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11 One of Joab’s soldiers stood by Amasa while he lay dying[a] and announced, “Whoever is in favor of Joab and David, let him follow Joab.” 12 While Amasa lay wallowing in his blood in the middle of the highway, everybody who passed by was stopping to stare at him, so when the soldier saw that all of the army was stopping, he carried Amasa off the highway into a nearby field and covered him with a garment. 13 After Amasa[b] had been removed from the highway, the rest of the army followed Joab in pursuit of Bichri’s son Sheba.

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  1. 2 Samuel 20:11 The Heb. lacks while he lay dying
  2. 2 Samuel 20:13 it. he