An evil man who always stirred up trouble happened to be in Gilgal. His name was Sheba, the son of Bikri. Sheba was from the tribe of Benjamin. He blew his trumpet. Then he shouted,“ We don’t have any share in David’s kingdom! Jesse’s son is not our king! Men of Israel, every one of you go back home!”

在那里恰巧有一个匪徒，名叫示巴，是便雅悯人比基利的儿子。他吹角，说：“我们与大卫无份，与耶西的儿子无涉。以色列人哪，你们各回各家去吧！”

在那里恰巧有一个无赖，名叫示巴，是便雅悯人比基利的儿子。他吹角，说：“我们与大卫无份，与耶西的儿子无关。以色列啊，各回自己的帐棚去吧！”

在那里恰巧有一个无赖，名叫示巴，是便雅悯人比基利的儿子。他吹角，说：“我们与大卫无份，与耶西的儿子无关。以色列啊，各回自己的帐棚去吧！”

有一个无赖名叫示巴，是便雅悯人比基利的儿子，当时刚好在吉甲。他吹响号角，大喊：“我们与大卫毫无关系，耶西儿子的产业没有我们的份。以色列人啊，各自回家去吧！”

在那里恰巧有一个流氓名叫示巴，是便雅悯人比基利的儿子。他吹号角，说：“我们在大卫的身上无分，在耶西的儿子身上无干，以色列人哪！各回自己的帐棚去吧！”

在那裏恰巧有一個匪徒，名叫示巴，是便雅憫人比基利的兒子。他吹角，說：「我們與大衛無分，與耶西的兒子無涉。以色列人哪，你們各回各家去吧！」

在那裏恰巧有一個無賴，名叫示巴，是便雅憫人比基利的兒子。他吹角，說：「我們與大衛無份，與耶西的兒子無關。以色列啊，各回自己的帳棚去吧！」

在那裏恰巧有一個無賴，名叫示巴，是便雅憫人比基利的兒子。他吹角，說：「我們與大衛無份，與耶西的兒子無關。以色列啊，各回自己的帳棚去吧！」

有一個無賴名叫示巴，是便雅憫人比基利的兒子，當時剛好在吉甲。他吹響號角，大喊：「我們與大衛毫無關係，耶西兒子的產業沒有我們的份。以色列人啊，各自回家去吧！」

在那裡恰巧有一個流氓名叫示巴，是便雅憫人比基利的兒子。他吹號角，說：“我們在大衛的身上無分，在耶西的兒子身上無干，以色列人哪！各回自己的帳棚去吧！”

在那裏碰巧有一個無賴子、名叫示巴，是便雅憫人比基利的兒子；他吹號角說：『我們在大衛上沒有分兒；我們在耶西的兒子上並沒有業分呀。以色列人哪，各回各家去吧！』

有一個卑劣之徒恰巧在那裡，他名叫示巴，是便雅憫人比基利的兒子。他吹響號角，說：「我們與大衛無份，在耶西的兒子那裡沒有繼業！以色列啊，各人回自己的帳篷吧！」

在彼適有匪徒、便雅憫人比基利子示巴、吹角、曰、我與大衛無與、於耶西子無業、以色列族、各歸故幕可也、

便雅憫族、庇革哩子示巴、兇暴人也。吹角告眾、曰、我與耶西之子大闢無與、以色列族各歸故幕可也。

在彼適有一匪徒名示巴、乃便雅憫人比基利子、吹角告眾曰、我儕與大衛無與、與耶西子無涉、以色列人歟、各歸爾家、家原文作幕

Now a troublemaker named Sheba son of Bikri, a Benjamite, happened to be there. He sounded the trumpet and shouted,“ We have no share in David, no part in Jesse’s son! Every man to his tent, Israel!”

Now there happened to be there a worthless man, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjaminite. And he blew the trumpet and said,“ We have no portion in David, and we have no inheritance in the son of Jesse; every man to his tents, O Israel!”

There happened to be a troublemaker there named Sheba son of Bicri, a man from the tribe of Benjamin. Sheba blew a ram’s horn and began to chant:“ Down with the dynasty of David! We have no interest in the son of Jesse. Come on, you men of Israel, back to your homes!”

Now a wicked man, a Benjaminite named Sheba son of Bichri, happened to be there. He blew the ram’s horn and shouted: We have no portion in David, no inheritance in Jesse’s son. Each man to his tent, Israel!

Now a worthless man happened to be there whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjaminite; and he blew the trumpet and said,“ We have no share in David, Nor do we have an inheritance in the son of Jesse; Every man to his tents, Israel!”

