撒母耳記下 20
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
示巴反叛大衛
20 有一個無賴名叫示巴，是便雅憫人比基利的兒子，當時剛好在吉甲。他吹響號角，大喊：「我們與大衛毫無關係，耶西兒子的產業沒有我們的份。以色列人啊，各自回家去吧！」 2 於是，以色列人都離開了大衛，跟隨了比基利的兒子示巴。但猶大人仍然緊緊跟隨他們的王，從約旦河一直來到耶路撒冷。 3 大衛回到耶路撒冷的宮裡，把從前留下來看守王宮的十個妃嬪關進冷宮，供養她們，卻不再和她們同房。她們像寡婦一樣在軟禁中度過餘生。
4 王對亞瑪撒說：「你要在三天內招聚猶大人，跟他們一起來見我。」 5 亞瑪撒就去招聚猶大人，但他超過了王所定的期限。 6 大衛對亞比篩說：「現在比基利的兒子示巴對我們帶來的危害恐怕比押沙龍還要大。你帶領我的部下去捉拿他，免得他佔據了堅固的城池，得以逃脫。」
7 於是，約押的部下和基利提人、比利提人以及所有的勇士都跟隨亞比篩離開耶路撒冷，去追趕比基利的兒子示巴。 8 他們來到基遍的巨石旁，見亞瑪撒迎面而來。約押當時身穿戰袍，腰間佩刀，他迎上去的時候，刀從鞘中滑落出來。 9 約押對亞瑪撒說：「兄弟，你好嗎？」他用右手抓住亞瑪撒的鬍子，親吻他。 10 亞瑪撒毫無防備，被約押一刀刺入肚子，肚破腸流而死。然後，約押和他兄弟亞比篩繼續追趕比基利的兒子示巴。
11 約押的一個部下站在亞瑪撒的屍體旁邊說：「擁護約押和大衛的人來跟隨約押吧！」 12 亞瑪撒的屍體倒在路中間的血泊中。那人見眾人駐足圍觀，便把屍體從路上拖到田裡，扔了一件衣服蓋上。 13 屍體搬走以後，大家都跟隨約押去追比基利的兒子示巴。
14 示巴走遍以色列各支派，一直到伯·瑪迦的亞比拉城。他的本族比利人都聚集起來跟隨他。 15 約押率大軍來到伯·瑪迦，把示巴圍困在亞比拉城內，他們修築攻城的高臺，撞擊城牆。 16 有一個聰明的婦人從城上喊：「請聽我說！請聽我說！請約押到這邊來，我有話要對他說。」 17 約押就走上前去，那婦人問道：「你是約押嗎？」約押答道：「我就是。」婦人說：「請聽婢女說幾句。」約押說：「你說吧！」 18 婦人說：「古時候人們常說，『有事到亞比拉去請教，問題都會解決。』 19 我們這座城的人在以色列素來熱愛和平、忠心耿耿，你卻要毀滅這座大城。你為什麼要吞掉耶和華的產業？」 20 約押答道：「我根本不想吞掉或毀滅這城。 21 以法蓮山區比基利的兒子示巴背叛大衛王，你們只要把他交出來，我就撤退。」那婦人說：「我們一定把他的首級從城上拋下來給你。」 22 婦人把自己的良策告訴眾人，他們便把比基利的兒子示巴的頭割下來，拋給約押。約押就吹響號角令軍隊各自回家，自己回耶路撒冷見王。
23 約押負責統率以色列全軍；耶何耶大的兒子比拿雅統轄基利提人和比利提人； 24 亞多蘭管理服勞役的；亞希律的兒子約沙法擔任史官； 25 示法做書記；撒督和亞比亞他任祭司； 26 雅珥人以拉做大衛的祭司。
2 Samuel 20
King James Version
20 And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew a trumpet, and said, We have no part in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to his tents, O Israel.
2 So every man of Israel went up from after David, and followed Sheba the son of Bichri: but the men of Judah clave unto their king, from Jordan even to Jerusalem.
3 And David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten women his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in ward, and fed them, but went not in unto them. So they were shut up unto the day of their death, living in widowhood.
4 Then said the king to Amasa, Assemble me the men of Judah within three days, and be thou here present.
5 So Amasa went to assemble the men of Judah: but he tarried longer than the set time which he had appointed him.
6 And David said to Abishai, Now shall Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than did Absalom: take thou thy lord's servants, and pursue after him, lest he get him fenced cities, and escape us.
7 And there went out after him Joab's men, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and all the mighty men: and they went out of Jerusalem, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.
8 When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa went before them. And Joab's garment that he had put on was girded unto him, and upon it a girdle with a sword fastened upon his loins in the sheath thereof; and as he went forth it fell out.
9 And Joab said to Amasa, Art thou in health, my brother? And Joab took Amasa by the beard with the right hand to kiss him.
10 But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab's hand: so he smote him therewith in the fifth rib, and shed out his bowels to the ground, and struck him not again; and he died. So Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri.
11 And one of Joab's men stood by him, and said, He that favoureth Joab, and he that is for David, let him go after Joab.
12 And Amasa wallowed in blood in the midst of the highway. And when the man saw that all the people stood still, he removed Amasa out of the highway into the field, and cast a cloth upon him, when he saw that every one that came by him stood still.
13 When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.
14 And he went through all the tribes of Israel unto Abel, and to Bethmaachah, and all the Berites: and they were gathered together, and went also after him.
15 And they came and besieged him in Abel of Bethmaachah, and they cast up a bank against the city, and it stood in the trench: and all the people that were with Joab battered the wall, to throw it down.
16 Then cried a wise woman out of the city, Hear, hear; say, I pray you, unto Joab, Come near hither, that I may speak with thee.
17 And when he was come near unto her, the woman said, Art thou Joab? And he answered, I am he. Then she said unto him, Hear the words of thine handmaid. And he answered, I do hear.
18 Then she spake, saying, They were wont to speak in old time, saying, They shall surely ask counsel at Abel: and so they ended the matter.
19 I am one of them that are peaceable and faithful in Israel: thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel: why wilt thou swallow up the inheritance of the Lord?
20 And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy.
21 The matter is not so: but a man of mount Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, hath lifted up his hand against the king, even against David: deliver him only, and I will depart from the city. And the woman said unto Joab, Behold, his head shall be thrown to thee over the wall.
22 Then the woman went unto all the people in her wisdom. And they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and cast it out to Joab. And he blew a trumpet, and they retired from the city, every man to his tent. And Joab returned to Jerusalem unto the king.
23 Now Joab was over all the host of Israel: and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites:
24 And Adoram was over the tribute: and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder:
25 And Sheva was scribe: and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests:
26 And Ira also the Jairite was a chief ruler about David.