When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa came to meet them.
Joab was clothed in his apparel of war that he had put on, and on it was a sash with a sword fastened on his waist in its sheath; and as he went along it fell out.
Joab said to Amasa, “Is it well with you, my brother?”
Joab took Amasa by the beard with his right hand to kiss him.