2 Samuel 20:13

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

2 Samuel 20:13 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 20:13

When he was removed out of the highway
Into the field, and covered over with a cloth, that he could not be seen:

all the people went on after Joab;
made no stop at all, knowing nothing of the matter, or what had happened:

to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri;
these were the troops that Amasa had been assembling, which followed one another after him; for Joab and Abishai, with their men, were at Gibeon first.

2 Samuel 20:13 In-Context

11 And one of Joab's young men stood by [Amasa] and said, He that favours Joab, and he that is for David, let him follow Joab.

12 Now 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 stood still.

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

14 who went through all the tribes of Israel to Abel, and to Beth-Maacah, and all the Berim; and they gathered together, and went also after him.

15 And they came and besieged him in Abel-Beth-Maacah, and they cast up a bank against the city, and it was raised in the trench; and all the people that were with Joab sapped the wall, to throw it down.