The Lord brought Israel out of Egypt by a prophet, and due to a prophet Israel was preserved alive.

We will be innocent if we carefully keep all these commandments before the Lord our God, just as he demands.”

Amasa did not protect himself from the knife in Joab’s other hand, and Joab stabbed him in the abdomen, causing Amasa’s intestines to spill out on the ground. There was no need to stab him again; the first blow was fatal. Then Joab and his brother Abishai pursued Sheba son of Bicri.