2 Samuel 3:27

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

When Abner returned to Hebron, Joab pulled him aside to the middle of the city gate, as if to speak to him privately, and there Joab stabbed him in the stomach. So Abner died in revenge for the death of Asahel,  Joab’s brother.

Cross References

1 Kings 2:5

‘You also know what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me  and what he did to the two commanders of Israel’s army, Abner son of Ner  and Amasa son of Jether.  He murdered them in a time of peace to avenge blood shed in war. He spilled that blood on his own waistband and on the sandals of his feet.

1 Kings 2:32

The Lord will bring back his own blood on his head because he struck down two men more righteous and better than he, without my father David’s knowledge. With his sword, Joab murdered Abner  son of Ner, commander of Israel’s army, and Amasa  son of Jether, commander of Judah’s army.

Jeremiah 41:2

but then Ishmael son of Nethaniah and the ten men who were with him got up and struck down Gedaliah son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan, with the sword; he killed the one the king of Babylon had appointed in the land.

Deuteronomy 27:24

“The one who secretly kills his neighbour is cursed.” And all the people will say, “Amen! ”

Numbers 35:20

Likewise, if anyone in hatred pushes a person or throws an object at him with malicious intent and he dies,

2 Samuel 3:26

Then Joab left David and sent messengers after Abner. They brought him back from the well  of Sirah, but David was unaware of it.

2 Samuel 3:28

David heard about it later and said, ‘I and my kingdom are for ever innocent before the Lord concerning the blood of Abner son of Ner.

2 Samuel 4:1

When Saul’s son Ish-bosheth heard that Abner had died in Hebron, he gave up,  and all Israel was dismayed.

2 Samuel 13:26

‘If not,’ Absalom said, ‘please let my brother Amnon go with us.’ The king asked him, ‘Why should he go with you? ’

2 Samuel 19:13

And tell Amasa,  “Aren’t you my flesh and blood?  May God punish me and do so severely if you don’t become commander of my army from now on instead of Joab! ” ’

Numbers 35:19

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

1 Chronicles 27:21

for half the tribe of Manasseh in Gilead, Iddo son of Zechariah; for Benjamin, Jaasiel son of Abner;

Proverbs 26:26

Though his hatred is concealed by deception, his evil will be revealed in the assembly.