The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from King James Bible: favoureth Joab, and he that is for David, let him go after Joab.
SA2 20:12 And Amasa wallowed in blood in the midst of the highway. And
when the man saw that all the people stood still, he removed Amasa out
of the highway into the field, and cast a cloth upon him, when he saw
that every one that came by him stood still.
SA2 20:13 When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went
on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.
SA2 20:14 And he went through all the tribes of Israel unto Abel, and
to Bethmaachah, and all the Berites: and they were gathered together,
and went also after him.
SA2 20:15 And they came and besieged him in Abel of Bethmaachah, and
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