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Then David said to Abishai, “Now Sheba the son of Bicri will do us more harm than Absalom. You take the servants of your lord and pursue after him, lest he find fortified cities for himself and escape from us.” Then the men of Joab, the Kerethites and the Pelethites, and all the mighty warriors went out after him; they went out from Jerusalem to pursue after Sheba the son of Bicri. They were near the big rock that is in Gibeon, and Amasa came before them. Joab was dressed in his military clothing,[a] with a utility belt on him and a sword strapped to his waist in its scabbard. Now he went out, and it fell out.

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  1. 2 Samuel 20:8 Literally “was dressed his garment his clothing”