撒母耳记下 20:21

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

事情不是這樣的；只因以法蓮山地有一個人名叫示巴，是比基利的兒子，他舉手攻擊大衛王。你們只要把他一人交出來，我就離開這城。”婦人對約押說：“看哪！那人的頭必從這城牆上丟給你。”

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
乃 因 以 法 莲 山 地 的 一 个 人 ─ 比 基 利 的 儿 子 示 巴 ─ 举 手 攻 击 大 卫 王 ， 你 们 若 将 他 一 人 交 出 来 ， 我 便 离 城 而 去 。 妇 人 对 约 押 说 ： 那 人 的 首 级 必 从 城 墙 上 丢 给 你 。

Contextual Overview

¹⁴ Sheba went through all the tribes of Israel to Abel Beth Maacah. All the Berites also came together and followed him. ¹⁵ So Joab and his men came to Abel Beth Maacah and surrounded it. They piled dirt up against the city wall, and they began hacking at the walls to bring them down. ¹⁶ But a wise woman shouted out from the city, "Listen! Listen! Tell Joab to come here. I want to talk to him!" ¹⁷ So Joab came near her. She asked him, "Are you Joab?" He answered, "Yes, I am." Then she said, "Listen to what I say." Joab said, "I'm listening." ¹⁸ Then the woman said, "In the past people would say, ‘Ask for advice at Abel,' and the problem would be solved. ¹⁹ I am one of the peaceful, loyal people of Israel. You are trying to destroy an important city of Israel. Why must you destroy what belongs to the Lord ?" ²⁰ Joab answered, "I would prefer not to destroy or ruin anything! ²¹ That is not what I want. But there is a man here from the mountains of Ephraim, who is named Sheba son of Bicri. He has turned against King David. If you bring him to me, I will leave the city alone." The woman said to Joab, "His head will be thrown over the wall to you." ²² Then the woman spoke very wisely to all the people of the city. They cut off the head of Sheba son of Bicri and threw it over the wall to Joab. So he blew the trumpet, and the army left the city. Every man returned home, and Joab went back to the king in Jerusalem.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

a man: 2 Samuel 20:1, Judges 2:9, Judges 7:24, 2 Kings 5:22, Jeremiah 4:15, Jeremiah 50:19

by name: Heb. by his name

lifted: 2 Samuel 23:18, 1 Samuel 24:6, 1 Samuel 26:9

his head: 2 Samuel 17:2, 2 Samuel 17:3, 2 Kings 10:7, Judges 18:4-8

Reciprocal: Judges 4:9 - into Judges 9:53 - woman Judges 9:55 - General Judges 20:13 - deliver 2 Samuel 20:11 - He that 1 Kings 11:27 - lifted up Luke 6:41 - but

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The matter [is] not so,.... I am not come with the army against this city with any ill will to it, and with an intention to destroy it: the case is this,

but a man of Mount Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name; for though he was by birth a Benjaminite, his dwelling was in Mount Ephraim in that tribe; unless there was a place of this name in the tribe of Benjamin, so called from any memorable event there, as the wood of Ephraim, 2 Samuel 18:6. This same man, says Joab,

hath lifted up his hand against the king, [even] against David; is in rebellion against the king, even so great and good a king as David; he has lifted up his hand, and blown a trumpet to draw off men from David, and after himself; he has committed acts of hostility and treason; he has drawn his sword, and raised an insurrection and rebellion in the nation:

deliver him only, and I will depart from the city: he did not desire any of his followers to be delivered up, only himself, knowing the rebellion would cease upon the delivery of him; and being unwilling that the blood of any Israelite should be shed, whom he had unawares drawn into this rebellion, and who he knew would return to their own cities upon this:

and the woman said unto Joab, behold, his head shall be thrown to thee over the wall; she knew the fright the inhabitants of the city were in, and how disposed they were to do anything to save their city; she knew what influence she had among them, and how weak Sheba's party was, and therefore could assure Joab that this should be done.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Samuel 20:21. His head shall be thrown to thee — Thus it appears she had great sway in the counsels of the city; and that the punishment of a state rebel was then, what it is now in this kingdom, beheading.