The matter is not so: but a man of mount Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, hath lifted up his hand against the king, even against David: deliver him only, and I will depart from the city. And the woman said unto Joab, Behold, his head shall be thrown to thee over the wall.
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Gill's Exposition
The matter is not so,.... I am not come with the army against this city with any ill will to it, and with an intention to destroy it: the case is this:
but a man of Mount Ephraim, Sheba the son of…
Adam Clarke
His head shall be thrown to thee - Thus it appears she had great sway in the counsels of the city; and that the punishment of a state rebel was then, what it is now in this kingdom, beheading.
We have here the conclusion of Sheba's attempt.
I. The rebel, when he had rambled over all the tribes of Israel, and found them not so willing, upon second thoughts, to follow him, as they had been…
Cambridge Bible
a man of mount Ephraim The name "mount Ephraim," applied to the central mountainous district of Palestine, was extended southwards so as to include part of the territory of Benjamin. See note on 1Sa…
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