- 在那裡恰巧有一個匪徒、名叫示巴、是便雅憫人比基利的兒子、他吹角說、我們與大衛無分、與耶西的兒子無涉.以色列人哪、你們各回各家去罷。
- 於是以色列人都離開大衛、跟隨比基利的兒子示巴.但猶大人、從約但河直到耶路撒冷、都緊緊跟隨他們的王。
- 大衛王來到耶路撒冷、進了宮殿.就把從前留下看守宮殿的十個妃嬪禁閉在冷宮.養活他們、不與他們親近。他們如同寡婦被禁、直到死的日子。
- 王對亞瑪撒說、你要在三日之內、將猶大人招聚了來、你也回到這裡來。
- 亞瑪撒就去招聚猶大人.卻耽延過了王所限的日期。
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- Now a troublemaker named Sheba son of Bicri, a Benjamite, happened to be there. He sounded the trumpet and shouted, "We have no share in David, no part in Jesse's son! Every man to his tent, O Israel!"
- So all the men of Israel deserted David to follow Sheba son of Bicri. But the men of Judah stayed by their king all the way from the Jordan to Jerusalem.
- When David returned to his palace in Jerusalem, he took the ten concubines he had left to take care of the palace and put them in a house under guard. He provided for them, but did not lie with them. They were kept in confinement till the day of their death, living as widows.
- Then the king said to Amasa, "Summon the men of Judah to come to me within three days, and be here yourself."
- But when Amasa went to summon Judah, he took longer than the time the king had set for him.
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