1 Re 2:5

5 Sai anche tu quel che m’ha fatto Joab, figliuolo di Tseruia, quel che ha fatto ai due capi degli eserciti d’Israele, ad Abner figliuolo di Ner, e ad Amasa, figliuolo di Jether, i quali egli uccise, spargendo in tempo di pace sangue di guerra, e macchiando di sangue la cintura che portava ai fianchi e i calzari che portava ai piedi.

1 Re 2:5 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 2:5

Moreover thou knowest also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did
unto me
In slaying Absalom, contrary to his orders, and in behaving insolently towards him on account of his mourning for him, and at other times; but as these things might not be personally known to Solomon, only by hearsay, this may respect his disloyalty towards him, in joining with Adonijah, who set himself up for king in his lifetime, and without his knowledge and consent; or it may respect the instances next mentioned, in which he did injury to the interest, honour, and character of David:

[and],
or "even",

what he did to the two captains of the host of Israel, unto Abner the
son of Ner, and unto Amasa the son of Jether, whom he slew;
to Abner who was under Ishbosheth, and Amasa under David, who had not only the promise of the post, but was actually in it when Joab slew him; and indeed out of envy to him for it:

and shed the blood of war in peace;
when they were at peace with him, as if they had been in open war; and even under a pretence of friendship to them, asking of their peace and welfare, as if he meant nothing less than to behave peaceably towards them; hence the Targum is,

``whom he slew in craftiness:''

and put the blood of war upon the girdle that [was] about his loins,
and in his shoes that [were] in his feet;
which particularly respects the affair of Amasa, whose blood he shed with his sword, that dropped out of its scabbard, girded upon his loins, and into which he put it again, all over bloody, and wore it girded upon his loins; and which he also stooped for when it fell, as if he was going to unloose or buckle his shoes, and into which the blood ran down when he stabbed him; and after this barbarous action marched on without any shame or remorse, with his bloody sword on his loins, and the blood of the murdered in his shoes.

1 Re 2:5 In-Context

3 Osserva quello che l’Eterno, il tuo Dio, t’ha comandato d’osservare, camminando nelle sue vie e mettendo in pratica le sue leggi, i suoi comandamenti, i suoi precetti, i suoi insegnamenti, secondo che è scritto nella legge di Mosè, affinché tu riesca in tutto ciò che farai

4 e dovunque tu ti volga, e affinché l’Eterno adempia la parola da lui pronunciata a mio riguardo quando disse: Se i tuoi figliuoli veglieranno sulla loro condotta camminando nel mio cospetto con fedeltà, con tutto il loro cuore e con tutta l’anima loro, non ti mancherà mai qualcuno che segga sul trono d’Israele.

5 Sai anche tu quel che m’ha fatto Joab, figliuolo di Tseruia, quel che ha fatto ai due capi degli eserciti d’Israele, ad Abner figliuolo di Ner, e ad Amasa, figliuolo di Jether, i quali egli uccise, spargendo in tempo di pace sangue di guerra, e macchiando di sangue la cintura che portava ai fianchi e i calzari che portava ai piedi.

6 Agisci dunque secondo la tua saviezza, e non lasciare la sua canizie scendere in pace nel soggiorno de’ morti.

7 Ma tratta con bontà i figliuoli di Barzillai il Galaadita, e siano fra quelli che mangiano alla tua mensa; poiché così anch’essi mi trattarono quando vennero a me, allorch’io fuggivo d’innanzi ad Absalom tuo fratello.