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 Yoav the son of TZruyah, and the servants of David, went out, and met together by the pool of Givon: and they sat down, the one on the one side of the pool, and the other on the other side of the pool.
And when they had called to the king, there came out to them Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder.
Then came Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder, to Hizkiyah-yahu with their clothes rent, and told him the words of Rabshakeh.
And David sent forth a third part of the people under the hand of Yoav, and a third part under the hand of Abishai the son of TZruyah, Yoav's brother, and a third part under the hand of Ittai the Gittite. And the king said unto the people, I will surely go forth with you myself also.