are for Joab and David, come and follow Joab.”

Mar 17

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highlighted 2 Samuel 20:9-10 NLT

Amasa didn’t notice the dagger in his left hand, and Joab stabbed him in the stomach with it so that his insides gushed out onto the ground. Joab did not need to strike again, and Amasa soon died. Joab and his brother Abishai left him lying there and continued after Sheba. “How are you, my cousin?” Joab said and took him by the beard with his right hand as though to kiss him.

Mar 17

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highlighted 2 Samuel 20:7-8 NLT

So Abishai and Joab, together with the king’s bodyguard and all the mighty warriors, set out from Jerusalem to go after Sheba. As they arrived at the great stone in Gibeon, Amasa met them. Joab was wearing his military tunic with a dagger strapped to his belt. As he stepped forward to greet Amasa, he slipped the dagger from its sheath.

Mar 17

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highlighted 2 Samuel 20:6 NLT

Then David said to Abishai, “Sheba son of Bicri is going to hurt us more than Absalom did. Quick, take my troops and chase after him before he gets into a fortified town where we can’t reach him.”

Mar 17

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highlighted 2 Samuel 20:3 NLT

When David came to his palace in Jerusalem, he took the ten concubines he had left to look after the palace and placed them in seclusion. Their needs were provided for, but he no longer slept with them. So each of them lived like a widow until she died.

Mar 17

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highlighted 2 Samuel 20:2 NLT

So all the men of Israel deserted David and followed Sheba son of Bicri. But the men of Judah stayed with their king and escorted him from the Jordan River to Jerusalem.

Mar 17

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highlighted 2 Samuel 20:1 NLT

There happened to be a troublemaker there named Sheba son of Bicri, a man from the tribe of Benjamin. Sheba blew a ram’s horn and began to chant: “Down with the dynasty of David! We have no interest in the son of Jesse. Come on, you men of Israel, back to your homes!”

Mar 17

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highlighted 2 Samuel 19:42-43 NLT

The men of Judah replied, “The king is one of our own kinsmen. Why should this make you angry? We haven’t eaten any of the king’s food or received any special favors!” “But there are ten tribes in Israel,” the others replied. “So we have ten times as much right to the king as you do. What right do you have to treat us with such contempt? Weren’t we the first to speak of bringing him back to be our king again?” The argument continued back and forth, and the men of Judah spoke even more harshly than the men of Israel.

Mar 17

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highlighted 2 Samuel 19:41 NLT

But all the men of Israel complained to the king, “The men of Judah stole the king and didn’t give us the honor of helping take you, your household, and all your men across the Jordan.”

Mar 17

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highlighted 2 Samuel 19:40 NLT

The king then crossed over to Gilgal, taking Kimham with him. All the troops of Judah and half the troops of Israel escorted the king on his way.

Mar 17

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highlighted 2 Samuel 19:38-39 NLT

“Good,” the king agreed. “Kimham will go with me, and I will help him in any way you would like. And I will do for you anything you want.” So all the people crossed the Jordan with the king. After David had blessed Barzillai and kissed him, Barzillai returned to his own home.

Mar 17

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highlighted 2 Samuel 19:37 NLT

Then let me return again to die in my own town, where my father and mother are buried. But here is your servant, my son Kimham. Let him go with my lord the king and receive whatever you want to give him.”

Mar 17

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highlighted 2 Samuel 19:36 NLT

Just to go across the Jordan River with the king is all the honor I need!

Mar 17

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highlighted 2 Samuel 19:34-35 NLT

“No,” he replied, “I am far too old to go with the king to Jerusalem. I am eighty years old today, and I can no longer enjoy anything. Food and wine are no longer tasty, and I cannot hear the singers as they sing. I would only be a burden to my lord the king.

Mar 17

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highlighted 2 Samuel 19:33 NLT

“Come across with me and live in Jerusalem,” the king said to Barzillai. “I will take care of you there.”

Mar 17

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highlighted 2 Samuel 19:29-31 NLT

“You’ve said enough,” David replied. “I’ve decided that you and Ziba will divide your land equally between you.” “Give him all of it,” Mephibosheth said. “I am content just to have you safely back again, my lord the king!” Barzillai of Gilead had come down from Rogelim to escort the king across the Jordan.

Mar 17

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highlighted 2 Samuel 19:28 NLT

All my relatives and I could expect only death from you, my lord, but instead you have honored me by allowing me to eat at your own table! What more can I ask?”

Mar 17

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highlighted 2 Samuel 19:26-27 NLT

Mephibosheth replied, “My lord the king, my servant Ziba deceived me. I told him, ‘Saddle my donkey so I can go with the king.’ For as you know I am crippled. Ziba has slandered me by saying that I refused to come. But I know that my lord the king is like an angel of God, so do what you think is best.

Mar 17

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