2 Samuel 20:5-7

New Living Translation

⁵ So Amasa went out to notify Judah, but it took him longer than the time he had been given.

⁶ Then David said to Abishai, “Sheba son of Bicri is going to hurt us more than Absalom did. Quick, take my troops and chase after him before he gets into a fortified town where we can’t reach him.”

⁷ So Abishai and Joab,^[a] together with the king’s bodyguard^[b] and all the mighty warriors, set out from Jerusalem to go after Sheba.