2 Samuel 20:7

WEB

There went out after him Joab's men, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites, and all the mighty men; and they went out of Jerusalem, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.

KJV

And there went out after him Joab’s men, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and all the mighty men: and they went out of Jerusalem, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.

Commentary

And there went out after him Joab's men,.... Who though he was removed from his post as general, yet might still have the comm and of a regiment: and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites; over whom Benaiah was, Sa2 20:23 ; these attended David in his flight, and had now returned with him, Sa2 15:18 , and all the mighty men; the military men that were at Jerusalem as many as could be spared: and they went out of Jerusalem to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri; with Abishai at the head of them; Josephus (q) says there were six hundred, besides the soldiers at Jerusalem that went on this pursuit. (q) Antiqu. l. 7. c. 11. sect. 7.