Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

So Joab and Abishai his brother slew Abner, because he had slain their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle.

Because

Bible References

Slew abner

Proverbs 28:17
A man oppressed with a person's blood, unto a pit, shall flee, let them not hold him back.
Acts 28:4
And, when the natives saw the brute hanging out from his hand, they began to say, one to another - Doubtless, this man is, a murderer, whom, though brought safely through out of the sea, Justice, hath not suffered, to live.

Because

2 Samuel 2:19
And Asahel pursued Abner, - and turned not, in going, to the right hand or to the left, from pursuing Abner.