Stood still — Wondering at the spectacle, and enquiring into the author and occasion of it. Removed — Perceiving, that it both incensed them against Joab and hindered the king's service. Cast a cloth upon him — But the covering of blood with a cloth cannot stop its cry to God for vengeance.
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2 Samuel 20:12
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.