“ May anyone who kills their neighbor secretly be under the Lord’ s curse.” Then all the people will say,“ Amen!”

“‘暗中杀人的，必受咒诅！’百姓都要说：‘阿们！’

“‘暗中击杀邻舍的，必受诅咒！’众百姓要说：‘阿们！’

“‘暗中击杀邻舍的，必受诅咒！’众百姓要说：‘阿们！’

‘凡暗杀邻居的必受咒诅！’全体民众要回答说，‘阿们！’

“‘暗中杀害邻舍的，必受咒诅。’众民都要说：‘阿们。’

「『暗中殺人的，必受咒詛！』百姓都要說：『阿們！』

「『暗中擊殺鄰舍的，必受詛咒！』眾百姓要說：『阿們！』

「『暗中擊殺鄰舍的，必受詛咒！』眾百姓要說：『阿們！』

『凡暗殺鄰居的必受咒詛！』全體民眾要回答說，『阿們！』

“‘暗中殺害鄰舍的，必受咒詛。’眾民都要說：‘阿們。’

『「暗中擊殺鄰舍的、必受咒詛」；眾民都要說：「阿們。」

陰擊鄰里者、必受詛、眾民當應曰、阿們、

又曰、陰擊同儕者、當服咒詛、民必群應曰、固心所願。

陰擊人者、必受咒詛、眾民當應曰、阿們、

“ Cursed is anyone who kills their neighbor secretly.” Then all the people shall say,“ Amen!”

“‘ Cursed be anyone who strikes down his neighbor in secret.’ And all the people shall say,‘ Amen.’

‘ Cursed is anyone who attacks a neighbor in secret.’ And all the people will reply,‘ Amen.’

‘ The one who secretly kills his neighbor is cursed.’ And all the people will say,‘ Amen!’

‘ Cursed is he who attacks his neighbor in secret.’ And all the people shall say,‘ Amen.’

‘ Cursed is the one who attacks his neighbor secretly.’“ And all the people shall say,‘ Amen!’

Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbor in secret. And all the people shall say, Amen.

‘ The one who secretly kills his neighbor is cursed.’ And all the people will say,‘ Amen!’

Cursed[ be] he that smiteth his neighbour secretly. And all the people shall say, Amen.

‘ Cursed is the one who kills his neighbor in private.’ Then all the people will say,‘ Amen!’

‘ Cursed is he who secretly kills his neighbor.’ All the people shall say,‘ Amen.’

“‘ Do not accept payment for a murderer’s life. A murderer deserves to die. They must certainly be put to death.

“‘ Anyone who kills another human being must be put to death.

“ Do not murder.

“ Anyone who hits and kills someone else must be put to death.Suppose they did not do it on purpose. Suppose I let it happen. Then they can escape to a place I will choose.But suppose they kill someone on purpose. Then take them away from my altar and put them to death.

Absalom ordered his men,“ Listen! When Amnon has had too much wine to drink, I’ll say to you,‘ Strike Amnon down.’ When I do, kill him. Don’t be afraid. I’ve given you an order, haven’t I? Be strong and brave.”

In it he wrote,“ Put Uriah out in front. That’s where the fighting is the heaviest. Then pull your men back from him. When you do, the Ammonites will strike him down and kill him.”So Joab attacked the city. He put Uriah at a place where he knew the strongest enemy fighters were.The troops came out of the city. They fought against Joab. Some of the men in David’s army were killed. Uriah, the Hittite, also died.

But suppose a man hates his neighbor. So he hides and waits for him. Then he attacks him and kills him. And he runs to one of those cities for safety.If he does, the elders of his own town must send for him. He must be brought back from the city. He must be handed over to the dead man’s nearest male relative. Then the relative will kill him.

Joab said to Amasa,“ How are you, my friend?” Then Joab reached out his right hand. He took hold of Amasa’s beard to kiss him.Amasa didn’t notice the dagger in Joab’s left hand. Joab stuck it into his stomach. His insides spilled out on the ground. Joab didn’t have to stab him again. Amasa was already dead. Then Joab and his brother Abishai went after Sheba, the son of Bikri.

Why did you turn your back on what I told you to do? You did what is evil in my sight. You made sure that Uriah, the Hittite, would be killed in battle. You took his wife to be your own. You let the men of Ammon kill him with their swords.So time after time members of your own royal house will be killed with swords. That’s because you turned your back on me. You took the wife of Uriah, the Hittite, to be your own.’“ The Lord also says,‘ I am going to bring trouble on you. It will come from your own family. I will take your wives away. Your own eyes will see it. I will give your wives to a man who is close to you. He will sleep with them in the middle of the day.You committed your sins in secret. But I will make sure that the man commits his sin in the middle of the day. Everyone in Israel will see it.’ ”

When Abner returned to Hebron, Joab took him to one side. He brought him into an inside room. Joab acted as if he wanted to speak to him in private. But he really wanted to get even with him. That’s because Abner had spilled the blood of Joab’s brother Asahel. So Joab stabbed Abner in the stomach, and he died.