2 Samuel 3:27 meaning and explanation
When Abner returned to Hebron, Joab pulled him aside into the gateway, as if to speak to him privately, and there Joab stabbed him in the stomach. So Abner died on account of the blood of Joab’s brother Asahel.
2 Samuel 3:27, Berean Standard Bible
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Joab, David's military commander, has just learned that Abner, Saul's former general, came to Hebron and left in peace after negotiating to bring all Israel under David. Joab sends messengers to bring Abner back, and here he draws him aside at the city gate, the place where legal cases were heard, pretending to speak privately.
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