23 And when he would not depart, Abner with the hinder end of the spear smote him under the [a]fifth rib, that the spear came out behind him: and he fell down there, and died in his place. And as many as came to the place where Asahel fell down, and died, stood still.

24 Joab also and Abishai pursued after Abner: and the sun went down when they were come to the hill Ammah, that lieth before Giah by the way of the wilderness of Gibeon.

25 And the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together after Abner, and were on an heap, and stood on the top of an hill.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 2:23 Some read, in those parts, whereas the lively parts lie: as the heart, the lungs, the liver, the milt, and the gall.

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