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David: The Warrior King - Bible Verse List
A Novel of King David
David in 2 Samuel 20
(2 Samuel 20:1) And there happened to be there a man of Belial named Sheba, the
son of Bichri, a Benjamite. And he blew a ram's horn and said, We have no part
in David, neither do we have any inheritance in the son of Jesse. Every man to
his tents, O, Israel!
(2 Samuel 20:2) And every man of Israel went up from after David, following
Sheba the son of Bichri. But the men of Judah clung to their king, from Jordan
even to Jerusalem.
(2 Samuel 20:3) And David came to his house at Jerusalem. And the king took the
ten women, his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in
ward, and fed them but did not go in to them. And they were shut up till the day
of their death, living in widowhood.
(2 Samuel 20:4) And the king said to Amasa, gather to me the men of Judah within
three days, and you be present here.
(2 Samuel 20:5) And Amasa went to gather Judah. But he stayed longer than the
set time which he had appointed him.
(2 Samuel 20:6) And David said to Abishai, And Sheba the son of Bichri shall do
us more harm than Absalom. You take your lord's servants and pursue him, lest he
get himself into fortified cities and escape us.
(2 Samuel 20:7) And Joab's men went out after him, and the Cherethites, and the
Pelethites, and all the mighty men. And they went out of Jerusalem to pursue
Sheba the son of Bichri.
(2 Samuel 20:8) They were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, and Amasa had
gone before them. And Joab was girded with his war-coat as his clothing. And
upon it was a girdle with a sword fastened upon his loins, in its sheath. And as
he went forth, it fell out.
(2 Samuel 20:9) And Joab said to Amasa, Are you well, my brother? And Joab took
Amasa by the beard with the right hand to kiss him.
(2 Samuel 20:10) And Amasa was not on guard against the sword that was in Joab's
hand. And he struck him with it in the belly, and poured out his bowels to the
ground. And he did not strike him again. And he died. And Joab and Abishai his
brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri.
(2 Samuel 20:11) And one of Joab's men stood by him and said, He who favors
Joab, and he who is for David, go after Joab!
(2 Samuel 20:12) And Amasa wallowed in blood in the middle of the highway. And
the man saw that all the people stood still. And he moved Amasa out of the
highway into the field, and threw a garment over him when he saw that everyone
who came by him stood still.
(2 Samuel 20:13) When he was moved out of the highway, all the people went on
after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.
(2 Samuel 20:14) And he went through all the tribes of Israel to Abel, and to
Beth-maachah, and to all the Berites. And they were gathered, and went after him
too.
(2 Samuel 20:15) And they came and besieged him in Abel of Beth-maachah. And
they threw up a siege-mound against the city. And it stood against the wall. And
all the people with Joab were undermining the wall to make it fall.
(2 Samuel 20:16) Then a wise woman cried out of the city, Hear, hear! Please say
to Joab, Come near here so that I may speak with you.
(2 Samuel 20:17) And when he had come near her, the woman said, Are you Joab?
And he answered, I am. And she said to him, Hear the words of your handmaid. And
he answered, I hear.
(2 Samuel 20:18) And she spoke, saying, They spoke often in days gone by,
saying, Surely they will ask of Abel, and so they ended the matter.
(2 Samuel 20:19) I am peaceable and faithful in Israel. You seek to destroy a
city and a mother in Israel. Why will you swallow up the inheritance of Jehovah?
(2 Samuel 20:20) And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that
I should swallow up or destroy.
(2 Samuel 20:21) The matter is not so. But a man of Mount Ephraim, Sheba the son
of Bichri by name, has lifted up his hand against the king, against David. Only
deliver him, and I will depart from the city. And the woman said to Joab,
Behold, his head shall be thrown to you over the wall.
(2 Samuel 20:22) Then the woman went to all the people in her wisdom. And they
cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and threw it out to Joab. And he
blew the ram's horn, and they scattered from the city, each man to his tent. And
Joab returned to Jerusalem to the king.
(2 Samuel 20:23) And Joab was over all the army of Israel. And Benaiah the son
of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites.
(2 Samuel 20:24) And Adoram was over the tribute. And Jehoshaphat the son of
Ahilud was recorder.
(2 Samuel 20:25) And Sheva was scribe. And Zadok and Abiathar were the priests.
(2 Samuel 20:26) And also Ira the Jairite was a chief ruler around David.
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A List of the Characters in David: The
Warrior King with records in the Bible
Abner – Saul’s general - influential
cousin.
Achish – Philistine king.
Ahinoam – Saul’s wife.
Eliab – David’s eldest brother.
Jonathan – Saul’s son - eldest prince of Israel.
Michal – Saul’s daughter - David’s wife.
Abiathar – Priest to David who survived Saul’s slaughter at Nob - the son of
Ahimelech.
Abigail from Carmel – David’s second wife - the widow of Nabal.
Abinadab – David’s second eldest brother.
Abishai – Zeruiah’s second son.
Ahimelech – Priest who gave David bread and Goliath’s sword - was murdered
for his actions.
Ahinoam from Jezreel – servant to Abigail - David’s third wife.
Amasa – David’s nephew - his sister Abigail’s only son.
Asahel – Zeruiah’s youngest son
Bathsheba – Beautiful daughter of Eliel.
Doeg – Saul’s henchman.
Ish-bosheth – Saul’s youngest son.
Joab – Zeruiah’s oldest son.
Merab – Saul’s eldest daughter.
Pelet – David’s soldier
Rizpah – Saul’s concubine.
Samuel – Prophet who anoints David king.
Shammah – Daivd’s third eldest brother.
Abigail – David’s sister, her son is Amasa.
Abinadab ben Saul – Saul’s son.
Adriel – Merab’s husband and Saul’s son-in-law.
Hushai – One of David’s guards in the wildernesses.
Jaasiel – Abner’s son.
Malchi-shua – Saul’s son.
Mephibosheth – Jonathan’s only son.
Nethaneel – David’s fourth eldest brother.
Ozem – David’s sixth brother.
Raddai – David’s fifth brother.
Sérèn – Five princes of Philistine (Gath, Gaza, Ekron, Ashkelon, and Ashod).
Zeruiah – David’s sister - mother of Joab, Abishai, and Asahel.
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