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
And Joab said to Amasa, Are you well, my brother? And Joab took Amasa by the beard with the right hand to kiss him.
Deuteronomy 27:24
Cursed is he who strikes his neighbor secretly. And all the people shall say, Amen.
1 Kings 2:5
And also you know what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, what he did to the two commanders of the armies of Israel, to Abner the son of Ner, and to Amasa the son of Jether, that he murdered them, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war upon his girdle on his loins, and in his shoes on his feet.
Quietly
Jeremiah 41:2
Then Ishmael the son of Nethaniah arose, and the ten men who were with him, and struck Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan with the sword, and killed him whom the king of Babylon had made governor over the land.
For the blood
2 Samuel 2:19
And Asahel ran after Abner, and in going he did not turn to the right hand nor to the left from following Abner.
General references
Deuteronomy 27:24
Cursed is he who strikes his neighbor secretly. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Proverbs 7:26
For she has cast down many wounded; yea, many strong men have been slain by her.