2 Samuel 2:23

2:23 But Asahel ¹  refused to turn aside. So Abner struck him in the abdomen with the back end of his ²  spear. The spear came out his back; Asahel ³  collapsed on the spot and died there right before Abner. ⁴  Everyone who now comes to the place where Asahel fell dead pauses in respect. ⁵ 

2 Samuel 3:27

3:27 When Abner returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside at the gate as if to speak privately with him. Joab then stabbed him ⁶  in the abdomen and killed him, avenging the shed blood of his brother Asahel. ⁷ 

2 Samuel 4:7

4:7 They had entered ⁸  the house while Ish-bosheth ⁹  was resting on his bed in his bedroom. They mortally wounded him ¹⁰  and then cut off his head. ¹¹  Taking his head, ¹²  they traveled on the way of the Arabah all that night.

2 Samuel 20:10

20:10 Amasa did not protect himself from the knife in Joab’s other hand, and Joab ¹³  stabbed him in the abdomen, causing Amasa’s ¹⁴  intestines to spill out on the ground. There was no need to stab him again; the first blow was fatal. ¹⁵  Then Joab and his brother Abishai pursued Sheba son of Bicri.

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.”

⁶ tn Heb “and he struck him down there [in] the stomach.”

⁷ tn Heb “and he [i.e., Abner] died on account of the blood of Asahel his [i.e., Joab’s] brother.”

¹¹ tn After the concluding disjunctive clause at the end of v. 6, the author now begins a more detailed account of the murder and its aftermath.

¹² tn Heb “he”; the referent (Ish-bosheth) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹³ tn Heb “they struck him down and killed him.” The expression is a verbal hendiadys.

¹⁴ tn Heb “and they removed his head.” The Syriac Peshitta and Vulgate lack these words.

¹⁵ tc The Lucianic Greek recension lacks the words “his head.”

¹⁶ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Joab) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁷ tn Heb “his”; the referent (Amasa) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁸ tn Heb “and he did not repeat concerning him, and he died.”