Then said Avshalom, If not, please let my brother Amnon go with us. The king said to him, Why should he go with you?
The king said to Avshalom, No, my son, let us not all go, lest we be burdensome to you. He pressed him: however he would not go, but blessed him.
But Avshalom pressed him, and he let Amnon and all the king's sons go with him.
Yo'av said to `Amasa, Is it well with you, my brother? Yo'av took `Amasa by the beard with his right hand to kiss him.
When Aviner was returned to Chevron, Yo'av took him aside into the midst of the gate to speak with him quietly, and struck him there in the body, so that he died, for the blood of `Asa'el his brother.
His mouth was smooth as butter, but his heart was war. His words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.
A malicious man disguises himself with his lips, but he harbors evil in his heart.
Therefore thus says the LORD of Armies, Behold, I will melt them, and try them; for how [else] should I do, because of the daughter of my people?