19 I am one of them that are peaceable and faithful in Israel: thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel: why wilt thou swallow up the inheritance of the Lord?
20 And Jo´ab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy.
21 The matter is not so: but a man of mount E´phra-im, 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 Jo´ab, Behold, his head shall be thrown to thee over the wall.
22 Then the woman went unto all the people in her wisdom: and they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and cast it out to Jo´ab. And he blew a trumpet, and they retired from the city, every man to his tent. And Jo´ab returned to Jerusalem unto the king.
23 Now Jo´ab was over all the host of Israel: and Benai´ah the son of Jehoi´ada was over the Cher´ethites and over the Pel´ethites:
24 and Ado´ram was over the tribute: and Jehosh´aphat the son of Ahi´lud was recorder:
25 and Sheva was scribe: and Zadok and Abi´athar were the priests: