2 Samuel 2:24

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So Joab and Abishai chased Abner. At sunset they came to the hill of Ammah near Giah on the way to the wilderness of Gibeon.

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  • 2 Sam 2:29-32
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    29Abner and his men went through the rift valley all that night. They crossed the Jordan River and went through the whole region of Bitron and came to Mahanaim.

    30Now Joab returned from chasing Abner and assembled all the people. Nineteen of David’s soldiers were missing, in addition to Asahel.

    31But David’s soldiers had slaughtered the Benjaminites and Abner’s men– in all, 360 men had died!

    32They took Asahel’s body and buried him in his father’s tomb at Bethlehem. Joab and his men then traveled all that night and reached Hebron by dawn.

  • 2 Sam 3:30-31
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    30So Joab and his brother Abishai killed Abner, because he had killed their brother Asahel in Gibeon during the battle.

    31David instructed Joab and all the people who were with him,“Tear your clothes! Put on sackcloth! Lament before Abner!” Now King David followed behind the funeral pallet.

  • 2 Sam 2:25-26
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    25The Benjaminites formed their ranks behind Abner and were like a single army, standing at the top of a certain hill.

    26Then Abner called out to Joab,“Must the sword devour forever? Don’t you realize that this will turn bitter in the end? When will you tell the people to turn aside from pursuing their brothers?”

  • 2 Sam 2:12-23
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    12Then Abner son of Ner and the servants of Ish-bosheth son of Saul went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.

    13Joab son of Zeruiah and the servants of David also went out and confronted them at the pool of Gibeon. One group stationed themselves on one side of the pool, and the other group on the other side of the pool.

    14Abner said to Joab,“Let the soldiers get up and fight before us.” Joab said,“So be it!”

    15So they got up and crossed over by number: twelve belonging to Benjamin and to Ish-bosheth son of Saul, and twelve from the servants of David.

    16As they grappled with one another, each one stabbed his opponent with his sword and they fell dead together. So that place is called the Field of Flints; it is in Gibeon.

    17Now the battle was very severe that day; Abner and the men of Israel were overcome by David’s soldiers.

    18The three sons of Zeruiah were there– Joab, Abishai, and Asahel.(Now Asahel was as quick on his feet as one of the gazelles in the field.)

    19Asahel chased Abner, without turning to the right or to the left as he followed Abner.

    20Then Abner turned and asked,“Is that you, Asahel?” He replied,“Yes it is!”

    21Abner said to him,“Turn aside to your right or to your left. Capture one of the soldiers and take his equipment for yourself!” But Asahel was not willing to turn aside from following him.

    22So Abner spoke again to Asahel,“Turn aside from following me! I do not want to strike you to the ground. How then could I show my face in the presence of Joab your brother?”

    23But Asahel refused to turn aside. So Abner struck him in the abdomen with the back end of his spear. The spear came out his back; Asahel collapsed on the spot and died there right before Abner. Everyone who now comes to the place where Asahel fell dead pauses in respect.

  • 2 Sam 3:22-28
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    22Abner Is Killed Now David’s soldiers and Joab were coming back from a raid, bringing a great deal of plunder with them. Abner was no longer with David in Hebron, for David had sent him away and he had left in peace.

    23When Joab and all the army that was with him arrived, Joab was told:“Abner the son of Ner came to the king; he sent him away, and he left in peace!”

    24So Joab went to the king and said,“What have you done? Abner has come to you! Why would you send him away? Now he’s gone on his way!

    25You know Abner the son of Ner! Surely he came here to spy on you and to determine when you leave and when you return and to discover everything that you are doing!”

    26Then Joab left David and sent messengers after Abner. They brought him back from the well of Sirah.(But David was not aware of it.)

    27When Abner returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside at the gate as if to speak privately with him. Joab then stabbed him in the abdomen and killed him, avenging the shed blood of his brother Asahel.

    28When David later heard about this, he said,“I and my kingdom are forever innocent before the LORD of the shed blood of Abner son of Ner!

