WhostruckdownAbimelechthe sonof Jerubbesheth?Did not a womanthrowan uppermillstoneon him from the wallso that he diedat Thebez?Whydid you goso nearthe wall?'--then you shall say,'Your servantUriahthe Hittiteis deadalso.'"
The menof the citywentout and foughtagainstJoab,and someof the peopleamongDavid'sservantsfell;and Uriahthe Hittitealsodied.
and ifit happensthat the king'swrathrisesand he saysto you, 'Whydid you goso nearto the cityto fight?Did you not knowthat they would shootfrom the wall?
So the messengerdepartedand cameand reportedto Davidallthat Joabhad senthim [to tell].
So when Abnerreturnedto Hebron,Joabtookhim asideinto the middleof the gateto speakwith him privately,and therehe struckhim in the bellyso that he diedon account of the bloodof Asahelhis brother.
"Your handswere not bound,noryour feetputin fetters;As one fallsbeforethe wicked,you have fallen."And allthe peopleweptagainoverhim.
"Deliverme from allmy transgressions;Makeme not the reproachof the foolish.
"They will allrespondand sayto you, 'Evenyou have been madeweakas we, You have becomelikeus.
Therefore on that dayhe namedhim Jerubbaal,that is to say,"Let Baalcontendagainst him," becausehe had torndownhis altar.
Then Jerubbaal(that is, Gideon)and allthe peoplewhowere with him, roseearlyand campedbesidethe springof Harod;and the campof Midianwas on the northsideof them by the hillof Morehin the valley.
