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2 Samuel 2:21-23
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21 Abner said to him, “Turn aside to your right or to your left. Capture one of the soldiers[a] and take his equipment for yourself!” But Asahel was not willing to turn aside from following him. 22 So Abner spoke again to Asahel, “Turn aside from following me! I do not want to strike you to the ground.[b] How then could I show[c] my face in the presence of Joab your brother?” 23 But Asahel[d] refused to turn aside. So Abner struck him in the abdomen with the back end of his[e] spear. The spear came out his back; Asahel[f] collapsed on the spot and died there right before Abner.[g] Everyone who came to the place where Asahel fell dead paused in respect.[h]

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 2:21 tn Heb “young men.” So also elsewhere.
  2. 2 Samuel 2:22 tn Heb “Why should I strike you to the ground?”
  3. 2 Samuel 2:22 tn Heb “lift.”
  4. 2 Samuel 2:23 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Asahel) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  5. 2 Samuel 2:23 tn Heb “the.” The article functions here as a possessive pronoun.
  6. 2 Samuel 2:23 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Asahel) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  7. 2 Samuel 2:23 tn Heb “him”; the referent (Abner) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  8. 2 Samuel 2:23 tn Heb “and they stand.”
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