2 Samuel 20
World English BibleTranslation
World English Bible
Septuagint (Greek Old Testament), second edition
1There happened to be there a wicked 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, Israel!”
1ΚΑΙ ἐκεῖ ἐπικαλούμενος υἱὸς παράνομος, καὶ ὄνομα αὐτῷ Σαβεέ, υἱὸς Βοχορὶ ἀνὴρ ὁ Ἰεμινί, 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 joined with 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 Ἱερουσαλήμ.
3David 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 custody and provided them with sustenance, but didn’t go in to them. So they were shut up to the day of their death, living in widowhood.
3καὶ εἰσῆλθε Δαυὶδ εἰς 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 θανάτου αὐτῶν, χῆραι ζῶσαι.
4Then the king said to Amasa, “Call me the men of Judah together within three days, and be here present.”
4καὶ εἶπεν ὁ βασιλεὺς πρὸς Ἀμεσσαΐ· βόησόν μοι τὸν ἄνδρα Ἰούδα τρεῖς ἡμέρας, σὺ δὲ αὐτοῦ στῆθι.
5So Amasa went to call the men of Judah together, but he stayed longer than the set time which had been appointed to him.
5καὶ ἐπορεύθη Ἀμεσσαΐ τοῦ βοῆσαι τὸν Ἰούδαν καὶ ἐχρόνισεν ἀπὸ τοῦ καιροῦ, οὗ ἐτάξατο αὐτῷ Δαυίδ.
6David said to Abishai, “Now Sheba the son of Bichri will do us more harm than Absalom did. Take your lord’s servants and pursue after him, lest he get himself fortified cities, and escape out of our sight.”
6καὶ εἶπε Δαυὶδ πρὸς Ἀμεσσαΐ· νῦν κακοποιήσει ἡμᾶς Σαβεὲ υἱὸς Βοχορὶ ὑπὲρ Ἀβεσσαλώμ, καὶ νῦν σὺ λάβε μετὰ σεαυτοῦ τοὺς παῖδας τοῦ κυρίου σου καὶ καταδίωξον ὀπίσω αὐτοῦ, μήποτε ἑαυτῷ εὕρῃ πόλεις ὀχυρὰς καὶ σκιάσει τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς ἡμῶν.
7Joab’s men went out after him with the Cherethites, the Pelethites, and all the mighty men; and they went out of Jerusalem to pursue Sheba the son of Bichri.
7καὶ ἐξῆλθον ὀπίσω αὐτοῦ 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. Joab was clothed in his apparel of war that he had put on, and on it was a sash with a sword fastened on his waist in its sheath; and as he went along it fell out.
8καὶ αὐτοὶ παρὰ τῷ λίθῳ τῷ μεγάλῳ τῷ ἐν Γαβαών, καὶ Ἀμεσσαΐ εἰσῆλθεν ἔμπροσθεν αὐτῶν. καὶ Ἰωὰβ περιεζωσμένος μανδύαν τὸ ἔνδυμα αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐπ' αὐτῷ ἐζωσμένος μάχαιραν ἐζευγμένην ἐπὶ τῆς ὀσφύος αὐτοῦ ἐν κολεῷ αὐτῆς, καὶ ἡ μάχαιρα ἐξῆλθε καὶ ἔπεσε.
9Joab said to Amasa, “Is it well with you, my brother?” Joab took Amasa by the beard with his right hand to kiss him.
9καὶ εἶπεν Ἰωὰβ τῷ Ἀμεσσαΐ· εἰ ὑγιαίνεις σὺ ἀδελφέ; καὶ ἐκράτησεν ἡ χεὶρ ἡ δεξιὰ Ἰωὰβ τοῦ πώγωνος Ἀμεσσαΐ τοῦ καταφιλῆσαι αὐτόν.
10But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab’s hand. So he struck him with it in the body and shed out his bowels to the ground, and didn’t strike him again; and he died. Joab and Abishai his brother pursued Sheba the son of Bichri.
10καὶ Ἀμεσσαΐ 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 Ἀβεσσαΐ ὁ ἀδελφὸς αὐτοῦ ἐδίωξεν ὀπίσω Σαβεὲ υἱοῦ Βοχορί·
11One of Joab’s young men stood by him, and said, “He who favors Joab, and he who is for David, let him follow Joab!”
11καὶ ἀνὴρ ἔστη ἐπ' αὐτὸν τῶν παιδαρίων Ἰωὰβ καὶ εἶπε· τίς ὁ βουλόμενος Ἰωὰβ καὶ τίς τοῦ Δαυίδ, ὀπίσω Ἰωάβ;
12Amasa lay wallowing in his blood in the middle of the highway. 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 everyone who came by him stood still.
12καὶ Ἀμεσσαΐ πεφυρμένος ἐν τῷ αἵματι ἐν μέσῳ τῆς τρίβου, καὶ εἶδεν ἀνήρ, ὅτι εἱστήκει πᾶς ὁ λαός, καὶ ἀπέστρεψε τὸν Ἀμεσσαΐ ἐκ τῆς τρίβου εἰς ἀγρὸν καὶ ἐπέρριψεν ἐπ' αὐτὸν ἱμάτιον, καθότι εἶδε πάντα τὸν ἐρχόμενον ἐπ' αὐτὸν ἑστηκότα·
13When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab to pursue Sheba the son of Bichri.
