2 Samuel 20:1-3
Contemporary English Version
Sheba Rebels against David
20 (A) A troublemaker from the tribe of Benjamin was there. His name was Sheba the son of Bichri, and he blew a trumpet to get everyone's attention. Then he said, “People of Israel, David the son of Jesse doesn't belong to us! Let's go home.”
2 So they stopped following David and went off with Sheba. But the people of Judah stayed close to David all the way from the Jordan to Jerusalem.
David's Ten Wives
3 (B) David had left ten of his wives in Jerusalem to take care of his palace. But when he came back, he had them taken to another house, and he placed soldiers there to guard them. He gave them whatever they needed, but he never slept with any of them again.[a] They had to live there for the rest of their lives as if they were widows.
Read full chapterFootnotes
- 20.3 he … again: Because of what Absalom had done (see 16.21,22).
Copyright © 1995 by American Bible Society For more information about CEV, visit www.bibles.com and www.cev.bible.
