2 Samuel 20:1

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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 worthless man named Sheba son of Bichri, a Benjamite, happened to be there, and he blew the ram’s horn and shouted: “We have no share in David, no inheritance in Jesse’s son. Every man to his tent, O Israel!”

In other translations

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 worthless man named Sheba son of Bichri, a Benjamite, happened to be there, and he blew the ram’s horn and shouted: “We have no share in David, no inheritance in Jesse’s son. Every man to his tent, O Israel!”

Hebrew words

וְשָׁםveshamand thereH8033נִקְרָאnikra'he was metH7122אִישׁ'isha man ofH376בְּלִיַּעַלbeliya'alworthlessnessH1100וּשְׁמוֹushemoand name hisH8034שֶׁבַעsheva'[was] ShebaH7652בֶּן־ben-[the] son ofH1121בִּכְרִיbikhriBicriH1075אִישׁ'isha manH376יְמִינִיyeminia JaminiteH3228וַיִּתְקַעvaiyitka'and he gave a blastH8628בַּשֹּׁפָרbashofaron the trumpetH7782וַיֹּאמֶרvaiyomerand he saidH559אֵין־'ein-notH369לָנוּlanu[belongs] to <the> usחֵלֶקcheleka portionH2506בְּדָוִדbedavidin DavidH1732וְלֹאvelo'and notH3808נַחֲלָה־nachalah-an inheritanceH5159לָנוּlanu[belongs] to <the> usבְּבֶן־beven-in [the] son ofH1121יִשַׁיyishaiJesseH3448אִישׁ'isheveryoneH376לְאֹהָלָיוle'ohalavto tents hisH168יִשְׂרָאֵל׃yisra'elO IsraelH3478

Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.

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People and places

People: Benjamin, Bichri, David, Jacob, Jesse, Sheba (son of Bichri)

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