THEOSIS2 Kingdoms (2 Samuel) 3:30Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
So Joab and Abisai his brother slew Abner, because he had killed their brother Asael at Gabaon in the battle.
וְיוֹאָב֙ וַאֲבִישַׁ֣י אָחִ֔יו הָרְג֖וּ לְאַבְנֵ֑ר עַל֩ אֲשֶׁ֨ר הֵמִ֜ית אֶת־עֲשָׂהאֵ֧ל אֲחִיהֶ֛ם בְּגִבְע֖וֹן בַּמִּלְחָמָֽה׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- 2 Sam 2:19And Asael pursued after Abner, and turned not to the right hand nor to the left from following Abner.
- 2 Sam 2:23But he refused to hearken to him, and would not turn aside: wherefore Abner struck him with his spear with a back stroke in the groin, and thrust him through, and he died upon the spot: and all that came to the place where Asael fell down and died stood still.
- Prov 28:17A man that doth violence to the blood of a person, if he flee even to the pit, no man will stay him.
- Acts 28:4And when the barbarians saw the beast hanging on his hand, they said one to another: Undoubtedly this man is a murderer, who, though he hath escaped the sea, yet vengeance doth not suffer him to live.