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2 Samuel 3:30

So Joab and Abishai his brother slew Abner, because he had slain their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle.

KJV

Igitur Joab et Abisai frater ejus interfecerunt Abner, eo quod occidisset Asaël fratrem eorum in Gabaon in prælio.

Vulgate

Ἰωὰβ δὲ καὶ Ἀβεσσὰ ὁ ἀδελφὸς αὐτοῦ διεπαρετηροῦντο τὸν Ἀβεννὴρ ἀνθ’ ὧν ἐθανάτωσεν τὸν Ἀσαὴλ τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτῶν ἐν Γαβαὼν ἐν τῷ πολέμῳ.

LXX

So Joab and Abishai his brother slew Abner, because he had killed their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle.

ASV

וְ/יוֹאָב֙ וַ/אֲבִישַׁ֣י אָחִ֔י/ו הָרְג֖וּ לְ/אַבְנֵ֑ר עַל֩ אֲשֶׁ֨ר הֵמִ֜ית אֶת עֲשָׂהאֵ֧ל אֲחִי/הֶ֛ם בְּ/גִבְע֖וֹן בַּ/מִּלְחָמָֽה

Hebrew

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In this verse

People AbnerJoabAsahelAbishai

In the original Hebrew

12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
אַבְנֵ֣ר
'bnr
proper_noun · 63×
אַבְשַׁ֣י
'bshy
proper_noun · 25×
גִבְעֽוֹן
gb'vn
proper_noun · 37×
הוּ
hv
verb · 834×
ו
v
noun · 629×
יוֹאָ֔ב
yv'b
proper_noun · 145×
ם
m
verb · 167×
מִּלְחָמָ֔ה
mlchmh
noun · 316×
עֲשָׂה
'shh
proper_noun · 23×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Sam 2:19 — And Asahel pursued after Abner; and in going he turned not to the right hand nor to the left from following Abner.
  • 2Sam 16:9 — Then said Abishai the son of Zeruiah unto the king, Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? let me go over, I pray thee, and take off his head.
  • 2Sam 20:8 — When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa went before them. And Joab’s garment that he had put on was girded unto him, and upon it a girdle with a sword fastened upon his loins in th
  • Acts 28:4 — And when the barbarians saw the venomous beast hang on his hand, they said among themselves, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he hath escaped the sea, yet vengeance suffereth not to live.
  • Prov 28:17 — A man that doeth violence to the blood of any person shall flee to the pit; let no man stay him.