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2 Samuel 20:10-13

2 Samuel 20:10-13 NCV

Amasa was not watching the sword in Joab’s hand. So Joab pushed the sword into Amasa’s stomach, causing Amasa’s insides to spill onto the ground. Joab did not have to stab Amasa again; he was already dead. Then Joab and his brother Abishai continued to chase Sheba son of Bicri. One of Joab’s young men stood by Amasa’s body and said, “Everyone who is for Joab and David should follow Joab!” Amasa lay in the middle of the road, covered with his own blood. When the young man saw that everyone was stopping to look at the body, he dragged it from the road, laid it in a field, and put a cloth over it. After Amasa’s body was taken off the road, all the men followed Joab to chase Sheba son of Bicri.