Verse 8
2 Samuel 20:8
American Standard Version
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When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa came to meet them. And Joab was girded with his apparel of war that he had put on, and thereon was a girdle with a sword fastened upon his loins in the sheath thereof; and as he went forth it fell out.
Original Language Text
hebrew
הֵ֗ם עִם הָ/אֶ֤בֶן הַ/גְּדוֹלָה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בְּ/גִבְע֔וֹן וַ/עֲמָשָׂ֖א בָּ֣א לִ/פְנֵי/הֶ֑ם וְ/יוֹאָ֞ב חָג֣וּר מִדּ֣/וֹ לְבֻשׁ֗/וּ ו/על/ו וְ/עָלָ֞י/ו חֲג֥וֹר חֶ֨רֶב֙ מְצֻמֶּ֤דֶת עַל מָתְנָי/ו֙ בְּ/תַעְרָ֔/הּ וְ/ה֥וּא יָצָ֖א וַ/תִּפֹּֽל
English Translation
They are with the great stone which is in Gibeon, and Amasa came before them, and Joab was girded with his clothing, and on him was a belt with a sword strapped on his thigh, and he went out and fell.
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