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2 Samuel 20:12

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And Amasa wallowed in blood in the midst of the highway. And when the man saw that all the people stood still, he removed Amasa out of the highway into the field, and cast a cloth upon him, when he saw that every one that came by him stood still.

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  1. 2 Samuel 20:10

    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.

  2. 2 Samuel 20:11

    And one of Joab’s men stood by him, and said, He that favoureth Joab, and he that is for David, let him go after Joab.

  3. 2 Samuel 20:13

    When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.

  4. 2 Samuel 20:14

    And he went through all the tribes of Israel unto Abel, and to Beth–maachah, and all the Berites: and they were gathered together, and went also after him.

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