2 Samuele 20:10

10 Amasa non fece attenzione alla spada che Joab aveva in mano; e Joab lo colpì nel ventre si che gli intestini si sparsero per terra; non lo colpì una seconda volta e quegli morì. Poi Joab ed Abishai, suo fratello, si misero a inseguire Sheba, figliuolo di Bicri.

2 Samuele 20:10 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 20:10

But Amasa took no heed to the sword that [was] in Joab's hand,
&c.] In his left hand, for with his right hand he took him by the beard; he might see the sword drop out of the scabbard, and Joab take it up, which he supposed he did in order to put it into its sheath again, having no suspicion of his wicked design, and therefore not at all upon his guard to prevent it:

so he smote him therewith in the fifth [rib];
in the same place where Abner smote Asahel, and Joab Abner; (See Gill on 2 Samuel 2:23) and (See Gill on 2 Samuel 3:27): he must strike him, as some observe, on the left side, because he was embracing him; and the stroke must be deadly, because he struck him in the pericardium, which surrounds the heart round with water, to refrigerate it; for the lower part of the heart reaches to the fifth rib; see ( John 19:34 ) ^F21:

and shed out his bowels to the ground;
which fell out through the incision made by the sword:

and struck him not again:
he gave him such a home thrust, there was no need to repeat it, he dispatched him at once:

and he died;
and thus, though he was pardoned by David, and promoted to honour by him, yet the providence of God would not suffer him to go unpunished for joining with Absalom in an unnatural rebellion against his uncle:

so Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri:
for Amasa being slain, Joab without any ceremony reassumed his post as general, and, with his brother Abishai under him, made all the haste they could in pursuit of the rebel.

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FOOTNOTES:

F21 Weemse's Portrait of Man, p. 25.

2 Samuele 20:10 In-Context

8 Si trovavano presso alla gran pietra che è in Gabaon, quando Amasa venne loro incontro. Or Joab indossava la sua veste militare sulla quale cingeva una spada che, attaccata al cinturino, gli pendea dai fianchi nel suo fodero; mentre Joab si faceva innanzi, la spada gli cadde.

9 Joab disse ad Amasa: "Stai tu bene, fratel mio?" E con la destra prese Amasa per la barba, per baciarlo.

10 Amasa non fece attenzione alla spada che Joab aveva in mano; e Joab lo colpì nel ventre si che gli intestini si sparsero per terra; non lo colpì una seconda volta e quegli morì. Poi Joab ed Abishai, suo fratello, si misero a inseguire Sheba, figliuolo di Bicri.

11 Uno de’ giovani di Joab era rimasto presso Amasa, e diceva: "Chi vuol bene a Joab e chi è per Davide segua Joab!"

12 Intanto Amasa si rotolava nel sangue in mezzo alla strada. E quell’uomo vedendo che tutto il popolo si fermava, strascinò Amasa fuori della strada in un campo, e gli buttò addosso un mantello; perché avea visto che tutti quelli che gli arrivavan vicino, si fermavano;