2 Samuel 3:30
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So Joab and Abisai his brother slew Abner, because he had killed their brother Asael at Gabaon in the battle.

slew Abner

Proverbs 28:17 A man that doth violence to the blood of a person, if he flee even to the pit, no man will stay him.

Acts 28:4 And when the barbarians saw the beast hanging on his hand, they said one to another: Undoubtedly this man is a murderer, who, though he hath escaped the sea, yet vengeance doth not suffer him to live.

because

2 Samuel 2:19-23 And Asael pursued after Abner, and turned not to the right hand nor to the left from following Abner. . . .

Context
Joab Murders Abner
29And may it come upon the head of Joab, and upon all his father's house: and let there not fail from the house of Joab one that hath an issue of seed, or that is a leper, or that holdeth the distaff, or that falleth by the sword, or that wanteth bread. 30So Joab and Abisai his brother slew Abner, because he had killed their brother Asael at Gabaon in the battle.
Cross References
2 Samuel 2:23
But he refused to hearken to him, and would not turn aside: wherefore Abner struck him with his spear with a back stroke in the groin, and thrust him through, and he died upon the spot: and all that came to the place where Asael fell down and died stood still.

2 Samuel 20:8
And when they were at the great stone which is in Gabaon, Amasa coming met them. And Joab had on a close coat of equal length with his habit, and over it was girded with a sword hanging down to his flank, in a scabbard, made in such manner as to come out with the least motion and strike.

Lexicon
(Joab
וְיוֹאָב֙ (wə·yō·w·’āḇ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3097: Joab -- 'the LORD is father', three Israelites

and his brother
אָחִ֔יו (’ā·ḥîw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 251: A brother, )

Abishai
וַאֲבִישַׁ֣י (wa·’ă·ḇî·šay)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 52: Abishai -- 'my father is Jesse', an Israelite name

murdered
הָרְג֖וּ (hā·rə·ḡū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 2026: To smite with deadly intent

Abner
לְאַבְנֵ֑ר (lə·’aḇ·nêr)
Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 74: Abner -- 'my father is a lamp', an Israelite name

because
עַל֩ (‘al)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

he had killed
הֵמִ֜ית (hê·mîṯ)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4191: To die, to kill

their brother
אֲחִיהֶ֛ם (’ă·ḥî·hem)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 251: A brother, )

Asahel
עֲשָׂהאֵ֧ל (‘ă·śā·h·’êl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6214: Asahel -- 'God has made', four Israelites

in the battle
בַּמִּלְחָמָֽה׃ (bam·mil·ḥā·māh)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4421: A battle, war

at Gibeon.)
בְּגִבְע֖וֹן (bə·ḡiḇ·‘ō·wn)
Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1391: Gibeon -- a Levitical city in Benjamin


Additional Translations
(Joab and his brother Abishai murdered Abner because he had killed their brother Asahel in the battle at Gibeon.)So Joab, and Abishai his brother slew Abner, because he had slain their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle.

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

For Joab and Abessa his brother laid wait continually for Abenner, because he slew Asael their brother at Gabaon in the battle.

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

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

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

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

And Joab and Abishai his brother slew Abner because that he put to death Asahel their brother, in Gibeon, in battle.
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