{"collection":"Hypertext Bible","full_text_available":false,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_bib_poly_sa2020_htm/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/sacred_texts_v1_bib_poly_sa2020_htm","id":"sacred_texts_v1_bib_poly_sa2020_htm","license":"unknown_pending_legal_review","rights_basis":"sacred_texts_v1_preview_gate_primary_text_only; acquisition-method/ToS and compilation-copyright questions still open, not resolved by this gate","source":"sacred_texts_v1","source_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/bib/poly/sa2020.htm","summary":"This is a parallel-text scholarly edition of 2 Samuel chapter 20, presenting the passage simultaneously in three versions: the English King James Version (with Strong's concordance numbers embedded inline), the Greek Septuagint, and the Hebrew Masoretic/Tanakh text. It is a biblical reference resource aimed at textual comparison and word-level study.\n\nThe chapter narrates the rebellion of Sheba son of Bichri, a Benjaminite who blows a trumpet and declares Israel's separation from David, drawing the northern tribes away while Judah remains loyal. David responds by ordering a military pursuit, during which Joab treacherously murders Amasa \u2014 David's newly appointed commander \u2014 by feigning a brotherly greeting while stabbing him. The pursuit culminates at Abel Beth-maachah, where Joab's forces besiege the city harboring Sheba. A \"wise woman\" of the city negotiates directly with Joab from the wall, arguing that destroying a \"mother city in Israel\" is unjust; Joab agrees to withdraw if Sheba alone is handed over, and the townspeople promptly behead Sheba and throw his head over the wall. The chapter closes with a roster of David's chief officials.\n\nThe distinctive feature is the side-by-side trilingual format with Strong's numbers, which lets scholars trace individual Hebrew and Greek words against their English renderings \u2014 this is a tool for comparative textual analysis rather than devotional reading.","tags":["Book of Acts","Greek New Testament","Polyglot Bible"],"text":null,"title":"Polyglot Bible: 2 Samuel: 2 Samuel 20","tradition":"Hypertext Bible","translated_text":null,"word_count":2676}