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2 Samuel 3:30
“So Joab and Abishai his brother killed Abner, because he had killed their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle.”
2 Samuel 3:30 in the King James Version
So Joab and Abishai his brother slew Abner, because he had slain their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle.Read 2 Samuel 3:30 in the King James Version →
Verse in context — 2 Samuel 3
Afterward, when David heard it, he said, "I and my kingdom are guiltless before Yahweh forever of the blood of Abner the son of Ner.
Let it fall on the head of Joab, and on all his father's house. Let there not fail from the house of Joab one who has an issue, or who is a leper, or who leans on a staff, or who falls by the sword, or who lacks bread.
So Joab and Abishai his brother killed Abner, because he had killed their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle.
David said to Joab, and to all the people who were with him, Tear your clothes, and clothe yourselves with sackcloth, and mourn before Abner. King David followed the bier.
They buried Abner in Hebron: and the king lifted up his voice, and wept at the grave of Abner; and all the people wept.
Cross references for 2 Samuel 3:30
- Acts 28:4
When the natives saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said one to another, "No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he has escaped from the sea, yet Justice has not allowed to live.
- Proverbs 28:17
A man who is tormented by life blood will be a fugitive until death; no one will support him.
- 2 Samuel 2:19-23
Asahel pursued after Abner; and in going he didn't turn to the right hand nor to the left from following Abner. Then Abner looked behind him, and said, "Is it you, Asahel?" He answered, "It is I." Abner said to him, "Turn aside to your righ...
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David’s reign as king, his triumphs and failures, and God’s covenant with him.
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