1Ki 2:5 | NETfull | STEP | “You know what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me – how he murdered two commanders of the Israelite armies, Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether. During peacetime he struck them down like he would in battle; when he shed their blood as if in battle, he stained his own belt and the sandals on his feet.

1 Kings 2:5

5 “You know what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me – how he murdered two commanders of the Israelite armies, Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether. ^{▼▼ Heb “what he did to the two commanders…and he killed them.”} During peacetime he struck them down like he would in battle; ^{▼▼ Heb “he shed the blood of battle in peace.”} when he shed their blood as if in battle, he stained his own belt and the sandals on his feet. ^{▼▼ Heb “and he shed the blood of battle when he killed which is on his waist and on his sandal[s] which are on his feet.” That is, he covered himself with guilt and his guilt was obvious to all who saw him.}