2 Samuel 2:20-22

Modern English Version

²⁰ Abner looked behind him and said, “Is that you, Asahel?”

He answered, “It is I.”

²¹ Abner said to him, “Turn aside to your right or left, overtake one of the young men, and take his equipment for yourself,” but Asahel was not willing to desist.

²² Abner continued still to reason with Asahel, “Abandon your pursuit. Why should I strike you down? How then could I show my face to your brother Joab?”