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When Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside into the midst of the gate to speak with him quietly, and struck him there in the body, so that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.
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Revenge Mixed with Rivalry
Commentators explain that while Joab's stated reason for murdering Abner was revenge for his brother Asahel, there was a powerful secondary motive: political jealousy. Scholars like Gill and Ellicott suggest Joab feared that the more experienced Abner would be favored by David and replace him as general, leading him to commit this treacherous act under the guise of a private conversation.
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19th Century
Anglican
Aside in the gate. —The gateway was a customary place of conference in the East, and Joab there awaited Abner’s return; he then to…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And when Abner was returned to Hebron Alone, and not the twenty men with him; not to David's court, but just to the …
Presbyterian
Judgments are prepared for such scorners as Abner; but Joab, in what he did, acted wickedly. David laid Abner's murder deeply to heart and in many …
