2 Samuel 2:32 meaning and explanation

Later, they took Asahel and buried him in his father’s tomb in Bethlehem. Then Joab and his men marched all night and reached Hebron at daybreak.

2 Samuel 2:32, Berean Standard Bible

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After the skirmish at Gibeon, Joab and Abishai had chased Abner until sunset, and Abner had killed their brother Asahel in self defense. Verse 32 closes the chapter with the burial: Asahel is laid in the family tomb at Bethlehem, and the exhausted troops march through the night to reach Hebron, David's new capital.

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