World English Bible
2 Samuel 20:13
“When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.”
Verse in context — 2 Samuel 20
There stood by him one of Joab's young men, and said, "He who favors Joab, and he who is for David, let him follow Joab!
Amasa lay wallowing in his blood in the midst 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.
When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.
He went through all the tribes of Israel to Abel, and to Beth Maacah, and all the Berites: and they were gathered together, and went also after him.
They 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.
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David’s reign as king, his triumphs and failures, and God’s covenant with him.
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