Who led a later rebellion against David with the cry, 'We have no portion in David, and we have no inheritance in the son of Jesse'?
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Correct answer: Sheba son of Bicri
Sheba was a Benjamite who took advantage of the tension between the northern tribes and Judah after Absalom's death. He was eventually defeated when the people of Abel Beth Maakah cut off his head and threw it over the wall to Joab.
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