So the king said to Abishai, "Sheba will give us more trouble than Absalom. Take my men and go after him, or else he may occupy some fortified towns and escape from us."

So Joab's men, the royal bodyguards, and all the other soldiers left Jerusalem with Abishai to go after Sheba.

After the body had been removed from the road, everyone followed Joab in pursuit of Sheba.

That is not our plan. A man named Sheba son of Bikri, who is from the hill country of Ephraim, started a rebellion against King David. Hand over this one man, and I will withdraw from the city." "We will throw his head over the wall to you," she said.

The king said to Amasa, "Call the men of Judah together and be back here with them by the day after tomorrow."

Jehu looked up and shouted, "Who is on my side?" Two or three palace officials looked down at him from a window,