And Joab said to Amasa, “Peace be with you, my brother.” And Joab took Amasa by the beard with his right hand to kiss him. Amasa took no heed to the dagger that was in Joab’s left hand. He stabbed him with it in the belly, so that his entrails fell to the ground, and he died.
Amasa laid in his blood.
When this happen, everyone followed Joab to chase Sheba and they came to Abel Beth Maacah and they besieged the city where Sheba was. But there was a wise woman in the city who wanted to talk to Joab. Then they agreed to throw Sheba’s head over the city walls. And Joab blew the trumpet, and they withdrew from the city and returned to Jerusalem.