KJV King James Version
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.
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2 Samuel 20:9
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
“Are you well, my brother?” Joab asked Amasa. And with his right hand Joab grabbed Amasa by the beard to kiss him.
WEB World English Bible
Joab said to Amasa, “Is it well with you, my brother?” Joab took Amasa by the beard with his right hand to kiss him.
ASV American Standard Version
And Joab said to Amasa, Is it well with thee, my brother? And Joab took Amasa by the beard with his right hand to kiss him.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Joab saith to Amasa, ‘Art thou in peace, my brother?’ and the right hand of Joab layeth hold on the beard of Amasa to give a kiss to him;
Surrounding context — 2 Samuel 20
6 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.
7 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.
8 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.
9 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.
10 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.
11 And one of Joab’s men stood by him, and said, He that favoureth Joab, and he that [is] for David, [let him go] after Joab.
12 And Amasa wallowed in blood in the midst of the highway. And when the man saw that all the people stood still, he removed Amasa out of the highway into the field, and cast a cloth upon him, when he saw that every one that came by him stood still.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיֹּ֤אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayיוֹאָב֙H3097 · yo.avJoabלַעֲמָשָׂ֔אH6021 · a.ma.saAmasaהֲשָׁל֥וֹםH7965 · sha.lompeaceאַתָּ֖הH859 · at.tahyou(m.s.)אָחִ֑יH251 · achbrother: male-siblingוַתֹּ֜חֶזH270 · a.chazto graspיַד־H3027 · yadhandיְמִ֥יןH3225 · ya.minrightיוֹאָ֛בH3097 · yo.avJoabבִּזְקַ֥ןH2206 · za.qanbeardעֲמָשָׂ֖אH6021 · a.ma.saAmasaלִנְשָׁק־H5401 · na.shaqto kissלֽוֹ׃H9033 · ohim
Cross-references
Matthew 26:48-49Now he that betrayed him gave them a sign, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he: hold him fast.Luke 22:47-48And while he yet spake, behold a multitude, and he that was called Judas, one of the twelve, went before them, and drew near unto Jesus to kiss him.Proverbs 26:24-26He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him;Psalm 55:21[The words] of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war [was] in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet [were] they drawn swords.Micah 7:2The good [man] is perished out of the earth: and [there is] none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net.
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