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

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. 2 Samuel 3 contains 39 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.