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2 Samuel 3:27

When Abner returned to Hebron, Joab pulled him aside into the gateway, as if to speak to him privately, and there Joab stabbed him in the stomach. So Abner died on account of the blood of Joab’s brother Asahel.

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ASV

And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside into the midst of the gate to speak with him quietly, and smote him there in the body, so that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.

KJV

And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside in the gate to speak with him quietly, and smote him there under the fifth rib, that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיָּ֤שָׁבvai.Ya.shovand he returnedH7725 →
אַבְנֵר֙'av.NerAbnerH74 →
חֶבְר֔וֹןchev.RonHebronH2275 →
וַיַּטֵּ֤הוּvai.ya.Te.huand he turned aside himH5186 →
יוֹאָב֙yo.'AvJoabH3097 →
אֶל־'el-intoH413 →
תּ֣וֹךְTokh[the] middle ofH8432 →
הַשַּׁ֔עַרha.Sha.'arthe gateH8179 →
לְדַבֵּ֥רle.da.Berto speakH1696 →
אִתּ֖וֹ'i.Towith himH854 →
בַּשֶּׁ֑לִיba.She.liin <the> quietnessH7987 →
וַיַּכֵּ֤הוּvai.ya.Ke.huand he struck himH5221 →
שָׁם֙shamthereH8033 →
הַחֹ֔מֶשׁha.Cho.meshthe bellyH2570 →
וַיָּ֕מָתvai.Ya.motand he diedH4191 →
בְּדַ֖םbe.Damfor [the] bloodH1818 →
עֲשָׂה־'a.sah-Asah-H6214 →
אֵ֥ל'el-elH6214 →
אָחִֽיו׃'a.Chivbrother hisH251 →

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2 Samuel 20:9–10“Are you well, my brother?” Joab asked Amasa. And with his right hand Joab grabbed Amasa by the beard to kiss him.1 Kings 2:5Moreover, you know what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me—what he did to Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether, the two commanders of the armies of Israel. He killed them in peacetime to avenge the blood of war. He stained with the blood of war the belt around his waist and the sandals on his feet.2 Samuel 2:23But Asahel refused to turn away; so Abner thrust the butt of his spear into his stomach, and it came out his back, and he fell dead on the spot. And every man paused when he came to the place where Asahel had fallen and died.2 Samuel 20:10Amasa was not on guard against the dagger in Joab’s hand, and Joab stabbed him in the stomach and spilled out his intestines on the ground. And Joab did not need to strike him again, for Amasa was dead. Then Joab and his brother Abishai pursued Sheba son of Bichri.Numbers 35:20Likewise, if anyone maliciously pushes another or intentionally throws an object at him and kills him,Jeremiah 9:8Their tongues are deadly arrows; they speak deception. With his mouth a man speaks peace to his neighbor, but in his heart he sets a trap for him.2 Samuel 2:22Once again, Abner warned Asahel, “Stop chasing me. Why should I strike you to the ground? How could I show my face to your brother Joab?”1 Kings 2:32The LORD will bring his bloodshed back upon his own head, for without the knowledge of my father David he struck down two men more righteous and better than he when he put to the sword Abner son of Ner, commander of Israel’s army, and Amasa son of Jether, commander of Judah’s army.Deuteronomy 27:24‘Cursed is he who strikes down his neighbor in secret.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’2 Samuel 11:21Who was the one to strike Abimelech son of Jerubbesheth? Was it not a woman who dropped an upper millstone on him from the wall, so that he died in Thebez? Why did you get so close to the wall?’ If so, then you are to say, ‘Your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead as well.’”2 Samuel 13:26“If not,” said Absalom, “please let my brother Amnon go with us.” “Why should he go with you?” the king asked.Proverbs 10:18The one who conceals hatred has lying lips, and whoever spreads slander is a fool.Jeremiah 41:2Then Ishmael son of Nethaniah and the ten men who were with him got up and struck down Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, with the sword, killing the one whom the king of Babylon had appointed to govern the land.Jeremiah 41:6–7And Ishmael son of Nethaniah went out from Mizpah to meet them, weeping as he went. When Ishmael encountered the men, he said, “Come to Gedaliah son of Ahikam.”2 Samuel 2:19–23and he chased Abner, not turning to the right or to the left in his pursuit.2 Samuel 4:11How much more, when wicked men kill a righteous man in his own house and on his own bed, shall I not now require his blood from your hands and remove you from the earth!”2 Samuel 4:6They entered the interior of the house as if to get some wheat, and they stabbed him in the stomach. Then Rechab and his brother Baanah slipped away.Exodus 21:14But if a man schemes and acts willfully against his neighbor to kill him, you must take him away from My altar to be put to death.

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