And there happened to be there a man of Belial， whose name was Sheba， the son of Bichri， a Benjamite： and he blew a trumpet， and said， We have no part in David， neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse： every man to his tents， O Israel.

　　20：2 于是以色列人都离开大卫，跟随比基利的儿子示巴。但犹大人从约旦河直到耶路撒冷，都紧紧跟随他们的王。

　　So every man of Israel went up from after David， and followed Sheba the son of Bichri： but the men of Judah clave unto their king， from Jordan even to Jerusalem.

　　20：3 大卫王来到耶路撒冷，进了宫殿，就把从前留下看守宫殿的十个妃嫔禁闭在冷宫，养活她们，不与她们亲近。她们如同寡妇被禁，直到死的日子。

　　And David came to his house at Jerusalem； and the king took the ten women his concubines， whom he had left to keep the house， and put them in ward， and fed them， but went not in unto them. So they were shut up unto the day of their death， living in widowhood.

　　20：4 王对亚玛撒说，你要在三日之内将犹大人招聚了来，你也回到这里来。

　　Then said the king to Amasa， Assemble me the men of Judah within three days， and be thou here present.

　　20：5 亚玛撒就去招聚犹大人，却耽延过了王所限的日期。

　　So Amasa went to assemble the men of Judah： but he tarried longer than the set time which he had appointed him.

　　20：6 大卫对亚比筛说，现在恐怕比基利的儿子示巴加害于我们比押沙龙更甚。你要带领你主的仆人追赶他，免得他得了坚固城，躲避我们。

　　And David said to Abishai， Now shall Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than did Absalom： take thou thy lord's servants， and pursue after him， lest he get him fenced cities， and escape us.

　　20：7 约押的人和基利提人，比利提人，并所有的勇士，都跟着亚比筛，从耶路撒冷出去追赶比基利的儿子示巴。

　　And there went out after him Joab's men， and the Cherethites， and the Pelethites， and all the mighty men： and they went out of Jerusalem， to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.

　　20：8 他们到了基遍的大磐石那里，亚玛撒来迎接他们。那时约押穿着战衣，腰束佩刀的带子，刀在鞘内。约押前行，刀从鞘内掉出来。

　　When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon， Amasa went before them. And Joab's garment that he had put on was girded unto him， and upon it a girdle with a sword fastened upon his loins in the sheath thereof； and as he went forth it fell out.

　　20：9 约押左手拾起刀来，对亚玛撒说，我兄弟，你好阿。就用右手抓住亚玛撒的胡子，要与他亲嘴。

　　And Joab said to Amasa， Art thou in health， my brother？ And Joab took Amasa by the beard with the right hand to kiss him.

　　20：10 亚玛撒没有防备约押手里所拿的刀。约押用刀刺入他的肚腹，他的肠子流在地上，没有再刺他，就死了。约押和他兄弟亚比筛往前追赶比基利的儿子示巴。

　　But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab's hand： so he smote him therewith in the fifth rib， and shed out his bowels to the ground， and struck him not again； and he died. So Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri.

　　20：11 有约押的一个少年人站在亚玛撒尸身旁边，对众人说，谁喜悦约押，谁归顺大卫，就当跟随约押去。

　　And one of Joab's men stood by him， and said， He that favoureth Joab， and he that is for David， let him go after Joab.

　　20：12 亚玛撒在道路上滚在自己的血里。那人见众民经过都站住，就把亚玛撒的尸身从路上挪到田间，用衣服遮盖。

　　And Amasa wallowed in blood in the midst of the highway. And when the man saw that all the people stood still， he removed Amasa out of the highway into the field， and cast a cloth upon him， when he saw that every one that came by him stood still.

　　20：13 尸身从路上挪移之后，众民就都跟随约押去追赶比基利的儿子示巴。

　　When he was removed out of the highway， all the people went on after Joab， to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.