Study it in the app“So there went out after him Joab’s men and the Cherethites and the Pelethites and all the mighty men; they went out from Jerusalem to pursue after Sheba son of Bichri.”
So there went outוַיֵּצְאוּafter himאַחֲרָיוJoab’sיוֹאָבmenאַנְשֵׁיand the Cherethitesוְהַכְּרֵתִיand the Pelethitesוְהַפְּלֵתִיand allוְכָלthe mighty men;הַגִּבֹּרִיםthey went outוַיֵּצְאוּfrom Jerusalemמִירוּשָׁלִַםto pursueלִרְדֹּףafterאַחֲרֵיShebaשֶׁבַעsonבֶּןof Bichri.בִּכְרִי
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yetsu” appearsJoab
Joab: the name of several men; the best known is the son of Zeruiah and nephew of David, commander of his army (2 Samuel 2:13). It means "YHWH is father."
Where else “yoav” appearsman
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anshe” appearsKerethites
Kerethite: a member of a people neighboring the Philistines, in the south. Later there were Kerethites in David's personal guard (2 Samuel 8:18).
Where else “kereti” appearsPelethites
Pelethites: together with the Kerethites, King David's personal guard.
Where else “peleti” appearswarrior
A brave warrior, or a capable man.
Where else “giborim” appearsJerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yrushalaim” appearspursue
To go after someone to catch them.
Where else “redof” appearsSheba
Sheba: a town of Simeon; also a personal name.
Where else “sheva” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appearsBichri
Bichri, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, father of Sheba, who rebelled against David (2 Samuel 20). The lexicon links the name with "firstborn, youthful".
Where else “bichri” appearsJerusalem
Today: Old City of Jerusalem
A city in the hills of Judea, about 22 miles (35 km) west of the Dead Sea and 35 miles (55 km) east of the Mediterranean.
David took it and made it his city (2 Sam 5:7); Solomon built the temple there (1 Kgs 8:1). Jesus was presented there, and the apostles' witness began from it (Luke 2:22; Acts 1:8).
6David said to Abishai, “Now Sheba son of Bichri will do us more harm than Absalom. You take the servants of your lord and pursue him, or he will find for himself fortified cities and escape our eye.”
7 · This verse (above)
8They were at the great stone that is in Gibeon, and Amasa came before them. Joab was girded with the garment he wore, and over it was a belt with a sword fastened on his waist in its sheath; and as he went out, it fell out.
