Later, under the pretext of greeting his cousin Amasa, Joab took hold of Amasa’s beard with his right hand as if to kiss him and then ran him through with the sword in his left hand.
Hiljem teeskles Joab tervitavat oma tädipoega Amaasat, tegelikult aga haaras ta Amaasa habemest parema käega kinni, otsekui tahaks talle suud anda, et seejärel vasakus käes oleva mõõgaga ta läbi torgata.