  • 2 Sam 20:13-14
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    13Once he had removed Amasa from the path, everyone followed Joab to pursue Sheba son of Bicri.

    14Sheba traveled through all the tribes of Israel to Abel of Beth Maacah and all the Berite region. When they had assembled, they too joined him.

  • Judg 19:14
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    14So they traveled on, and the sun went down when they were near Gibeah in the territory of Benjamin.

  • 1 Kgs 2:32
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    32May the LORD punish him for the blood he shed; behind my father David’s back he struck down and murdered with the sword two men who were more innocent and morally upright than he– Abner son of Ner, commander of Israel’s army, and Amasa son of Jether, commander of Judah’s army.

  • 2 Sam 20:10-11
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    10Amasa did not protect himself from the knife in Joab’s other hand, and Joab stabbed him in the abdomen, causing Amasa’s intestines to spill out on the ground. There was no need to stab him again; the first blow was fatal. Then Joab and his brother Abishai pursued Sheba son of Bicri.

    11One of Joab’s soldiers who stood over Amasa said,“Whoever is for Joab and whoever is for David, follow Joab!”

  • 2 Sam 18:14-15
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    14Joab replied,“I will not wait around like this for you!” He took three spears in his hand and thrust them into the middle of Absalom while he was still alive in the middle of the oak tree.

    15Then ten soldiers who were Joab’s armor bearers struck Absalom and finished him off.

  • 1 Chr 19:14-15
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    14So Joab and his men marched toward the Arameans to do battle, and they fled before him.

    15When the Ammonites saw the Arameans flee, they fled before Joab’s brother Abishai and withdrew into the city. Joab went back to Jerusalem.

  • 2 Sam 20:6-8
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    6Then David said to Abishai,“Now Sheba son of Bicri will cause greater disaster for us than Absalom did! Take your lord’s servants and pursue him. Otherwise he will secure fortified cities for himself and get away from us.”

    7So Joab’s men, accompanied by the Kerethites, the Pelethites, and all the warriors, left Jerusalem to pursue Sheba son of Bicri.

    8When they were near the big rock that is in Gibeon, Amasa came to them. Now Joab was dressed in military attire and had a dagger in its sheath belted to his waist. When he advanced, it fell out.

  • 2 Sam 17:24
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    24Meanwhile David had gone to Mahanaim, while Absalom and all the men of Israel had crossed the Jordan River.

  • 2 Sam 14:23
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    23So Joab got up and went to Geshur and brought Absalom back to Jerusalem.

  • 2 Sam 10:14
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    14When the Ammonites saw the Arameans flee, they fled before his brother Abishai and went into the city. Joab withdrew from fighting the Ammonites and returned to Jerusalem.

  • 2 Sam 2:8
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    8David’s Army Clashes with the Army of Saul Now Abner son of Ner, the general in command of Saul’s army, had taken Saul’s son Ish-bosheth and had brought him to Mahanaim.

  • 1 Kgs 2:5
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    5“You know what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me– how he murdered two commanders of the Israelite armies, Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether. During peacetime he struck them down like he would in battle; when he shed their blood as if in battle, he stained the belt on his waist and the sandals on his feet.

  • 2 Sam 3:9
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    9God will severely judge Abner if I do not do for David exactly what the LORD has promised him,

  • 1 Sam 26:7
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    7So David and Abishai approached the army at night and found Saul lying asleep in the entrenchment with his spear stuck in the ground by his head. Abner and the army were lying all around him.

  • 2 Sam 4:5
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    5Now the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite– Recab and Baanah– went at the hottest part of the day to the home of Ish-bosheth, as he was enjoying his midday rest.

  • Judg 20:43
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    43They surrounded the Benjaminites, chased them from Nohah, and annihilated them all the way to a spot east of Geba.

  • 1 Chr 27:34
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    34Ahithophel was succeeded by Jehoiada son of Benaiah and by Abiathar.Joab was the commanding general of the king’s army.