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 ¹  in the abdomen and killed him, avenging the shed blood of his brother Asahel. ² 

2 Samuel 4:6

4:6 They ³  entered the house under the pretense of getting wheat and mortally wounded him ⁴  in the stomach. Then Recab and his brother Baanah escaped.

2 Samuel 5:6

David Occupies Jerusalem

5:6 Then the king and his men advanced to Jerusalem ⁵  against the Jebusites who lived in the land. The Jebusites ⁶  said to David, “You cannot invade this place! Even the blind and the lame will turn you back, saying, ‘David cannot invade this place!’”

2 Samuel 20:10

20:10 Amasa did not protect himself from the knife in Joab’s other hand, and Joab ⁷  stabbed him in the abdomen, causing Amasa’s ⁸  intestines to spill out on the ground. There was no need to stab him again; the first blow was fatal. ⁹  Then Joab and his brother Abishai pursued Sheba son of Bicri.

¹ tn Heb “and he struck him down there [in] the stomach.”

² tn Heb “and he [i.e., Abner] died on account of the blood of Asahel his [i.e., Joab’s] brother.”

³ tc For the MT’s וְהֵנָּה (vÿhennah, “and they,” feminine) read וְהִנֵּה (vÿhinneh, “and behold”). See the LXX, Syriac Peshitta, and Targum.

⁴ tn Heb “and they struck him down.”

⁵ map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

⁶ tn The Hebrew text has “he” rather than “the Jebusites.” The referent has been specified in the translation for clarity. In the Syriac Peshitta and some mss of the Targum the verb is plural rather than singular.

⁷ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Joab) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁸ tn Heb “his”; the referent (Amasa) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁹ tn Heb “and he did not repeat concerning him, and he died.”