And he conferred H1961 H1697 with Joab H3097 the son H1121 of Zeruiah, H6870 and with Abiathar H54 the priest: H3548 and they following H310 Adonijah H138 helped H5826 him.

And now, H6258 behold, H2009 Adonijah H138 reigns; H4427 and now, H6258 my lord H113 the king, H4428 you know H3045 it not:

And he has slain H2076 oxen H7794 and fat H4806 cattle H4806 and sheep H6629 in abundance, H7230 and has called H7121 all H3605 the sons H1121 of the king, H4428 and Abiathar H54 the priest, H3548 and Joab H3097 the captain H8269 of the host: H6635 but Solomon H8010 your servant H5650 has he not called. H7121

And I am this day H3117 weak, H7390 though anointed H4886 king; H4428 and these H428 men H582 the sons H1121 of Zeruiah H6870 be too hard H7186 for me: the LORD H3068 shall reward H7999 the doer H6213 of evil H7451 according to his wickedness. H7451

And the king H4428 commanded H6680 Joab H3097 and Abishai H52 and Ittai, H863 saying, H559 Deal gently H3814 for my sake with the young H5288 man, even with Absalom. H53 And all H3605 the people H5971 heard H8085 when the king H4428 gave all H3605 the captains H8269 charge H6680 concerning H5921 H1697 Absalom. H53

And the man H376 said H559 to Joab, H3097 Though H3863 I should receive H8254 a thousand H505 shekels of silver H3701 in my hand, H3027 yet would I not put H7971 forth H7971 my hand H3027 against H413 the king's H4428 son: H1121 for in our hearing H241 the king H4428 charged H6680 you and Abishai H52 and Ittai, H863 saying, H559 Beware H8104 that none touch the young H5288 man Absalom. H53

Then said H559 Joab, H3097 I may not tarry H3176 thus H3651 with you. And he took H3947 three H7969 darts H7626 in his hand, H3709 and thrust H8628 them through the heart H3820 of Absalom, H53 while H5750 he was yet alive H2416 in the middle H3820 of the oak. H424

And Joab H3097 came H935 into the house H1004 to the king, H4428 and said, H559 You have shamed H3001 this day H3117 the faces H6440 of all H3605 your servants, H5650 which this day H3117 have saved H4422 your life, H5315 and the lives H5315 of your sons H1121 and of your daughters, H1323 and the lives H5315 of your wives, H802 and the lives H5315 of your concubines; H6370

Now H6258 therefore arise, H6965 go H3318 forth, H3318 and speak H1696 comfortably H5921 H3820 to your servants: H5650 for I swear H7650 by the LORD, H3068 if H3588 you go H3318 not forth, H3318 there will not tarry H3885 one H376 with you this night: H3915 and that will be worse H7489 to you than all H3605 the evil H7451 that befell H935 you from your youth H5271 until H5704 now. H6258

And when Abner H74 was returned H7725 to Hebron, H2275 Joab H3097 took him aside H5186 in the gate H8179 to speak H1696 with him quietly, H7987 and smote H5221 him there H8033 under the fifth H2570 rib, that he died, H4191 for the blood H1818 of Asahel H6214 his brother. H251

But Amasa H6021 took no H3808 heed H8104 to the sword H2719 that was in Joab's H3097 hand: H3027 so he smote H5221 him therewith in the fifth H2570 rib, and shed H8210 out his bowels H4578 to the ground, H776 and struck H8138 him not again; H8138 and he died. H4191 So Joab H3097 and Abishai H52 his brother H251 pursued H7291 after H310 Sheba H7652 the son H1121 of Bichri. H1075

And Absalom H53 made H7760 Amasa H6021 captain H5921 of the host H6635 instead H8478 of Joab: H3097 which Amasa H6021 was a man's H376 son, H1121 whose name H8034 was Ithra H3501 an Israelite, H3481 that went H935 in to Abigail H26 the daughter H1323 of Nahash, H5176 sister H269 to Zeruiah H6870 Joab's H3097 mother. H517

Also H1571 in your skirts H3671 is found H4672 the blood H1818 of the souls H5315 of the poor H34 innocents: H5355 I have not found H4672 it by secret search, H4290 but on all H3605 these. H428

Were they ashamed H954 when H3588 they had committed H6213 abomination? H8441 no, H1571 they were not at all ashamed, H954 neither H1571 H3808 could H3045 they blush: H3637 therefore H3651 they shall fall H5307 among them that fall: H5307 at the time H6256 that I visit H6485 them they shall be cast H3782 down, H3782 said H559 the LORD. H3068

For her blood H1818 is in the middle H8432 of her; she set H7760 it on the top H6706 of a rock; H5553 she poured H8210 it not on the ground, H776 to cover H3680 it with dust; H6083

That it might cause fury H2534 to come H5927 up to take vengeance; H5359 I have set H5414 her blood H1818 on the top H6706 of a rock, H5553 that it should not be covered. H3680