And I stood over him and killed him, because I was sure that he could not live after he had fallen. And I took the crown on his head, and the bracelet on his arm, and have brought them here to my lord.

However he refused to turn aside. Therefore Abner struck him with the blunt end of the spear in the belly, and the spear came out behind him. And he fell down there, and died in the same place. And it happened that everyone who came to the place where Asahel fell down and died, stood still.

And the sons of Benjamin gathered themselves together after Abner, and became one troop, and stood on the top of a hill.

And Joab blew a ram's horn, and all the people stood still and did not pursue after Israel any more, nor did they fight any more.

And it happened after this, the king of the sons of Ammon died, and his son Hanun reigned in his stead.

And the king arose and tore his garments, and lay on the earth. And all his servants stood by with their clothes torn.

And Absalom rose up early and stood beside the way of the gate. And it was so, if any man had a suit to come before the king for judgment, then Absalom called to him and said, What city are you from? And he said, Your servant is of one of the tribes of Israel.

And the king said to them, I will do what is good in your eyes. And the king stood by the side of the gate, and all the people came out by hundreds and by thousands.

And the king said, Turn aside, stand here. And he turned aside and stood still.

And one of Joab's men stood by him and said, He who favors Joab, and he who is for David, go after Joab!

And Amasa wallowed in blood in the middle of the highway. And the man saw that all the people stood still. And he moved Amasa out of the highway into the field, and threw a garment over him when he saw that everyone who came by him stood still.

And they came and besieged him in Abel of Beth-maachah. And they threw up a siege-mound against the city. And it stood against the wall. And all the people with Joab were undermining the wall to make it fall.

But he stood in the middle of the ground and delivered it, and killed the Philistines. And Jehovah worked a great victory.