2 Samuel 20:7-9

New Living Translation

⁷ So Abishai and Joab,^[a] together with the king’s bodyguard^[b] and all the mighty warriors, set out from Jerusalem to go after Sheba. ⁸ As they arrived at the great stone in Gibeon, Amasa met them. Joab was wearing his military tunic with a dagger strapped to his belt. As he stepped forward to greet Amasa, he slipped the dagger from its sheath.^[c]

⁹ “How are you, my cousin?” Joab said and took him by the beard with his right hand as though to kiss him.