And David said to Abishai, Now shall Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than did Absalom: take you your lord's servants, and pursue after him, lest he get himself fortified cities, and escape us.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Lord, the king; or perhaps Joab. (Menochius)
A select company always attended the king; and some of these he sent, for greater expedition, to attack Seba, before he had become too strong. (Haydock)