Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside in the gate to speak with him quietly, and smote him there under the fifth rib, that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.
Took him
Quietly
For the blood
General references
Bible References
Took him
2 Samuel 20:9
Joab asked Amasa, "Is everything going well with you, my brother?" As Joab took Amasa by his beard to greet him,
Deuteronomy 27:24
""Cursed is one who strikes his neighbor secretly.' "Then all the people are to respond by saying, "Amen!'
1 Kings 2:5
"Furthermore, you're aware of what Zeruiah's son Joab did to me and to those two commanders of the armies of Israel, Ner's son Abner and Jether's son Amasa, whom he killed, and how he shed the blood of wartime during times of peace, staining the very belt he wears around his waist and the sandals he wears on his feet.
Quietly
Jeremiah 41:2
Nethaniah's son Ishmael and the ten men with him got up and killed Ahikam's son Gedaliah, the grandson of Shaphan, with swords and killed the man whom the king of Babylon had appointed over the land.
For the blood
2 Samuel 2:19
So Asahel ran straight after Abner, following him.
General references
Deuteronomy 27:24
""Cursed is one who strikes his neighbor secretly.' "Then all the people are to respond by saying, "Amen!'
Proverbs 7:26
For many are the victims whom she has conquered, and many are her slain.