2 Samuel 20
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
Septuagint (Brenton Greek text, with Apocrypha)
1Now there happened to be there a base fellow, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite; and he blew the horn, and said: 'We have no portion in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse; every man to his tents, O Israel.'
1Καὶ ἐκεῖ ἐπικαλούμενος υἱὸς παράνομος, καὶ ὄνομα αὐτῷ Σαβεὲ, υἱὸς Βοχορί ἀνὴρ ὁ Ἰεμινὶ, καὶ ἐσάλπισε τῇ κερατίνῃ, καὶ εἶπεν, οὐκ ἔστιν ἡμῖν μερὶς ἐν Δαυὶδ, οὐδὲ κληρονομία ἡμῖν ἐν τῷ υἱῷ Ἰεσσαί· ἀνὴρ εἰς τὰ σκηνώματά σου, Ἰσραήλ.
2So all the men of Israel went up from following David, and followed Sheba the son of Bichri; but the men of Judah did cleave unto their king, from the Jordan even to Jerusalem.
2Καὶ ἀνέβη πᾶς ἀνὴρ Ἰσραὴλ ἀπὸ ὄπισθεν Δαυὶδ ὀπίσω Σαβεὲ υἱοῦ Βοχορί· καὶ ἀνὴρ Ἰούδα ἐκολλήθη τῷ βασιλεῖ αὐτῶν, ἀπὸ τοῦ Ἰορδάνου καὶ ἕως Ἰερουσαλήμ.
3And David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten women his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in ward, and provided them with sustenance, but went not in unto them. So they were shut up unto the day of their death, in widowhood, with their husband alive.
3Καὶ εἰσῆλθε Δαυὶδ εἰς τὸν οἶκον αὐτοῦ εἰς Ἱερουσαλήμ· καὶ ἔλαβεν ὁ βασιλεὺς τὰς δέκα γυναῖκας τὰς παλλακὰς αὐτοῦ, ἃς ἀφῆκε φυλάσσειν τὸν οἶκον, καὶ ἔδωκεν αὐτὰς ἐν οἴκῳ φυλακῆς, καὶ διέθρεψεν αὐτὰς, καὶ πρὸς αὐτὰς οὐκ εἰσῆλθε· καὶ ἦσαν συνεχόμεναι ἕως ἡμέρας θανάτου αὐτῶν χῆραι ζῶσαι.
4Then said the king to Amasa: 'Call me the men of Judah together within three days, and be thou here present.'
4Καὶ εἶπεν ὁ βασιλεὺς πρὸς Ἀμεσσαῒ, βόησόν μοι τὸν ἄνδρα Ἰούδα τρεῖς ἡμέρας, σὺ δὲ αὐτοῦ στῆθι.
5So Amasa went to call the men of Judah together; but he tarried longer than the set time which he had appointed him.
5Καὶ ἐπορεύθη Ἀμεσσαῒ τοῦ βοῆσαι τὸν Ἰούδαν, καὶ ἐχρόνισεν ἀπὸ τοῦ καιροῦ οὗ ἐτάξατο αὐτῷ Δαυίδ.
6And David said to Abishai: 'Now will Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than did Absalom; take thou thy lord's servants, and pursue after him, lest he get him fortified cities, and escape out of our sight.'
6Καὶ εἶπε Δαυὶδ πρὸς Ἀμεσσαῒ, νῦν κακοποιήσει ἡμᾶς Σαβεὲ υἱὸς Βοχορὶ ὑπὲρ Ἀβεσσαλώμ· καὶ νῦν σὺ λάβε μετὰ σεαυτοῦ τοὺς παῖδας τοῦ κυρίου σου, καὶ καταδίωξον ὀπίσω αὐτοῦ, μή ποτε ἑαυτῷ εὕρῃ πόλεις ὀχυρὰς, καὶ σκιάσει τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς ἡμῶν.
7And there went out after him Joab's men, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites, and all the mighty men; and they went out of Jerusalem, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.
7Καὶ ἐξῆλθον ὀπίσω αὐτοὺ Ἀβεσσαῒ καὶ οἱ ἄνδρες Ἰωὰβ, καὶ ὁ Χερεθὶ, καὶ ὁ Φελεθὶ, καὶ πάντες οἱ δυνατοὶ, καὶ ἐξῆλθον ἐξ Ἱερουσαλὴμ διῶξαι ὀπίσω Σαβεὲ υἱοῦ Βοχορί.
8When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa came to meet them. And Joab was girded with his apparel of war that he had put on, and thereon was a girdle with a sword fastened upon his loins in the sheath thereof; and as he went forth it fell out.
