Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And Abner said again to Asahel, Turn thee aside from following me: wherefore should I smite thee to the ground? how then should I hold up my face to Joab thy brother?
Wherefore
How then
Bible References
Wherefore
2 Kings 14:10
Thou hast indeed smitten Edom, and thy heart has lifted thee up: boast thyself, and abide at home; for why shouldest thou contend with misfortune, that thou shouldest fall, thou, and Judah with thee?
Proverbs 29:1
He that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and without remedy.
Ecclesiastes 6:10
That which is hath already been named; and what man is, is known, and that he cannot contend with him that is mightier than he.
How then
2 Samuel 3:27
And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside in the gate to speak with him secretly, and smote him there in the belly, that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.