4 Then said the king to Ama´sa, Assemble me the men of Judah within three days, and be thou here present.
5 So Ama´sa went to assemble the men of Judah: but he tarried longer than the set time which he had appointed him.
6 And David said to Ab´ishai, Now shall Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than did Ab´salom: take thou thy lord's servants, and pursue after him, lest he get him fenced cities, and escape us.
7 And there went out after him Jo´ab's men, and the Cher´ethites, and the Pel´ethites, and all the mighty men: and they went out of Jerusalem, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.
8 When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, Ama´sa went before them. And Jo´ab's garment that he had put on was girded unto him, and upon it a girdle with a sword fastened upon his loins in the sheath thereof; and as he went forth it fell out.
9 And Jo´ab said to Ama´sa, Art thou in health, my brother? And Jo´ab took Ama´sa by the beard with the right hand to kiss him.
10 But Ama´sa took no heed of the sword that was in Jo´ab's hand: so he smote him therewith in the fifth rib, and shed out his bowels to the ground, and struck him not again; and he died.So Jo´ab and Ab´ishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri.