^{12 Ref} And Amasa was stretched out in a pool of blood in the middle of the highway. And when the man saw that all the people were stopping, he took Amasa out of the highway and put him in a field, with a cloth over him, when he saw that everyone who went by came to a stop.

^{13 Ref} When he had been taken off the road, all the people went on after Joab in search of Sheba, the son of Bichri.