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(The view expressed in this blog are my own and should not be taken as inspired in any way.)
2 Samuel 20:14–22, “And he went through all the tribes of Israel unto Abel, and to Bethmaachah, and all the Berites: and they were gathered together, and went also after him. And they came and besieged him in Abel of Bethmaachah, and they cast up a bank against the city, and it stood in the trench: and all the people that were with Joab battered the wall, to throw it down. Then cried a wise woman out of the city, Hear, hear; say, I pray you, unto Joab, Come near hither, that I may speak with thee. And when he was come near unto her, the woman said, Art thou Joab? And he answered, I am he. Then she said unto him, Hear the words of thine handmaid. And he answered, I do hear. Then she spake, saying, They were wont to speak in old time, saying, They shall surely ask counsel at Abel: and so they ended the matter. I am one of them that are peaceable and faithful in Israel: thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel: why wilt thou swallow up the inheritance of the LORD? And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy. The matter is not so: but a man of mount Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, hath lifted up his hand against the king, even against David: deliver him only, and I will depart from the city. And the woman said unto Joab, Behold, his head shall be thrown to thee over the wall. Then the woman went unto all the people in her wisdom. And they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and cast it out to Joab. And he blew a trumpet, and they retired from the city, every man to his tent. And Joab returned to Jerusalem unto the king.”
Joab followed after Sheba and eventually found him in a city in the north of Israel. Joab and his troops surrounded the city and they commenced a siege of the city. In order to take the city they built a large mound near the city walls and went close to moat around the walls. One of the women from the city called out to Joab and asked him if she could talk to him before he went any further. The people in the city were concerned about their city and they weren’t ready to sacrifice their city for Sheba’s sake. The people in the city found Sheba and beheaded him, after that they threw his head over the wall and Joab realised that he had dealt with Sheba and Sheba was no longer a threat to David’s kingdom. All the troops went back to their homes and Joab told David that the threat to his throne had been neutralised.
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