That is not the case. There is a man named Sheba son of Bichri, from the hill country of Ephraim, who has rebelled against King David. Deliver this one man, and I will withdraw from the city.’ The woman replied to Joab, ‘Watch! His head will be thrown over the wall to you.’
Now Amasa had been writhing in his blood in the middle of the road, and the man had seen that all the troops stopped. So he moved Amasa from the road to the field and threw a garment over him because he realised that all those who encountered Amasa were stopping.