Skip to content
mannafest.faith
Read

2 Samuel 20:10

Amasa was not on guard against the dagger in Joab’s hand, and Joab stabbed him in the stomach and spilled out his intestines on the ground. And Joab did not need to strike him again, for Amasa was dead. Then Joab and his brother Abishai pursued Sheba son of Bichri.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab’s hand: so he smote him therewith in the body, and shed out his bowels to the ground, and struck him not again; and he died. And Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri.

KJV

But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab’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 Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri.

⋯

Commentary

3 voices

Voices on this verse

loading…

Original language & word study

26 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַעֲמָשָׂ֨אva.'a.ma.Sa'and AmasaH6021 →
לֹֽא־lo'-notH3808 →
נִשְׁמַ֜רnish.Marhe took heedH8104 →
בַּחֶ֣רֶב׀ba.Che.revto the swordH2719 →
אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherwhichH834 →
בְּיַד־be.yad-[was] in [the] hand ofH3027 →
יוֹאָ֗בyo.'AvJoabH3097 →
וַיַּכֵּהוּ֩vai.ya.ke.Huand he struck himH5221 →
בָ֨הּvahwith <the> it
אֶל־'el-intoH413 →
הַחֹ֜מֶשׁha.Cho.meshthe bellyH2570 →
וַיִּשְׁפֹּ֨ךְvai.yish.Pokhand he poured outH8210 →
מֵעָ֥יוme.'Avbowels hisH4578 →
אַ֛רְצָה'Ar.tzah[the] ground towardsH776 →
וְלֹא־ve.lo'-and notH3808 →
שָׁ֥נָהSha.nahhe repeatedH8138 →
ל֖וֹloto <the> him
וַיָּמֹ֑ת סvai.ya.Motand he diedH4191 →
וְיוֹאָב֙ve.yo.'Avand JoabH3097 →
וַאֲבִישַׁ֣יva.'a.vi.Shaiand AbishaiH52 →
אָחִ֔יו'a.Chivbrother hisH251 →
רָדַ֕ףra.Dafhe pursuedH7291 →
אַחֲרֵ֖י'a.cha.ReiafterH310 →
שֶׁ֥בַעShe.va'ShebaH7652 →
בֶּן־ben-[the] son ofH1121 →
בִּכְרִֽי׃bikh.RiBicriH1075 →

The walk

Related verses

17 strongest cross-references

The gold bar shows how strongly the cross-reference sources tie the two verses together: a long bar means many compiled references make the connection, a short one means few.

1 Kings 2:5Moreover, you know what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me—what he did to Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether, the two commanders of the armies of Israel. He killed them in peacetime to avenge the blood of war. He stained with the blood of war the belt around his waist and the sandals on his feet.2 Samuel 2:23But Asahel refused to turn away; so Abner thrust the butt of his spear into his stomach, and it came out his back, and he fell dead on the spot. And every man paused when he came to the place where Asahel had fallen and died.2 Samuel 3:27When Abner returned to Hebron, Joab pulled him aside into the gateway, as if to speak to him privately, and there Joab stabbed him in the stomach. So Abner died on account of the blood of Joab’s brother Asahel.Numbers 35:20Likewise, if anyone maliciously pushes another or intentionally throws an object at him and kills him,Judges 3:21And Ehud reached with his left hand, pulled the sword from his right thigh, and plunged it into Eglon’s belly.Hosea 11:9I will not execute the full fury of My anger; I will not turn back to destroy Ephraim. For I am God and not man— the Holy One among you— and I will not come in wrath.Nahum 1:9Whatever you plot against the LORD, He will bring to an end. Affliction will not rise up a second time.1 Kings 2:31–34And the king replied, “Do just as he says. Strike him down and bury him, and so remove from me and from the house of my father the innocent blood that Joab shed.Acts 1:18–19(Now with the reward for his wickedness Judas bought a field; there he fell headlong and burst open in the middle, and all his intestines spilled out.2 Samuel 20:9“Are you well, my brother?” Joab asked Amasa. And with his right hand Joab grabbed Amasa by the beard to kiss him.1 Samuel 26:8Abishai said to David, “Today God has delivered your enemy into your hand. Now, therefore, please let me thrust the spear through him into the ground with one stroke. I will not need to strike him twice!”1 Kings 2:5–6Moreover, you know what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me—what he did to Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether, the two commanders of the armies of Israel. He killed them in peacetime to avenge the blood of war. He stained with the blood of war the belt around his waist and the sandals on his feet.1 Chronicles 12:2they were archers using both the right and left hands to sling stones and shoot arrows; and they were Saul’s kinsmen from Benjamin):2 Samuel 20:20“Far be it!” Joab declared. “Far be it from me to swallow up or destroy!2 Samuel 23:18Now Abishai, the brother of Joab and son of Zeruiah, was chief of the Three, and he lifted his spear against three hundred men, killed them, and won a name along with the Three.2 Samuel 4:6They entered the interior of the house as if to get some wheat, and they stabbed him in the stomach. Then Rechab and his brother Baanah slipped away.Genesis 4:8Then Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let us go out to the field.” And while they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel and killed him.

About 2 Samuel

David Mourns the Death of Absalom — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
David Mourns the Death of Absalom — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
2 Samuel: the study guide →Read chapter 20 →The featured study →
Continue: 2 Samuel 20 →