I cannot delay... — that is, lose time in such discourse.

I may not tarry thus. —Joab evidently feels the pointed arguments made by the man, but, determined on his act of violence…

Then said Joab, I may not tarry thus with you
It is not worth while to talk with you any longer, nor must I lose tim…

Let young people look upon Absalom, hanging on a tree, accursed, forsaken by heaven and earth; there let them read the Lord's abhorrence of rebelli…