And he said, Be it far from me, O YY , that I should do this: is not this the blood of the men that went in jeopardy of their lives? therefore he would not drink it. These things did these three mighty men.
But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Yoav's hand: so he smote him therewith in the fifth rib, and shed out his bowels to the ground, and struck him not again; and he died. So Yoav and Abishai his brother pursued after Shva the son of Bichri.
I am one of them that are peaceable and faithful in Yisrael: thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Yisrael: why wilt thou swallow up the inheritance of YY ?
The matter is not so: but a man of mount Efrayim, Shva the son of Bichri by name, hath lifted up his hand against the king, even against David: deliver him only, and I will depart from the city. And the woman said unto Yoav, Behold, his head shall be thrown to thee over the wall.