This document is about Sheba (Son_of_Bichri). For other homonyms, refer to the Sheba document. He was the one who rebelled during the time of King David.
2 Samuel 20:1So all the men of Israel went up from following David, and followed Sheba the son of Bichri; but the men of Judah joined with their king, from the Jordan even to Jerusalem.2 Samuel 20:2David 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 custody, and provided them with sustenance, but didn’t go in to them. So they were shut up to the day of their death, living in widowhood.
이 시기는 압살롬의 반역을 진압한 뒤였기 때문에 아직까지 민심이 온전히 안정되지 않은 시기였다. 유다 지파는 여전히 다윗을 지지하였으나 나머지 지파는 세바를 따른 것을 보면, 이 때부터 남북 왕국의 분열의 조짐이 있었음을 알 수 있다.
2 Samuel 19:40Behold, all the men of Israel came to the king, and said to the king, “Why have our brothers the men of Judah stolen you away, and brought the king, and his household, over the Jordan, and all David’s men with him?”2 Samuel 19:41All the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, “Because the king is a close relative to us. Why then are you angry about this matter? Have we eaten at all at the king’s cost? Or has he given us any gift?”2 Samuel 19:42The men of Israel) answered the men of Judah, and said, “We have ten parts in the king, and we have also more claim to David than you. Why then did you despise us, that our advice should not be first had in bringing back our king?” The words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel.2 Samuel 19:43The men of Israel) answered the men of Judah, and said, “We have ten parts in the king, and we have also more claim to David than you. Why then did you despise us, that our advice should not be first had in bringing back our king?” The words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel.
2 Samuel 20:13He went through all the tribes of Israel to Abel, and to Beth Maacah, and all the Berites. They were gathered together, and went also after him.2 Samuel 20:14They came and besieged him in Abel of Beth Maacah, and they cast up a mound against the city, and it stood against the rampart; and all the people who were with Joab battered the wall, to throw it down.2 Samuel 20:15Then a wise woman cried out of the city, “Hear, hear! Please say to Joab, ‘Come near here, that I may speak with you.’ ”2 Samuel 20:16He came near to her; and the woman said, “Are you Joab?” He answered, “I am.” Then she said to him, “Hear the words of your servant.” He answered, “I’m listening.”2 Samuel 20:17Then she spoke, saying, “They used to say in old times, ‘They shall surely ask counsel at Abel;’ and so they settled a matter.2 Samuel 20:18I am among those who are peaceable and faithful in Israel). You seek to destroy a city and a mother in Israel. Why will you swallow up Yahweh’s inheritance?”2 Samuel 20:19Joab answered, “Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy.2 Samuel 20:20The matter is not so. But a man of the hill country of Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, has lifted up his hand against the king, even against David. Just deliver him, and I will depart from the city.” The woman said to Joab, “Behold, his head will be thrown to you over the wall.”2 Samuel 20:21Then the woman went to all the people in her wisdom. They cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and threw it out to Joab. He blew the trumpet, and they were dispersed from the city, every man to his tent. Then Joab returned to Jerusalem to the king.2 Samuel 20:22Now Joab was over all the army of Israel, Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites,