Shmuel Bais 20:13

13 When he was removed from the mesilah, kol haAm went on after Yoav, to pursue after Sheva Ben Bichri.

Shmuel Bais 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.

Shmuel Bais 20:13 In-Context

11 And one of the nearim of Yoav stood by him, and said, He that favoreth Yoav, and he that is for Dovid, let him go after Yoav.

12 And Amasa wallowed in dahm in the midst of the mesilah (road). And when the ish saw that kol haAm halted, he removed Amasa out of the mesilah into the sadeh, and threw a beged (garment) over him, when he saw that every one that came by him halted.

13 When he was removed from the mesilah, kol haAm went on after Yoav, to pursue after Sheva Ben Bichri.

14 And he passed through all the Shivtei Yisroel unto Abel, and to Beit-Maachah, and all the Berim; and they were gathered together, and went also after him [Sheva].

15 And they came and besieged him in Abel of Beit-Maachah, and they cast up a siege ramp against the Ir, until it stood by the rampart; and kol haAm that were with Yoav battered the chomah (wall), to throw it down.