2 Samuel 2:23
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Howbeit he refused to turn aside: wherefore Abner with the hinder end of the spear smote him under the fifth rib, that the spear came out behind him; and he fell down there, and died in the same place: and it came to pass, that as many as came to the place where Asahel fell down and died stood still.But Asahel refused to turn away; so Abner thrust the butt of his spear into his stomach, and it came out his back, and he fell dead on the spot. And every man paused when he came to the place where Asahel had fallen and died.
In other translations
Howbeit he refused to turn aside: wherefore Abner with the hinder end of the spear smote him under the fifth rib, that the spear came out behind him; and he fell down there, and died in the same place: and it came to pass, that as many as came to the place where Asahel fell down and died stood still.But Asahel refused to turn away; so Abner thrust the butt of his spear into his stomach, and it came out his back, and he fell dead on the spot. And every man paused when he came to the place where Asahel had fallen and died.
Hebrew words
וַיְמָאֵןvayma'enand he refusedH3985לָסוּרlasurto turn asideH5493וַיַּכֵּהוּvaiyakehuand he struck himH5221אַבְנֵר'avnerAbnerH74בְּאַחֲרֵיbe'achareiwith [the] back end<s> ofH310הַחֲנִיתhachanitthe spearH2595אֶל־'el-intoH413הַחֹמֶשׁhachomeshthe bellyH2570וַתֵּצֵאvatetze'and it went outH3318הַחֲנִיתhachanitthe spearH2595מֵאַחֲרָיוme'acharavfrom behind himH310וַיִּפָּל־vaiyipol-and he fellH5307שָׁםshamthereH8033וַיָּמָתvaiyamotand he diedH4191תַּחְתָּיוtachatovin place hisH8478וַיְהִיvayhiand it wasH1961כָּל־kol-every [one]H3605הַבָּאhaba'who cameH935אֶל־'el-toH413הַמָּקוֹםhamakomthe placeH4725אֲשֶׁר־'asher-whereH834נָפַלnafalhe fellH5307שָׁםshamthereH8033עֲשָׂהאֵל'asah'elAsahelH6214וַיָּמֹתvaiyamotand he diedH4191וַיַּעֲמֹדוּ׃vaiya'amoduand they stood stillH5975
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Related verses
- 2 Samuel 3:27And 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.When Abner returned to Hebron, Joab pulled him aside into the gateway, as if to speak to him privately, and there Joab stabbed him in the stomach. So Abner died on account of the blood of Joab’s brother Asahel.
- 2 Samuel 4:6And they came thither into the midst of the house, as though they would have fetched wheat; and they smote him under the fifth rib: and Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped.They entered the interior of the house as if to get some wheat, and they stabbed him in the stomach. Then Rechab and his brother Baanah slipped away.
- 2 Samuel 5:6And the king and his men went to Jerusalem unto the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land: which spake unto David, saying, Except thou take away the blind and the lame, thou shalt not come in hither: thinking, David cannot come in hither.Now the king and his men marched to Jerusalem against the Jebusites who inhabited the land. The Jebusites said to David: “You will never get in here. Even the blind and lame can repel you.” For they thought, “David cannot get in here.”
- 2 Samuel 20:10But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab’s hand: so he smote him therewith in the fifth rib, and shed out his bowels to the ground, and struck him not again; and he died. So Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri.Amasa was not on guard against the dagger in Joab’s hand, and Joab stabbed him in the stomach and spilled out his intestines on the ground. And Joab did not need to strike him again, for Amasa was dead. Then Joab and his brother Abishai pursued Sheba son of Bichri.
- 2 Samuel 20:12-1312 And Amasa wallowed in blood in the midst of the highway. And when the man saw that all the people stood still, he removed Amasa out of the highway into the field, and cast a cloth upon him, when he saw that every one that came by him stood still. 13 When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.12 But Amasa wallowed in his blood in the middle of the road, and when the man saw that all the troops were stopping there, he dragged the body off the road into a field and threw a garment over it. 13 As soon as Amasa’s body was removed from the road, all the men went on with Joab to pursue Sheba son of Bichri.
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