2 Samuel 3:27 - The Scriptures 1998

Thus Aḇ

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And when Abner returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside to the center of the gate to speak to him privately, and there he smote Abner in the abdomen, so that he died to avenge the blood of Asahel, Joab's brother.

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

Common English Bible

When Abner returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside next to the gate to speak with him in private. But instead Joab stabbed Abner in the stomach, and he died for shedding the blood of Asahel, Joab’s brother.

Catholic Public Domain Version

And when Abner had returned to Hebron, Joab took him alone to the middle of the gate, so that he might speak to him, but with deceit. And there, he stabbed him in the groin, and he died, in revenge for the blood of Asahel, his brother.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside to the middle of the gate, to speak to him treacherously. And he stabbed him there in the groin: and he died, in revenge of the blood of Asael his brother.

2 Samuel 3:27 Cross References

2 Samuel 13:26

And Aḇ

2 Samuel 19:13

“And say to Amasa, ‘Are you not my bone and my flesh? Elohim do so to me, and more also, if you are not commander of the army before me all the days in place of Yo’aḇ

2 Samuel 3:26

Yo’aḇ

2 Samuel 3:28

And when Dawiḏ

2 Samuel 4:1

And the son of Sha’ul heard that Aḇ

1 Kings 2:32

“Thus יהוה  shall return his blood on his head, because he had fallen on two men more righteous and better than he, and slew them with the sword, while my father Dawiḏ

1 Kings 2:5

“And also, you know what Yo’aḇ

1 Chronicles 27:21

the half-tribe of Menashsheh in Gilʽ

Proverbs 26:26

Hatred is covered by deceit. His evil is disclosed in the assembly.

Jeremiah 41:2

Yishmaʽ

Numbers 35:19

‘The revenger of blood himself puts the murderer to death. When he meets him, he puts him to death.

Numbers 35:20

‘And if he thrusts him through in hatred, or throws an object at him while lying in wait, so that he dies,

Deuteronomy 27:24

‘Cursed is he who smites his neighbour secretly.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amĕ