So Amasa went to assemble the men of Judah: but he tarried longer than the set time which he had appointed him.(2 Samuel 20:5)

And David said to Abishai, Now shall Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than did Absalom: take thou thy lord's servants, and pursue after him, lest he get him fenced cities, and escape us.(2 Samuel 20:6)

And there went out after him Joab's men, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and all the mighty men: and they went out of Jerusalem, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.(2 Samuel 20:7)

When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa went before them. And Joab's garment that he had put on was girded unto him, and upon it a girdle with a sword fastened upon his loins in the sheath thereof; and as he went forth it fell out.

And Joab said to Amasa, Art thou in health, my brother? And Joab took Amasa by the beard with the right hand to kiss him.(2 Samuel 20:9)

But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab's hand: so he smote him therewith in the fifth rib, and shed out his bowels to the ground, and struck him not again; and he died. So Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri.(2 Samuel 20:10)

And one of Joab's men stood by him, and said, He that favoreth Joab, and he that is for David, let him go after Joab.(2 Samuel 20:11)

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2 Samuel 20:8 - Cross Reference

So Joab, and Abishai his brother slew Abner, because he had slain their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle. (2 Samuel 3:30)

And Joab the son of Zeruiah, and the servants of David, went out, and met together by the pool of Gibeon: and they sat down, the one on the one side of the pool, and the other on the other side of the pool. (2 Samuel 2:13)

Then said the king to Amasa, Assemble me the men of Judah within three days, and be thou here present. (2 Samuel 20:4)