2 Samuel 20:11

20:11 One of Joab’s soldiers who stood over Amasa said, “Whoever is for ¹  Joab and whoever is for David, follow Joab!”

2 Samuel 2:14

2:14 Abner said to Joab, “Let the soldiers get up and fight ²  before us.” Joab said, “So be it!” ³ 

2 Samuel 18:21

18:21 Then Joab said to the Cushite, “Go and tell the king what you have seen.” After bowing to Joab, the Cushite ran off.

¹ tn Heb “takes delight in.”

² tn Heb “play.” What is in view here is a gladiatorial contest in which representative groups of soldiers engage in mortal combat before the watching armies. Cf. NAB “perform for us”; NASB “hold (have NRSV) a contest before us”; NLT “put on an exhibition of hand-to-hand combat.”

³ tn Heb “let them arise.”