8Καὶ αὐτοὶ παρὰ τῷ λίθῳ τῷ μεγάλῳ τῷ ἐν Γαβαών· καὶ Ἀμεσσαῒ εἰσῆλθεν ἔμπροσθεν αὐτῶν· καὶ Ἰωὰβ περιεζωσμένος μανδύαν τὸ ἔνδυμα αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐπʼ αὐτῷ ἐζωσμένος μάχαιραν ἐζευγμένην ἐπὶ τῆς ὀσφύος αὐτοῦ ἐν κολεῷ αὐτῆς· καὶ ἡ μάχαιρα ἐξῆλθε· καὶ αὐτὴ ἐξῆλθε καὶ ἔπεσε.
9And Joab said to Amasa: 'Is it well with thee, my brother?' And Joab took Amasa by the beard with his right hand to kiss him.
9Καὶ εἶπεν Ἰωὰβ τῷ Ἀμεσσαῒ, εἰ ὑγιαίνεις σὺ, ἀδελφέ; καὶ ἐκράτησεν ἡ χεὶρ ἡ δεξιὰ Ἰωὰβ τοῦ πώγωνος Ἀμεσσαῒ τοῦ καταφιλῆσαι αὐτόν.
10But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab's hand; so he smote him therewith in the groin, and shed out his bowels to the ground, and struck him not again; and he died. And Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri.
10Καὶ Ἀμεσσαῒ οὐκ ἐφυλάξατο τὴν μάχαιραν τὴν ἐν τῇ χειρὶ Ἰωάβ· καὶ ἔπαισεν αὐτὸν ἐν αὐτῇ Ἰωὰβ εἰς τὴν ψόαν, καὶ ἐξεχύθη ἡ κοιλία αὐτοῦ εἰς τὴν γῆν, καὶ οὐκ ἐδευτέρωσεν αὐτῷ, καὶ ἀπέθανε· καὶ Ἰωὰβ καὶ Ἀβεσσαῒ ὁ ἀδελφὸς αὐτοῦ ἐδίωξεν ὀπίσω Σαβεὲ υἱοῦ Βοχορί.
11And there stood by him one of Joab's young men, and said: 'He that favoureth Joab, and he that is for David let him follow Joab.'
11Καὶ ἀνὴρ ἔστη ἐπʼ αὐτὸν τῶν παιδαρίων Ἰωὰβ, καὶ εἶπε, τίς ὁ βουλόμενος Ἰωὰβ, καὶ τίς τοῦ Δαυὶδ, ὀπίσω Ἰωάβ;
12And Amasa lay wallowing in his blood in the midst of the highway. And when the man saw that all the people stood still, he carried Amasa out of the highway into the field, and cast a garment over him, when he saw that every one that came by him stood still.
12Καὶ Ἀμεσσαῒ πεφυρμένος ἐν τῷ αἵματι ἐν μέσὼ τῆς τρίβου· καὶ εἶδεν ἀνὴρ, ὅτι εἱστήκει πᾶς ὁ λαὸς, καὶ ἀπέστρεψε τὸν Ἀμεσσαῒ ἐκ τῆς τρίβου εἰς ἀγρόν· καὶ ἐπέῤῥιψεν ἐπʼ αὐτὸν ἱμάτιον, καθʼ ὅτι εἶδε πάντα τὸν ἐρχόμενον ἐπʼ αὐτὸν ἑστηκότα.
13When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.
13Ἡνίκα δὲ ἔφθασεν ἐκ τῆς τρίβου, παρῆλθε πᾶς ἀνὴρ Ἰσραὴλ ὀπίσω Ἰωὰβ τοῦ διῶξαι ὀπίσω Σαβεὲ υἱοῦ Βοχορί.
14And he went through all the tribes of Israel unto Abel, and to Beth-maacah, and all the Berites; and they were gathered together, and went in also after him.
14Καὶ διῆλθεν ἐν πάσαις φυλαῖς Ἰσραὴλ εἰς Ἀβὲλ καὶ εἰς Βαθμαχά· καὶ πάντες ἐν Χαῤῥὶ καὶ ἐξεκκλησιάσθησαν, καὶ ἦλθον κατόπισθεν αὐτοῦ.
15And they came and besieged him in Abel of Beth-maacah, and they cast up a mound against the city, and it stood in the moat; and all the people that were with Joab battered the wall, to throw it down.
15Καὶ παρεγενήθησαν καὶ ἐπολιόρκουν ἐπʼ αὐτὸν ἐν Ἀβὲλ καὶ Φερμαχά· καὶ ἐξέχεαν πρόσχωμα πρὸς τὴν πόλιν, καὶ ἔστη ἐν τῷ προτειχίσματι· καὶ πᾶς ὁ λαὸς ὁ μετὰ Ἰωὰβ ἐνοοῦσαν καταβαλεῖν τὸ τεῖχος.
16Then cried a wise woman out of the city: 'Hear, hear; say, I pray you, unto Joab: Come near hither, that I may speak with thee.'
16Καὶ ἐβόησε γυνὴ σοφὴ ἐκ τοῦ τείχους, καὶ εἶπεν, ἀκούσατε ἀκούσατε, εἴπατε δὴ πρὸς Ἰωὰβ, ἔγγισον ἕως ὧδε, καὶ λαλήσω πρὸς αὐτόν.
