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And David said to Abishai, “Now Sheba the son of Bichri will do us more harm than Absalom. Take (A)your lord's servants and pursue him, lest he get himself to fortified cities and escape from us.”[a] And there went out after him Joab's men and the (B)Cherethites and the Pelethites, and all the mighty men. They went out from Jerusalem to pursue Sheba the son of Bichri. When they were at the great stone that is in Gibeon, Amasa came to meet them. Now Joab was wearing a soldier's garment, and over it was a belt with a sword in its sheath fastened on his thigh, and as he went forward it fell out.

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  1. 2 Samuel 20:6 Hebrew and snatch away our eyes