13ἡνίκα δὲ ἔφθασεν ἐκ τῆς τρίβου, παρῆλθε πᾶς ἀνὴρ Ἰσραὴλ ὀπίσω Ἰωάβ τοῦ διῶξαι ὀπίσω Σαβεὲ υἱοῦ Βοχορί.
14He went through all the tribes of Israel to Abel, to Beth Maacah, and all the Berites. They were gathered together, and went also after him.
14καὶ διῆλθεν ἐν πάσαις φυλαῖς Ἰσραὴλ εἰς Ἀβὲλ καὶ εἰς Βαιθμαχὰ καὶ πάντες ἐν Χαρρί, καὶ ἐξεκκλησιάσθησαν, καὶ ἦλθον κατόπισθεν αὐτοῦ.
15They came and besieged him in Abel of Beth Maacah, and they cast up a mound against the city, and it stood against the rampart; and all the people who were with Joab battered the wall to throw it down.
15καὶ παρεγενήθησαν καὶ ἐπολιόρκουν ἐπ' αὐτὸν τὴν Ἀβὲλ καὶ Βαιθμαχὰ καὶ ἐξέχεαν πρόσχωμα πρὸς τὴν πόλιν, καὶ ἔστη ἐν τῷ προτειχίσματι, καὶ πᾶς ὁ λαὸς μετά Ἰωὰβ ἐνοοῦσαν καταβαλεῖν τὸ τεῖχος.
16Then a wise woman cried out of the city, “Hear, hear! Please say to Joab, ‘Come near here, that I may speak with you.’”
16καὶ ἐβόησε γυνὴ σοφὴ ἐκ τοῦ τείχους καὶ εἶπεν· ἀκούσατε ἀκούσατε, εἴπατε δὴ πρὸς Ἰωάβ· ἔγγισον ἕως ὧδε, καὶ λαλήσω πρὸς αὐτόν.
17He came near to her; and the woman said, “Are you Joab?” He answered, “I am.” Then she said to him, “Hear the words of your servant.” He answered, “I’m listening.”
17καὶ προσήγγισε πρὸς αὐτήν, καὶ εἶπεν ἡ γυνή· εἰ σὺ εἶ Ἰωάβ; ὁ δὲ εἶπεν· ἐγώ. εἶπε δὲ αὐτῷ· ἄκουσον τοὺς λόγους τῆς δούλης σου. καὶ εἶπεν Ἰωάβ· ἀκούω ἐγώ εἰμι.
18Then she spoke, saying, “They used to say in old times, ‘They shall surely ask counsel at Abel,’ and so they settled a 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 Ἀβέλ, καὶ οὕτως εἰ ἐξέλιπον.
19I am among those who are peaceable and faithful in Israel. You seek to destroy a city and a mother in Israel. Why will you swallow up the LORD’s inheritance?”
19ἐγώ εἰμι εἰρηνικὰ τῶν στηριγμάτων Ἰσραήλ, σὺ δὲ ζητεῖς θανατῶσαι πόλιν καὶ μητρόπολιν ἐν Ἰσραήλ· ἱνατί καταποντίζεις κληρονομίαν Κυρίου;
20Joab answered, “Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy.
20καὶ ἀπεκρίθη Ἰωάβ, καὶ εἶπεν· ἵλεώς μοι ἵλεώς μοι, εἰ καταποντιῶ καὶ εἰ διαφθερῶ·
21The matter is not so. But a man of the hill country of Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, has lifted up his hand against the king, even against David. Just deliver him, and I will depart from the city.” The woman said to Joab, “Behold, his head will be thrown to you over the wall.”
21οὐχ οὕτως ὁ λόγος, ὅτι ἀνὴρ ἐξ ὄρους Ἐφραίμ, 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 Ἰωάβ· ἰδοὺ ἡ κεφαλὴ αὐτοῦ ριφήσεται πρὸς σὲ διὰ τοῦ τείχους.
22Then the woman went to all the people in her wisdom. They cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and threw it out to Joab. He blew the trumpet, and they were dispersed from the city, every man to his tent. Then Joab returned to Jerusalem to 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 ἀπ' αὐτοῦ ἀνὴρ εἰς τὰ σκηνώματα αὐτοῦ· καὶ Ἰωὰβ ἀπέστρεψεν εἰς Ἱερουσαλὴμ πρὸς τὸν βασιλέα.
23Now Joab was over all the army of Israel, 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,
24Adoram was over the men subject to forced labor, Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was the recorder,
24καὶ Ἀδωνιρὰμ ἐπὶ τοῦ φόρου, καὶ Ἰωσαφὰτ υἱὸς Ἀχιλοὺθ ἀναμιμνήσκων,
25Sheva was scribe, Zadok and Abiathar were priests,
25καὶ Σουσὰ γραμματεύς, καὶ Σαδὼκ καὶ Ἀβιάθαρ ἱερεῖς,
26and Ira the Jairite was chief minister to David.
26καί γε Ἰρὰς ὁ Ἰαρὶν ἦν ἱερεὺς τοῦ Δαυίδ.
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