2Sa 3:27, 11:13-15, 20:9, Psa 55:21 | ESV | STEP | And when Abner returned to Hebron , Joab took him aside into the midst of the gate to speak with him privately , and there he struck him in the stomach , so that he died , for the blood of Asahel his brother .

a 1 Kgs. 2:5, 32; [ch. 20:9, 10]

bSee ch. 2:23

c[Gen. 19:33, 35]

d[See ver. 11 above]

e 1 Kgs. 21:8, 9

f ch. 12:9

g[Matt. 26:49; Mark 14:45; Luke 22:47]

hSee Ps. 28:3

i Prov. 5:3, 4

jSee Ps. 57:4

2 Samuel 3:27

27 And when Abner returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside into the midst of the gate to speak with him privately, ^aand there he struck him ^bin the stomach, so that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.

2 Samuel 11:13-15

13 And David invited him, and he ate in his presence and drank, ^cso that he made him drunk. And in the evening he went out to lie on his couch with ^dthe servants of his lord, but he did not go down to his house.

14 In the morning David ^ewrote a letter to Joab and sent it by the hand of Uriah. 15 In the letter he wrote, “Set Uriah in the forefront of the hardest fighting, and then draw back from him, ^fthat he may be struck down, and die.”

2 Samuel 20:9

9 And Joab said to Amasa, “Is it well with you, my brother?” And Joab took Amasa by the beard with his right hand ^gto kiss him.

Psalms 55:21

21 His ^hspeech was ⁱsmooth as butter,
yet war was in his heart;
his words were softer than oil,
yet they were ^jdrawn swords.