2 Samuel 20:19-21

Good News Translation

¹⁹ Ours is a great city, one of the most peaceful and loyal in Israel. Why are you trying to destroy it? Do you want to ruin what belongs to the Lord?”

²⁰ “Never!” Joab answered. “I will never ruin or destroy your city! ²¹ That is not our plan. A man named Sheba son of Bikri, who is from the hill country of Ephraim, started a rebellion against King David. Hand over this one man, and I will withdraw from the city.”

“We will throw his head over the wall to you,” she said.