2 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 2 Samuel 20:8 Readers are not told why Amasa was in Gibeon instead of in Judah. The sword falls out of Joab’s belt, but when he takes Amasa’s beard with his right hand, with his left hand he either picks it up again or gets out a hidden sword (compare the story of Ehud; Judges 3:15). Compare Joab’s similar murder of Abner in 2 Samuel 3:27 and his execution of Absalom in 2 Samuel 18:14. brother. Joab and Amasa were first cousins.

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