And say ye to Amasa, Art thou not of my bone, and of my flesh? Elohim do so to me, and more also, if thou be not captain of the host before me continually in the room of Yoav.
And Avshalom made Amasa captain of the host instead of Yoav: which Amasa was a man's son, whose name was Ithra an Yisraelite, that went in to Avigayil the daughter of Nahash, sister to TZruyah Yoav's mother.
Then Izevel sent a messenger unto Eliyah-yahu, saying, So let the elohim do to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to morrow about this time.
Then the spirit came upon Amasai, who was chief of the captains, and he said, Thine are we, David, and on thy side, thou son of Yishai: peace, peace be unto thee, and peace be to thine helpers; for thy Elohim helpeth thee. Then David received them, and made them captains of the band.
And Yoav said unto the man that told him, And, behold, thou sawest him, and why didst thou not smite him there to the ground? and I would have given thee ten shekels of silver, and a girdle.
And when Abner was returned to Hevron, Yoav took him aside in the gate to speak with him quietly, and smote him there under the fifth rib, that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.