And Judah said, Let her take it to her, lest we be shamed: behold, I sent this kid, and thou hast not found her.

“Let her keep the items,” Judah replied. “Otherwise we will become a laughingstock. After all, I did send her this young goat, but you could not find her.”

And Joab came into the house to the king, and said, Thou hast shamed this day the faces of all thy servants, which this day have saved thy life, and the lives of thy sons and of thy daughters, and the lives of thy wives, and the lives of thy concubines;

Then Joab went into the house and said to the king, “Today you have disgraced all your servants who have saved your life and the lives of your sons and daughters, of your wives, and of your concubines.

The sons of Elpaal; Eber, and Misham, and Shamed, who built Ono, and Lod, with the towns thereof:

The sons of Elpaal:

Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the LORD is his refuge.

You sinners frustrate the plans of the oppressed, yet the LORD is their shelter.