1 Kings 2:32

his blood i.e. The blood which he hath shed.

my father David not knowingthereof] The verb is a finite tense and not a participle, and the clause may therefore be rendered -and my father D. knew it not."

Abner See notes on 1 Kings 2:5 above. In that verse both Abner and Amasa are called captains of the host of Israel, while here the latter is distinguished as captain of the host of Judah. That the division in the people was well marked long before the revolt of the ten tribes against Rehoboam may be seen from the strife which took place about David's return after the death of Absalom (2 Samuel 19:41-43). Also when Joab numbered the people (2 Samuel 24:9) the census of the two hosts was given in separately.