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2 Samuel 20:21

That is not the case. But a man named Sheba son of Bichri, from the hill country of Ephraim, has lifted up his hand against the king, against David. Deliver him alone, and I will depart from the city.” “Look,” the woman replied, “his head will be thrown to you over the wall.”

BSB

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ASV

The matter is not so: but a man of the hill-country of Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, hath lifted up his hand against the king, even against David; deliver him only, and I will depart from the city. And the woman said unto Joab, Behold, his head shall be thrown to thee over the wall.

KJV

The matter is not so: but a man of mount Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, hath lifted up his hand against the king, even against David: deliver him only, and I will depart from the city. And the woman said unto Joab, Behold, his head shall be thrown to thee over the wall.

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Original language & word study

31 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
לֹא־lo'-[is] notH3808 →
כֵ֣ןkhensoH3651 →
הַדָּבָ֗רha.da.Varthe matterH1697 →
כִּ֡יkiforH3588 →
אִישׁ֩'isha manH376 →
מֵהַ֨רme.Harfrom [the] hill country ofH2022 →
אֶפְרַ֜יִם'ef.Ra.yimEphraimH669 →
שֶׁ֧בַעShe.va'[who is] ShebaH7652 →
בֶּן־ben-[the] son ofH1121 →
בִּכְרִ֣יbikh.RiBicriH1075 →
שְׁמ֗וֹshe.Moname hisH8034 →
נָשָׂ֤אna.Sa'he has lifted upH5375 →
יָדוֹ֙ya.Dohand hisH3027 →
בַּמֶּ֣לֶךְba.Me.lekhagainst the kingH4428 →
בְּדָוִ֔דbe.da.Vidagainst DavidH1732 →
תְּנֽוּ־te.nu-giveH5414 →
אֹת֣וֹ'o.To<obj.> himH853 →
לְבַדּ֔וֹle.va.Doto only himH905 →
וְאֵלְכָ֖הve.'e.le.Khahso let me goH1980 →
מֵעַ֣לme.'Alfrom onH5921 →
הָעִ֑ירha.'Irthe cityH5892 →
וַתֹּ֤אמֶרva.To.merand she saidH559 →
הָֽאִשָּׁה֙ha.'i.Shahthe womanH802 →
אֶל־'el-toH413 →
יוֹאָ֔בyo.'AvJoabH3097 →
הִנֵּ֥הhi.Nehhere!H2009 →
רֹאשׁ֛וֹro.Shohead hisH7218 →
מֻשְׁלָ֥ךְmush.Lakh[is] about to be thrownH7993 →
אֵלֶ֖יךָ'e.Lei.khato youH413 →
בְּעַ֥דbe.'AdbehindH1157 →
הַחוֹמָֽה׃ha.cho.Mahthe wallH2346 →

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1 Kings 11:26Now Jeroboam son of Nebat was an Ephraimite from Zeredah whose mother was a widow named Zeruah. Jeroboam was a servant of Solomon, but he rebelled against the king,1 Samuel 24:6So he said to his men, “The LORD forbid that I should do such a thing to my master, the LORD’s anointed. May I never lift my hand against him, since he is the LORD’s anointed.”2 Kings 10:7And when the letter arrived, they took the sons of the king and slaughtered all seventy of them. They put their heads in baskets and sent them to Jehu at Jezreel.Judges 2:9They buried him in the land of his inheritance, at Timnath-heres in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash.Jeremiah 50:19I will return Israel to his pasture, and he will graze on Carmel and Bashan; his soul will be satisfied on the hills of Ephraim and Gilead.2 Samuel 17:2–3I will attack him while he is weak and weary; I will throw him into a panic, and all the people with him will flee; I will strike down only the kingJudges 7:24Gideon sent messengers throughout the hill country of Ephraim to say, “Come down against the Midianites and seize the waters of the Jordan ahead of them as far as Beth-barah.” So all the men of Ephraim were called out, and they captured the waters of the Jordan as far as Beth-barah.1 Samuel 26:9But David said to Abishai, “Do not destroy him, for who can lift a hand against the LORD’s anointed and be guiltless?”Jeremiah 4:15For a voice resounds from Dan, proclaiming disaster from the hills of Ephraim.2 Samuel 23:18Now Abishai, the brother of Joab and son of Zeruiah, was chief of the Three, and he lifted his spear against three hundred men, killed them, and won a name along with the Three.2 Samuel 20:1Now a worthless man named Sheba son of Bichri, a Benjamite, happened to be there, and he blew the ram’s horn and shouted: “We have no share in David, no inheritance in Jesse’s son. Every man to his tent, O Israel!”2 Kings 5:22“Everything is all right,” Gehazi replied. “My master has sent me to say, ‘I have just now discovered that two young men from the sons of the prophets have come to me from the hill country of Ephraim. Please give them a talent of silver and two sets of clothing.’”Joshua 24:33Eleazar son of Aaron also died, and they buried him at Gibeah, which had been given to his son Phinehas in the hill country of Ephraim.Judges 18:4–8“Micah has done this and that for me,” he replied, “and he has hired me to be his priest.”1 Kings 11:27and this is the account of his rebellion against the king. Solomon had built the supporting terraces and repaired the gap in the wall of the city of his father David.2 Samuel 20:11One of Joab’s young men stood near Amasa and said, “Whoever favors Joab, and whoever is for David, let him follow Joab!”Judges 9:53But a woman dropped an upper millstone on Abimelech’s head, crushing his skull.

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David Mourns the Death of Absalom — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
David Mourns the Death of Absalom — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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