2Sa 18:14 | NASB1995 | STEP | Then Joab said , “I will not waste time here with you.” So he took three spears in his hand and thrust them through the heart of Absalom while he was yet alive in the midst of the oak .

2 Samuel 18:14

14 Then Joab said, “I will not ^{▼▼ Lit tarry thus}waste time here with you.” ^bSo he took three spears in his hand and thrust them through the heart of Absalom while he was yet alive in the ^{▼▼ Lit heart}midst of the oak.