Verse 22

Then the woman{H802} went{H935}{(H8799)} unto all the people{H5971} in her wisdom{H2451}. And they cut off{H3772}{(H8799)} the head{H7218} of Sheba{H7652} the son{H1121} of Bichri{H1075}, and cast{H7993}{(H8686)} it out to Joab{H3097}. And he blew{H8628}{(H8799)} a trumpet{H7782}, and they retired{H6327}{(H8799)} from the city{H5892}, every man{H376} to his tent{H168}. And Joab{H3097} returned{H7725}{(H8804)} to Jerusalem{H3389} unto the king{H4428}.

Referenced Verses

  • 2 Sam 20:1 : 1 And there happened{H7122}{(H8738)} to be there a man{H376} of Belial{H1100}, whose name{H8034} was Sheba{H7652}, the son{H1121} of Bichri{H1075}, a Benjamite{H1145}: and he blew{H8628}{(H8799)} a trumpet{H7782}, and said{H559}{(H8799)}, We have no part{H2506} in David{H1732}, neither have we inheritance{H5159} in the son{H1121} of Jesse{H3448}: every{H376} man{H376} to his tents{H168}, O Israel{H3478}.
  • Eccl 7:19 : 19 Wisdom{H2451} strengtheneth{H5810}{(H8799)} the wise{H2450} more than ten{H6235} mighty{H7989} men which are in the city{H5892}.
  • Eccl 8:11 : 11 Because sentence{H6599} against an evil{H7451} work{H4639} is not executed{H6213}{(H8738)} speedily{H4120}, therefore the heart{H3820} of the sons{H1121} of men{H120} is fully set{H4390}{(H8804)} in them to do{H6213}{(H8800)} evil{H7451}.
  • Eccl 9:13-18 : 13 This{H2090} wisdom{H2451} have I seen{H7200}{(H8804)} also under the sun{H8121}, and it seemed great{H1419} unto me: 14 There was a little{H6996} city{H5892}, and few{H4592} men{H582} within it; and there came{H935}{(H8804)} a great{H1419} king{H4428} against it, and besieged{H5437}{(H8804)} it, and built{H1129}{(H8804)} great{H1419} bulwarks{H4685} against it: 15 Now there was found{H4672}{(H8804)} in it a poor{H4542} wise{H2450} man{H376}, and he by his wisdom{H2451} delivered{H4422}{(H8765)} the city{H5892}; yet no man{H120} remembered{H2142}{(H8804)} that same poor{H4542} man{H376}. 16 Then said{H559}{(H8804)} I, Wisdom{H2451} is better{H2896} than strength{H1369}: nevertheless the poor man's{H4542} wisdom{H2451} is despised{H959}{(H8803)}, and his words{H1697} are not heard{H8085}{(H8737)}. 17 The words{H1697} of wise{H2450} men are heard{H8085}{(H8737)} in quiet{H5183} more than the cry{H2201} of him that ruleth{H4910}{(H8802)} among fools{H3684}. 18 Wisdom{H2451} is better{H2896} than weapons{H3627} of war{H7128}: but one{H259} sinner{H2398}{(H8802)} destroyeth{H6}{(H8762)} much{H7235}{(H8687)} good{H2896}.
  • 2 Sam 20:16 : 16 Then cried{H7121}{(H8799)} a wise{H2450} woman{H802} out of the city{H5892}, Hear{H8085}{(H8798)}, hear{H8085}{(H8798)}; say{H559}{(H8798)}, I pray you, unto Joab{H3097}, Come near{H7126}{(H8798)} hither, that I may speak{H1696}{(H8762)} with thee.
  • 2 Sam 2:28 : 28 So Joab{H3097} blew{H8628}{(H8799)} a trumpet{H7782}, and all the people{H5971} stood still{H5975}{(H8799)}, and pursued{H7291}{(H8799)} after{H310} Israel{H3478} no more, neither fought{H3898}{(H8736)} they any more{H3254}{(H8804)}.
