22Then the woman went unto all the people in her wisdom. And they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and cast it out to Joab. And he blew a trumpet, and they retired from the city, every man to his tent. And Joab returned to Jerusalem unto the king.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew a trumpet, and said, We have no part in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to his tents, O Israel.
Wisdom strengtheneth the wise more than ten mighty men which are in the city.
So Joab blew a trumpet, and all the people stood still, and pursued after Israel no more, neither fought they any more.
And David sent to Joab, saying, Send me Uriah the Hittite. And Joab sent Uriah to David. …
And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel: for Joab held back the people.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 14-22)We have here the conclusion of Sheba’s attempt. I. The rebel, when he had rambled over all the tribes of Israel, and found them not so willing, upon second thoughts, to follow him, as they had been upon a sudden provocation to desert David (having only picked up a few like himself, that sided with him), at length entered Abel-Beth-maacah, a strong city in the north, in the lot of Naphtali, where w…
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