9. Joab said to Amasa, “How are you, my friend?” and took hold of his beard with his right-hand in order to kiss him.
10. Amasa was not on guard against the sword that Joab was holding in his other hand, and Joab stabbed him in the belly, and his entrails spilt out on the ground. He died immediately, and Joab did not have to strike again.Then Joab and his brother Abishai went on after Sheba.
11. One of Joab's men stood by Amasa's body and called out, “Everyone who is for Joab and David follow Joab!”
12. Amasa's body, covered with blood, was lying in the middle of the road. Joab's man saw that everybody was stopping, so he dragged the body from the road into the field and threw a blanket over it.
13. After the body had been removed from the road, everyone followed Joab in pursuit of Sheba.