⁸ They^◦ were by the great stone which is in Gibeon, and Amasa came before them. And Joab was girded, his robe, his clothing, and upon it a girdle, with a sword fastened upon his loins in its sheath; and he^◦ went·​·forth, and it fell out.

⁷ And his words were with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest, and they helped, following after Adonijah.