2 Samuel 20:22
Then the woman in her wisdom had talk with all the town. And they had Sheba's head cut off and sent out to Joab. And he had the horn sounded, and sent them all away from the town, every man to his tent. And Joab went back to Jerusalem to the king.
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2 Samuel 20:22
Then the woman in her wisdom had talk with all the town. And they had Sheba's head cut off and sent out to Joab. And he had the horn sounded, and sent them all away from the town, every man to his tent. And Joab went back to Jerusalem to the king.
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2 Samuel 20:16
Then a wise woman got up on the wall, and crying out from the town, said, Give ear, give ear; say now to Joab, Come near, so that I may have talk with you.
2 Samuel 20:17
And he came near, and the woman said, Are you Joab? And he said in answer, I am. Then she said, Give ear to your servant's words. And he said, I am giving ear.
2 Samuel 20:18
Then she said, In the old days, there was a saying, Let them put the question in Abel and in Dan, saying, Has what was ordered by men of good faith in Israel ever come to an end?
2 Samuel 20:19
Your purpose is the destruction of a mother-town in Israel: why would you put an end to the heritage of the Lord?
2 Samuel 20:20
And Joab, answering her, said, Far, far be it from me to be a cause of death or destruction;
2 Samuel 20:21
Not so: but a man of the hill-country of Ephraim, Sheba, son of Bichri, by name, has taken up arms against the king, against David: give up this man only, and I will go away from the town. And the woman said to Joab, His head will be dropped over the wall to you.
Ecclesiastes 9:13
This again I have seen under the sun as wisdom and it seemed great to me.
Ecclesiastes 9:14
There was a little town and the number of its men was small, and there came a great king against it and made an attack on it, building works of war round about it.
Ecclesiastes 9:15
Now there was in the town a poor, wise man, and he, by his wisdom, kept the town safe. But no one had any memory of that same poor man.
Ecclesiastes 9:16
Then I said, Wisdom is better than strength, but the poor man's wisdom is not respected, and his words are not given a hearing.
Ecclesiastes 9:17
The words of the wise which come quietly to the ear are noted more than the cry of a ruler among the foolish.
Ecclesiastes 9:18
Wisdom is better than instruments of war, but one sinner is the destruction of much good.
Ecclesiastes 7:19
Wisdom makes a wise man stronger than ten rulers in a town.
Proverbs 21:22
A wise man goes up into the town of the strong ones, and overcomes its strength in which they put their faith.
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2 Samuel 2:28
So Joab had a horn sounded, and all the people came to a stop, and gave up going after Israel and fighting them.
2 Samuel 18:16
And Joab had the horn sounded, and the people came back from going after Israel, for Joab kept them back.
2 Samuel 18:17
And they took Absalom's body and put it into a great hole in the wood, and put a great mass of stones over it: and every man of Israel went in flight to his tent.
2 Samuel 20:1
Now by chance there was present a good-for-nothing person named Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he, sounding the horn, said, We have no part in David, or any interest in the son of Jesse: let every man go to his tent, O Israel.
1 Samuel 17:51
So running up to the Philistine and putting his foot on him, David took his sword out of its cover, and put him to death, cutting off his head with it. And when the Philistines saw that their fighter was dead, they went in flight.
2 Samuel 19:8
Then the king got up and took his seat near the town-door. And word was given to all the people that the king was in the public place: and all the people came before the king. Now all the men of Israel had gone back in flight to their tents.
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2 Samuel 8:18
And Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David's sons were priests.
2 Samuel 20:23
Now Joab was over all the army; and Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, was at the head of the Cherethites and the Pelethites;
2 Samuel 20:24
And Adoram was overseer of the forced work; and Jehoshaphat, the son of Ahilud, was the recorder;
2 Samuel 20:25
And Sheva was the scribe, and Zadok and Abiathar were priests;
2 Samuel 20:26
And in addition, Ira the Jairite was a priest to David.
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Judges 4:21
Then Jael, Heber's wife, took a tent-pin and a hammer and went up to him quietly, driving the pin into his head, and it went through his head into the earth, for he was in a deep sleep from weariness; and so he came to his end.
Judges 5:26
She put out her hand to the tent-pin, and her right hand to the workman's hammer; and she gave Sisera a blow, crushing his head, wounding and driving through his brow.
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