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Joab Murders Abner

2 Samuel 3:30

In 11 translations

BSB
(Joab and his brother Abishai murdered Abner because he had killed their brother Asahel in the battle at Gibeon.)
KJV
So Joab and Abishai his brother slew Abner, because he had slain their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle.
WEB
So Joab and Abishai his brother killed Abner, because he had killed their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle.
ASV
So Joab and Abishai his brother slew Abner, because he had killed their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle.
LSV
And Joab and his brother Abishai slew Abner because that he put their brother Asahel to death in Gibeon, in battle.
YLT
And Joab and Abishai his brother slew Abner because that he put to death Asahel their brother, in Gibeon, in battle.
DBY
So Joab and Abishai his brother killed Abner, because he had slain their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle.
DRC
So Joab and Abisai his brother slew Abner, because he had killed their brother Asael at Gabaon in the battle.
GNV
(So Ioab and Abishai his brother slewe Abner, because he had slaine their brother Asahel at Gibeon in battel)
JPS
So Joab and Abishai his brother slew Abner, because he had killed their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle.
LXXE
For Joab and Abessa his brother laid wait continually for Abenner, because he slew Asael their brother at Gabaon in the battle.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וְיוֹאָב֙ וַאֲבִישַׁ֣י אָחִ֔יו הָרְג֖וּ לְאַבְנֵ֑ר עַל֩ אֲשֶׁ֨ר הֵמִ֜ית אֶת־עֲשָׂהאֵ֧ל אֲחִיהֶ֛ם בְּגִבְע֖וֹן בַּמִּלְחָמָֽה׃
LXX-Br
Ἰωὰβ δὲ καὶ Ἀβεσσὰ ὁ ἀδελφὸς αὐτοῦ διαπαρετηροῦντο τὸν Ἀβεννὴρ, ἀνθʼ ὧν ἐθανάτωσε τὸν Ἀσαὴλ τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτῶν ἐν Γαβαὼν, ἐν τῷ πολέμῳ.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Proverbs 28:17A man burdened by bloodguilt will flee into the Pit; let no one support him.
  • Acts 28:4When the islanders saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, “Surely this man is a murderer. Although he was saved from the sea, Justice has not allowed him to live.”
  • 2 Samuel 2:19–23and he chased Abner, not turning to the right or to the left in his pursuit. And Abner glanced back and said, “Is that you, Asahel?” “It is,” Asahel replied. So Abner told him, “Turn to your right or to your left,…

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