  • 2 Sam 3:28-39 : 28 And afterward{H310} when David{H1732} heard{H8085}{(H8799)} it, he said{H559}{(H8799)}, I and my kingdom{H4467} are guiltless{H5355} before the LORD{H3068} for{H5704} ever{H5769} from the blood{H1818} of Abner{H74} the son{H1121} of Ner{H5369}: 29 Let it rest{H2342}{(H8799)} on the head{H7218} of Joab{H3097}, and on all his father's{H1} house{H1004}; and let there not fail{H3772}{(H8735)} from the house{H1004} of Joab{H3097} one that hath an issue{H2100}{(H8802)}, or that is a leper{H6879}{(H8794)}, or that leaneth{H2388}{(H8688)} on a staff{H6418}, or that falleth{H5307}{(H8802)} on the sword{H2719}, or that lacketh{H2638} bread{H3899}. 30 So Joab{H3097} and Abishai{H52} his brother{H251} slew{H2026}{(H8804)} Abner{H74}, because he had slain{H4191}{(H8689)} their brother{H251} Asahel{H6214} at Gibeon{H1391} in the battle{H4421}. 31 And David{H1732} said{H559}{(H8799)} to Joab{H3097}, and to all the people{H5971} that were with him, Rend{H7167}{(H8798)} your clothes{H899}, and gird{H2296}{(H8798)} you with sackcloth{H8242}, and mourn{H5594}{(H8798)} before{H6440} Abner{H74}. And king{H4428} David{H1732} himself followed{H1980}{(H8802)}{H310} the bier{H4296}. 32 And they buried{H6912}{(H8799)} Abner{H74} in Hebron{H2275}: and the king{H4428} lifted up{H5375}{(H8799)} his voice{H6963}, and wept{H1058}{(H8799)} at the grave{H6913} of Abner{H74}; and all the people{H5971} wept{H1058}{(H8799)}. 33 And the king{H4428} lamented{H6969}{(H8787)} over Abner{H74}, and said{H559}{(H8799)}, Died{H4191}{(H8799)} Abner{H74} as a fool{H5036} dieth{H4194}? 34 Thy hands{H3027} were not bound{H631}{(H8803)}, nor thy feet{H7272} put{H5066}{(H8717)} into fetters{H5178}: as a man falleth{H5307}{(H8800)} before{H6440} wicked{H5766} men{H1121}, so fellest{H5307}{(H8804)} thou. And all the people{H5971} wept{H1058}{(H8800)} again{H3254}{(H8686)} over him. 35 And when all{H3605} the people{H5971} came{H935}{(H8799)} to cause{H1262} David{H1732} to eat{H1262}{(H8687)} meat{H3899} while it was yet{H5750} day{H3117}, David{H1732} sware{H7650}{(H8735)}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, So do{H6213}{(H8799)} God{H430} to me, and more also{H3254}{(H8686)}, if I taste{H2938}{(H8799)} bread{H3899}, or ought{H3972} else, till{H6440} the sun{H8121} be down{H935}{(H8800)}. 36 And all the people{H5971} took notice{H5234}{(H8689)} of it, and it pleased{H3190}{(H8799)}{H5869} them: as whatsoever the king{H4428} did{H6213}{(H8804)} pleased{H5869}{H2896} all the people{H5971}. 37 For all the people{H5971} and all Israel{H3478} understood{H3045}{(H8799)} that day{H3117} that it was not of the king{H4428} to slay{H4191}{(H8687)} Abner{H74} the son{H1121} of Ner{H5369}. 38 And the king{H4428} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto his servants{H5650}, Know{H3045}{(H8799)} ye not that there is a prince{H8269} and a great man{H1419} fallen{H5307}{(H8804)} this day{H3117} in Israel{H3478}? 39 And I am this day{H3117} weak{H7390}, though anointed{H4886}{(H8803)} king{H4428}; and these men{H582} the sons{H1121} of Zeruiah{H6870} be too hard{H7186} for me: the LORD{H3068} shall reward{H7999}{(H8762)} the doer of evil{H6213}{(H8802)} according to his wickedness{H7451}.
