2 Samuel 3:30 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

³⁰ Joab and his brother Abishai killed Abner because he had put their brother Asahel to death in the battle at Gibeon.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³⁰ So Joab and Abishai his brother slew Abner, because he had slain their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³⁰ So Joab and Abishai his brother slew Abner because he had slain their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle.

American Standard Version (1901)

³⁰ So Joab and Abishai his brother slew Abner, because he had killed their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle.

Common English Bible

³⁰ So that is how Joab and his brother Abishai murdered Abner, because he killed their brother Asahel in the battle at Gibeon.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³⁰ And so, Joab and his brother Abishai killed Abner, because he had killed their brother Asahel at Gibeon, during the battle.

2 Samuel 3:30 Cross References

2 Samuel 20:8

They were at the great stone in Gibeon when Amasa joined them. Joab was wearing his uniform and over it was a belt round his waist with a sword in its sheath. As he approached, the sword fell out.

Proverbs 28:17

Someone burdened by bloodguilt will be a fugitive until death. Let no one help him.

Numbers 35:19

The avenger of blood himself is to kill the murderer; when he finds him, he is to kill him.

Acts 28:4

When the local people saw the snake hanging from his hand, they said to one another, ‘This man, no doubt, is a murderer. Even though he has escaped the sea, Justice has not allowed him to live.’