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20 When Abner looked back, he asked, “Are you Asahel?”

“Yes,” Asahel answered.

21 Abner told him, “Leave me alone! Catch one of the young men, and take his weapon.”[a]

But Asahel refused to turn away from him. 22 So Abner spoke again to Asahel. “Stop following me,” he said. “Why should I kill you? How could I look your brother Joab in the face again?”

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 2:21 Hebrew meaning uncertain.

20 Abner looked behind him and asked, “Is that you, Asahel?”

“It is,” he answered.

21 Then Abner said to him, “Turn aside to the right or to the left; take on one of the young men and strip him of his weapons.” But Asahel would not stop chasing him.

22 Again Abner warned Asahel, “Stop chasing me! Why should I strike you down? How could I look your brother Joab in the face?”(A)

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