CHAPTER EXPLORER
2 Samuel 20
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26 verses in KJV · 185 outgoing cross-reference links
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Opening verses of 2 Samuel 20 (KJV)
20:1 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.
20:2 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.
20:3 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.
Historical / attribution context
Traditional writer attribution: Gad, Nathan, Samuel
Approximate study chronology: c. 1022 BC
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H3097yo.avJoab · 18 occurrencesH376ishman · 11 occurrencesH1121benson: child · 11 occurrencesH310a.charafter · 10 occurrencesH7652she.vaSheba · 8 occurrencesH6021a.ma.saAmasa · 8 occurrencesH1075bikh.riBichri · 8 occurrencesH1732da.vidDavid · 7 occurrencesH62a.vel bet-ma.a.khahAbel-beth-maachah · 6 occurrencesH5892irexcitement · 6 occurrencesH4480minfrom · 6 occurrencesH3478yis.ra.elIsrael · 6 occurrencesH859at.tahyou(m.s.) · 5 occurrencesH802ish.shahwoman · 5 occurrences
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