But Joab did not include Levi and Benjamin in the count, because the king’s command was detestable to him.
Joab son of Zeruiah began to count the men but did not finish. For because of this census wrath came upon Israel, and th
The Levites, however, were not numbered along with them by the tribe of their fathers.
When Abner returned to Hebron, Joab pulled him aside into the gateway, as if to speak to him privately, and there Joab s
“Are you well, my brother?” Joab asked Amasa. And with his right hand Joab grabbed Amasa by the beard to kiss him.
In the letter he wrote: “Put Uriah at the front of the fiercest battle; then withdraw from him, so that he may be struck