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|2 Samuel 2:21|
Then Abner said to him, “Turn aside to the right or to the left; take on one of the young men and strip him of his weapons.” But Asahel would not stop chasing him.
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|2 Samuel 2:22|
Again Abner warned Asahel, “Stop chasing me! Why should I strike you down? How could I look your brother Joab in the face?”
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|2 Samuel 2:23|
But Asahel refused to give up the pursuit; so Abner thrust the butt of his spear into Asahel’s stomach, and the spear came out through his back. He fell there and died on the spot. And every man stopped when he came to the place where Asahel had fallen and died.
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|2 Samuel 2:24|
But Joab and Abishai pursued Abner, and as the sun was setting, they came to the hill of Ammah, near Giah on the way to the wasteland of Gibeon.
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25
|2 Samuel 2:25|
Then the men of Benjamin rallied behind Abner. They formed themselves into a group and took their stand on top of a hill.
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|2 Samuel 2:26|
Abner called out to Joab, “Must the sword devour for ever? Don’t you realise that this will end in bitterness? How long before you order your men to stop pursuing their brothers?”
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|2 Samuel 2:27|
Joab answered, “As surely as God lives, if you had not spoken, the men would have continued the pursuit of their brothers until morning.” [Or spoken this morning, the men would not have taken up the pursuit of their brothers; or spoken, the men would have given up the pursuit of their brothers by morning]
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|2 Samuel 2:28|
So Joab blew the trumpet, and all the men came to a halt; they no longer pursued Israel, nor did they fight any more.
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|2 Samuel 2:29|
All that night Abner and his men marched through the Arabah. They crossed the Jordan, continued through the whole Bithron [Or morning; or ravine; the meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.] and came to Mahanaim.
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|2 Samuel 2:30|
Then Joab returned from pursuing Abner and assembled all his men. Besides Asahel, nineteen of David’s men were found missing.
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