And there happened to be there a rebel, whose name was Sheba the son of Bichri, a Benjamite. And he blew a trumpet, and said:“ We have no share in David, Nor do we have inheritance in the son of Jesse; Every man to his tents, O Israel!”

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

Now a wicked man, a Benjaminite named Sheba son of Bichri, happened to be there. He blew the ram’s horn and shouted: We have no portion in David, no inheritance in Jesse’s son. Each man to his tent, Israel!

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.

Now a wicked man named Sheba son of Bicri, a Benjaminite, happened to be there. He blew the trumpet and said,“ We have no share in David; we have no inheritance in this son of Jesse! Every man go home, O Israel!”

There happened to be there a wicked fellow, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite; and he blew the trumpet, and said,“ We have no portion in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse. Every man to his tents, Israel!”

All the Israelites saw that the king refused to listen to them. So they answered the king. They said,“ We don’t have any share in David’s royal family. We don’t have any share in Jesse’s son. People of Israel, let’s go back to our homes. David’s royal family, take care of your own kingdom!” So the Israelites went home.

You hear that people who cause trouble have appeared among you. They’ve tried to get the people of their town to do something wrong. They’ve said,“ Let’s go and worship other gods.” But you haven’t known anything about those gods before.

All the Israelites saw that the king refused to listen to them. So they answered the king. They said,“ We don’t have any share in David’s royal family. We don’t have any share in Jesse’s son. People of Israel, let’s go back to our homes. David’s royal family, take care of your own kingdom!” So all the Israelites went home.

Then King Rehoboam asked the elders for advice. They had served his father Solomon while he was still living. Rehoboam asked them,“ What advice can you give me? How should I answer these people?”

Lord, rise up. Oppose them and bring them down. With your sword, save me from those evil people.

Soon all the men of Israel were coming to the king. They were saying to him,“ Why did the men of Judah take you away from us? They are our relatives. What right did they have to bring you and your family across the Jordan River? What right did they have to bring all your men over with you?”All the men of Judah answered the men of Israel. They said,“ We did that because the king is our close relative. So why should you be angry about what happened? Have we eaten any of the king’s food? Have we taken anything for ourselves?”Then the men of Israel answered the men of Judah. They said,“ We have ten of the 12 tribes in the kingdom. So we have a stronger claim on David than you have. Why then are you acting as if you hate us? Weren’t we the first ones to talk about bringing back our king?” But the men of Judah argued their side even more forcefully than the men of Israel.

Saul said to them,“ Men of Benjamin, listen to me! Do you think Jesse’s son will give all of you fields and vineyards? Do you think he’ll make some of you commanders of thousands of men? Do you think he’ll make the rest of you commanders of hundreds?Is that why all of you have joined together against me? No one tells me when my son makes a covenant with Jesse’s son. None of you is concerned about me. No one tells me that my son has stirred up Jesse’s son to hide and wait to attack me. But that’s exactly what’s happening now.”

Coal glows, and wood burns. And a person who argues stirs up conflict.

don’t bring too quickly to court. What will you do in the end if your neighbor puts you to shame?

But evil people are like thorns that are thrown away. You can’t pick them up with your hands.

Lord, haven’t you existed forever? You are my holy God. You will never die. Lord, you have appointed the Babylonians to punish your people. My Rock, you have chosen them to judge us.Your eyes are too pure to look at what is evil. You can’t put up with the wrong things people do. So why do you put up with those who can’t be trusted? The evil Babylonians swallow up those who are more godly than themselves. So why are you silent?

My son, have respect for the Lord and the king. Don’t join with officials who disobey them.The Lord and the king will suddenly destroy them. Who knows what trouble those two can bring?

The person who does what is right may have many troubles. But the Lord saves him from all of them.

They were inside enjoying themselves. But some of the evil men who lived in the city surrounded the house. They pounded on the door. They shouted to the old man who owned the house. They said,“ Bring out the man who came to your house. We want to have sex with him.”

Eli’s sons were good for nothing. They didn’t honor the Lord.

Then Absalom sent messengers secretly to all the tribes of Israel. They said,“ Listen for the sound of trumpets. As soon as you hear them, say,‘ Absalom has become king in Hebron.’ ”

There in the hill country of Ephraim he blew a trumpet. Then he led the Israelites down from the hills.

“ But those he ruled over hated him. They sent some messengers after him. They were sent to say,‘ We don’t want this man to be our king.’

But some of the men who had gone out with David were evil. They wanted to stir up trouble. They said,“ The 200 men didn’t go out into battle with us. So we won’t share with them the goods we brought back. But each man can take his wife and children and go home.”

And what about my enemies who did not want me to be king over them? Bring them here! Kill them in front of me!’ ”