The living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten. Ecclesiastes 9:5
That Joab and everyone in his family would always have a discharge, be a leper, lean on a staff,
die with the sword, or starve to death.
Let it rest on the head of Joab, and on all his father's house; and let there not fail from the house of Joab one that hath an issue,
or that is a leper, or that leaneth on a staff, or that falleth on the sword, or that lacketh bread. 2 Samuel 3:29