^{20 Ref} Joab answered, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy.

^{21 Ref} 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.