2Sa 3:27, 29, 34, 11:14-15, 1Ki 2:5-6 | 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 .

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 3:29

29 ^cMay it fall upon the head of Joab and upon all his father’s house, and may the house of Joab never be without ^done who has a discharge or who is ^eleprous or who holds a spindle or who falls by the sword or who lacks bread!”

2 Samuel 3:34

34 Your hands were not bound;
your feet were not fettered;
as one falls before the wicked
you have fallen.”
And all the people wept again over him.

2 Samuel 11:14-15

14 In the morning David ^fwrote 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, ^gthat he may be struck down, and die.”

1 Kings 2:5-6

5 “Moreover, you also know what Joab the son of Zeruiah ^hdid to me, how he dealt with the two commanders of the armies of Israel, ⁱAbner the son of Ner, ^jand Amasa the son of Jether, whom he killed, avenging ^{▼▼Septuagint; Hebrew placing} in time of peace for blood that had been shed in war, and putting the blood of war ^{▼▼Septuagint innocent blood} on the belt around his ^{▼▼Septuagint my; twice in this verse} waist and on the sandals on his feet. 6 Act therefore ⁿaccording to your wisdom, but do not let his gray head go down to Sheol in peace.