"So Joab and Abishai his brother slew Abner, because he had slain their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle." — 2 Samuel 3:30

2 Samuel 3:30 · KJV

“So Joab and Abishai his brother slew Abner, because he had slain their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle.”

— 2 Samuel 3:30

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. {fail: Heb. be cut off}

Verse 31

And David said to Joab, and to all the people that {were} with him, Rend your clothes, and gird you with sackcloth, and mourn before Abner. And king David {himself} followed the bier. {bier: Heb. bed}

2 Samuel 3 — Context

And afterward when David heard {it}, he said, I and my kingdom {are} guiltless before the LORD for ever from the blood of Abner the son of Ner: {blood: Heb. bloods}

So Joab and Abishai his brother slew Abner, because he had slain their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle.

And 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

2 Samuel 2:19-23

And Asahel pursued after Abner; and in going he turned not to the right hand nor to the left from following Abner. {from...: Heb. from after Abner}

Acts 28:4

And when the barbarians saw the {venomous} beast hang on his hand, they said among themselves, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he hath escaped the sea, yet vengeance suffereth not to live.

Proverbs 28:17

A man that doeth violence to the blood of {any} person shall flee to the pit; let no man stay him.

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