2 Samuel 20:1

A worthless man named Sheba sounded the trumpet and called Israel to abandon David. It matters because his rebellion exploited the tribal quarrel to fracture the kingdom anew.

Cross-references · 20

• 1 Kgs 12:16So when all Israel saw that the king hearkened not unto them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: to your tents, O Israel: now see to thine own house, David. So Israel departed unto their tents.
• Deut 13:13Certain men, the children of Belial, are gone out from among you, and have withdrawn the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which ye have not known;
• 2 Chr 10:16And when all Israel saw that the king would not hearken unto them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? and we have none inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to your tents, O Israel: and now, David, see to thine own house. So all Israel went to their tents.
• 2 Sam 19:41–43And, behold, all the men of Israel came to the king, and said unto the king, Why have our brethren the men of Judah stolen thee away, and have brought the king, and his household, and all David’s men with him, over Jordan?
• 2 Chr 10:6And king Rehoboam took counsel with the old men that had stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, What counsel give ye me to return answer to this people?
• Prov 26:21As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to kindle strife.
• 2 Sam 15:10But Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, As soon as ye hear the sound of the trumpet, then ye shall say, Absalom reigneth in Hebron.
• Ps 34:19Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.
• Hab 1:12–13Art thou not from everlasting, O LORD my God, mine Holy One? we shall not die. O LORD, thou hast ordained them for judgment; and, O mighty God, thou hast established them for correction.
• Luke 19:27But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.
• Prov 25:8Go not forth hastily to strive, lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame.
• 1 Sam 2:12Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial; they knew not the LORD.
• Luke 19:14But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this man to reign over us.
• Judg 3:27And it came to pass, when he was come, that he blew a trumpet in the mountain of Ephraim, and the children of Israel went down with him from the mount, and he before them.
• 1 Sam 30:22Then answered all the wicked men and men of Belial, of those that went with David, and said, Because they went not with us, we will not give them ought of the spoil that we have recovered, save to every man his wife and his children, that they may lead them away, and depart.
• 2 Sam 23:6But the sons of Belial shall be all of them as thorns thrust away, because they cannot be taken with hands:
• Prov 24:21–22My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: and meddle not with them that are given to change:
• Judg 19:22Now as they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, certain sons of Belial, beset the house round about, and beat at the door, and spake to the master of the house, the old man, saying, Bring forth the man that came into thine house, that we may know him.
• Ps 17:13Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, which is thy sword:
• 1 Sam 22:7–8Then Saul said unto his servants that stood about him, Hear now, ye Benjamites; will the son of Jesse give every one of you fields and vineyards, and make you all captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds;

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