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New International Version
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|2 Samuel 20:10|
Amasa was not on his guard against the dagger in Joab’s hand, and Joab plunged it into his belly, and his intestines spilled out on the ground. Without being stabbed again, Amasa died. Then Joab and his brother Abishai pursued Sheba son of Bicri.
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|2 Samuel 20:11|
One of Joab’s men stood beside Amasa and said, “Whoever favours Joab, and whoever is for David, let him follow Joab!”
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|2 Samuel 20:12|
Amasa lay wallowing in his blood in the middle of the road, and the man saw that all the troops came to a halt there. When he realised that everyone who came up to Amasa stopped, he dragged him from the road into a field and threw a garment over him.
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|2 Samuel 20:13|
After Amasa had been removed from the road, all the men went on with Joab to pursue Sheba son of Bicri.
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|2 Samuel 20:14|
Sheba passed through all the tribes of Israel to Abel Beth Maacah [Or Abel, even Beth Maacah; also in verse 15] and through the entire region of the Berites, who gathered together and followed him.
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|2 Samuel 20:15|
All the troops with Joab came and besieged Sheba in Abel Beth Maacah. They built a siege ramp up to the city, and it stood against the outer fortifications. While they were battering the wall to bring it down,
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|2 Samuel 20:16|
a wise woman called from the city, “Listen! Listen! Tell Joab to come here so that I can speak to him.”
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|2 Samuel 20:17|
He went towards her, and she asked, “Are you Joab?” “I am,” he answered. She said, “Listen to what your servant has to say.” “I’m listening,” he said.
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|2 Samuel 20:18|
She continued, “Long ago they used to say, `Get your answer at Abel,’ and that settled it.
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|2 Samuel 20:19|
We are the peaceful and faithful in Israel. You are trying to destroy a city that is a mother in Israel. Why do you want to swallow up the LORD’s inheritance?”
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Sugerencias
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