²⁰ So Hamor and his son Shechem ^(A)came to the gate of their city and spoke to the men of their city, saying,

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