2Sa 2:22 | NETfull | STEP | So Abner spoke again to Asahel, “Turn aside from following me! I do not want to strike you to the ground. How then could I show my face in the presence of Joab your brother?”

2 Samuel 2:22

22 So Abner spoke again to Asahel, “Turn aside from following me! I do not want to strike you to the ground. ^{▼▼ Heb “Why should I strike you to the ground?”} How then could I show ^{▼▼ Heb “lift.”} my face in the presence of Joab your brother?”