2 Samuel 2:21-23

Good News Translation

²¹ “Stop chasing me!” Abner said. “Run after one of the soldiers and take what he has.” But Asahel kept on chasing him. ²² Once more Abner said to him, “Stop chasing me! Why force me to kill you? How could I face your brother Joab?” ²³ But Asahel would not quit; so Abner, with a backward thrust^[a] of his spear, struck him through the stomach so that the spear came out at his back. Asahel dropped to the ground dead, and everyone who came to the place where he was lying stopped and stood there.