Then Joab said, I will not waste time like this with you — And he took three spears in his hand and thrust them into the heart of Absalom while he was still alive in the oak — Joab acts directly and decisively. He takes three spears and kills Absalom where he hangs. The action is clinical and brutal: three spear-thrusts into the heart. Joab assumes responsibility for Absalom's death, overriding David's explicit command. His action is militarily necessary (Absalom remains a symbolic focus for rebellion) but politically dangerous (it violates the king's direct order).

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