2 Samuel 3:27

Good News Translation

When Abner arrived in Hebron, Joab took him aside at the gate, as though he wanted to speak privately with him, and there he stabbed him in the stomach. And so Abner was murdered because he had killed Joab's brother Asahel.

Cross References

2 Samuel 13:26

But Absalom said, “Well, then, will you at least let my brother Amnon come?” “Why should he?” the king asked.

2 Samuel 19:13

David also told them to say to Amasa, “You are my relative. From now on I am putting you in charge of the army in place of Joab. May God strike me dead if I don't!”

2 Samuel 3:26

After leaving David, Joab sent messengers to get Abner, and they brought him back from Sirah Well; but David knew nothing about it.

2 Samuel 3:28

When David heard the news, he said, “The Lord knows that my subjects and I are completely innocent of the murder of Abner.

2 Samuel 4:1

When Saul's son Ishbosheth heard that Abner had been killed in Hebron, he was afraid, and all the people of Israel were alarmed.

1 Kings 2:32

The Lord will punish Joab for those murders, which he committed without my father David's knowledge. Joab killed two innocent men who were better men than he: Abner, commander of the army of Israel, and Amasa, commander of the army of Judah.

1 Kings 2:5

“There is something else. You remember what Joab did to me by killing the two commanders of Israel's armies, Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether. You remember how he murdered them in time of peace as revenge for deaths they had caused in time of war. He killed innocent men, and now I bear the responsibility for what he did, and I suffer the consequences.

Proverbs 26:26

He may disguise his hatred, but everyone will see the evil things he does.

Jeremiah 41:2

Ishmael and the ten men with him pulled out their swords and killed Gedaliah.

Numbers 35:19

The dead person's nearest relative has the responsibility for putting the murderer to death. When he finds you, he is to kill you.

Numbers 35:20

“If you hate someone and kill him by pushing him down or by throwing something at him

Deuteronomy 27:24

“‘God's curse on anyone who secretly commits murder.’ “And all the people will answer, ‘Amen!’