2 Samuele 20:21

21 La cosa non istà così; ma un uomo del monte di Efraim, il cui nome è Seba, figliuolo di Bicri, ha levata la mano contro al re Davide. Datemi lui solo, ed io mi partirò dalla città. E la donna disse a Ioab: Ecco, il suo capo ti sarà gittato d’in sul muro.

2 Samuele 20:21 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 20:21

The matter [is] not so
I am not come with the army against this city with any ill will to it, and with an intention to destroy it: the case is this,

but a man of Mount Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name;
for though he was by birth a Benjaminite, his dwelling was in Mount Ephraim in that tribe; unless there was a place of this name in the tribe of Benjamin, so called from any memorable event there, as the wood of Ephraim, ( 2 Samuel 18:6 ) . This same man, says Joab,

hath lifted up his hand against the king, [even] against David;
is in rebellion against the king, even so great and good a king as David; he has lifted up his hand, and blown a trumpet to draw off men from David, and after himself; he has committed acts of hostility and treason; he has drawn his sword, and raised an insurrection and rebellion in the nation:

deliver him only, and I will depart from the city:
he did not desire any of his followers to be delivered up, only himself, knowing the rebellion would cease upon the delivery of him; and being unwilling that the blood of any Israelite should be shed, whom he had unawares drawn into this rebellion, and who he knew would return to their own cities upon this:

and the woman said unto Joab, behold, his head shall be thrown to thee
over the wall;
she knew the fright the inhabitants of the city were in, and how disposed they were to do anything to save their city; she knew what influence she had among them, and how weak Sheba's party was, and therefore could assure Joab that this should be done.

2 Samuele 20:21 In-Context

19 Io sono una delle più pacifiche e leali città d’Israele; tu cerchi di far perire una città, anzi una madre in Israele. Perchè disperderesti l’eredità del Signore?

20 E Ioab rispose, e disse: Tolga Iddio, tolga Iddio da me, che io disperda, e guasti.

21 La cosa non istà così; ma un uomo del monte di Efraim, il cui nome è Seba, figliuolo di Bicri, ha levata la mano contro al re Davide. Datemi lui solo, ed io mi partirò dalla città. E la donna disse a Ioab: Ecco, il suo capo ti sarà gittato d’in sul muro.

22 Quella donna adunque se ne venne a tutto il popolo con la sua saviezza. Ed essi tagliarono la testa a Seba, figliuolo di Bicri, e la gittarono a Ioab. Allora egli fece sonar la tromba, e ognuno si sparse d’appresso alla città, e si ridusse alle sue stanze. E Ioab se ne ritornò in Gerusalemme al re.

23 E Ioab restò sopra tutto l’esercito di Israele; e Benaia, figliuolo di Ioiada, era sopra i Cheretei, ed i Peletei;