²² Then she went to the people of the city with her plan, and they cut off Sheba's head and threw it over the wall to Joab. He blew the trumpet as a signal for his men to leave the city, and they went back home. And Joab returned to Jerusalem to the king.

David's Officials

²³ Joab was in command of the army of Israel; Benaiah son of Jehoiada was in charge of David's bodyguards; ²⁴ Adoniram was in charge of the forced labor; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was in charge of the records;