2 Samuel 20:1 - Easy To Read Version

¹ At that place, there was a man named Sheba son of Bicri. Sheba was a good-for-nothing troublemaker from the family group of Benjamin. Sheba blew a trumpet {to gather the people together}. Then he said,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹ THERE HAPPENED to be there a base and contemptible fellow named Sheba son of Bichri, a Benjamite. He blew a trumpet and said, We have no portion in David and no inheritance in the son of Jesse! Every man to his tents, O Israel!

American Standard Version (1901)

¹ And there happened to be there a base fellow, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew the trumpet, and said, We have no portion in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to his tents, O Israel.

Common English Bible

¹ Now a despicable man named Sheba, Bichri’s son, from Benjamin, was also there. He sounded the trumpet and said: “We don’t care about David! We have no stake in Jesse’s son! Go back to your homes, Israel!”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ And it happened that there was, in that place, a man of Belial, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a man of Benjamin. And he sounded the trumpet, and he said: "There is no portion for us in David, nor any inheritance in the son of Jesse. Return to your own tents, O Israel."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹ And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name was Seba, the son of Bochri, a man of Jemini. And he sounded the trumpet, and said: We have no part in David, nor inheritance in the son of Isai. Return to thy dwellings, O Israel.

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Genesis 46:21

Benjamin’s sons were Bela, Beker, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard.

2 Samuel 15:10

But Absalom sent spies through all the family groups of Israel. These spies told the people, “When you hear the trumpet, then say, ‘Absalom has become the king at Hebron!’”

2 Samuel 16:11

David also said to Abishai and all his servants, “Look, my very own son (Absalom) is trying to kill me. This man (Shimei) from the family group of Benjamin has more right to kill me. Let him alone. Let him keep on saying bad things to me. The Lord told him to do this.

2 Samuel 16:7

Shimei cursed David. He said, “Get out, get out, you no-good murderer! [94]

2 Samuel 18:17

Then Joab’s men took Absalom’s body and threw it into a large hole in the forest. They filled the large hole with many stones.

2 Samuel 20:2

So all the Israelites [113] left David and followed Sheba son of Bicri. But the people of Judah stayed with their king all the way from the Jordan River to Jerusalem.

2 Samuel 20:22

Then the woman spoke very wisely to all the people of the city. The people cut off the head of Sheba son of Bicri. Then the people threw Sheba’s head over the city wall to Joab.

2 Samuel 23:6

But bad people are like thorns. People don’t hold thorns. They throw them away.

1 Kings 12:16

All the people of Israel saw that the new king refused to listen to them. So the people said to the king: “Are we part of David’s family? No! Do we get any of Jesse’s land? No! So Israel, let’s go to our own homes. Let David’s son rule his own people!” So the people of Israel went home.

1 Kings 21:10

Find some men that will tell lies about Naboth. Those people should say that they heard Naboth speak against the king and against God. Then take Naboth out of the city and kill him with rocks.

2 Chronicles 10:16

The people of Israel saw that King Rehoboam did not listen to them. Then they said to the king, “Are we part of David’s family? No! Do we get any of Jesse’s land? No! So Israel, let’s go to our own homes. Let David’s son rule his own people!” Then all the people of Israel went to their homes.

2 Chronicles 10:6

Then King Rehoboam talked with the older men who had served his father Solomon in the past. Rehoboam said to them, “What do you advise me to say to those people?”

Psalm 17:13

Lord, get up {\cf2\super [92]} and go to the enemy.\par Make them surrender.\par Use your sword and save me\par from the bad people.\par

Psalm 34:19

Good people might have many problems,\par but the Lord will save them\par from every one of their problems.\par

Proverbs 25:8

Don’t be too quick to tell a judge about something you saw. If another person proves that you are wrong, then you will be embarrassed.

Proverbs 26:21

Charcoal keeps the coals burning. And wood keeps the fire burning. In the same way, people who make trouble keep arguments alive.

Mark 3:24

A kingdom that fights against itself cannot continue.

Luke 19:14

But the people in the kingdom hated the man. So the people sent a group to follow the man to the other country. In the other country, this group said, ‘We don’t want that man to be our king!’

Luke 19:27

Now where are my enemies? Where are the people that did not want me to be king? Bring my enemies here and kill them. I will watch them die!’”

John 13:8

Peter said, “No! You will never wash my feet.”

Deuteronomy 13:13

some bad people in your own nation are persuading the people of their city to do bad things. They might say to the people of their city, ‘Let’s go and serve other gods.’ (These gods would be gods that you never knew before.)

Judges 19:22

While the Levite [157] man and those that were with him were enjoying themselves, some of the men from that city surrounded the house. They were very bad men. They began beating on the door. They shouted at the old man that owned the house. They said, “Bring out the man that came to your house. We want to have sex with him.”

Judges 3:27

When Ehud came to Seirah, he blew a trumpet there in the hill country of Ephraim. The people of Israel heard the trumpet and went down from the hills, with Ehud leading them.

Ruth 2:3

Naomi said, “Fine, daughter, go ahead.”

1 Samuel 13:2

he chose 3,000 men from Israel. There were 2,000 men who stayed with him at Micmash in the hill country of Bethel. There were 1,000 men who stayed with Jonathan at Gibeah in Benjamin. Saul sent the other men in the army back home.

1 Samuel 2:12

Eli’s sons were bad men. They did not care about the Lord.

1 Samuel 30:22

There were some bad men who were trouble-makers in the group that went with David. Those trouble-makers said, “These 200 men didn’t go with us. So we won’t give them any of the things we took. These men get only their own wives and children.”