When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa came to meet them. Joab was clothed in his apparel of war that he had put on, and on it was a sash with a sword fastened on his waist in its sheath; and as he went along it fell out.
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 8. Stone, where Abner and Joab had formerly joined battle. Calmet. 2. Menochius.—Habit, or body.—Flank; they usually hand at the thigh. Psalms 44:4.—Strike: the scabbard was very wide; so that, when it was hanging very high, it would easily fall out, when he stooped; and thus afford Joab an opportunity of stabbing Amasa, without suspicion. Calmet.—Prot. “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.”