2 Samuel 20:6–10

⁶And David said to Abishai, Now shall Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than did Absalom: take thou ^fthy lord’s servants, and pursue after him, lest he get him fenced cities, and ^†escape us. ⁷And there went out after him Joab’s men, and the ^gCherethites, and the Pelethites, and all the mighty men: and they went out of Jerusalem, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri. ⁸When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa went before them. And Joab’s garment that he had put on was girded unto him, and upon it a girdle with a sword fastened upon his loins in the sheath thereof; and as he went forth it fell out. ⁹And Joab said to Amasa, Art thou in health, my brother? And Joab took Amasa by the beard with the right hand to ^hkiss him. ¹⁰But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab’s hand: so ⁱhe smote him therewith ^kin the fifth rib, and shed out his bowels to the ground, and ^†struck him not again; and he died. So Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri.