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    6 others in the registry answer to the name Sheba. Every Sheba in the Bible

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    Sheba

    שֶׁ֫בַע

    Sheba, a Benjamite, led a rebellion against King David but was ultimately defeated, and his head was delivered to Joab.

    verses
    8
    first named
    2 Samuel 20:1
    last named
    2 Samuel 20:22
    period
    United Monarchy
    tribe
    Benjamin

    Description

    Who was Sheba?

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    Sheba, mentioned in 2Samuel 20, was a Benjamite who led a rebellion against King David. After the quelling of Absalom's rebellion and David's return to Jerusalem, Sheba took advantage of the lingering tensions between Israel and Judah. He rallied the men of Israel to abandon David, proclaiming, "We have no share in David, no part in Jesse's son!" (2Sa.20.1). David, recognizing the threat posed by Sheba's rebellion, ordered his men, led by Joab and Abishai, to pursue Sheba. Sheba fled to the city of Abel-beth-maacah, where he sought refuge. Joab besieged the city, but a wise woman intervened and negotiated with him. She convinced the people of the city to behead Sheba and throw his head over the wall to Joab, thus ending the rebellion. The incident with Sheba highlights the fragile unity between Israel and Judah during David's reign and the challenges he faced in maintaining control over the kingdom. It also demonstrates the importance of wise counsel and the role of negotiation in resolving conflicts.

    Relations

    Direct connections

    Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.

    How the graph connects Sheba10 of 11 entities the graph connects to Sheba, in 3 groups: kinship 1, company 1, events 8. Kinship, company and ground are stated relations; events counts the acts two entities stand in together and is not a relation. Each mark is sized by how many verses name that entity and labelled with the link and the count, so the grouping and the size are both readable without colour. Distance from the centre carries nothing.BichriChild of · 9 versesKinshipAbishai, Joabs Men, Cherethites, Pelethites, Mighty Men, and Joab’s pursuitTook part in · 4 versesCompanyDavid1 event · 964 versesJerusalem1 event · 888 versesJoab2 events · 120 versesAbsalom1 event · 92 versesAbishai1 event · 24 versesCherethites1 event · 9 versesPelethites1 event · 7 versesAbel-beth-maacah2 events · 6 versesEventsSheba

    The 10 best-attested of 11 are drawn. All 11 are listed below.

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    Where this happens

    The places the claims about this person reach, drawn where the gazetteer locates them. A point is where a row puts them and never where tradition does; no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.

    Where the story of Sheba happensAll 2 places the claims about Sheba reach, on a map of the world the text moves through, framed to them: Abel-beth-maacah, Jerusalem. Each dot is a coordinate from the gazetteer, sized by how many rows put Sheba there. The coastline is a modern one, simplified; no border, road or settlement of any period is drawn, and no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.Abel-beth-maacahJerusalem
    United MonarchyAll 2 places the claims about Sheba reach

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    Where to read it

    Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 8, across 1 book.

    1. 2 Samuel8 verses

      20:120:220:620:720:1020:1320:2120:22

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    Where this page goes

    Not the direct relations above — these are one hop further out, ranked so that a rare shared connection outweighs a common one. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.

    via Abishai, Joabs Men, Cherethites, Pelethites, Mighty Men, and Joab’s pursuit and Sheba and Joab’s blowingJoabSon of Zeruiah, commander of David's armyvia Sheba and Joab’s blowingBlowingBlowing is a concept gathering 20 labelled instances in the text.via Abishai, Joabs Men, Cherethites, Pelethites, Mighty Men, and Joab’s pursuitAbishaiDavid's nephew, one of his mighty men and commandersvia Abishai, Joabs Men, Cherethites, Pelethites, Mighty Men, and Joab’s pursuitCherethitesMember of Philistine tribe serving as royal guardvia Abishai, Joabs Men, Cherethites, Pelethites, Mighty Men, and Joab’s pursuitPelethitesElite military unit loyal to King Davidvia Abishai, Joabs Men, Cherethites, Pelethites, Mighty Men, and Joab’s pursuitPursuitPursuit is a concept gathering 43 labelled instances in the text.

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