2 Samuel 20:9-11

GOD’S WORD Translation

⁹ “How are you, my brother?” Joab asked Amasa. He took hold of Amasa’s beard with his right hand to kiss him. ¹⁰ Amasa wasn’t on his guard against the sword in Joab’s ⌞left⌟ hand. Joab stabbed him in the stomach, and his intestines poured out on the ground. (He died without being stabbed again.) Then Joab and his brother Abishai pursued Sheba, son of Bichri. ¹¹ One of Joab’s young men stood beside Amasa ^[a] and said, “Anyone who favors Joab and is on David’s side should follow Joab.”