and David saith unto Abishai, 'Now doth Sheba son of Bichri do evil to us more than Absalom; thou, take the servants of thy lord, and pursue after him, lest he have found for himself fenced cities, and delivered himself [from] our eye.'

And the men of Joab go out after him, and the Cherethite, and the Pelethite, and all the mighty men, and they go out from Jerusalem to pursue after Sheba son of Bichri;

When he hath been removed out of the highway, every man hath passed on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba son of Bichri.

The matter [is] not so; for a man of the hill-country of Ephraim -- Sheba son of Bichri his name -- hath lifted up his hand against the king, against David; give ye up him by himself, and I go away from the city.' And the woman saith unto Joab, 'Lo, his head is cast unto thee over the wall.'

And the king saith unto Amasa, 'Call for me the men of Judah [in] three days, and thou, stand here,'

And he lifteth up his face unto the window, and saith, 'Who [is] with me? -- who?' and look out unto him do two [or] three eunuchs;