And say ye to Ama´sa, Art thou not of my bone, and of my flesh? God do so to me, and more also, if thou be not captain of the host before me continually in the room of Jo´ab.
And David said to Ab´ishai, Now shall Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than did Ab´salom: take thou thy lord's servants, and pursue after him, lest he get him fenced cities, and escape us.