“Now you yourself also know what Joab the (A)son of Zeruiah did to me, what he did to the two commanders of the armies of Israel, to (B)Abner the son of Ner and to (C)Amasa the son of Jether, whom he killed; he also [a]shed the blood of war in peace. And he put the blood of war on his belt that was on his waist, and on his sandals that were on his feet.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 2:5 Lit brought blood...on peace

“Now you yourself know what Joab(A) son of Zeruiah did to me—what he did to the two commanders of Israel’s armies, Abner(B) son of Ner and Amasa(C) son of Jether. He killed them, shedding their blood in peacetime as if in battle, and with that blood he stained the belt around his waist and the sandals on his feet.

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