2 Samuel 20:9-10

20:9 Joab said to Amasa, “How are you, my brother?” With his right hand Joab took hold of Amasa’s beard as if to greet him with a kiss. 20:10 Amasa did not protect himself from the knife in Joab’s other hand, and Joab ¹  stabbed him in the abdomen, causing Amasa’s ²  intestines to spill out on the ground. There was no need to stab him again; the first blow was fatal. ³  Then Joab and his brother Abishai pursued Sheba son of Bicri.

Deuteronomy 27:24

27:24 ‘Cursed is the one who kills ⁴  his neighbor in private.’ Then all the people will say, ‘Amen!’

Deuteronomy 27:1

The Assembly at Shechem

27:1 Then Moses and the elders of Israel commanded the people: “Pay attention to all the commandments ⁵  I am giving ⁶  you today.

Deuteronomy 2:5

2:5 Do not be hostile toward them, because I am not giving you any of their land, not even a footprint, for I have given Mount Seir ⁷  as an inheritance for Esau.

Deuteronomy 2:32

2:32 When Sihon and all his troops ⁸  emerged to encounter us in battle at Jahaz, ⁹ 

¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Joab) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

² tn Heb “his”; the referent (Amasa) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

³ tn Heb “and he did not repeat concerning him, and he died.”

⁴ tn Or “strikes down” (so NRSV).

⁵ tn Heb “the whole commandment.” See note at 5:31.

⁶ tn Heb “commanding”; NAB “which I enjoin on you today” (likewise in v. 10).

⁷ sn Mount Seir is synonymous with Edom.

⁸ tn Heb “people.”

⁹ sn Jahaz. This is probably Khirbet el-Medeiyineh. See J. Dearman, “The Levitical Cities of Reuben and Moabite Toponymy,” BASOR 276 (1984): 55-57.