约押左手拾起刀来，对亚玛撒说，我兄弟，你好阿。就用右手抓住亚玛撒的胡子，要与他亲嘴。
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.
亚玛撒没有防备约押手里所拿的刀。约押用刀刺入他的肚腹，他的肠子流在地上，没有再刺他，就死了。约押和他兄弟亚比筛往前追赶比基利的儿子示巴。
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.
有约押的一个少年人站在亚玛撒尸身旁边，对众人说，谁喜悦约押，谁归顺大卫，就当跟随约押去。
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.
亚玛撒在道路上滚在自己的血里。那人见众民经过都站住，就把亚玛撒的尸身从路上挪到田间，用衣服遮盖。
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.
他走遍以色列各支派，直到伯玛迦的亚比拉，并比利人的全地。那些地方的人也都聚集跟随他。
And he went through all the tribes of Israel unto Abel, and to Bethmaachah, and all the Berites: and they were gathered together, and went also after him.
约押作以色列全军的元帅。耶何耶大的儿子比拿雅统辖基利提人和比利提人。
Now Joab was over all the host of Israel: and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites:
睚珥人以拉作大卫的宰相。
And Ira also the Jairite was a chief ruler about David.
亚兰王便哈达聚集他的全军，率领三十二个王，带着车马上来围攻撒马利亚。
And Benhadad the king of Syria gathered all his host together: and there were thirty and two kings with him, and horses, and chariots; and he went up and besieged Samaria, and warred against it.
又差遣使者进城见以色列王亚哈，对他说，便哈达如此说，
And he sent messengers to Ahab king of Israel into the city, and said unto him, Thus saith Benhadad,
以色列王回答说，我主我王阿，可以依着你的话，我与我所有的都归你。
And the king of Israel answered and said, My lord, O king, according to thy saying, I am thine, and all that I have.