¹⁰ So the Philistines fought, and Israel was defeated,^(A) and each man fled to his tent.^(B) The slaughter was severe—30,000 of the Israelite foot soldiers fell.

⁸ So the king got up and sat in the gate,^(A) and all the people were told: “Look, the king is sitting in the gate.” Then they all came into the king’s presence.

Meanwhile, each Israelite had fled to his tent.^(B)

Sheba’s Revolt

20 Now a wicked man, a Benjaminite named Sheba son of Bichri, happened to be there. He blew the ram’s horn and shouted:

²² The woman went to all the people with her wise counsel,^(A) and they cut off the head of Sheba son of Bichri and threw it to Joab. So he blew the ram’s horn, and they dispersed from the city, each to his own tent. Joab returned to the king in Jerusalem.

²¹ So Jehoram crossed over to Zair with all his chariots. Then at night he set out to attack the Edomites who had surrounded him and the chariot commanders, but his troops fled to their tents.^(A)