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Sheba’s Revolt

20 Now a wicked man, a Benjaminite named Sheba son of Bichri, happened to be there. He blew the ram’s horn and shouted:

We have no portion in David,
no inheritance in Jesse’s son.
Each man to his tent,[a] Israel!

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Footnotes

  1. 20:1 Alt Hb tradition reads gods

16 When all Israel saw that the king had not listened to them, the people answered him:

What portion do we have in David?
We have no inheritance in the son of Jesse.(A)
Israel, return to your tents;
David, now look after your own house!(B)

So Israel went to their tents,

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17 So Micaiah said:

I saw all Israel scattered on the hills
like sheep without a shepherd.(A)
And the Lord said,
‘They have no master;
let everyone return home in peace.’(B)

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12 Judah was routed before Israel, and each man fled to his own tent.(A)

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