¹¹ There stood by him one of Joab's young men, and said, He who favors Joab, and he who is for David, let him follow Joab.

¹³ When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.

⁴ Then said the king to Amasa, Call me the men of Judah together within three days, and be here present.

⁶ David said to Abishai, Now will Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than did Absalom: take your lord's servants, and pursue after him, lest he get him fortified cities, and escape out of our sight.

⁷ There went out after him Joab's men, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites, and all the mighty men; and they went out of Jerusalem, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.

²¹ The matter is not so: but a man of the hill-country of Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, has lifted up his hand against the king, even against David; deliver him only, and I will depart from the city. The woman said to Joab, Behold, his head shall be thrown to you over the wall.

³² He lifted up his face to the window, and said, Who is on my side? who? There looked out to him two or three eunuchs.