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

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  1. 2 Samuel 3:27 tn Heb “and he struck him down there [in] the stomach.”
  2. 2 Samuel 3:27 tn Heb “and he [i.e., Abner] died on account of the blood of Asahel his [i.e., Joab’s] brother.”