2 Samuel 20:9-11

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

⁹ And Jo′ab said to Ama′sa, “Is it well with you, my brother?” And Jo′ab took Ama′sa by the beard with his right hand to kiss him. ¹⁰ But Ama′sa did not observe the sword which was in Jo′ab’s hand; so Jo′ab struck him with it in the body, and shed his bowels to the ground, without striking a second blow; and he died.^[a]

Then Jo′ab and Abi′shai his brother pursued Sheba the son of Bichri. ¹¹ And one of Jo′ab’s men took his stand by Ama′sa, and said, “Whoever favors Jo′ab, and whoever is for David, let him follow Jo′ab.”