20 Then Abner looked behind him, and said, Art thou Asahel? And he answered, Yea.

21 Then Abner said, Turn thee either to the right hand or to the left, and take one of the young men, and take thee his [a]weapons: and Asahel would not depart from him.

22 And Abner said to Asahel, Depart from me: [b]wherefore should I smite thee to the ground? how then should I be able to hold up my face to Joab thy brother?

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 2:21 Or, spoil.
  2. 2 Samuel 2:22 Why dost thou provoke me to kill thee?

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