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## 2 Samuel 20:20-23 in Context (Verses 17–26 KJV)
 
 [17 ](/kjv/2-samuel/20/17) 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.
 
 [18 ](/kjv/2-samuel/20/18) 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*.*
 
 [19 ](/kjv/2-samuel/20/19) 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?
 
 [20 ](/kjv/2-samuel/20/20) And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy.
 
 [21 ](/kjv/2-samuel/20/21) 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.*
 
 [22 ](/kjv/2-samuel/20/22) 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.*
 
 [23 ](/kjv/2-samuel/20/23) ¶ Now Joab *was* over all the host of Israel: and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada *was* over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites:
 
 [24 ](/kjv/2-samuel/20/24) And Adoram *was* over the tribute: and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud *was* recorder:*
 
 [25 ](/kjv/2-samuel/20/25) And Sheva *was* scribe: and Zadok and Abiathar *were* the priests:
 
 [26 ](/kjv/2-samuel/20/26) And Ira also the Jairite was a chief ruler about David.*
 
[2 Samuel 19](/kjv/2-samuel/19) [2 Samuel 21](/kjv/2-samuel/21)

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