2Sa 18:15 | TNotes | STEP | 18:15 surrounded ... and killed him: Perhaps Joab had his armor bearers finish the job so that he could make the case to David that he himself had not killed Absalom.

‏ 2 Samuel 18:15

18:15 ^a surrounded ... and killed him: Perhaps Joab had his armor bearers finish the job so that he could make the case to David that he himself had not killed Absalom.