Abner said to him, “Turn to your right or left, seize one of the young soldiers, and take whatever you can get from him.” But Asahel would not stop chasing him.
When Abner returned to Hebron, Joab pulled him aside to the middle of the gateway, 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.
Saul asked Michal, “Why did you deceive me like this? You sent my enemy away, and he has escaped! ” She answered him, “He said to me, ‘Let me go! Why should I kill you? ’ ”