2 Samuel 2:20

2:20 Then Abner turned and asked, “Is that you, Asahel?” He replied, “Yes it is!”

2 Samuel 2:19

2:19 Asahel chased Abner, without turning to the right or to the left as he followed Abner.

2 Samuel 2:22

2:22 So Abner spoke again to Asahel, “Turn aside from following me! I do not want to strike you to the ground. ¹  How then could I show ²  my face in the presence of Joab your brother?”

2 Samuel 2:32

2:32 They took Asahel’s body and buried him in his father’s tomb at Bethlehem. ³  Joab and his men then traveled all that night and reached Hebron by dawn.

2 Samuel 3:30

3:30 So Joab and his brother Abishai killed Abner, because he had killed their brother Asahel in Gibeon during the battle.

2 Samuel 2:21

2:21 Abner said to him, “Turn aside to your right or to your left. Capture one of the soldiers ⁴  and take his equipment for yourself!” But Asahel was not willing to turn aside from following him.

2 Samuel 2:23

2:23 But Asahel ⁵  refused to turn aside. So Abner struck him in the abdomen with the back end of his ⁶  spear. The spear came out his back; Asahel ⁷  collapsed on the spot and died there right before Abner. ⁸  Everyone who now comes to the place where Asahel fell dead pauses in respect. ⁹ 

¹ tn Heb “Why should I strike you to the ground?”

² tn Heb “lift.”

¹ map For location see Map5-B1; Map7-E2; Map8-E2; Map10-B4.

¹ tn Heb “young men.” So also elsewhere.

¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Asahel) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

² tn Heb “the.” The article functions here as a possessive pronoun.

³ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Asahel) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁴ tn Heb “him”; the referent (Abner) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁵ tn Heb “and they stand.”