2 Samuel 2:22-24

Amplified Bible

²²Abner repeated again, “Turn away from following me. Why should I have to strike you to the ground? How would I ^[a]be able to face Joab your brother [and look him in the eye]?” ²³But Asahel refused to turn away; so Abner struck him in the abdomen with the ^[b]butt end of his spear, and the spear came out his back; and he fell there and died on that spot. And it came about that everyone who came to the place where Asahel fell and died, stood still [and reflected].

²⁴But Joab and Abishai [Asahel’s brothers] pursued Abner. When the sun was going down, they came to the hill of Ammah, which is in front of Giah on the way to the wilderness of Gibeon.

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Footnotes

2 Samuel 2:22 Lit lift up my face.
2 Samuel 2:23 Abner’s strength was legendary—there was a saying in Jewish tradition that it was easier to move a wall six cubits (nine feet) thick than to move one of Abner’s limbs.