1Ki 2:5 | NET2full | 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 as if in battle ; when he shed their blood , he stained the belt on his waist 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. ^{▼▼tn Heb “what he did to the two commanders…and he killed them.”} During peacetime he struck them down as if in battle; ^{▼▼tn Heb “he shed the blood of battle in peace.”} when he shed their blood, he stained the belt on his waist and the sandals on his feet. ^{▼▼tn Heb “and he shed the blood of battle on his belt 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.}