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So Amasa went to call the men of Judah together, but he took more time than the king had said.

David said to Abishai, “Sheba son of Bicri is more dangerous to us than Absalom was. Take my men and chase him before he finds walled cities and escapes from us.” So Joab’s men, the Kerethites and the Pelethites,[a] and all the soldiers went with Abishai. They went out from Jerusalem to chase Sheba son of Bicri.

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Footnotes

  1. 20:7 Kerethites and Pelethites These were probably special units of the army that were responsible for the king’s safety, a kind of palace guard.

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