  • 2 Sam 11:6-9 : 6 And David{H1732} sent{H7971}{(H8799)} to Joab{H3097}, saying, Send{H7971}{(H8798)} me Uriah{H223} the Hittite{H2850}. And Joab{H3097} sent{H7971}{(H8799)} Uriah{H223} to David{H1732}. 7 And when Uriah{H223} was come{H935}{(H8799)} unto him, David{H1732} demanded{H7592}{(H8799)} of him how Joab{H3097} did{H7965}, and how the people{H5971} did{H7965}, and how the war{H4421} prospered{H7965}. 8 And David{H1732} said{H559}{(H8799)} to Uriah{H223}, Go down{H3381}{(H8798)} to thy house{H1004}, and wash{H7364}{(H8798)} thy feet{H7272}. And Uriah{H223} departed out{H3318}{(H8799)} of the king's{H4428} house{H1004}, and there followed{H310} him a mess{H4864} of meat from the king{H4428}. 9 But Uriah{H223} slept{H7901}{(H8799)} at the door{H6607} of the king's{H4428} house{H1004} with all the servants{H5650} of his lord{H113}, and went not down{H3381}{(H8804)} to his house{H1004}. 10 And when they had told{H5046}{(H8686)} David{H1732}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, Uriah{H223} went not down{H3381}{(H8804)} unto his house{H1004}, David{H1732} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto Uriah{H223}, Camest{H935}{(H8802)} thou not from thy journey{H1870}? why then didst thou not go down{H3381}{(H8804)} unto thine house{H1004}? 11 And Uriah{H223} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto David{H1732}, The ark{H727}, and Israel{H3478}, and Judah{H3063}, abide{H3427}{(H8802)} in tents{H5521}; and my lord{H113} Joab{H3097}, and the servants{H5650} of my lord{H113}, are encamped{H2583}{(H8802)} in the open{H6440} fields{H7704}; shall I{H589} then go{H935}{(H8799)} into mine house{H1004}, to eat{H398}{(H8800)} and to drink{H8354}{(H8800)}, and to lie{H7901}{(H8800)} with my wife{H802}? as thou livest{H2416}, and as thy soul{H5315} liveth{H2416}, I will not do{H6213}{(H8799)} this thing{H1697}. 12 And David{H1732} said{H559}{(H8799)} to Uriah{H223}, Tarry{H3427}{(H8798)} here to day{H3117} also, and to morrow{H4279} I will let thee depart{H7971}{(H8762)}. So Uriah{H223} abode{H3427}{(H8799)} in Jerusalem{H3389} that day{H3117}, and the morrow{H4283}. 13 And when David{H1732} had called{H7121}{(H8799)} him, he did eat{H398}{(H8799)} and drink{H8354}{(H8799)} before{H6440} him; and he made him drunk{H7937}{(H8762)}: and at even{H6153} he went out{H3318}{(H8799)} to lie{H7901}{(H8800)} on his bed{H4904} with the servants{H5650} of his lord{H113}, but went not down{H3381}{(H8804)} to his house{H1004}. 14 And it came to pass in the morning{H1242}, that David{H1732} wrote{H3789}{(H8799)} a letter{H5612} to Joab{H3097}, and sent{H7971}{(H8799)} it by the hand{H3027} of Uriah{H223}. 15 And he wrote{H3789}{(H8799)} in the letter{H5612}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, Set{H3051}{(H8798)} ye Uriah{H223} in the forefront{H6440}{H4136} of the hottest{H2389} battle{H4421}, and retire{H7725}{(H8804)} ye from him{H310}, that he may be smitten{H5221}{(H8738)}, and die{H4191}{(H8804)}. 16 And it came to pass, when Joab{H3097} observed{H8104}{(H8800)} the city{H5892}, that he assigned{H5414}{(H8799)} Uriah{H223} unto a place{H4725} where he knew{H3045}{(H8804)} that valiant{H2428} men{H582} were. 17 And the men{H582} of the city{H5892} went out{H3318}{(H8799)}, and fought{H3898}{(H8735)} with Joab{H3097}: and there fell{H5307}{(H8799)} some of the people{H5971} of the servants{H5650} of David{H1732}; and Uriah{H223} the Hittite{H2850} died{H4191}{(H8799)} also. 18 Then Joab{H3097} sent{H7971}{(H8799)} and told{H5046}{(H8686)} David{H1732} all the things{H1697} concerning the war{H4421}; 19 And charged{H6680}{(H8762)} the messenger{H4397}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, When thou hast made an end{H3615}{(H8763)} of telling{H1696}{(H8763)} the matters{H1697} of the war{H4421} unto the king{H4428}, 20 And if so be that the king's{H4428} wrath{H2534} arise{H5927}{(H8799)}, and he say{H559}{(H8804)} unto thee, Wherefore approached ye so nigh{H5066}{(H8738)} unto the city{H5892} when ye did fight{H3898}{(H8736)}? knew{H3045}{(H8804)} ye not that they would shoot{H3384}{(H8686)} from the wall{H2346}? 21 Who smote{H5221}{(H8689)} Abimelech{H40} the son{H1121} of Jerubbesheth{H3380}? did not a woman{H802} cast{H7993}{(H8689)} a piece{H6400} of a millstone{H7393} upon him from the wall{H2346}, that he died{H4191}{(H8799)} in Thebez{H8405}? why went ye nigh{H5066}{(H8738)} the wall{H2346}? then say{H559}{(H8804)} thou, Thy servant{H5650} Uriah{H223} the Hittite{H2850} is dead{H4191}{(H8804)} also.
  • 2 Sam 18:16 : 16 And Joab{H3097} blew{H8628}{(H8799)} the trumpet{H7782}, and the people{H5971} returned{H7725}{(H8799)} from pursuing{H7291}{(H8800)} after{H310} Israel{H3478}: for Joab{H3097} held back{H2820}{(H8804)} the people{H5971}.