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2 Samuel 2:23

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Howbeit he refused to turn aside: wherefore Abner with the hinder end of the spear smote him under the fifth [rib], that the spear came out behind him; and he fell down there, and died in the same place: and it came to pass, [that] as many as came to the place where Asahel fell down and died stood still.

Howbeit he refused {H3985} to turn aside {H5493}: wherefore Abner {H74} with the hinder end {H310} of the spear {H2595} smote {H5221} him under {H413} the fifth {H2570} rib, that the spear {H2595} came out {H3318} behind {H310} him; and he fell down {H5307} there, and died {H4191} in the same place {H8478}: and it came to pass, that as many as came {H935} to the place {H4725} where Asahel {H6214} fell down {H5307} and died {H4191} stood still {H5975}.

But he still refused to turn aside; so Avner stabbed him in the groin with the back end of the spear, so that the shaft protruded behind him. He fell down and died on the spot. Everyone who came to the place where 'Asah'el lay dead stopped there.

But Asahel refused to turn away; so Abner thrust the butt of his spear into his stomach, and it came out his back, and he fell dead on the spot. And every man paused when he came to the place where Asahel had fallen and died.

Howbeit he refused to turn aside: wherefore Abner with the hinder end of the spear smote him in the body, so that the spear came out behind him; and he fell down there, and died in the same place: and it came to pass, that as many as came to the place where Asahel fell down and died stood still.

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  • 2 Samuel 3:27 (5 votes)

    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.

  • 2 Samuel 4:6 (4 votes)

    And they came thither into the midst of the house, [as though] they would have fetched wheat; and they smote him under the fifth [rib]: and Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped.

  • 2 Samuel 20:10 (2 votes)

    But Amasa took no heed to the sword that [was] in Joab's hand: so he smote him therewith in the fifth [rib], and shed out his bowels to the ground, and struck him not again; and he died. So Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri.

  • 2 Samuel 5:6 (2 votes)

    ¶ And the king and his men went to Jerusalem unto the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land: which spake unto David, saying, Except thou take away the blind and the lame, thou shalt not come in hither: thinking, David cannot come in hither.

  • 2 Samuel 20:12 (1 votes)

    And Amasa wallowed in blood in the midst of the highway. And when the man saw that all the people stood still, he removed Amasa out of the highway into the field, and cast a cloth upon him, when he saw that every one that came by him stood still.

  • 2 Samuel 20:13 (1 votes)

    When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.