And Joab said to the man that told him, And, behold, you saw him, and why did you not strike him there to the ground? and I would have given you ten shekels of silver, and a waistband.
And Abner said again to Asahel, Turn aside from following me: why should I strike you to the ground? how then would I hold up my face to Joab your brother?
Then he said to me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried up, and our hope is lost: as for us, we are cut off.