¹¹ And one of Joab's young men, taking his place at Amasa's side, said, Whoever is for Joab and for David, let him go after Joab!

¹³ When he had been taken off the road, all the people went on after Joab in search of Sheba, the son of Bichri.

⁴ Then the king said to Amasa, Get all the men of Judah together, and in three days be here yourself.

⁶ And David said to Abishai, Sheba, the son of Bichri, will do us more damage than Absalom did; so take some of your lord's servants and go after him, before he makes himself safe in the walled towns, and gets away before our eyes.

⁷ So there went after Abishai, Joab and the Cherethites and the Pelethites and all the fighting-men; they went out of Jerusalem to overtake Sheba, the son of Bichri.

²¹ Not so: but a man of the hill-country of Ephraim, Sheba, son of Bichri, by name, has taken up arms against the king, against David: give up this man only, and I will go away from the town. And the woman said to Joab, His head will be dropped over the wall to you.

³² Then, looking up to the window, he said, Who is on my side, who? and two or three unsexed servants put out their heads.