17And he came near unto her; and the woman said: 'Art thou Joab?' And he answered: 'I am.' Then she said unto him: 'Hear the words of thy handmaid.' And he answered: 'I do hear.'
17Καὶ προσήγγισε πρὸς αὐτήν· καὶ εἶπεν ἡ γυνὴ, εἰ σὺ εἶ Ἰωάβ; ὁ δὲ εἶπεν, ἐγώ. εἶπε δὲ αὐτῷ, ἄκουσον τοὺς λόγους τῆς δούλης σου· καὶ εἶπεν Ἰωὰβ, ἀκούω ἐγώ εἰμι.
18Then she spoke, saying: 'They were wont to speak in old time, saying: They shall surely ask counsel at Abel; and so they ended the matter.
18Καὶ εἶπε λέγουσα, λόγον ἐλάλησαν ἐν πρώτοις, λέγοντες, ἠρωτημένος ἠρωτήθη ἐν τῇ Ἀβὲλ καὶ ἐν Δὰν εἰ ἐξέλιπον ἃ ἔθεντο οἱ πιστοὶ τοῦ Ἰσραήλ· ἐρωτῶντες ἐπερωτήσουσιν ἐν Ἀβὲλ, καὶ οὕτως εἰ ἐξέλιπον.
19We are of them that are peaceable and faithful in Israel; seekest thou to destroy a city and a mother in Israel? why wilt thou swallow up the inheritance of the LORD?'
19Ἐγώ εἰμι εἰρηνικὰ τῶν στηριγμάτων Ἰσραήλ· σὺ δὲ ζητεῖς θανατῶσαι πόλιν καὶ μητρόπολιν ἐν Ἰσραήλ· ἱνατί καταποντίζεις κληρονομίαν Κυρίου;
20And Joab answered and said: 'Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy.
20Καὶ ἀπεκρίθη Ἰωὰβ, καὶ εἶπεν, ἵλεώς μοι ἵλεώς μοι, εἰ καταποντιῶ καὶ εἰ φθερῶ.
21The 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.'
21Οὐχ οὕτως ὁ λόγος, ὅτι ἀνὴρ ἐξ ὄρους Ἐφραὶμ, Σαβεὲ υἱὸς Βοχορὶ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐπῇρε τὴν χεῖρα αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τὸν βασιλέα Δαυίδ. δότε αὐτόν μοι μόνον, καὶ ἀπελεύσομαι ἀπάνωθεν τῆς πόλεως. Καὶ εἶπεν ἡ γυνὴ πρὸς Ἰωὰβ, ἰδοὺ ἡ κεφαλὴ αὐτοῦ ῥιφήσεται πρὸς σὲ διὰ τοῦ τείχους.
22Then the woman went unto all the people in her wisdom. And they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and threw it out to Joab. And he blew the horn, and they were dispersed from the city, every man to his tent. And Joab returned to Jerusalem unto the king.
22Καὶ εἰσῆλθεν ἡ γυνὴ πρὸς πάντα τὸν λαὸν, καὶ ἐλάλησε πρὸς πᾶσαν τὴν πόλιν ἐν τῇ σοφίᾳ αὐτῆς· καὶ ἀφεῖλε τὴν κεφαλὴν Σαβεὲ υἱοῦ Βοχορί· καὶ ἀφεῖλε καὶ ἔβαλε πρὸς Ἰωάβ· καὶ ἐσάλπισεν ἐν κερατίνῃ, καὶ διεσπάρησαν ἀπὸ τῆς πόλεως ἀπʼ αὐτοῦ ἀνὴρ εἰς τὰ σκηνώματα αὐτοῦ· καὶ Ἰωὰβ ἀπέστρεψεν εἰς Ἰερουσαλὴμ πρὸς τὸν βασιλέα.
23Now Joab was over all the host of Israel; and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites;
23Καὶ ὁ Ἰωὰβ πρὸς πάσῃ τῇ δυνάμει Ἰσραήλ· καὶ Βαναίας υἱὸς Ἰωδαὲ ἐπὶ τοῦ Χερεθὶ, καὶ ἐπὶ τοῦ Φελεθί·
24and Adoram was over the levy; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was the recorder;
24Καὶ Ἀδωνιρὰμ ἐπὶ τοῦ φόρου· καὶ Ἰωσαφὰθ υἱὸς Ἀχιλοὺθ ἀναμιμνήσκων.
25and Sheva was scribe; and Zadok and Abiathar were priests;
25Καὶ Σουσὰ γραμματεύς· καὶ Σαδὼκ καὶ Ἀβιάθαρ ἱερεῖς·
26and Ira also the Jairite was chief minister unto David.
26Καί γε Ἰρὰς ὁ Ἰαρὶν ἦν ἱερεὺς τῷ Δαυίδ.
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