1And there happened to be there a base…
2So all the men of Israel went up…
3And David came to his house at Jerusalem;…
4Then said the king to Amasa, Call me…
5So Amasa went to call [the men of]…
6And David said to Abishai, Now will Sheba…
7And there went out after him Joab’s men,…
8When they were at the great stone which…
9And Joab said to Amasa, Is it well…
10But Amasa took no heed to the sword…
11And there stood by him one of Joab’s…
12And Amasa lay wallowing in his blood in…
13When he was removed out of the highway,…
14And he went through all the tribes of…
15And they came and besieged him in Abel…
16Then cried a wise woman out of the…
17And he came near unto her; and the…
18Then she spake, saying, They were wont to…
19I am of them that are peaceable and…
20And Joab answered and said, Far be it,…
21The matter is not so: but a man…
22Then the woman went unto all the people…
23Now Joab was over all the host of…
24and Adoram was over the men subject to…
25and Sheva was scribe; and Zadok and Abiathar…
26and also Ira the Jairite was chief minister…
