Now a worthless fellow happened to be there, a Benjamite named Sheba son of Bichri. He blew the shofar and said, “We have no portion in David, no inheritance in the son of Jesse! Every man to his tents, O Israel!”
2 Samuel 20:13 - Tree of Life Version Once he removed him from the highway, everyone passed on, following Joab to pursue Sheba son of Bichri. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition When Amasa was removed from the highway, all the people went on after Joab to pursue Sheba son of Bichri. American Standard Version (1901) When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri. Common English Bible Once Amasa was moved out of the road, everyone who followed Joab marched past in pursuit of Bichri’s son Sheba. Catholic Public Domain Version Then, when he had been removed from the road, all the men continued on, following Joab in the pursuit of Sheba, the son of Bichri. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And when he was removed out of the way, all the people went on following Joab to pursue after Seba the son of Bochri. |
Now a worthless fellow happened to be there, a Benjamite named Sheba son of Bichri. He blew the shofar and said, “We have no portion in David, no inheritance in the son of Jesse! Every man to his tents, O Israel!”
Meanwhile, one of Joab’s young men stood over Amasa and said, “Whoever favors Joab and whoever is for David, let him follow Joab!”
Now he went through all the tribes of Israel, to Abel and Beth-Maacah. All the Berites gathered together and indeed followed him.
Then the king of Assyria sent the Tartan, the Rab-saris and the Rab-shakeh from Lachish with a great army to King Hezekiah in Jerusalem. So they went up and arrived at Jerusalem. Now when they arrived, they stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is on the highway of the fuller’s field.
The highway of the upright avoids evil. He who guards his way protects his life.
The king of Assyria sent the Rab-shakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem to King Hezekiah with a massive army. The Rab-shakeh stood by the aqueduct of the upper pool in the highway of the washer’s field.
Go through, go through the gates. Clear the way for the people! Build up, build up the highway! Remove the stones. Lift up a banner over the peoples.
Then Adonai said to Isaiah: “Go out now to meet Ahaz—you and Shear-jashub your son, at the end of the aqueduct from the upper pool, in the highway of the fullers’ field;
How long will you waver, O backsliding daughter? For Adonai has created a new thing on earth: a woman surrounds a man.
Bnei-Yisrael then said to him, “We will travel on the main road, and if we or our livestock even drink any of your water, we will pay its price. It’s nothing, just to pass through on foot!”
Then they came to Jericho. Now as Yeshua was leaving Jericho with His disciples and a large crowd, Bartimaeus the son of Timaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting by the roadside.
So they said, “Behold, there is the feast of Adonai from year to year at Shiloh” (which is to the north of Bethel, on the east side of the highway that goes up from Bethel to Shechem, and to the south of Lebonah).
So the cows took the way straight toward Beth-shemesh—they kept along the same highway, lowing as they went, and turned aside neither to the right nor to the left. The lords of the Philistines followed them to the border of Beth-shemesh.