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Benjamin District
| Name | SHEBA SON OF BICHRI |
| Aliases | THE WORTHLESS MAN WHO BLEW THE TRUMPET |
| Status | DECEASED / BEHEADED AT ABEL |
| Birth | c. 10th Century BC | Marks & Identifiers | NONE RECORDED |
| Place of Birth | BENJAMIN | Hair | DARK |
| Tribe | TRIBE OF BENJAMIN | Eyes | DARK |
| Parentage | SON OF BICHRI | People | ISRAELITE |
| Occupation | AGITATOR / REBEL | Species | HUMAN |
| Affiliation | MEN OF ISRAEL (DISAFFECTED) | Calling | ONE WHO RAISED REVOLT AGAINST DAVID |
| Primary Mission | DRAW ISRAEL AWAY FROM THE KING | Known Signs | THE TRUMPET OF REBELLION / THE SIEGE OF ABEL |
| Covenant Role | WARNING AGAINST DIVIDING THE KINGDOM | Divine Access | NONE / STOOD AGAINST THE ANOINTED |
| Divine Encounter Level | NONE RECORDED | Classification | REBEL / AGITATOR |
| Covenant Status | AGAINST THE ANOINTED KING | Known Miracles | NONE RECORDED |
| Divine Commission | SELF-RAISED | Threat Assessment | REVOLT / SIEGE AND DEATH |
| Mission Status | REBELLION CRUSHED | Archive Category | SEDITION / JUDGMENT |
The cry he sounded through Israel: WE HAVE NO PORTION IN DAVID; EVERY MAN TO HIS TENTS, O ISRAEL
How the siege of Abel ended: THE WISE WOMAN HAD HIS HEAD THROWN OVER THE WALL
As David returned to Jerusalem after Absalom's revolt, a dispute broke out between the men of Judah and the men of Israel over the king. Into this quarrel stepped the subject, a worthless man of Benjamin, son of Bichri.
He blew the trumpet and cried that Israel had no portion in David, no inheritance in the son of Jesse, and called every man to his tent. So all the men of Israel deserted David to follow him, though the men of Judah held fast.
David sent Amasa to muster Judah, but when Amasa delayed, Joab took the field, treacherously killed Amasa in the road, and pursued the subject northward to the city of Abel of Beth-maacah, where he was besieged.
As Joab's men battered the wall, a wise woman of the city called out and asked why he would destroy a mother city in Israel. Joab answered that he sought only one man, the subject, who had lifted his hand against the king.
The woman went to her people with her wisdom, and they cut off the head of the subject and threw it over the wall to Joab. He blew the trumpet, the army withdrew, and the revolt died with its author.
EYES ONLYRestricted // Sacred Record
- A single voice of discontent can scatter a whole people.
- Rebellion against God's anointed ends in ruin.
- One wise counselor can spare a city from destruction.
