2 Samuel 20:1

Conservative English Version

A troublemaker from the tribe of Benjamin was there. His name was Sheba the son of Bichri, and he blew a trumpet to get everyone's attention. Then he said, "People of Israel, David the son of Jesse doesn't belong to us! Let's go home."

Cross References

Genesis 46:21

(SEE 46:19)

2 Samuel 15:10

He took two hundred men from Jerusalem with him, but they had no idea what he was going to do. Absalom offered sacrifices in Hebron and sent someone to Gilo to tell David's advisor Ahithophel to come. More and more people were joining Absalom and supporting his plot. Meanwhile, Absalom had secretly sent some messengers to the northern tribes of Israel. The messengers told everyone, "When you hear the sound of the trumpets, you must shout, 'Absalom now rules as king in Hebron!' "

2 Samuel 16:11

Then David said to Abishai and all his soldiers: My own son is trying to kill me! Why shouldn't this man from the tribe of Benjamin want me dead even more? Let him curse all he wants. Maybe the LORD did tell him to curse me.

2 Samuel 16:7

Shimei was yelling at David, "Get out of here, you murderer! You good-for-nothing,

2 Samuel 18:17

They threw Absalom's body into a deep pit in the forest and put a big pile of rocks over it. Meanwhile, the people of Israel had all run back to their own homes.

2 Samuel 20:2

So they stopped following David and went off with Sheba. But the people of Judah stayed close to David all the way from the Jordan to Jerusalem.

2 Samuel 20:22

She went to the people of the town and talked them into doing it. They cut off Sheba's head and threw it to Joab. Joab blew a signal on his trumpet, and the soldiers returned to their homes. Joab went back to David in Jerusalem.

2 Samuel 23:6

But evil people are pulled up like thornbushes. They are not dug up by hand,

1 Kings 12:16

(SEE 12:15)

1 Kings 21:10

(SEE 21:8)

2 Chronicles 10:16

(SEE 10:15)

2 Chronicles 10:6

Rehoboam went to some leaders who had been his father's senior officials, and he asked them, "What should I tell these people?"

Psalm 17:13

Do something, LORD! Attack and defeat them. Take your sword and save me from those evil people.

Psalm 34:19

The LORD's people may suffer a lot, but he will always bring them safely through.

Proverbs 25:8

before you sue someone, or you might lose your case and be embarrassed.

Proverbs 26:21

Troublemakers start trouble, just as sparks and fuel start a fire.

Mark 3:24

A nation whose people fight each other won't last very long.

Luke 19:14

But the people of his country hated him, and they sent messengers to the foreign country to say, "We don't want this man to be our king."

Luke 19:27

Now bring me the enemies who didn't want me to be their king. Kill them while I watch!"

John 13:8

"You will never wash my feet!" Peter replied. "If I don't wash you," Jesus told him, "you don't really belong to me."

Deuteronomy 13:13

You may hear that some worthless people have talked everyone there into worshiping other gods, even though these gods had never done anything for them.

Judges 19:22

They were having a good time, when some worthless men of that town surrounded the house and started banging on the door and shouting, "A man came to your house tonight. Send him out, so we can have sex with him!"

Judges 3:27

in the hill country of Ephraim and started blowing a signal on a trumpet. The Israelites came together, and he shouted, "Follow me! The LORD will help us defeat the Moabites." The Israelites followed Ehud down to the Jordan valley, and they captured the places where people cross the river on the way to Moab. They would not let anyone go across,

Ruth 2:3

(SEE 2:1)

1 Samuel 13:2

Then he chose three thousand men from Israel to be full-time soldiers and sent everyone else home. Two thousand of these troops stayed with him in the hills around Michmash and Bethel. The other thousand were stationed with Jonathan at Gibeah in the territory of Benjamin.

1 Samuel 2:12

Eli's sons were priests, but they were dishonest and refused to obey the LORD. So, while people were boiling the meat from their sacrifices, these priests would send over a servant with a large, three-pronged fork.

1 Samuel 30:22

Some of David's men were good-for-nothings, and they said, "Those men didn't go with us to the battle, so they don't get any of the things we took back from the Amalekites. Let them take their wives and children and go!"