2 Samuel 20:9
2 Samuel chapter 20 · verse 9 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And Joab said to Amasa, Is it well with thee, my brother? And Joab took Amasa by the beard with his right hand to kiss him.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And Joab said to Amasa, Art thou in health, my brother? And Joab took Amasa by the beard with the right hand to kiss him.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And Joab said to Amasa, Is it well with thee, my brother? And Joab took Amasa by the beard with his right hand to kiss him.
Context
v.8When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa came to meet them. And Joab was girded with his apparel of war that he had put on, and thereon was a girdle with a sword fastened upon his loins in the sheath thereof; and as he went forth it fell out.
v.9This passage
v.10But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab’s hand: so he smote him therewith in the body, and shed out his bowels to the ground, and struck him not again; and he died. And Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Micah 7:2
The godly man is perished out of the earth, and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net.
- Matthew 26:48
Now he that betrayed him gave them a sign, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that is he: take him.
- Psalms 55:21
His mouth was smooth as butter, But his heart was war: His words were softer than oil, Yet were they drawn swords.
- Luke 22:47
While he yet spake, behold, a multitude, and he that was called Judas, one of the twelve, went before them; and he drew near unto Jesus to kiss him.
- Proverbs 26:24
He that hateth dissembleth with his lips; But he layeth up deceit within him: