¹And there happened to be there a man of Belial [Worthless, Good for Nothing] , whose name [was] Sheva [Seven] , the son of Bikhri [youthful] , from the tribe of Binyamin [A Son of the Right Hand] : and he blew a trumpet, and said, We have no part in David [beloved] , neither have we inheritance in the son of Yishai [I possess] : every man to his tents, O Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] .

²So every man of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] went up from after David [beloved] , [and] followed Sheva [Seven] the son of Bikhri [youthful] : but the men of Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised] clave unto their king, from Yarden [Descender] even to Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace] .

³And David [beloved] came to his house at Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace] ; and the king took the ten women [his] concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in ward (in custody, with a guard; prison), and fed them, but went not in unto them. So they were shut up unto the day of their death, living in widowhood.

⁴Then said the king to ‘Amasa [burden] , Assemble me the men of Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised] within three days, and be youi here present.

⁵So ‘Amasa [burden] went to assemble [the men of] Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised] : but he tarried longer than the set time which he had appointed him.

⁶And David [beloved] said to Avishai [my father is a gift] , Now shall Sheva [Seven] the son of Bikhri [youthful] do us more harm than [did] Avshalom [my father is peace] : take youi youri lord’s servants, and pursue after him, lest he get him fenced cities, and escape us.

⁷And there went out after him Yo’av [Yehovah is father] ’s men, and the K’reti [executioners] , and the P’leti [couriers] , and all the mighty men: and they went out of Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace] , to pursue after Sheva [Seven] the son of Bikhri [youthful] .

⁸When they [were] at the great stone which [is] in Giv’on [Hill City] , ‘Amasa [burden] went before them. And Yo’av [Yehovah is father] ’s garment that he had put on was girded unto him, and upon it a belt [with] a sword fastened upon his waist in the sheath thereof; and as he went forth it fell out.

⁹And Yo’av [Yehovah is father] said to ‘Amasa [burden] , [Are] youi in health, my brother? And Yo’av [Yehovah is father] took ‘Amasa [burden] by the beard with the right hand to kiss him.

¹⁰But ‘Amasa [burden] took no heed to the sword that [was] in Yo’av’s [Yehovah is father] ’s hand: so he struck him with that in the fifth [rib] , and shed out his bowels (inward parts; affections) to the ground, and struck him not again; and he died. So Yo’av [Yehovah is father] and Avishai [my father is a gift] his brother pursued after Sheva [Seven] the son of Bikhri [youthful] .

¹¹And one of Yo’av [Yehovah is father] ’s men stood by him, and said, He that favours Yo’av [Yehovah is father] , and he that [is] for David [beloved] , [let him go] after Yo’av [Yehovah is father] .

¹²And ‘Amasa [burden] wallow (to approve, commend, accept) ed in blood in the midst of the highway. And when the man saw that all the people stood still, he removed ‘Amasa [burden] out of the highway into the field, and cast a cloth upon him, when he saw that everyone that came by him stood still.

¹³When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Yo’av [Yehovah is father] , to pursue after Sheva [Seven] the son of Bikhri [youthful] .

¹⁴And he went through all the tribes of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] unto Hevel (herdsman) , and to Beit-Ma’akhah [oppression] [house of pressure] , and all the Berim [my well; of the well] : and they were gathered together, and went also after him.

¹⁵And they came and besieged him in Hevel (herdsman) of Beit-Ma’akhah [oppression] [house of pressure] , and they cast up a bank against the city, and it stood in the trench: and all the people that [were] with Yo’av [Yehovah is father] battered the wall, to throw it down.

¹⁶Then cried a wise woman out of the city, Hear, hear; say, I pray you, unto Yo’av [Yehovah is father] , Come near here, that I may speak with youi .

¹⁷And when he was come near unto her, the woman said, [Are] youi Yo’av [Yehovah is father] ? And he answered, I [am he] . Then she said unto him, Hear the words of youri female servant. And he answered, I do hear.

¹⁸Then she spoke, saying, They were wont (used to; in the habit of) to speak in old time, saying, They shall surely ask [counsel] at Hevel (herdsman) : and so they ended [the matter] .

¹⁹I [am one of them that are] peaceable [and] faithful in Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] : youi seek to destroy a city and a mother in Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] : why will youi swallow (to approve, commend, accept) up the inheritance of the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) ?

²⁰And Yo’av [Yehovah is father] answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow (to approve, commend, accept) up or destroy.

²¹The matter [is] not so: but a man of mount Efrayim [Doubly Fruitful] , Sheva [Seven] the son of Bikhri [youthful] by name, has lifted up his hand against the king, [even] against David [beloved] : deliver him only, and I will depart from the city. And the woman said unto Yo’av [Yehovah is father] , Behold, his head shall be thrown to youi over the wall.

²²Then the woman went unto all the people in her wisdom. And they cut off the head of Sheva [Seven] the son of Bikhri [youthful] , and cast [it] out to Yo’av [Yehovah is father] . And he blew a trumpet, and they retired from the city, every man to his tent. And Yo’av [Yehovah is father] returned to Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace] unto the king.

²³Now Yo’av [Yehovah is father] [was] over all the host of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] : and B’nayahu [Yehovah has built] the son of Y’hoyada [Yehovah knows] [was] over the K’reti [executioners] and over the P’leti [couriers] :

²⁴And Adoram [my lord is exalted] [was] over the tribute: and Y’hoshafat [Yehovah has judged] the son of Achilud [child’s brother] [was] recorder:

²⁵And Sheva [was] scribe: and Tzadok [righteous] and Avyatar [my father is great] [were] the priests:

²⁶And ‘Ira [watchful of a city] also the Ya’iri [descendant of Ya’ir (He Will Enlighten)] was a chief ruler about David [beloved] .