2 Samuel 4:6
Context4:6 They 1 entered the house under the pretense of getting wheat and mortally wounded him 2 in the stomach. Then Recab and his brother Baanah escaped.
2 Samuel 3:27
Context3:27 When Abner returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside at the gate as if to speak privately with him. Joab then stabbed him 3 in the abdomen and killed him, avenging the shed blood of his brother Asahel. 4


[4:6] 1 tc For the MT’s וְהֵנָּה (vÿhennah, “and they,” feminine) read וְהִנֵּה (vÿhinneh, “and behold”). See the LXX, Syriac Peshitta, and Targum.
[4:6] 2 tn Heb “and they struck him down.”
[3:27] 3 tn Heb “and he struck him down there [in] the stomach.”
[3:27] 4 tn Heb “and he [i.e., Abner] died on account of the blood of Asahel his [i.e., Joab’s] brother.”