2Sa 2:22, Jer 27:17 | ESV | STEP | And Abner said again to Asahel , Turn aside from following me. Why should I strike you to the ground ? How then could I lift up my face to your brother Joab ?

a[See ver. 14 above]

b[See ver. 11 above]

2 Samuel 2:22

22 And Abner said again to Asahel, “Turn aside from following me. Why should I strike you to the ground? How then could I lift up my face to your brother Joab?”

Jeremiah 27:17

17 ^aDo not listen to them; ^bserve the king of Babylon and live. Why should this city ^cbecome a desolation?